It’s National Women’s Day year-round at YellowDog. We have SO much to celebrate as far as women leaders on our team and in our local business community. With Jenny Mulligan at the helm of YellowDog as President and majority owner, we’ve recently gained our Minority/Women Business Enterprise (M/WBE) certification from the City of Denver and the State of Colorado.
We’re in good company. YellowDog couldn’t be more proud of the women-owned businesses we work with. Your enterprises take on many shapes, sizes, flavors, and colors, and it inspires us every day.
Even with all our combined victories, we still have a long way to go to reach parity with men at the ownership level. This is where we find a sense of purpose — to help bold women-owned businesses like these ones shine. Ladies, we’re cheering for you!
Amplify Planner
Chelsea Brown and Raeanne Dimick, Co-Founders
This friend duo is changing the printed planner game. They’ve designed a planner notebook that actually works for people’s daily, weekly, monthly, and quarterly organizing. In Raeanne’s words, “A planner should be able to grow as you grow and shift as you shift.”
On their online store, you can take a peek at the layouts and even request free sample layouts to try out and see if they work for you.
Amplify Planner + YellowDog
Chelsea and Raeanne take pride in the fact these planner notebooks are printed and produced locally here on our YellowDog production floor in Denver, CO.
Breakaway Meetings
Kim Carlson and Angela Hesseman, Co-Founders
Meet Kim and Angela— the dynamic duo behind Breakway Meetings. They both spent their careers creating memorable experiences in the event and hospitality industry, but when the pandemic hit in 2020 everything changed. Looking for a new opportunity, they decided to combine their passion and expertise and launch a business creating and selling ultra-customizable branded gift boxes. Geared towards corporate meetings, work conferences, and employee appreciation, call them when you’re looking for a curated gifting experience. Whether it’s a hotel conference room drop or a festively-themed holiday box, they nail it every time.
Breakaway Meetings + YellowDog
We’re helping Kim and Angela grow their business through organic and paid marketing campaigns such as promotional articles in local publications, guest blogging, and social media. We’re also in cahoots on their trade show display!
Brindle and Oak
Megan Grose, Founder, and Michelle Sutton, Director
Wedding planning, done beautifully. We love this female business duo not only because they’re clearly dog people (brindle is two-toned fur!) but also because what they do for couples is truly remarkable.
In their words, “Your engagement should be fun, filled with excitement and love. You should go on date nights without having to talk about wedding plans.”
Brindle and Oak + YellowDog
We’ve collaborated on all sorts of fun wedding invitations and projects for Megan and Michelle and their clients. But our recent favorite is the design and install of their storefront signage.
CHC Training
Danaya Wilson, Co-Founder and CEO
CHC Training and YellowDog discovered each other as fellow recipients of the 2020 Colorado Companies to Watch Award. It’s true: this woman-owned environmental safety and training platform is worth watching! Danaya Wilson and her team are innovating with online courses and certifications that meet the standards of state regulators — both here in Colorado and nationwide. It’s inspiring to see Danaya growing and scaling her in-person and online classes like a boss.
CHC Training + YellowDog
We’re working with Danaya to formulate a comprehensive marketing plan that includes organic search strategy and email marketing.
Coven & Sage Tea Company
Laura Homann, Founder and Owner
Coven & Sage is organic loose leaf tea made to empower women. Our favorite flavor? Domina Grey (because the Earl has had his time), a black tea with orange rind, lavender, rosemary, and bergamot. Even better? Founder Laura Homann is dedicating to building a coven of women who support, uplift, and empower each other. 5% of profits from sales go to the Women’s Bean Project. Laura got her start through inspiration from the strong community of women entrepreneurs in Denver. In her words, “For years I had known that I wanted to start a business of my own. Something small. Something creative. And something impactful.”
Coven & Sage + YellowDog
Laura came to us with a banner idea for her popup booth at a local market. We’re thrilled to see in-person markets popping back up!
dfine Branding
Danna Simons, President and Lead Brand Manager
Over the course of her branding career, Danna has turned heads in the Denver business community. She’s been featured in the Denver Business Journal’s “Making Their Mark” column and listed in ColoradoBIZ Magazine’s “Women to Watch” list.
She’s the brains behind dfine Branding, a vibrant woman-owned branding agency that brings bold designs to brands, events, and swag in Denver and around the world. If you’re looking for brand cohesion both online and off, Danna and her crew are ready to help.
dfine + YellowDog
We’re happy to deliver on the high standards for print collateral that Danna develops for her clients. Some of our favorite collabs have been notecards, postcards, letterheads, and even branded passports.
Kailey Marie Designs
Kailey Marie Gordon, Graphic Designer and Founder
Kailey Marie is a local graphic designer with a passion for creating custom-designed invitations for life’s special occasions. Armed with unlimited creativity, she can take a simple idea and turn it into a never-been-done-before, beautiful card design. Visit her website to experience the full range of her talent, and while you’re there check out her blog for her secrets to balancing her business while being a busy mom of two.
Kailey Marie Designs + YellowDog
We love to see what new and exciting designs Kailey has dreamed up and as her go-to print partner, YellowDog is always there to help her bring her client’s visions to life through beautifully printed invitations. Oh, and we also love to follow her on Instagram.
Kimberly Timmons Interiors
Kimberly Timmons, Principal and Creative Director
KTI is an award-winning interior design firm based in Denver CO. They specialize in the three spheres of Hospitality, Interiors Merchandising and Residential design. We swoon over their gorgeous designs on Instagram and cheer on their wins such as making the 2020 Colorado Homes & Lifestyles Fabulous List.
