Santa Barbara
Custom merch in Santa Barbara
We print custom apparel for coffee shops, breweries, restaurants and shops around Santa Barbara. Tees, tanks, crops, long sleeve, polos, hoodies, crewnecks, fleece and totes, with low minimums and a proof you approve before anything runs.
Low minimums, counted per order, any mix of sizes and designs.
Your quote carries an estimated timeline, and the clock starts the day you approve your proof.
Reorders start from your approved artwork, which stays on file.
Where we work
Santa Barbara, Goleta, Carpinteria, Montecito, Summerland and Isla Vista.
We are based down the coast, which means Santa Barbara orders are planned rather than improvised. Tell us the date you need pieces in hand and we work backward from it. That is true of any order, and it matters more at distance.
Who we print for here
Coffee shops. Santa Barbara has more good ones per block than anywhere else on this coast, and the ones that sell merch treat it as a product line rather than a giveaway. Small run, see how it moves, restock what sells.
Breweries and taprooms. Taproom apparel is a retail item here, not swag. Built for accounts that reorder.
Restaurants and bars. Staff shirts that match the room, and retail pieces for the ones with a counter worth putting them on.
Shops and studios. Branded pieces made to sell rather than to hand out.
Recent work in Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara Young Professionals Club. Over one hundred shirts for the membership.
A hundred piece run is a different job from a small one, and the difference is not the press. It is the sizing. A small run for a coffee shop crew is a handful of sizes you can hold in your head. Shirts for a whole membership means a real size spread across a hundred people, captured before anything is ordered, because a run that comes back short on larges is a run that failed no matter how good the print is.
That is the part worth getting right up front, and it is why we ask for the breakdown at quote rather than at production. The spread is also what stays on file afterward, so the next run for the same group starts from what actually fit.
Ordering for a membership, a team or a whole staff? Send the size breakdown with your enquiry and the quote comes back with the real number, not a per piece estimate you have to multiply yourself.
What we print
Tees, tanks, crops, long sleeve, polos, hoodies, crewnecks, fleece and totes. Any mix of sizes inside one order. Front, back or both.
Colors in a design never cost more. Print size and the number of print positions are what move the price.
How an order runs
Tell us four things. The garment, the quantity, roughly how large the print is, and how many places it goes. A quote comes back with a total and an estimated timeline, usually the same day.
Approve a proof. You see the artwork on the garment, at size, in the color you chose. Nothing runs before you sign off in writing.
We print and get it to you. We keep you posted on timing, and tell you straight away if anything moves.
Your artwork stays on file. The second run starts from it.
Common questions
Is there a minimum order?
We keep minimums low, counted per order rather than per design. Any mix of sizes and designs goes toward one run. A second design does not add its own minimum, though it does add its own artwork and proof.
How long does an order take?
Your quote carries an estimated timeline for that specific order. It depends on how many orders we have, shipping times and the details of your job, so it is an estimate rather than a guaranteed date. If you have a fixed date, tell us at the start and we will tell you honestly whether it is realistic.
What garments do you print?
Tees, tanks, crops, long sleeve, polos, hoodies, crewnecks, fleece and totes. Any mix of sizes within one order, printed front, back or both.
Do more colors cost more?
No. Colors in a design never cost more here. What moves the price is how large the print is and how many places it goes.
Do I see it before it is printed?
Yes. You approve a digital proof showing the artwork on the garment, at size, in your chosen color. Nothing goes into production until you sign off in writing.
Do you serve Santa Barbara?
Yes. We print for businesses in Santa Barbara, Goleta, Carpinteria, Montecito, Summerland and Isla Vista. Tell us the date you need pieces in hand and we schedule backward from it.