news & announcements
Happy Holidays from the team at Core Creative! We hope you enjoy the holidays with friends and family and we look forward to a vibrant 2025. Our office will be closed the week of 12/23-12/27. We will be open the following week, with the exception of Wednesday, January 1st.
The 2nd Annual Core Creative Holiday Catalog hits mailboxes this week! As we reflect with gratitude on this past year, we are thankful for each one of you whom we have had the opportunity to serve. We genuinely enjoy the creative and important marketing projects you have entrusted to us and it is a joy to work with you. Core Creative’s Client Spotlight catalog features some of our top projects from 2024.
Core Creative Photography recently organized and executed a photo shoot for Audicles Hearing Services. From coordinating “on brand” apparel, detailed shot lists and optimal settings, background and lighting, Core Creative Photography takes it a step further to produce the best quality photos that consistently go beyond clients’ expectations.
Core Creative has been hard at work on a complete redesign of not one but TWO new websites for AHLL. Proudly launched yesterday, the new websites are LIVE and are ready for you to register your child for Spring ball, shop custom AHLL gear and purchase sponsorships. Visit www.AHLL.org to register your child for the Spring season, view field maps, game schedules, rules and more.
Not all headshots are created equal! Capturing the ideal light, angles and background colors is important, but being able to convey a person’s personality in a single shot makes Core Creative Photography stand out. Our photography team recently spent some time at @mbblegal taking refreshed headshots of the firm’s legal team.
The Core Creative office will be closed for Thanksgiving Break on Wednesday 11/27, Thursday 11/28 and Friday 11/29. We will resume regular business hours on Monday, 12/2.
We are thankful for our clients and colleagues who have once again made it a successful year for us! We are grateful for the many meaningful projects and initiatives we have had the privilege to be a part of. Have a Happy Thanksgiving!
An important way for a business or organization to stay connected with clients and supporters is through a regularly scheduled e-newsletter. Recently, Core Creative helped Focal Point Vision launch a quarterly newsletter. When creating a newsletter there are a number of points to keep in mind. 1) Be on-brand and have a consistent look and feel 2) Have a strong call-to-action or share pertinent/timely information 3) Ensure link accuracy and proper formatting.
Calling all Superheroes! The website for Cambridge Balloonfest is now live! Please visit www.cambridgeballoonfest.com to sign up for your family or business sponsorship. All sponsors will receive a 2025 Balloonfest lawn sign and will have their name, family photo or logo displayed on the website. Also keep an eye out for Balloonfest sponsor packets that are hitting mailboxes this week! Balloonfest logo, lawn signs, t-shirts, website and more designed by the team at Core Creative.
Shenandoah Development Group’s new logo marries the client’s request for a clean and modern look with the deep green and rich blue colors that reflects the strategic land development company’s connection to the land and commitment to professionalism and growth. Shenandoah Development Group specializes in urban growth and community transformation in the Texas market. The company excels in managing planning, zoning, entitlements, and utility infrastructure, with a focus on joint ventures and collaborations.
When a new client, a lumber and hardware store in San Angelo, tasked Core Creative with developing a new logo to launch its rebrand, we delivered a clean, modern and bold logo fitting of the company’s fresh vision. City Lumber & Wholesale has been a “hometown” business in San Angelo since it opened in 1949, known in the community for stocking quality product for builders and contractors in addition to having a retail storefront offering customers daily hardware needs.
Core Creative has been hard at work for several months on an exciting and all-encompassing branding and marketing project for a developer that is bringing a new luxury condo community to Northwest San Antonio—The Gabriel. Highlighting elements of the modern and luxury brand while bringing in a nature component as a nod to the residential community’s location at the edge of the Hill Country on a 4-acre private park, Core Creative have created a complete marketing package for the brand.
Core Creative Photography artistically produced a collection of photos of Fannie Thomas’ newest gold and gemstone jewelry pieces. Shot on a white background and considering the composition of each photo by intentionally layering and grouping items together, Core Creative Photography highlighted the brilliance of the newest jewelry collection by Fannie Thomas.
Core Creative intentionally designed these print materials for The Ferguson—a vibrant new live/work/play townhome and condo community in Taylor, Texas—to seamlessly reflect the development’s modern upscale brand. Pre-reservations for these thoughtfully designed homes just northeast of Austin are currently available at www.thefergusoncondos.com.
Superheroes will unite to save the day at Cambridge PTO’s Balloonfest in Spring 2025. Core Creative is helping to fuel this superpowered event with the design of a new on-theme logo, lawn signs, t-shirts, sponsor packets, signage, website, email marketing, raffle packets and more. This looks like a job for Superman! Up, up and away to Balloonfest 2025!
