Tips for successful printing

My first job was working in a print shop ... I was 10. I silk printed bottles every summer until I graduated from high school. I also walked to school everyday (uphill, both ways, I might add), barefoot, in the snow (when we got snow) and had to use a card catalog full of index cards to find books at the library. My young apprenticeship as a bottle printer taught me many things, one of which I will share with you now: analog and digital printing processes are VERY different.

Read on to learn the benefits and limitations of analog and digital printing and what you can do to ensure your packaging design is picture perfect!

Plastic bottles help Ford vehicle shine

I look forward to new car advertisements every year. I’m aware that such a statement sounds ludicrous; I occasionally like to employ the literary device of sarcasm. Every thirty seconds of airtime spent watching those commercials eventually becomes hours that I can’t get back. In those hours I could be making discoveries with epic ramifications; but instead I choose to be lulled into inaction by overviews of a vehicle by husky-toned voice talent that I have no interest in ever buying. However, throw a cast of plastic bottles into the mix and an ad for the new Ford Focus Electric would make an automotive ad exception.

Design small bottles for an audience

Cupcakes. To some, a pastel sprinkled and delicately crafted pastry might appear as a work of art. To others it just looks like a fluffy, sissified glob of sugar. How can interpretations of the same product be so different? That’s the unanswerable question when it comes to exploring the minds of men and women. Read on to learn how simple design techniques can help products in small bottles appeal to a gender specific audience.

Sunkist's clear container gets makeover

Protein supplements are all the craze. Sure, they’ve been around for a few years but new brands keep popping up with various ways to eat, drink or otherwise absorb protein. Read on to discover which brand is joining the protein movement and revitalizing clear container packaging along the way.

Green light for plant bottles

Coca-Cola and PepsiCo are epic competitors, not only in the business of sipping but even when it comes to being eco-friendly. Will green bottles be on store shelves soon? They will if either of these beverage giants have anything to do with it.

Facebook Calendar Giveaway

Hey, did you know CPS is on Facebook? Well, we are. So there. We love being in touch with 900 of our most awesomely rad customers and other online friends. Yet, no matter how much fun we have on Facebook, there will always be one thing missing, you. Don’t be shy, “like” us, join the party and enter to win a little something in return!

CPS Film Festival 2011

Christmas came and went. While you drank hot cocoa under a tree all aglow gathered around those you love, CPS employees participated in something entirely different, The CPS Film Festival 2011. For the first time ever, CPS has decided to extend the Christmas joy and hilarity of our annual Film Festival beyond our company family and out into the world, via our YouTube channel. Just think of the humiliation immortalized through these films as yet another thank you for your business throughout the year. Wishing you a very Happy New Year, from CPS!

January: Capablanca

Capablanca (1942) is a romantic drama set in unoccupied Africa during World War II. Humphrey Bogart, played by Sales Rep Greg, is an American expatriate who meets a former lover, Ingrid Bergman, played by our very own Sales Assistant Angie. Their tragic and ill-fated romance is limited to their faces being photographed and Photoshopped to this calendar image.

Container Carols

Nothing puts me in the holiday spirit more than Christmas music. Trees, houses decorated in multicolored lights and even a fresh sheet of white snow on the ground can’t take the place of those sweet melodic sounds.

Stow Christmas spices in glass spice jars

The holidays wouldn’t be the same without the aromas that depict this special time of year. I don’t walk into a candle or lotion store at Christmastime to merely peruse the shelves; I walk in with the intent to be swept up in a winter wonderland of aromas – cinnamon, peppermint, ginger, sage and so many more. Each smell contributes to the magic of the season.