Nothing but love coming your direction from Cleveland.
“Jennifer is superb to work with and turns out a quality product at a fair price and in a timely manner! Plus, she’s lots of fun!”
Jennifer and the rest of her “groovy” staff at AvantGarb have been a pleasure to work with over the years. The quality, and service that goes with it can’t be matched in the industry. Much love from Grand Rapids!
If you want your mascot to come to life – only go with the best mascot creators in the business – Avant Garb!
“Jennifer is a great partner. She has built a terrific mascot for us. She was willing to amend any requests for change with no issues. Every phone call was fun and wacky yet productive…just how I like to do business.”
We love the tattoos, and the fans do too!
“I have never had more fun and been more pleased with a vendor than with Jennifer. When we are ready for our next step, we will definately be using Jennifer and her staff, no question about it.”
“Ten years ago we searched for someone who could produce a high-quality, fun mascot. The first TiVoGuy was born and 4 generations later, he (and his newer relatives) are still bringing joy to TV fans everywhere. Nobody does smiles better than AvantGarb!”
“The MillerCoors Can costumes look fantastic! They will work perfectly for our promotions. Thank you so much to you and your team. The end result is amazing!!!”
With a Custom Mascot Costume, you create a Brand Awareness Monster!
Does your strategic marketing campaign need some LIFE? Are your potential customers overlooking print and other media? Revitalize your efforts – mix in a Mascot Costume!
We deliver more than a costume in a box – we make your brand come alive!
Today’s sports marketers realize that a strategically designed and integrated mascot (a true character brand) is more than a diversion during lulls in a game, an attraction in itself. Most colleges and professional teams have adopted costumed mascots to patrol the stands and make community appearances.
Our relationship with the Grand Rapids Griffins Hockey began with the feet. The Griffin’s mascot is named, Griff. Griff’s mascot feet were old and tired, and Sean Grabowski, the mascot performer wasn’t happy. Sean got in touch with AvantGarb. We … Continue reading
Espn.com - Playbook salutes the birthplace of mascots. ESPN called, and we answered. Steve Etheridge wanted to know about how mascots are made. He wanted to understand what went on at AvantGarb – the birthplace of mascots. “You have to create a … Continue reading
We live in a world of fuzz, fluff, foam and googlie eyes at AvantGarb. Here in MascotLand, the mood of the studio and ease of collaboration rules. That’s the only way we can get to good mascot design – to … Continue reading
We ship big mascots and we use UPS a lot. We use UPS so much, as a matter of fact AvantGarb made it into the UPS blog – Small Business makes Big Mascots. With big, custom mascots, good, reliable shipping … Continue reading
Where does community spontaneously happen? Where do we bump shoulders with strangers? Where do we just get silly! When we’re in the presence of a mascot, that’s where! Where mascots are, a community emerges. People gather. It doesn’t take great … Continue reading
A week before Super Bowl 2012 festivities started in Indianapolis, the ChopSaver people- Dan and Noelle Golsling came to visit. They wanted a mascot for their ChopSaver Lip Balm – For People with Lips. If your a small biz w/ a great product, you … Continue reading
Mascot Makers make the News! When the Wall street Journal calls, it’s great to answer the phone. That happened when the journalist, Sarah E. Needleman rang up to talk about Mascot Makers for a photo essay in the Wall Street Journal. I was travelling … Continue reading
We made a kangaroo for Dish Network’s new product, Hopper.The mascot, Hopper made her first appearance at the CES show in Las Vegas in January, 2012. Here’s the video: Hopper & Dish Network @ CES
A Holiday Poem The holidays are here, by golly we’ll laugh, dance, sing and be oh so jolly! Let’s dress in our best with dazzle and zing wearing a tree, a present and cake with icing and then, of course, … Continue reading
Thanksgiving’s the best About this I don’t jest. We cook, we laugh and we drink some fine wine. Then gather round the the table and prepare to dine. With the turkey in place, the gathering is blest. We’re all … Continue reading
I’ll be the Queen of Ceremonies (that’s QC, not MC) for Dressing Indianapolis. It’s part of the Spirit & Place Festival and Indy Talks – a kind of twofer – on Tuesday November 1st at 7:00 at the Indianapolis Museum of … Continue reading
We have been riffling through Rex pattern pieces labeled: Rex/1998 nose – CF Rex/2003 & 2007 side head – cut 2 Rex/2003 front leg – really short Rex 1998, 2003, 2007, 2011 eyelid This is mascot evolution. All of the patterns are … Continue reading
AvantGarb designs & creates Signature Mascots or custom mascots characters. They are mascots that represent a team, school, event, product —even an idea. Each of the mascots is unique. We’re a tiny company of artists, designers and craft people. Our raison … Continue reading
Fisher-Price had some action heroes, The Rescue Heroes. They wanted a mascot of Billy Blazes – the fireman character for the rescue heroes. They were planning a big Rescue Hero event at FAO Schwartz or Toys R Us – I … Continue reading
Sir CC is a really handsome, buff Cavalier – we created the big, handsome mascot last year for the Cleveland Cavaliers and have been watching him flourish - moving about the basketball court and into the community. He’s been in … Continue reading