Design Rangers Camp Blog

Design Rangers began working with Cave of the Winds in October of last year. 2011 is the 130th anniversary and Grant Carey, owner & GM, was looking to update the cave’s website, marketing materials and develop identities for a new attraction and a special anniversary dinner theatre.

The Cave of the Winds’ website has been an amazing and fulfilling creative challenge – we feel a bit like we now have a third child! We threw our heart and soul into the creative development of this site and now we have let it go out into the world, to be all that it was designed to be.

Cave of the Winds’ previous site:

Cave of the Winds’ new site:

Click here to go to the new Cave of the Winds’ website and do a little exploring on your own!

On August 1, 2009 (we remember the exact date because it was Jenny’s birthday) we took a trip up to a Parade of Homes House outside of Cripple Creek (near Evergreen Station for those of you in the know). Chris’ parents had raved and raved about this house and insisted we go see it. We walked into the Starlite Kibanda, our mouths dropped open and we instantly knew we had just walked into our dream home. It was there that we met, and got to know a little bit about, the amazing Doug Allen of Allentown Homes. Doug’s energy and passion for his work was immediately visible, we talked with him about the house and he showed us many of the funky cool custom touches. We left with a brochure and a business card, dreaming of living in the Starlite Kibanda or having Allentown Homes build us a custom home of our own someday. (more…)

Chef Corey Wilson has been a friend of the Design Rangers for many, many years. I worked with him a whole lifetime ago at the Stagecoach Inn, and Chris and I would run into him occasionally at the Blue Star (as he was responsible for creating thousands of fabulous menu items). Most recently, we kept seeing him in the produce section at our local King Soopers. We knew he was up to something, as at each of our run-ins with him he weighed less (and less) and seemed happier (and happier). (more…)

I haven’t seen a lot of Coleman’s “The Original Social Networking Site” T.V. spots but every time I do, I love them more and more.

What an amazing message and a big, bold statement. We often push our clients to make the big, bold statements. It takes guts though and not all clients are willing to put it all on the line. I’m proud of Coleman and their marketing guts. Errr… I was proud until I did some research.

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