Custom Lip Balm Labels: A Guide to Your Label Needs
Consumers base their choice of lip balm on numerous factors, and before their purchase is based on brand loyalty, most…
What’s Involved in the Foil Stamp Printing Process?
There’s no doubt shiny objects catch our attention. A new penny on the ground. The chrome trim on a classic…
A Designer’s Eye for Prepress
What’s better than a prepress operator with analytic skills? One with technical chops and seasoned graphic design background. That just…
Why Color Consistency Matters
Coca-Cola red has become one of the most recognizable colors synonymous with a specific brand in the history of marketing.…
A Guide to Required Fields for Custom Cosmetic Label Printing
Proper labeling is an important aspect of marketing a cosmetic or personal care product. Labeling is used to help inform…
What You Need to Know About Craft Beer Label Printing
So, this is a perfect time to discuss the ins and outs of craft beer label printing, craft beer can…
EMPLOYEE SPOTLIGHT: Jeff Klocke
Jeff Klocke on Knowing the sign of a good label When Jeff joined Columbine Label Company in 2016 as a…
CUSTOMER SPOTLIGHT: Honeyville
Harvesting un-bee-lievable loyalty When you talk to the owners of Honeyville, the only thing as reliable as the sweet flavor…
How to Choose the Best Label Material for Your Product
Labels are simple, right? Guess again. There are numerous factors to consider when having custom printed labels produced with the…
CUSTOMER SPOTLIGHT: Finkel & Garf
If labels tell a brand story, Finkel & Garf craft beers are undoubtedly bold and straightforward. Labels as bold as…
EMPLOYEE SPOTLIGHT: Jennifer Adams
Employee Jennifer Adams on Serving what’s best for breweries When we say Columbine Label Company is a family, we aren’t…
6 Product Label Mistakes and How to Avoid Them
Product labels are a crucial part of your product’s success! Product label mistakes can be costly both in time and…
Waterproof vs. Water-Resistant Product Labels
Imagine pouring thousands of dollars and hours into developing, manufacturing, branding, and labeling a product only to have the label…
Embossed Printing
How Embossed Printing Can Make Your Labels Stand Out Embossing is a printing technique that inherently gives any printed surface…
What is the process of product label printing?
Product packaging communicates more about a product and its brand than perhaps any other marketing tool. Its point-of-purchase power is…
Product label trends for 2021
As the COVID-19 pandemic turned the world as we know it upside down in 2020, no one could predict the…
EMPLOYEE SPOTLIGHT: Rachel Jackson
Getting back to her roots and down to business For Rachel Jackson, Columbine Label Vice President of Operations, Colorado would…
CUSTOMER SPOTLIGHT: KAI CBD
Discovering the sea to success Inspiration is sometimes born out of tragedy. Colorado native Joey Coleman, founder of KAI CBD,…
How to stop your RGB file from being DOA at the printer
“Why don’t the colors of my printed labels look the way they do on my computer monitor?” That’s a question…
How to Succeed in the World of White Label
The white label / private label business is red hot. Leading the pack in the ecommerce space is Amazon’s AmazonBasics…
FROM OUR PRESIDENT Navigating COVID times: Wins, Losses, Lessons Learned
By Greg Jackson, CEO Columbine Label Company Columbine Label COVID: The past six months of 2020 have been kind of…
How to make your product stand out in a virtual world
3 ways to create showstopper labels that help online product sales Humans are visual beings. That’s why an ad featuring…
Size up Your Label: How to Choose the Right Size for Your Product
Your product label deserves the same time, attention and research you give to your actual product. It is your first…
CUSTOMER SPOTLIGHT: Rocker Spirits
Capturing lightning in a bottle When the economy took a dive in 2008, Duston Evans was looking for a change…
Fiery Food Labels Are Hot, Hot, Hot!
