Big Frog of Chicago North Shore

2541 Waukegan Road, Bannockburn, IL 60015

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What Are Your Printing Capabilities?

You need to kiss a lot of frogs to find these prints! *Please check with the Big Frog store nearest you for their individual printing capabilities!

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

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 arty, vintage look
  • Compatible with most fabric materials

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 some synthetic materials

DYE SUBLIMATION

Used on 100% polyester garments using heat-sensitive ink applied under high temperatures.

Benefits:

  • Images can be high resolution and full color
  • Water-based ink is Eco-friendly
  • Extremely durable decoration
  • Printing feels soft to the touch
  • Great for synthetic fabrics

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

What Is Included In The Quoted Price Of My DTG T-Shirt?

Your quoted price includes a t-shirt (or product) of your color, size, style, a design for the shirt with as many colors as you want in it, the printing of the shirt on one side and a sincere thank you. If you would like a second print on that same shirt, there is an additional charge. Please contact your local Big Frog store for any promotions, specials or to get a personalized quote. We reserve the right to change prices at any time.

What Is The Minimum Order?

With our printing technologies you can order as few as ONE custom item and as many as 100,000.

Do You Offer Volume Discounts?

Absolutely, we have volume discounts starting at just 10 items. You can even mix and match most items. It doesn’t have to be the same style or color!

How Quickly Can I Get My Order?

If you choose a style, color and size that we have in stock, and a DTG or vinyl decoration, your shirts will go into our printing queue and you may have them in 24 hours. If we need to order your shirts or use a special decorating technique, then it may take 2 to 10 days to complete the order. Be sure to let us know your deadline so we can provide your order in a timely manner. If you have a rush order, please contact your local store for more information on a delivery schedule.

Can I Order Another Shirt With The Same Design Later?

Absolutely, we keep customer files indefinitely. When you call to get your design reprinted, be sure to give us your full name and a brief description of your original graphic. This will allow us to find it and print it for you immediately.

Can I Bring My Own Shirts To Be Printed?

Each locally owned store determines their policy on customer garments. If your local store will print on your garments, keep in mind that we typically print on cotton and cotton blends (with a blend of 50/50 mix being preferable). We also print on 100% polyester items however the wash fastness cannot be guaranteed. We recommend choosing from our catalog of 1,000s of garments instead so we can guarantee your print quality.

What Does The Free Design/Artwork Include?

Big Frog prides itself on creating a t-shirt design that you will love. Our designers can take your photos, your logo, fonts and clip art and make a unique design just for you. Because our design services are free, we try to keep design times to 15 minutes. This allows us to keep pricing reasonable for our customers.

Whose Property Is The Artwork That Is Generated?

All artwork created by you for your order remains your property and will be maintained at our store for our exclusive usage in executing your orders. Any artwork that Big Frog generates on your behalf remains the property of Big Frog. Please, enquire regarding policies of transferring artwork ownership to yourself or company.

What Forms Of Payment Do You Accept?

Accepted payment types depend on individual store owners. However, most Big Frog stores accept Visa, Master Card, Discover and American Express. Some stores also accept Money Orders and personal checks. If your local store does accept personal checks and your check is returned, there is a $35 fee. If you prefer to use Paypal for your transactions, we will be happy to send you a Paypal invoice.

How Can I Become A Reseller?

Start by contacting your local store for more information. Each independently owned and operated Big Frog has different policies and pricing for resellers. Applications and proof of a reseller’s certificate may be necessary.

Copyrights/Trademarks

Big Frog will not infringe on trademarked or copyrighted artwork. If you bring artwork or logos to us, you must warrant that the subject matter to be printed is not copyrighted by a third party. You also recognize that subject matter does not have to bear a copyright notice in order to be protected by copyright law, absence of such notice does not necessarily assure a right to reproduce. You further warrant that no copyright notice has been removed from any material used in preparing the subject matter for reproduction to support these warranties, you agree to indemnify and hold harmless for all liability, damages and attorney fees that may be incurred in any legal action connected with copyright infringement involving the work produced or provided. If your order has copyrighted materials, you must provide written authorization documentation.

