Product Spotlight: The Glacier Soft-Shell Jacket

Even the mannequin looks fantastic!

Does your company’s outerwear look as good as it works? Is is versatile and yet have that professional, styled look you crave? If not, keep reading- The Glacier Soft-Shell jacket isn’t one of our bestsellers without good reason.

With the New Mexico weather fluctuating from frosty to spring-like in a matter [...]

Black Duck – Cover Artists for Stitches Magazine!

(Now that we have author tags enabled for the upcoming addition of new blog contributors from the shop, I’ll be writing this post in the first person, seeing as it’s about my project!  -EC)

Stitches Magazine – Featuring the work of Black Duck!

I’m happy to announce that the January issue of the matchless [...]

3 ways to make your year-end budget surplus pay off in the new year!

Coordinating shirts now come in a range of styles, colors, and fits – perfect for your logo and staff.

Here in the last week of the year, many of our customers who visit the showroom at Black Duck are raring to get an order underway so it can count as a purchase made on the [...]

Dion’s Apron featured by Impressions Magazine

Impressions Magazine posted their latest gallery of inspirational decorated apparel today, and in this latest MULTIMEDIA and Digitizing Artistry gallery, Black Duck was prominently featured through our one-of-a-kind apron for local favorite, Dion’s Pizza!  Created from a design once used for company reward jackets, this beatiful, but work-sturdy apron features a detailed rendition [...]

Bring on the Glam – A Stitches Magazine Fashion Shoot featuring Black Duck

This lacy-backed dress made an excellent canvas for Erich's metalwork-inspired designs.

As we hinted in a previous post, the work of Black Duck’s embroidery digitizer, Erich Campbell, has been featured in Stitches Magazine’s latest fashion shoot, “Bring on the Glam” with his medieval, Anglo-Saxon inspired ethnic embroidery styling. Erich also posted about it on his [...]

Machine embroidery is not what you think… « StitchPunk

Niamh, representing our favorite stock design site, Urban Threads, has honored us by singling out the work of our embroidery digitizer, Erich Campbell, in her latest post on their fun and funky blog, Stitchpunk. Check it out here:

Machine embroidery is not what you think… « StitchPunk.

You may be familiar with our work from [...]

3 Ways to Reduce Art Costs

Sometimes we have to charge for the creation or revision of your source material to get the clean art we need in order to create the most eye-catching printed and embroidered garments. Though art preparation services are part of what we offer as a complete decoration and design service, the truth is that though we love creating [...]

3 Tips for Headwear Design Domination

Do you find yourself squinting at your headwear, wondering how the awesome logo you dropped off with your decorator became this awful, cramped and tiny blob? Are you wishing for a retail look like your favorite promotional hat, or that cap you bought to support your favorite team? Do you wish that your headwear had the awesome visual impact of the stuff you see in the stores? We’re here to help.

3 2010 Trends We’ll See Again

This multimedia print and rough-cut appliqué was a hit for Sandia Prep

Though there are many trends we’ve seen rise and fall in the garment decoration industry, some of the processes, applications, and types of decoration that came through our doors this year seem destined either to dovetail into the next fashion-forward craze on the [...]