Our fiery food customers know that their product labels are just as hot as the ingredients inside. Why is that?…
Your Label, Your Brand Story: How to tell it, when to change it
Your product label is a highly visible — and extremely influential — face of your brand. As a powerful path…
EMPLOYEE SPOTLIGHT: Bobby Parker
The man behind the machine Impeccably printed labels don’t happen by accident. It takes a skilled press operator with high…
CUSTOMER SPOTLIGHT: Over Yonder Brewing Company
A labor – and label – of love Doing what you love seems to be a common thread among Columbine…
Fiery Foods and The Scovie Awards: Wait, What’s a Scovie?
For all you chili pepper and fiery food aficionados, it’s time to enter the Scovie Awards! Spicy, hot chili peppers…
Pepper Power: Fiery Foods and the New Superfood, Chili Peppers
We like fiery foods. Hot sauce, spicy jams, green chili pickles, barbeque sauce, you name it, we’ve helped label it…
EMPLOYEE SPOTLIGHT: Jennifer Erickson
New Office Manager fills big shoes with a big heart Filling the role of a predecessor who held the position…
Sustainability & Labels: Part 3
What materials are suited for sustainable labels In Part 2 of our Sustainability & Labels series, we covered the different…
Sustainability & Labels: Part 2
How sustainability, recyclability and compostability differ In Part 1 of our Sustainability & Labels series, we discussed why it is…
Sustainability & Labels: Part 1
Why sustainability is trending in labels – and why you should care. Sustainability is here to stay. It has become…
CUSTOMER SPOTLIGHT: Blonde Beard’s Buffalo Sauce
Hot Takes on Clear Labels When you form a passion for chicken wings and buffalo hot sauce at an early…
Five Tips to Engaging Label Designs
When it comes to a label, looks matter. And the stats prove it. In one study, 93 percent of consumers…
FROM OUR PRESIDENT: Problems We Love to Solve
By Greg Jackson, CEO Columbine Label Company Most new customers typically come to us with some sort of problem or…
As Distilled Spirits Soar, So Does Spirit Label Design
Distilled spirits are soaring. A recent study by the Distilled Spirits Council of the United States (DISCUS) shows that spirits…
EMPLOYEE SPOTLIGHT: Lorri Martinez
Taking care of label customers written in her DNA You could say Lorri Martinez was destined for her position as…
What you don’t know about labels could hurt you (and your sales)
Does the look and feel of your label really matter? In a word, yes! Label look and feel definitely matter…
6 Steps to eye-catching, quality labels
Labels are more than just a pretty face. In fact, they do a lot of the heavy-lifting for your product.…
Serving Essential Businesses in Times of Crises (a 1-min read)
Being designated an “essential service” carries significant weight in times of crises. That’s why Columbine Label is privileged to be…
EMPLOYEE SPOTLIGHT: Bernadette Wisser
Meet our Marketing Director, chief conqueror of positions, projects – and peaks Want to see an impressive collection of labels?…
Why – and how – better beverage labels work
Thirsty? No problem. How about a nice cold kombucha? Or a craft ale? Or hard seltzer? Or maybe you prefer…
The ROI-Generating Power of Prime Labels
They say looks aren’t everything. But we’re here to tell you: yeah, actually they are – when it comes to…
FROM OUR PRESIDENT: Safety. What’s the big deal?
By Greg Jackson, CEO Columbine Label Company It’s no secret that the printing industry has a target on its back…
EMPLOYEE SPOTLIGHT: Alissa Evans
Hello (and good-bye) to our one-of-a-kind Office Manager If you want to become fast friends with the office manager at…
CUSTOMER SPOTLIGHT: White Label
Meeting the demands of on-demand printing If hashtags are any indication of a company’s priorities, White Label isn’t messing around:…
FROM OUR PRESIDENT: No surprises…we promise.
By Greg Jackson, CEO Columbine Label Company I might be dating myself with this, but there’s a fantastically memorable Holiday…
Is it Time to Consider Shrink Sleeve Labels for your Product?
Is it time to consider shrink sleeve labels for your product? If you’re as obsessed with labels and packaging as…