Kimberly is an inspiration for women in business. For over 30 years Kimberly has been making her mark in the design world.
KTI + YellowDog
We’ve helped KTI with everything from calendar mailers to presentation books to canvas prints. It’s just so fun to see their images printed out in living color.
McCarthy Messaging
Margie McCarthy, Founder and President
McCarthy Messaging is a strategic communications firm for visionary healthcare organizations in need of messaging, fact-finding & strategic planning, and PR expertise. Led by Margie McCarthy, the Colorado firm has landed big-fish healthcare clients with household names. She and her team are a big deal.
How does Margie do it? “I’m a moderate-to-high risk-taker. Not as gutsy as, say, a serial entrepreneur. But braver than the average person,” she says. “In my case, I think risk tolerance comes from being naturally optimistic and enthusiastic. I believe in possibilities!”
McCarthy Messaging + YellowDog
We’ve had the pleasure of delving into the McCarthy brand on everything from website and design work to printing envelopes and business cards.
MoVET
Denver, Colorado
Stay home. Keep your pet comfy and stress-free. MoVET veterinarians and veterinary nurses will come to you. MoVET is the first and only app-driven veterinary clinic in the Denver area, offering housecall services for your pet’s primary and preventive care needs. As “your neighborhood vet, delivered” MoVET leverages technology as well as a network of local veterinarians to provide in-person and app-enabled veterinary services. Your furballs receive superior levels of care, right with the click of a button – and even in your own home! Pretty snazzy, right?
MoVET + YellowDog
YellowDog is helping MoVET with their new clinic opening. We’ve printed large format window stickers, and created flyers and other marketing assets for this exciting new business.
Ship Sunshine
Anna Costello, Founder and Owner
Opening a Ship Sunshine gift box feels like a barefoot romp through warm grass. And sending one to brighten someone’s day feels just as good. Anna Costello, the founder, found a way to spread joy in a box.
Anna’s priority is to fill her boxes with products whose values align with her own. In her words, “One of my main goals is to make sure that my values play a front-and-center role in my business. I want to make the concept of “be kind” into an actionable mindset, while having a strong community presence, support local, minority, and women-owned businesses, and also be eco-friendly.”
Ship Sunshine + YellowDog
YellowDog has the honor of printing the notecards, postcards, and stickers that find their way into these sunny gift boxes and their packaging.
Spunk & Love
Megan Larson, Owner and Designer
Megan is on fire as an Etsy maker and entrepreneur. She designs beautifully themed journals for life’s most noteworthy events and phases. Her mainstays are pregnancy journals and newborn journals. Here at YellowDog, our pet products are the dog journals and dog memory books. A Spunk & Love journal is sure to become a spiral-bound keepsake for your family to cherish.
Who is behind these treasures? Megan Larson is a spunky Coloradoan just like us. “On the rare occasion that I get out of my basement office (where the crafting magic happens), we enjoy hiking, biking, and general marveling at the beautiful state in which we live.”
Spunk & Love + YellowDog
Megan is the design genius behind this brand, and YellowDog is honored to be her local print production partner. We proudly support a number of Etsy makers, including our in-house YellowDog & Friends Etsy store, which features our team’s designs.
Sticky Fingers Cooking
Erin Fletter, Founder and Owner
We can’t get enough of women-powered food and cooking enterprises. Sticky Fingers Cooking provides fun, healthy cooking classes for kids. Shop online cooking classes, after-school programs, and summer camps for kids and teens. You can also peruse the collection of tasty healthy recipes, downloadable in PDF format that will catch kids’ eyes and get them excited about experimenting in the kitchen. As owner and Food Geek in Chief Erin Fletter puts it, “Cooking is becoming a lost art, and children want to learn it.”
Sticky Fingers Cooking + YellowDog
We’ve worked with Erin to build out brand assets such as logos, email graphics, and cookbook design for her sticky-fingered little customers.
The Recovery Box
Erin Benner, Rae Thomas, MA, LPC, Brogan Rossi, MA, RYT, Sydney McLamb, – Co-Founders
Inspired by the adoption of accessible, online mental health services, the founders of The Recovery Box wanted to find a way for patients to reflect outside of the therapist’s chair. That’s why they created a series of tangible reflection tools designed to help take control of your mental health in a variety of creative ways. Using their backgrounds as psychologists, they created mental health toolkits that will help anyone engage in self-reflection from the comfort of their own home.
The Recovery Box + YellowDog
The women behind the Recovery Box have been using YellowDog as their trusted print supplier for years, relying on our professional printing services for their reflection card activities such as their popular printed “Values” cards and “Emotion” wheels.
Too Haute Cowgirls
Amy Kirkpatrick, Co-Founder and Owner
A true Mountain Western brand, Too Haute Cowgirls gets its inspiration from the sweet-and-salty “rugged and unstoppable cowgirl attitude.” This popcorn has us hooked with its sugar, spice, and grit of pioneering women entrepreneurs.
With co-founder Deanna, Amy started Too Haute Cowgirls in the mountains of Colorado in late 2009. Fellow unrepentant popcorn addicts, the duo set out to create a selection of unique, sweet popcorn flavors. Success! Amy is a cowgirl on a mission. This popcorn brand works to empower women and girls facing barriers to employment and education.
Too Haute Cowgirls + YellowDog
Our pawprints are all over the Too Haute brand, from a logo and website redesign to packaging design and label printing. We would lasso the moon for Amy and her brand.
Are YOU a women-owned business in Colorado? First of all, can we just say? You are a total badass. Secondly, can we be bffs? Let’s get in touch and see how we can support each other. Our big idea is to help you realize yours.
by YellowDog.