Discovering the sea to success Inspiration is sometimes born out of tragedy. Colorado native Joey Coleman, founder of KAI CBD, based in Grand Junction, CO, can personally attest to that. An outdoor enthusiast, Coleman was living in Columbia operating a charter sailing business with his wife Kelsey. In 2017, he experienced a terrible crash while paragliding and broke his spine.…
Capturing lightning in a bottle When the economy took a dive in 2008, Duston Evans was looking for a change from his many years in the construction industry. “Something that fills me back up every day,” as he put it. That thing was craft spirits. But it wouldn’t be fully realized until Littleton, CO, passed a law allowing micro distilleries,…
A labor – and label – of love Doing what you love seems to be a common thread among Columbine Label customers. Take for instance, Over Yonder Brewing Company, a craft brewhouse located in Southwest Golden, CO near Red Rocks Amphitheater. For owner, Jason Bilodeaux, it’s a true labor of love borne out of what he describes as “many years…
Hot Takes on Clear Labels When you form a passion for chicken wings and buffalo hot sauce at an early age, your fate is pretty much sealed. Mr. and Mrs. Blonde Beard (aka Adam and Cara Nelson), owners of Blonde Beard’s Buffalo Sauce, are living proof. As Cara tells it, “Adam and I are both from Georgia and worked at…
Meeting the demands of on-demand printing If hashtags are any indication of a company’s priorities, White Label isn’t messing around: they’re #onamission. As a large and growing direct-to-consumer fulfillment and private label services provider based in Denver, CO, White Label picks, packs and ships product seven days a week. Clearly, they are on a mission to meet the demanding needs of…
Like many companies that have printed their own product labels in house, Tony’s Meats & Market determined the labor- and time-intensive task they had been handling for years was better left to the experts. That led Tony’s to Columbine Label, their business neighbor located just down the street from their main office, and to finally retire their in-house thermal printer…
A Google search and cold call to Columbine Label Company led Boulder-based Cured Nutrition to a successful cure for their printing woes. Cured Nutrition, a premium provider of hemp-derived CBD (cannabidiol) products, was making its mark in the growing, albeit highly competitive, CBD market. But the company had grown frustrated with the lack of responsiveness and transparency and missed delivery…
In the craft beer business, brand differentiation is everything. And it all starts with the graphics. Just ask Meredith A., Creative Manager, with Half Acre Beer Co., a Chicago-based microbrewery that crafts an impressive flight of core and specialty release beer in bottles and cans. “We take our visuals very seriously,” she explains. “If the physical label can’t support the art,…