This Christmas we celebrate local businesses!

We’ve been helping Frilly Lilly with their product labels for three years. As a locally owned beauty boutique, they not only provide all the standard services that women rely on, they also produce their own line of body care products.

Back in 2020, we sat down together and had a conversation about the importance of supporting local at a precarious time for small businesses like us. Several times, Frilly Lilly had to close the doors of their 19 locations and were uncertain when they would be able to open again.

It was their body care line, adorned by beautifully designed labels printed by us, that kept both of us going during that time. We’re so appreciative of this partnership and look forward to many more years together.

We’ve printed thousands of unique colouring books for Colouring It Forward, a 100% Indigenous social enterprise. Owner Diana has always been a fair and loyal customer, and we’ve built a strong mutually beneficial relationship over the years.

She’s knowledgeable and passionate about her support of indigenous arts and preserving indigenous culture. Her colouring books unleash the imagination, bringing the stories of the first people alive.

But what really inspires us is that it’s always about what she can give back to the community.

Chevonne, the owner of local restaurant, Centini, and founder of Centini Foods, has been our customer for three years, We talk every second day and she shares about the challenges that small business owners face, especially restaurants, with rising food costs and staff shortages.

She survived the last two years by being innovative and enterprising, something Albertans are known for! She started creating pasta sauces and we helped print the jar labels, while also printing materials for the restaurant. Her pasta sauces have now found their way into CO-OP.

We’re grateful for a trusting and harmonious relationship and wish her continued success.

Jesse is a real home-grown local hero that we’re so proud to call our customer. The owner of Kingdom Coffee is all about supporting community causes.

This is coffee with a cause. Against all odds, triumphing over adversity and fueled by faith, he created Kingdom Outreach which shares a cup of coffee and a hot meal, and loves people in the struggle of addiction and homelessness on the streets in Calgary every Saturday morning. In fact, a portion from the sale of every bag of coffee goes to supporting this cause.

We applaud his big heart and we’re honoured to play our small role as his print partner.

We’ve worked with Landmark Cinemas for over 30 years! We appreciate such a loyal and stable long-term relationship. Over all that time, we’re still working with only the second staff member for ordering.

We’ve had the privilege of witnessing them grow so much and despite corporate ownership changing, they are still operating as a local company from their corporate HQ in Calgary.

They were hit hard but weathered the last 2 years – over 300 big screens in 40 theatres are still serving movie lovers across Western Canada and Ontario.

Crystal has been a champion for us since we started working together years ago. Everything about this partnership with Prairie Chick Prints is awesome.

She’s an amazing entrepreneur, designer and Mum with tenacity and a great sense of humour. We print her original line of quirky, clever and sometimes very cheeky notebooks, cards and more. We’re so proud of her success and growth (Barnes & Noble carries her products)! Crystal is always referring customers to us and we always look forward to the next creation that will run on our presses.

She’s a true advocate for local, getting all her printing done here in Alberta.