NW Carriage Museum

A world-class museum right in our back yard

If you haven’t been to the NW Carriage Museum in Raymond, you’re really missing a treasure.    Longtime beachdog.com customer and NW Carriage Museum Director Laurie Bowman asked for some help with a flier she had put together for an upcoming conference of Tour and Travel Writers.  Laurie had done…

Its all about the hedgehog.

Sunny AZ Vacation Homes are Luxury Short Term Home Stays in Arizona that take homes from good to GREAT I delighted in receiving a call from Laurie Hatfield.  We did good work together when she was the Director of the Chamber of Commerce representing Raymond and South Bend, Washington.  Laurie…

Kite Festival

It’s Kite Week

We hope you enjoy this year’s program and find it useful!  It’s always fun to put the Kite Festival program together. Not only is it full of bright, colorful images, it’s a bit of a jigsaw puzzle to solve as the advertising blocks, and the amount of content for any…

crab pot decal

3 Fun Print/Design Projects

The Crab Pot decals came in last week. I LOVE these stickers!  The size is perfect at 4″ x 6″; with the oval shape they are eye catching AND visible.  But what I really like about them is the sticker stock + UV lamination.  It gives them almost a pearlescent…

The Secret Burger Joint That Draws Customers From Hundreds of Miles

The Corral Drive In has been a Peninsula treasure for 30 years –and plans on being around another 30!  This family owned and operated restaurant is reminiscent of those so many Gen-Xers and Baby Boomers enjoyed.  You order at a window or counter.  There’s some seating, but it’s more for…

custom label, custom shape label, laser-cut label

It’s Custom Label Season!

Glorious, Creativity-Bursting, Custom Label Season! One of my favorite things about the week between Christmas and the New Year is the arrival of catalogs from all of our label vendors.  They arrive in fat envelopes, with samples, updated paper options, colors, foils, varnishes… whee! Variable Labels This year, the pricing…

Brown's Coastal Corner Market

What Makes Good Signage?

Simplicity. Readability. Branding.   Simplicity.  If your try to cram too many words and images onto your sign, it won’t be readable.  In the case of the sign above, people in automobiles have just a few seconds to take in the sign.  The words and imagery need to clearly and simply…

Kite Festival Program

Washington State International Kite Festival

The World Kite Museum and Washington State International Kite Festival Kiters hold a special place in our hearts. Not only do they fill the sky with an inspirational array of colors, kite fliers are the nicest people!  The World Kite Museum is open year-round with regularly changing exhibits and is…

Event Collateral

Event Collateral for SandSations

Event Collateral Promotes Popular Long Beach Festival Event Collateral?  That’s a fancy term for the brochures, rack cards, website and other tools used to promote a business or event.  We’ve been proud to have worked with the Long Beach Merchants Association for years to get the word out about their…

shakti cove rack card, business cards

Logo-Business Cards-Rack Cards-Website for Shakti Cove

New owners put a fresh face forward with: Logo-Business Cards-Rack Cards-Website There’s a new family in town!  Shakti Cove Cottages, in Ocean Park, WA, was purchased last summer by Jeff & Lillian Homer. The industrious couple has been upgrading the property while also starting up a soy candle side businesses.  …