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Print, Apparel & Brand Design
The parts of a business people carry away with them — a card in a wallet, a hoodie at the rodeo, a logo that has to still look right in ten years. This is also where a brand usually starts, and where a bad start gets expensive to undo.
What's covered
Everything with your name on it that isn't a vehicle.
Business cards
Including on kraft stock, which is what ours are printed on. A card that feels like something is remembered longer than one that doesn't.
Flyers & promotional print
Handouts, mailers, posters, price lists. Short runs are fine.
Everyday document printing
Plain 8.5 × 11 printing, because there's nowhere else out here to get it done.
Custom printed apparel
Tees, hoodies and workwear with your logo. Business branding, crew gear, event runs.
Embroidery
For hats, jackets and anything where a stitched mark reads better than a printed one.
Logo design
Built from scratch, in vector, so it works at any size on any surface.
Brand identity packages
Logo, colours, type and the rules for using them — so everything you produce afterwards matches.
General graphic design
Layout, artwork rebuilds, print-ready file prep for whatever you need it for.
Materials
Printed or stitched — they're not interchangeable.
The decoration method matters as much as the garment. Neither of these is better; they suit different marks, different garments and different quantities.
Printed
Detail, colour and larger areasInk or film applied to the fabric. Handles fine detail, gradients and full-colour artwork, and it's the sensible route for larger designs and back prints.
- Any number of colours
- Best for detailed or photographic marks
- Soft on the garment
- Works well on tees and hoodies
Embroidered
Hats, jackets and hard wearStitched directly into the fabric. It reads as more permanent, it survives heavy laundering, and on structured garments it simply looks better.
- Extremely durable
- The right call for caps and workwear
- Adds texture and weight
- Fine detail and thin text are limited
Very fine lines and small text don't embroider well — thread has a minimum size and it won't hold detail below it. If your logo has hairline elements, we'll show you what it'll actually look like stitched before you order fifty hats.
Garment choice matters too. A cheap blank will pill and shrink no matter how good the print on it is, and it's your name people will associate with it. We'd rather quote a decent garment and explain why than win on price with something that disappoints.
What it costs
Quoted by what you're making and how many.
Apparel and print both scale hard with quantity, and design is quoted separately because it's separate work. A logo built once serves everything you make afterwards.
- QuantityThe big one on anything decorated. Twelve hoodies and fifty hoodies are very different per-unit numbers.
- Decoration method and positionsPrinted or stitched, and how many places it goes — front, back, sleeve and cap are each their own setup.
- GarmentBlank quality, brand and style. Plenty of range here, and it's usually where a budget can flex without regret.
- Design scopePrint-ready artwork already in hand, a logo that needs rebuilding, or a brand starting from nothing.
Design is quoted as its own line rather than buried. It's skilled work with its own value, and separating it means you can see exactly what you're paying for — and that you own the result.
Printed tees for Nut'n But Wood — one logo, built once, used on everything since.
How the job runs
Four steps, and one of them is yours.
Work out what you need
Garment, quantity, where the logo goes, and whether the artwork exists yet in a usable form.
Design & proof
We build or rebuild the artwork and proof it before anything is produced. Design is a paid step and it's a line item on your quote.
Production
Approved artwork goes into production on the chosen garments or stock, then ships to Bridge Lake.
Collect
Pick up from the shop. On larger runs we'll check the first pieces before the whole order goes out.
Timeline Apparel runs on garment availability as much as production — a specific colour in a full size run isn't always in stock, and substitutions take a conversation. For anything tied to an event, come to us weeks ahead rather than days. Rodeo season books up.
Recent work
Worn around the Cariboo.
Questions we get asked
The ones that come up every time.
Do I own my logo when you design it?
Yes, and you get the vector files. That matters more than it sounds — a logo you own in vector can go on a truck, a sign, a hat and a business card at any size forever. A logo you only have as a JPG someone emailed you is a problem you'll keep paying to work around.
What's a vector file and why do you keep asking?
It's artwork made of shapes rather than pixels, so it scales to any size without going soft. A logo pulled off a website is a few hundred pixels wide — fine on screen, blurry and blocky the moment it's a foot across. If you've got the original files from whoever made your logo, keep them somewhere safe.
Is there a minimum apparel order?
It depends on the garment and the decoration method — some routes suit small runs and some need volume before the numbers work. Tell us what you're after and we'll tell you honestly where the sensible break points are rather than pushing you to a number that suits us.
Can you match my existing brand colours?
We'll get close and be honest about the limits. Thread colours come from a fixed range, printed colour on fabric behaves differently from paper, and neither matches a screen exactly. With a Pantone reference we can work properly to it.
Can you do just one or two?
For some things, yes. One-off signage, a small print run, a handful of garments depending on method. It won't be cheap per unit — the setup is the same as it would be for fifty — but if you need two, we'd rather do two than turn you away.
Can you print everyday documents?
Yes. Plain 8.5 × 11 printing, because out here there isn't anywhere else to do it. It's not glamorous and it's not what pays the bills, but it's one of the reasons people come through the door.