In June we celebrated 2 employees that would be leaving us very shortly. Kyle and his family relocated to Indiana after losing their home in the aftermath of the Camp Fire. They are excited to start fresh in a new home.

Angie is relocating to Sacramento to pursue a career in Sales as she graduated from Chico State in May.

What better way to celebrate two stellar employees than to have a Salsa Showdown! All employees were invited to bring their best homemade salsa to compete for prizes and of course bragging rights. We had a total of 14 unique salsas ranging from mild to extra hot.

It was a close race to the top 3! Congratulations to our winners and a big thank you to all of our participants!

1st Place: Steve with his Sweet Heat Mango Salsa
2nd Place: Aaron with his Classic Tomato Salsa
3rd Place: Geo with his Slow Burn Salsa

Creative Spotlight: Chloe's Mountain

Wes Bristol first began his directing career in videos and television shows. He never dreamed of becoming a film director – he knew it was a completely different beast. However, when the opportunity arose to direct a film in need of help, he knew immediately what he needed to do.

Wes did not back down from the challenge and it payed off tenfold. His new movie Chloe’s Mountain has been nominated for numerous prestigious awards and he took home the best one. Chloe’s Mountain won Audience Choice for Best Picture at the International Christian Film Festival in Florida.

Wes came to us needing several types of marketing materials prior to the movie showing at the film festival. He worked directly with our lead designer Scott to design and deliver retractable banners, movie tickets, photo realistic posters, and more.

“Working with Scott has been a delight. He was accommodating and easy to work with. He doesn’t get offended if we don’t agree on something. He actually came up with the slogan for the movie!”

It was a pleasure working with Wes and helping him develop the marketing materials he needed to showcase his fantastic new movie! He is putting on a tribute to Paradise with a showing of Chloe’s Mountain where, “the proceeds will be used to build a memorial for those who perished as a result of the disaster.”

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“Established in 1983, NorthStar is a multi-disciplinary architecture, engineering, environmental, planning, surveying, and water resources consulting firm located in Chico, California.”

NorthStar serves solely the Butte County community with an emphasis in Chico. They are the prime example of a local business that caters (quite well) to the local community. This is just one of the reasons we love working with NorthStar.

Jessica from NorthStar came to Creative looking for something pretty interesting to entertain their guests for NorthStar’s 35 Year Anniversary celebration. We have partnered with NorthStar for many different marketing materials they needed; from business cards to letterheads, and everything in between. But this time, Jessica wanted something that was quite out of the box – or so she thought.

That’s how the NorthStar cornhole boards were born! Our Pre-Press Manager Steve went straight to work to create a sleek and on-brand design for the corn hole set. Once the design was complete it was sent out to the signage department and printed on gloss vinyl. After the vinyl was printed our Signage Manager Brandon had very specific cut templates in order to guarantee the best fit with no wrinkles. The end product was fantastic!

Looking to customize your own cornhole set? Head over to get a quote!

We were invited to sponsor the 7th Annual Driving FORE! Autism event hosted by Cleanrite Buildrite. Creative was one of the major sponsors of the event and we were happy to attend!

We were serving up sausage and Plinko with a smile. We saw over 200 golfers that day and everyone excited to play Plinko. Some were yelling, "No Whammy! No Whammy!" others were just aiming for the Klean Kanteen slot. From Creative hats to a set of custom printed golf balls, everyone walked away a winner.

Not only did we sponsor the event and attend as a vendor, we also had a team of 4 competing in the tournament! The Creative Team ended the tournament with 7 under par. While they didn't take 1st place, they certainly had a great time.

Big thanks to CRBR for inviting us to attend for the 3rd year in a row!

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We're expanding! In May we welcomed 3 brand new and eager employees to our team.

The first to join the team was Richard Miller (not pictured). Rich is our Bay Area Sales Representative.

Next up was Ric Bowden (right) our brand new Estimator/Planner. He will be taking over quote process and working directly with customers.

Last but not least, on May 15th our newest Sales Representative Robert Rounsaville (left) started. He is excited to take over the Chico area sales. Make sure to say hi to the new guys next time you're in!

