Big Frog of Duluth

5115 Burning Tree Road, Ste. #315B, Duluth, MN 55811

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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

    Excellent products, competitive prices, and personal service
    By Brent Olson
    Big Frogs customer service is second to none!
    By Kevin OBrien
    The Duluth team is personable & professional, and work hard to make sure that your custom item looks exactly as you envisioned it (even if it is just one or two items!) Fast turnaround, great results, and all done on high quality inventory.
    By Dawn Doller
    We use Big Frog for our business, and are continually impressed with the friendly service, quality products, and timely delivery. Highly recommend!!
    By Leanne Weber
    Artwork turned out very nice. Staff were friendly, helpful, and responsive. My order was completed within the time frame we had planned for.
    By Kathy Bogen
    Awesome help in creating the perfect shirt and sweatshirt
    By pamela gordon-evens
    I had such a great experience working with Dave & Keli at Big Frog on rather confusing custom order for my business. I could not be happier with my overall experience. Dave was the gentleman who handled my order & did a great job helping me through the process. Great communication, exceptionally high quality (especially the embroidery) & overall awesome customer service. Also the prices were far more reasonable than I expected! I will be place another order soon to outfit my team.
    By Logan Mickelson
    Nice people, good products and service.
    By Pamela Foster
    The crew at Big Frog is great to work with and always comes through with quality screen printing for our construction company.
    By Leon Raba
    Called with a last minute, silly Christmas gift T-shirt request and the team made it happen, with a custom silhouette graphic design to boot. It was so funny that they tentatively said, "it depends on if we have that color/material in stock," because the shop had several colors at the ready and their standard material is SO soft and comfy.
    By Tamara Bain
    I had a great experience at Big Frog. I came in with a design for a shirt to print as a gift for someone. The employee met me with a cheerful attitude and willingness to work with me to create a shirt design that would work with their equipment and still look the way I wanted it to. I could tell they were quite busy before the holidays, but the employee took the time to redesign my shirt with me to get the same effect I was going for. The shirt was ready when they said it would be and it looks fabulous! I had a great experience here and would for sure come back for future shirt printing needs.
    By Jessica Kluenenberg
    Awesome products and service. Reliable and professional custom business apparel
    By Ruth Backlund Myofascial Living
    Everyone’s always super friendly and willing to work with you to find exactly what you’re looking for. I’ve gone back multiple times, with every shirt, hoodie, crewneck, whatever I threw at them, being created perfectly.
    By Caleb Olson
    I have gone to them on four projects- everyone better than the last job!!! Thank you my go-to business & staff!!
    By Ronda Harvey
    They were easy to communicate with and were able to complete the order within a couple weeks! great local print shop
    By Steven Pool
    Nice quality. Perfect weight. Friendly staff. Very fast production. Wildwoods logo is perfect!
    By phop poluza
    Excellent service and quality products! Highly recommended!
    By Cory Jezierski
    Amazing quality shirts - friendly folks to do business with.
    By Andrew Watson
    The team at Big Frog did an excellent job, and it was very easy to work with them. I brought hockey jerseys in to get a new sponsorship logo added and they completely nailed it. They got everything done in less than 2 days!
    By Meirs Moore
    great product ,super fast turnaround and very reasonable.
    By Rob Hering
    Great Service -- super commication and will definately use again!
    By Friday Properties
    I ordered 3 personalized Tshirts for a birthday party and I was throughly Impressed! Big Frog was able to complete my order WELL within the very short timeframe! They were easy to work with, conveniently located, and communication was a breeze! Everyone LOVED the shirts, they were absolutely perfect! Will definitely use Big Frog again for future needs, and will highly recommend!
    By Laurie Tondryk
    Liam deserves a national award! He was so helpful and helped me understand through the whole process of how they would add photo images to fabric that I provided. Liam added a blue butterfly to my granma’s photo. She loved butterflies. The job was completed quickly and I was able to pick up the order. It came back professional looking. This was my second time having this done and I’ll always go back to them. Thanks Liam and Big Frog!
    By Ivy Vainio
    They never disappoint!!
    By Carmen Jeffrson
    Great place! These folks know what they're doing and go the extra mile in a friendly and relaxed way. Not only was the service expert and fast, the price is fair. I had a small order and worked with Dave via email who was so patient with me. I drove 3 hours round trip to pick up 2 sweat shirts and would do it again!
    By Marnie White
    The staff are wonderful and it was made in a timely matter the next day it was great thank you
    By Rosemary Psyck
    We had a great experience with Dave from Big Frog. He was helpful, prompt and courteous. Our logo design and apparel looked great! 10/10, would recommend using Big Frog for all of your business logo/apparel/signage needs.
    By Heather Markovich
    Liam did an awesome job designing and implementing my business logo for my apparel! Big Frog made it easy, they were fast, and super helpful. I highly recommended them for all your personalized apparel needs!
    By Jacob Miller
    Love the quality of the product(s), speed of delivery, and the excellent customer service!
    By Tim Beaulier
    I would highly recommend this company! I was in a bit of a time crunch when I visited the store. The workers were very friendly and helped me create just what I was looking for! I am very happy! Also the turnaround time was super fast. Great experience!
    By laura korzenieski
    If I could give ten stars I would! This shirt is epic! Love it!
    By Tammy Popoe
    Quick turnaround time and excellent product to help us support our daughter’s cancer fight! 🩷
    By Gene A
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