Big Frog of Brighton

9690 Village Place Blvd, Brighton, MI 48116

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Which Decorating Service is Best for Your Custom T-Shirt Needs?

Not sure which decorating service to choose for a fun run, corporate or group shirt? Here’s a quick guide to help you:

Direct-to-Garment-T-Shirt-Printing

DIRECT-TO-GARMENT (DTG) PRINTING

Uses an all-digital process to inkjet print onto a garment or merchandise.

Benefits:

  • Printing can be done fast—usually in 24 hours
  • Images can be high resolution and full color
  • Water-based ink is eco-friendly
  • Printing feels soft to the touch

DIRECT-TO-GARMENT (DTG) PRINTING WITH WHITE

Prints a white layer as a “primer” on darker garments, then adds colored inks on top of the primer.

Benefits:

  • Images can be high resolution and full color
  • Works with most garment colors, including dark colors like black and navy blue
  • Works best with 100% cotton products
  • Provides excellent color saturation

Embroidery

EMBROIDERY

Uses decorative stitching to create a raised design with threads of different types and colors.

Benefits:

  • Works with most garment colors, including dark colors like black and navy blue
  • Can be used on cotton, cotton blends, and synthetic materials
  • Provides excellent color saturation
  • A great choice for businesses or someone wanting a professional look

SCREEN PRINTING

Uses a series of screens to force ink through fibers in order to create a design. Multiple layers of screen printing are used to achieve designs with numerous colors.

Benefits:

  • Works with most garment colors, including dark colors like black and navy blue
  • Provides excellent color saturation
  • Has a great artsy, vintage look

Ultra-Print

ULTRA PRINTS

Almost identical to screen printing with inks applied onto specialty paper. The inks are transferred from the paper to the garment using pressurized heat.

Benefits:

  • Works with most garment colors, including dark colors like black and navy blue
  • Provides excellent color saturation
  • Specialty paper can be used for another printing order of the same design at a later time

VINYL APPLICATION

Uses vinyl cut into a pattern or design that is applied to a garment using pressurized heat.

Benefits:

  • Exceptionally durable, often used for sport uniforms
  • Works with most garment colors, including dark colors like black and navy blue
  • Provides excellent color saturation
  • Can be used on cotton, cotton blends, and synthetic materials

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    What Our Customers Say

    Love the complete freedom I have to give one of the team my own custom one of a kind idea and they will easily and quickly transform it into a shirt for me. They will offer suggestions or modifications when asked. I don't think I have ever had a bad experience. Very easy to work with using email. Will continue to be a loyal customer.
    By Todd Buterakos
    Great quality. Wonderful customer service. Friendly smiles throughout the store.
    By Kim Maley
    Couldn’t recommend this place more! Quick turn around and the absolute best customer service!
    By Stephanie Krieg
    Kara was great and understood what I was looking for. Would recommend this place for a sales polo.
    By Jim Cooke
    Amazing customer service! Great turnaround! Beautiful results! Thank you for always taking my orders and making me beautiful products! I appreciate you all!
    By Amanda F.
    Quality Product, professional team, quick turnaround, good communication.
    By Julie Hawes
    Good quality materials and arrived on time.
    By Paula Christian
    Great Company
    By Eric
    The product selection, styles, colors and sizes accommodate everyone’s taste. The staff is friendly and creates an atmosphere of community and friends, making the design & purchase experience easy. The prices are excellent, but the service is 2nd to none.
    By Angela Hipps
    The optimist club of Brighton and Whitmore lake Fireworks Committee has been using Big Frog for years ! We have never been dissatisfied in the T shirts Printing Delivery Price and Customer Services !
    By Vikki Walblay
    Everything I've ordered has been created quickly and accurately. Turn around time has been quick and staff has been very friendly and helpful. I've really liked everything I have received from Big Frog.
    By melinda phifer
    I love my shirts. They are comfortable and image quality is perfect. Thank you so much.
    By L K
    The staff are extremely helpful and able to tweak any design to make the shirt or hat truly unique!
    By TM B
    Love how easy it is to order my son’s school sports shirts. They get done quick and have so far been very good quality for the constant wear and washing they get. Thank you, Big Frog!!
    By Myra Ulmer
    Amazing staff, amazing products. 10/10 in every way. I will be coming back again!
    By Aaron Gaubatz
    Great service and support. I had a simple custom shirt that I needed in a timely manner and they delivered. I highly recommend them.
    By Ken Wells
    Quality products, thoughtfully designed, speedy service - highly recommend!
    By Michelle Byers
    I have been wanting to get a custom hat, with an embroidered decal, and luckily I found Big Frog. I walked into the store, and was greeted by Montana, who put together exactly what I was looking for in about 15 minutes. I will definitely be recommending Big Frog Custom T-Shirts & More, to all my friends and family.
    By Derek Bayer
    Great service, friendly staff, they sit down and customize everything right in front of you and show you everything you need to see before purchasing. 10 out of 10 service, I’ll be coming back for all future custom apparel job.
    By Patrick Finnerty
    Love my purchases!
    By Debi Jordan
    We Love our shirts we put our order in on a wed over the phone and they were ready by Friday for our Anniversary date they were very nice and professional great service I would recommend and will be back Thank you Big Frog
    By Sheila Robinson
    The owner went above and beyond to print the shirts for our event! I can't say thank you enough, and I encourage everyone to use her services!
    By Briana Nicole
    Such a great little shop, they do wonderful work, and I love that you don’t have to order 100 minimum! The people there are great to work with, always open to my new crazy ideas!
    By Cathy Radical
    Easy to deal with staff and the job done was high quality! And was ready much sooner than 7 days! I love this place! I was told by "someone" that the cost would be $8-$10 and it was $25 per garment I brought in, which was shocking...but it was great quality!
    By Peggy Leiby
    These people are AWESOME! They never cease to amaze me how they can create my idea into a picture on a shirt.......and SO QUICKLY!
    By William Trevarrow
    Pretty much knew what I wanted. Chose a shirt, color and script and picked it up a couple days later.
    By Pamela Schneider
    Absolutely a wonderful experience!
    By karen vaden
    So much fun to go to the shop and play with colors, fonts and shirt specifics with skilled and congenial shirt makers. Big Frog has the best price for digitizing for embroidery. And frogs!
    By Linda Robinson
    We placed a large jacket order for our staff and we were impressed with the great prices and great quality. They were also completed in a timely manner. We will definitely be returning customers !
    By Audrey Jaros
    great place for your special printing on clothes. They can take a animal picture and put it on a shirt for you. Staff very helpful. WILL use them again.
    By Gary Brewer
    Linda and her team are a great help when ordering a large quantity of shirts for an event. Need help with the shirt layout for custom printing on various shirt sizes? No problem! We will use Big Frog again for our next event!
    By Aaron Blakemore
    We worked on a few projects where the scope evolved several times, and Big Frog was never anything but patient and supportive. They consistently listened, offered helpful suggestions, and collaborated with us to ensure our jackets looked both professional and fun.
    By Kim Brodie
    Big Frog did a great job monogramming some saddle pads that we needed quickly for a banquet. The price was reasonable and we would definitely consider using them in the future and would recommend them to anyone else.
    By Janet Salisbury
    Great staff, easy to work with, friendly and professional!
    By April Dertian
    Great quality shirts, excellent custom graphic design!
    By Angus Miller
    Excellent customer service! Great custom t-shirts. Exactly what I wanted.
    By Denise Couling
    Items ordered were very good quality, competitive pricing, we had lots of options to choose from, service was quick, had extended sizing I needed, and the employees were all helpful at pick-up.
    By Martinique Kling
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