Want to know more? Stay tuned for the coming "Meet the Creative Team" posts of the new team members on Facebook!

Creative Spotlight: Chico Enterprise-Record

Chico Enterprise Record has a long standing history in Northern California. While they went through a few name changes one thing remained true - they have an undeniable dedication to true journalism. In the past 70 years they have only had FOUR editors. If that doesn't prove ChicoER's passion for journalism I don't know what does!

"The Enterprise-Record has served our community for more than 150 years. We strive for high standards in community journalism, getting things right, and being fair about it." - Mike Wolcott, Editor

ChicoER is Creative's closest neighbor on Park Ave and we have done business with them for quite some time. ChicoER relies on us to design and print eye catching and bold banners to announce exciting projects and achievements. It is always a pleasure working with the ChicoER team and we're happy they can make the trek ALL THE WAY across the street!

"We reached out to Creative Composition for a banner commemorating our coverage of the Camp Fire, which resulted in us being named a finalist for a Pulitzer Prize for the first time in our history. Almost immediately, they gave us a couple of options to choose from. We're happy with the finished product, and we're lucky to be across the street from such a great business." - Mike Wolcott, Editor

Leo and his family originally wanted to open a full fledged restaurant knowing him and his family had some seriously spicy cooking skills. As a natural entrepreneur, he also knew putting down roots for a restaurant was a daunting investment and decided starting with a taco truck was the safer choice.

4 years ago Leo and his family decided to take the leap. At that same time the previous owner of El Grullense decided he was ready to sell his operation. The name El Grullo is a city in Jalisco, Mexico. Leo decided to keep the name as El Grullense was the very first taco truck in Chico.

Fast forward to today, El Grullense is thriving. Leo and his family just opened their second taco truck which is what brought them back to Creative Composition. They were looking to wrap their new truck with a new expanded menu.

Leo partnered with our graphic design team to design his new menu that promoted readability and easily guided the customer through it. This included strategic placement, color matching, font choices, and lots of back and forth to create the perfect menu.

Now El Grullense's second truck is fully operational and is busy all day long. It was a pleasure working with Leo and his family. We love working with local companies that have family values just like we do.

El Grullense is located in our parking lot at 396 E. Park Ave Chico, CA 95928. Come get your taco on!

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In April we hosted yet another company wide competition. We wanted to jump start spring with a brand new theme for each of our marketing displays. We have plenty of displays including a vehicle to wrap, window cling for the front of our building, retractable banners, sign displays, a trade show booth, you name it - we have it. But the question remained, what should the theme be?!

So we took the question company wide. Each employee had an unlimited amount of theme idea entries, and were awarded bonus points if they included a tagline and pictures. We had an overwhelming amount of entries that varied from pirates, to memes, to world scenery and even to daredevil/adrenaline. The top 5 were selected via popular vote, while the top 2 themes were selected by a small committee based upon marketability.

The results are in and everyone is excited! The winners were awarded gift cards, cash and of course, bragging rights.

Congratulations to our winners!

1st Place: "No Monkey Business" by Joshua Hendry

2nd Place: "Pirates Theme" by Rosemary Derby

3rd Place: "Giraffe Standing in a Crowd of Sheep" by Brandon Bentley

4th Place: "Creative Through the Ages Decades Theme" by Rosemary Derby

5th Place: "Company Mascot" by Kyle Hathaway

Creative Spotlight: Klean Kanteen

We have been partners with Klean Kanteen going on 3 years. It is not often we come across another business whose company values align so closely to ours. Klean Kanteen is family and employee owned, mission driven, and has a big emphasis on the ethos of the company.

One of the values the family at Klean Kanteen lives by is a culture of “hugs not handshakes.” They emphasize their need to stay true to who they are and continue to make a positive impact on the world. Every product made at Klean Kanteen is designed to solve an existing problem. They are specifically actively working to eliminate the use of single use products.

