We are hoping that The Tire Station, Millers Cycle and Dula’s Automotive Alterations all have a blast at the Scraping the Smokies this weekend. This car above is a wild ride crafted over at Millers Cycle in Leicester NC.

I hate I will not be able to attend. We will be there in spirit. You guys are all awesome. A special thanks to Ricky at the Tire Station for all you do for us…

Our good friends Ron and Nancy from Tail of the Dragon (who we profiled on our site last year as well) are embarking on a new project, promoting a 103-mile stretch of Highway 28 that runs between Deals Gap, North Carolina and Walhalla, SC. They’re calling this road the Moonshiner, and are giving the road the full “Tail of the Dragon” treatment, offering visitors maps, lodging information, commemorative collectables, and more.

Here’s a description, from their website:

Once one of the major runs for moonshiners with revenuers hot on their bumper, the road today boasts some great twisties, wide sweepers and unsurpassed scenery. Mountain vistas, waterfalls and secluded lakes appear around nearly every corner. You can find good food, accommodations of every type and unique shops with unusual antiques and crafts created by mountain artisans.

Here is the design for the very first Moonshiner 28 shirt, designed in-house at Image 420.

The inaugural All Go West Festival in Asheville, NC is on Saturday, April 24th, 2010 from noon -10pm. The location for this free street festival is behind the Rocket Club and in front of Harvest Records on city streets Waynesville Avenue, Westwood Place, and Michigan Avenue in West Asheville. Right across from Image 420. Have fun.

Here are some pictures of the pints glasses we recently produced for the Westville Pub, to commemorate their 8th anniversary, on April 15th, 2010.

Congratulations to the Westville Pub on eight great years. We hope that you have many more years of success. As for the rest of you, we recommend that you stop by he Pub tomorrow night, and help them celebrate in a manner similar to the last picture.

I was checking our web stats today and discovered we received a compliment. There is an interesting website called teefury that prints and sells only one shirt design per day. Once that day is over the shirt is gone.

A local Asheville artist Ian Leino’s design Polar Beer was chosen for one day last November. “Created entirely by hand with scratchboard, this design squarely inhabits the junction of cryptic LOST mythology with classic beer label design” I am not sure but I think it sold well over 1000 t’s in one day.  That is one hell of a design!

This is the part that makes Image 420 feel good…

With the success of the design and all of the people that did not get a shirt Ian wanted to do a reprint. That is how we met.

“For this printing, I’ve worked personally with a local screenprinter to ensure the absolute highest quality prints on American Apparel garments to make a shirt that both looks and feels even better than its original printing!”

That is awesome.  Thank you very much for the compliment. It means a lot to know our customers like the work we do. Good luck with your design Ian. Spend some time at Ian Leino’s website. We have. He is a very talented artist and designer.

Sage Edward Millard 11/01/1979-11/18/2009.

Owner of Millard Design and Screenprinting,

We love you like a brother, son and friend…

we will miss you…

Stephen, Liza and Greta; you are all in our thoughts…

The memorial service for Sage Millard was held on Sunday, November 22nd, at 2:00pm, at Jubilee Community Church. Sage is a well loved man…he will be missed by many for a very long time. My heart goes out to his mother Liza, his father Steve, Sister Greta, his best friends Clifford, Judd, Matt, Joe and and all of the others…we truly were lucky to have known him. He will be missed…