Personal Or Economic Rights

You also warrant that the work does not contain anything that is libelous, scandalous or anything that threatens anyone’s right to privacy or other personal or economic rights. You will, at your sole expense, promptly and thoroughly defend Big Frog in all legal actions on these grounds as long as Big Frog: a) promptly notifies you of a legal action; b) gives you reasonable time to undertake and conduct a defense. Big Frog reserves the right to use its discretion in refusing to print anything we deem illegal, libelous, scandalous, improper or infringing upon copyright law.

What Our Customers Say

Great custom shirt!!! Service was super fast. I would highly recommend. ⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️
By Pat Twohig
We enjoyed the staff here. Angela’s creativity was very helpful in designing a couple of t-shirts. Thank you!
By Mellissa Klassen
Ryan & his staff were great to work with designing a custom t-shirt! If you are in the area go check them out!!
By Trenton Klassen
These guys are awesome to work with! Were so collaborative and helpful and even made some adjustments last minute to make sure i had my polos on time. Can't recommend them more!
By Scott Raileanu
Had a rush order needed to print, on 15 t shirts and they got it done in a couple hours! Nicest crew ever - on top of that. High quality fabric also - the T shirt recipients Ioved them!
By Kyle L.
let me start by saying I don't believe in writing reviews good or bad, if I am paying for a service I expect the best and if I have an issue I deal directly with the vendor. Well I have met an exception to that rule. and that's BIG FROG CUSTOM T-SHIRTS in Bannockburn. After multiple calls to other shops that all had an outrageous minimum or insane set up fee I found BIG FROG, I spoke with Valeria first, super courteous and extremely helpful she answered all of my questions and let me know they could accommodate any size order from 1 to a hundred no problem. Then I got an email from Anthony letting me know he could help with the design if we needed any support I also spoke with him regarding the type's of shirts ( we were looking for a heavy weight larger sized shirt ) he sent me some options along with his recommendation's once again very helpful. finally got an email from the owner Ryan regarding pricing once again stellar interaction, I have done multiple shirts for Fire departments and hospitals and this by far been my best experience and the best quality finished product. We will definitely be using them again in the near future. If nothing else don't make the same mistake I did make BIG FROG your 1st call not your last. JEFF G
By JEFF G
A big shout out to Big Frog for the assist on some custom logo embroidered stocking caps! Start to finish, I couldn’t have asked for a better partner. They were patient and meticulous in getting the hat “just right”. We got exactly what we were looking for and equally important, it was just easy. The definitely should be your first call.
By Matt Mitchell
After going through multiple online and in person stores for custom clothing I found this place and couldn’t be happier. Anthony helped me out, I love how they turned out and plan to place a larger order for the summer.
By Matt Joseph
My family and I recently worked with Big Frog Custom T-Shirts & More of Chicago North Shore for swag for a large party. We worked closely with the entire team to design blankets as a party favor and custom t-shirts for the party hosts to wear. The team paid attention to every single detail and worked with us closely to ensure the order ended up exactly as we desired. We could not be happier with the swag items, t-shirts, and the customer service provided by everyone that works at the company including the graphic designer, customer service specialists, and the owner!
By Brand Family
Wonderful custom sweatshirts made by the team! I had a wonderful experience with a last minute project idea that I had for a girls trip and Big Frog delivered quality sweatshirts that everyone in my group loved.
By Janice Kim
Great experience working with these folks. I had a small order placed for screen printing tees and they were great to communicate via email and in person. Look forward to working with them again. Thank you!
By e
I came in last minute to have a t-shirt made for my daughter, which I needed by the next morning. Anthony was so nice and accommodating. He took the design and was able to have it ready in a couple of hours. My daughter loves the shirt!
By Kelley Deutsch
Love the new uniforms!!! Ryan and his team did great!
By Ryan Mentkowski LC Lightning Baseball
Big Frog Custom T-Shirts & More created The BEST family cruise water shirts for 10 of us! Working with them through email since I’m out of state was so easy. The friendliest of customer service and very professional the entire time. They kept me informed throughout the whole process. Can’t wait to work with them again.
By Maria Cocciolone
I got some custom shirts of my band done there and I could not be happier. The quality of the printing, the shirt itself, and the design from their shop was all perfectly done. They are so nice and a pleasure to deal with. We will definitely be long term customers!
By Paul Borovay
Great experience with Ryan and his team! Our new uniforms are affordable and locally sourced from the area (& awesome sublimation per our suggested design) thanks!!!
By Ryan Mentkowski
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