The Chico community plays a vital role in their business and means the world to them. That’s where Creative comes in. Klean Kanteen relies on Creative for their go to market efforts, trade show assets, consumer initiatives, and more.

Jeremy, Klean Kanteen's Director of Marketing and Branding, recalls how his favorite part about working with Creative is his ability to show up with a problem and Kyle will solve it by understanding the heart of the business. Jeremy quotes “There has never been one time Creative hasn’t delivered.”

It is always a pleasure forging and fostering partnerships within the Chico community. Here at Creative we have a passion for making a positive impact and we are grateful to work with a company like Klean Kanteen.

"Today, as a certified B Corporation, we not only create the highest quality reusable products on the planet, we work hard to bring benefit to the people and places we touch—and we do everything we can to keep single-use waste from trashing the world."

Donald started his business in 1996 in a San Francisco basement garage. He saw many triumphs and tribulations between his start and 2019. Today you can find Donald and his team at Farmer’s Markets from Marysville up to Chico. Donald came to us wanting a fresh new look for some signage to market his mushroom growing kits.

Rosemary, one of Creative’s graphic designers, had done work with Donald previously and was happy to help. She went straight to work designing a fun and inviting new logo for Mushroom Adventures.

The end result was six 24x20 Ultraflex 38in banners, six 30x10 dibond aluminium composite signs, and one HAPPY customer. Rosemary quotes, “Donald was a pretty fun guy to work with.”

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We like to stay ahead of the curve posting our fresh ideas, new products, and all the fun happening at Creative! Our top post of April was our Meet The Creative Team post featuring Steve Hendry!

'His spirit animal is a LLAMA!🦙 Because they are "Majestic, underappreciated and like 80's fashion a future style icon. My time will come." 🤣🤣🤣'

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If there is one thing the founders at Creative Composition are passionate about, it's family values. While they are fiercely in tune with printing and marketing best practices, this value is held above all else.

As companies grow in size and profitability, they tend to lose sight of the values they once held dear. This is not true of the founders and staff at Creative. We work diligently to ensure these values are held and expressed as a priority to each and every customer.

One way in which we continue to carry out our family values is by delegating intentional time to spend with our team. To that end, we hosted our First Annual Chili Cook Off! The founders shut down the shop midday on Friday March 8, 2019 and the cook off commenced.

We had 11 total chilies entered into the contest - each of which tasted completely unique. There was cornbread, families, and lots of laughter. The event came to a close with a 1st and 2nd place winner.

1st Place: Angie's Traditional Southwest Chili

2nd Place: Michael's All Meat All Heat Chili

Creative Spotlight: Secret Trail Brewery

Here at Creative we are known for producing a wide variety of products, including niche and personalized items. One example of the niche products we produce are keg collars.

Keg collars are used to identify important information about which brewery the beer came from and its contents. The unique aspect about keg collars is that they are die cut through the middle in order to sit on top of the keg.

We have a machine specifically for this purpose, which is not found typically found in businesses like ours.

"Secret Trail Brewing Company is an artisan craft brewery. STBC is a collaboration of Charlie Barrett, Michelle Barrett & Jesse Fischer. We seek to be a community-focused, locally- sourced brewery making both the classic styles and original innovations."

It was just two short days before Valentine's Day. One of our regular customers came in to pick up an order of flood maps. He then leaned over the counter to ask if we could do him a personal favor.

He pulled out his iPhoneX with a stunning photo of a horse in powdery white snow. The customer explained how his house was one of the very few that survived the Camp Fire, as did his horse. He snapped the above photo and wanted to surprise his wife for Valentine's Day.

Our lead designer Scott went to work assessing the state and quality of the photo to determine if it could be stretched. To his surprise, the resolution was fantastic and he was able to work his magic. It was printed on a 16x20 inch sheet are archival paper and framed just in time for Valentine's Day.

Welcome to our website!

It's brand new! We launched our new and improved website in February. We are very excited to debut some improved features of the website like our Get A Quote feature. Now you can get an online quote with ease and in a timely matter. Also check out our Ideas tab for new content on what new products are in stock and fresh ideas for you to try!

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