After a number of years working with Cambridge PTO on branding and materials for its annual fundraiser—Balloonfest—Core Creative recommended creating an anchor logo for the event. What is an “anchor logo”? It’s a consistent brand and logo that builds trust and recognition over time. It helps to establish, in the audience’s mind, that it is a recurring/annual event. Anchor logos should be updated annually (with details, colors and design elements) to compliment the year’s theme.
Core Creative Photography recently orchestrated a photo shoot for Focal Point Vision of the doctors in a variety of shots and uniforms. Shooting on a clean and crisp white background allows for these versatile shots to be used in a number of ways including on the website, in presentations and marketing materials and more. For the ease and convenience of a client, Core Creative Photography can go “offsite” and turn almost any location into a proper space for a photo shoot, as was the case here.
Did you know that Core Creative can help you with the design of your next trade show booth? When tasked with conceptualizing an eye-catching, Texas theme for a client’s trade show booth, Core Creative recommended a bluebonnet concept and then quickly designed and handled the printing of the on-brand step-and-repeat just in time for a successful show!
It’s that time of year again when those polished gold envelopes arrive in mailboxes! Core Creative was once again honored to design and coordinate the printing and distribution of the annual Kelly Wade Jewelers Holiday Catalog. Thoughtfully designed with classic elegance in mind, the Holiday Catalog features an array of colorful gems, brilliant diamonds and exquisite gold pieces.
ONLY TWO DAYS LEFT TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF OUR SPECIAL EARLY BIRD PRICING! Fiesta 2025 will be here before we know it - so why not take advantage of our special early bird pricing and get one more item checked off your to-do list? Core Creative’s 2025 Custom Fiesta Medal packages include a custom fiesta medal design, medal production and ribbon application as well as a professional digital photograph of your finished fiesta medal.
Core Creative has been busy with a multi-faceted branding project for a new condo and live/work/play development in Taylor, Texas. Where urban living meets small town charm, The Ferguson is a vibrant residential community offering a variety of living spaces, from studios, condos, garden homes to spacious townhomes, and unique live/work storefront homes.
Can you believe it’s already time to start ordering 2025 fiesta medals?! Fiesta 2025 will be here before we know it. Core Creative’s 2025 Custom Fiesta Medal packages include a custom fiesta medal design, medal production and ribbon application as well as a professional digital photograph of your finished fiesta medal.
When making a significant announcement such as the opening of a new firm or business, it’s important to think strategically about everything from the new branding, new website and all related collateral, to the timeliness of the announcement. Core Creative recently helped to announce a new, local boutique law firm, Valkenaar PLLC, with the development of a new website (www.valkenaarlaw.com).
HITTING MAILBOXES THIS WEEK: Core Creative was once again honored to design the Texas Biomedical Forum newsletter that elegantly showcases the fantastic work the Forum does to support the Texas Biomedical Research Institute and its lifesaving scientific studies. Featured in the newsletter is Texas Biomed News, photos from MANY recent events such as the Clay Shoot Classic, the Spring Lecture Luncheon, the 53rd Forum Gala “La Vie En Rose” and more!
We’ve all seen the good and not so good real estate photos and know that photography that captures the optimal angles and light really makes a property stand out. Core Creative Photography recently went to new heights while capturing photos for a recently listed unit on one of the top floors of The Arts at The Thompson, listed by @derive.development, a San Antonio-based luxury residential development sales and consulting group.
Core Creative Photography captured these 11U and 10U Alamo Heights Little League All Star athletes in just the right pose in these individual and group (not pictured) shots. Our photography team not only handles portraits for professionals and adults, we also organize photo shoots for entire sports teams and organizations. In under two hours, Core Creative Photography efficiently photographed 23 individual players and took multiple team shots.
Core Creative Photography artfully captured a handful of new pieces in Fannie Thomas’ fine jewelry line. These pieces include unique pistol cuff links (for her men’s line), tiny bud studs (which are perfect for a second piercing) as well as several new pieces for her “nest” line.
Core Creative enjoyed capturing headshots for several new Mazurek, Belden & Burke, P.C. attorneys last week. Regardless of what industry you are in, headshots should look natural and should highlight your personality, highlight your best features and reinforce your branding.
Core Creative breathed new life into this bold and colorful logo that took center stage at the Majestic Theater Foundation’s Joci Awards earlier this month. As the country’s largest performing arts scholarship program, the Joci Awards work to recognize and assist hopeful college-bound high school students.
