Customer Spotlight: Image Apparel Brings Creativity to Life

At Printed Marketplace Transfers, we love celebrating the businesses that trust us to help bring their ideas to life. This month, we’re excited to shine the spotlight on Image Apparel — a growing custom apparel studio that has spent the last 15 years creating high-quality printed and embroidered apparel for businesses, teams, families, and special events.

Founded by Marcia Rodgers and her husband, Image Apparel was built on a passion for entrepreneurship and creativity. While both had previous business experience in the 1990s, their apparel journey truly began when they were approached by a large company in West Michigan needing thousands of apparel pieces produced every few months. Instead of hesitating, they jumped in head first — and never looked back. 

Today, Image Apparel has grown into a trusted source for custom apparel and branding solutions, shipping products across nearly every state and even internationally to Japan. Their work includes everything from trendy graphic tees and personalized sweatshirts to embroidered hats, jackets, tote bags, and more.

What truly sets Image Apparel apart is their commitment to making every order unique, regardless of size. Whether it’s a two-piece personalized order or a thousand-piece corporate production run, their focus remains the same: quality, creativity, and attention to detail.

“We enjoy making our customers’ designs and ideas come to life,” Marcia shared.

That passion is reflected in every stitch and every print they create. Their DTF printing capabilities allow them to produce vibrant, full-color designs with exceptional detail, while embroidery adds a timeless and professional finish perfect for logos, branding, and custom apparel.

Image Apparel serves a wide range of customers, including local nonprofits, churches, corporations, small businesses, sports teams, and individuals. No matter the customer, their goal remains simple — deliver products people are proud to wear.

At Printed Marketplace Transfers, we’re proud to support businesses like Image Apparel with fast turnaround times and dependable products that help keep production moving smoothly. Marcia shared that transitioning more of their daily printing to DTF has helped streamline their workflow and improve turnaround times for their customers.

“My experience working with Printed Marketplace has been very positive,” she said. “Your staff is always willing to help with any questions or needs that I may have. I am thrilled to have the 24-hour turnaround time, which keeps my print time often to a week or less from customer order to delivery.”

Hearing stories like this is exactly why we love what we do.

As Image Apparel continues to grow, they’re also preparing for one of their favorite annual traditions — participating in fall holiday markets, including the popular “Christmas at Countryside” event hosted by Farmgirl Flea during Thanksgiving weekend.

We’re incredibly thankful to work alongside passionate business owners like Marcia and the Image Apparel team. Their dedication to craftsmanship, customer service, and creativity perfectly represents the spirit of small business.

Be sure to check out Image Apparel’s website and follow them on Facebook to see their latest projects and custom creations.