Extreeeeeeeeme!!!

 
Remember this?

It's that time!!

For our upcoming Designer's Challenge at CHA Winter 2012, we are giving ordinary paper mache dress forms to various designers to decorate in any way they please, using Ranger products.  In our first episode of Extreme Stickling, Ranger Sales Director and Stickles Enthusiast Alain Avrillon decides to enter the Designer's Challenge by dipping the dress form into Waterfall Stickles!

You're not going to believe the amazing results.

And if that's not unbelievable enough, get a load of the Extreme Stickling intro:

EXTREEEEEME!!!  Yes, those are Stickles.  Yes, that is Alain they are being poured onto.  NO, do NOT try this at home!! (Not that you would... but still!)

And with that, Ranger proudly presents Episode 1 of Extreme Stickling: The Dress Form.

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

From the Ranger family to yours, we would like to wish you a very Merry Christmas full of laughter, warmth, love... and crafting!

(All of the ornaments on our office Christmas tree were created for Ranger's 12 Days of Ornaments series! Be sure to check out all the holiday inspiration if you haven't already!)

Halloween Costume Contest Winners!

 
Thanks for voting in the first (annual?) Ranger Bloggers' Choice Halloween Costume Awards!  We hope we made you smile with our costumes; Halloween is definitely an interesting day to be at Ranger headquarters!

The runaway winners of the costume contest, as voted by you, our fans, were....

...the Stickles girls from Ranger's Customer Service department!!  Congratulations, ladies!

We've chosen a vote at random and the winner will win some treats (no tricks!) from Ranger.  The lucky winner is:

Michelle Reaves: "I vote for the stickles!! What a clever costume, love their bottle top hats!"

Thanks for your vote, Michelle!  And we agree, we loved the ladies' bottle top hats as well. We'll be contacting you via email so please be on the lookout for that.

What did you dress up as for Halloween this year?  Did you use any Ranger products when making your costume?  Or maybe you went AS a Ranger product, like our Customer Service girls did?  Let us know in the comments, or post photos of your Ranger-ific Halloween costumes on our Facebook wall!

Ranger's Halloween Costume Contest!

Happy Halloween, everyone!!

We here at Ranger Industries are getting into the Halloween spirit with our annual Halloween party and costume contest.  We are awarding our staff prizes for the Funniest Costume, Cutest Costume, and Most Creative Costume, but this year we are also adding a brand-new category: Bloggers' Choice!

That's right, we would like YOU, our blog followers, to vote for your favorite Ranger employee Halloween costume!  We will choose a vote at random and the author will receive a prize pack from Ranger, so be sure to get your vote in!  We will be closing the voting at midnight EST tonight.

Without further ado, the Ranger Halloween costumes for 2011!

Fairy

Fisherman

Candy Corn Witch

Stickles

Cowgirl 1

Charlie Brown Ghost

Charlie Chaplin

Perfect Pearls Mists

Lil Wayne

Captain America

Farmer

Vampire

Pirate

Cookie Monster

Cop

Bee

Old Lady

Mother Nature

Cowgirl 2

Nun

Tacky Tourist

Thanks in advance for your votes!!

Greetings from Asbury Park! (via Tinton Falls)

 
As New Jersey-based manufacturers, we here at Ranger Industries are fiercely proud of our state -- particularly of its beautiful beaches which are only a hop, skip and a jump from our factory doors!  We know that the Jersey Shore may not have the best of reputations these days, thanks to certain reality shows, so we thought we'd take all of our fans on a virtual tour to the nearby Asbury Park beach to show how awesome it really is.  (And we promise, no fist-pumping!)

The famous Asbury Park casino.

Colorful umbrellas on the beach!

Water splash park for the kiddies.

Baywatch, NJ style!

Walking the boards.

 
 
Young musicians.

Browsing the shops!

Hot dog stand outside the Pinball Museum.

 
Parasailers, up up and away!

What is your favorite spot for spending these long, lazy summer days?

Another Giveaway!!

 
Three more lucky Ranger fans will receive a prize pack just for leaving comments on our blog!  Today we are choosing random comments from our "NEW!! Inkssentials Surfaces," "NEW!! Claudine Hellmuth Studio Products," and "NEW!! Melt Art" posts from last week!

The winners are:

7/13 NEW!! Inkssentials Surfaces
Shirley L - "Lovin' those tags, especially those black ones! Of course, those kraft tags are also pretty cool! Ranger is like the little Energizer bunny who just keeps coming out and coming out and coming out with new wonderful products. What creative genius your company has! Thanks for the sharing of the new products. Can't wait for them to hit the stores."

7/14 NEW!! Claudine Hellmuth Studio Products
Karin - "perfectly wonderful"

7/15 NEW!! Melt Art
Aga - "I love the sound of the melting pot and all the fabulous melt art products!!!"

Thanks, everyone!  Please send an email to blog@rangerink.com with your shipping details so we can send your prizes on their way!

Time for a Giveaway... or 4!

 
Big thanks to all of you who have been following our blog and leaving comments as we continue to announce our new products debuting at CHA Summer 2011!  We'd like to show our appreciation by picking one random comment from each of the four days of product announcement posts thus far, and each of those lucky authors will win a goodie pack from Ranger!

The winners are:

7/7 - NEW!! Perfect Pearls Mists Colors
Christine S - "Nice! I can't wait to see them in person!"

7/8 - NEW!! Tim Holtz Products
Gretchen - "Woohoo!! I go through rock candy like mad! So happy there is now a bigger jar! That white AI looks great too. :)"

7/11 - NEW!! Tim Holtz Distress Stains Colors
Andrea Fogleman - "picket fence OMG!!!!!!"

7/12 - NEW!! "Jenni Bowlin for Ranger" Ink and Paint Colors
Lindy - "Oh I love these new colors!"

Congratulations, everyone, and thanks once again for your wonderful comments!  Please send an email to blog@rangerink.com with your shipping details, and your prize packs will be on their way to you!

Don't forget: you never know when you might win a prize just for leaving a comment on our blog!

Video: A Day In The Life At Ranger

 
Ever wonder what happens in a typical day at Ranger Industries?  Watch this video for a fun virtual tour of our Art Department, Warehouse, Pick & Pack, Shipping and Production areas!

A Surprise Giveaway!

 
You never know when you'll get some awesome freebies just for commenting on our blog, and today is no exception!  We chose three random comments from our Perfect Pearls "Thanks" Card post from last Friday, and the authors will win a Perfect Pearls Pigment Powders kit as well as a bottle of Perfect Pearls Mists!

(Actual colors may vary.)

Congratulations to:

Donna Russell - "love the card."
Victoria - "Great card!"
Lynn Barwald - "Good morning, Ranger! This is such a fun card by Lisa. Thanks! Lynn B"

Thanks for your comments, ladies!  Please email us at blog@rangerink.com with your shipping details so we can send some pearly goodness your way!

Maria's Boxes

 
Here at Ranger HQ, we have a lovely woman named Maria who works in our Product Packaging department.  During her breaks, she uses Ranger products (including Adirondack Acrylic Paint Dabbers, Stickles and Liquid Pearls) to decorate the empty boxes that once contained our bulk #8 manila tags, and she makes them into something pretty to store her work supplies in.  Maria makes them for her co-workers as well, and she is even making a "Congratulations" box for her daughter who is graduating high school this year!  Check out some of Maria's handiwork; maybe it will inspire you to transform something that would normally be thrown away into something beautiful and useful!