Here is a comparison study, between Image 420, and one of our local competitors.

Our friends at Rodney’s Auto Service have been hosting a Thursday Night Bike Night in downtown Weaverville, and needed some t-shirts. So, we created a design, and printed a batch of shirts for them. Here is a photo of the finished product:

A couple of weeks later, another local screenprinter tried to duplicate the shirt, in an attempt to lure the job away from Image 420. Here is a photo of their results:

And here are both shirts, side by side.

We’re presenting this to you not to be mean, or to brag, but to say this: We believe in attention to detail. From the art room, to the printing press, and at every point in between, we are all paying very close attention to our craft, making sure to present your art in the best possible fashion. We are not the cheapest printers in Asheville. But, if you let us print your shirts for you, those shirts will not look like they were printed at the cheapest print shop in Asheville, either.

This month’s issue of Verve magazine features one of our longtime customers, Brenda Ramer. Brenda is the director of Team ECCO, a Hendersonville-based nonprofit that specializes in marine education. You can find Verve magazine all over Western North Carolina, or you can read the article here.

The Blue Jean Ball is an annual fundraising event for Manna Food Bank. According to manna’s website, the event raised $177,000 for the food bank last year. Here’s hoping that this year’s event is even more successful.

And now, here is a picture of the gigantic banner we donated for the event.

Spring has officially sprung at Image 420. The presses are humming, and many of our regular clients have returned, to get fresh new shirts for their businesses and causes. Here’s a quick sampling of our exceptional client base.

The Lake Eden Arts Festival is happening this weekend in Black Mountain. The LEAF Festival is truly a top notch music and art festival. Their lineup always contains some of the best musical artists that the World Music scene has to offer. Tickets for the spring event sold out fast, as usual. If you’re one of the lucky ones that has a ticket, be sure to grab a shirt while you’re there.

Another Asheville staple with a fine new set of t-shirts is Beauty Parade. The West Asheville salon has been chosen by the readers of the Mountain Xpress as the top salon in Asheville for the last four years. And with good reason. They’re awesome.

We’re also very proud to print for SOAR, a high adventure summer camp for children with learning disabilities and AD/HD. From their website:

…the SOAR model is based on two fundamental principles. First, youth with LD and AD/HD flourish when they are encouraged to focus on their strengths in an experiential setting. The second principle acknowledges that success can be generalized by encouraging our students to develop and utilize strategies, enabling them to compensate for those challenging characteristics of LD and AD/HD. To this end, SOAR staff strive to ensure success for each student across a wide range of experiences. Such success, in turn, builds essential self-esteem and self-confidence.

Plus, in all of the pictures we’ve seen, the kids look like they’re having the time of their lives.

Thanks to all you.

Will feature local favorite dance bands Bayou Diesel and Blue Heaven.  The concert will be a music and dance party for EVERYONE to celebrate our clean and green future in support of The concert, which will raise funds for earth-friendly projects, is scheduled for April 22 from 7:00-11:00 p.m. at The Orange Peel. Tickets are available at The Orange Peel website and at the door. The event is being organized by Asheville GreenWorks, a Keep America Beautiful affiliate. Image 420 is proud to help sponsor this event.

Congrats to our friends in the Asheville Youth Rowing Association (nice logo, by the way), for a great finish at their latest meet. From the Asheville Citizen-Times website:

Members of the Asheville Youth Rowing Club placed fourth at the John Hunter Regatta in Gainesville, Ga., last Saturday. Overall they finished fourth out of 11 teams, some of which had teams of up to 200 youths.

The Men’s Novice 8 (eight rowers in the boat) won a gold medal and the Women’s Novice 4 won silver. The Women’s Varsity 4 won a Silver medal and the Men’s Varsity 4 won a Bronze Medal. The club, which trains on Lake Julian in Skyland, has about 50 members and is coached by Jack Gartner and Alexis Rosenfelt.

Here’s a design we are currently working on for one of our friends from Ford Barn.

According to the Knoxville News — Nationally renowned moonshiner Marvin “Popcorn” Sutton died today in Cocke County and authorities are investigating his death as a possible suicide, a Cocke County official confirmed tonight. (Popcorn was one of our most unusual customers-paid cash and hated having to pay sales tax.) He was truly a interesting man…

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Asheville’s newest craft brewery launches tonight! Head over to The Lobster Trap (35 Patton Avenue, Asheville) tonight, to try out the beers from OysterHouse Brewing Company. They’re celebrating with $3 flights, 50 cent oysters and mussels, live music, and prizes. Also, you might want to pick up one of their sweet new t-shirts.

These beer has been expertly sampled by Lane, and given his stamp of approval. And he knows about these things.