Aspen Creative Co.

09/19/2026

This is always such a fun project to help with.

09/17/2026

Seven brands. Seven stories you won’t find on a booth banner.

We’re heading to Glamping Show Americas in Aurora, CO, September 29-30, and these are the brands we can’t wait to see. Swipe through, then read the full stories at the link in our bio.

Save this if you’ll be walking the show floor, and come find us at Booth #325. You can meet our founder, Tony Mellinger and hear our story.



Harmony | Geodesic Domes | Tiny & Micro Home makes its domes in Ukraine for guests in the Rockies, from a home base just up the road from the show. Stars through the panels, snow on the shell. Booth 601.

Conestoga Wagon Company started as a glamping resort that couldn’t find anyone to build its wagons, so they built their own. Booths 1000 and 1001.

Montana Canvas has been sewing canvas tents in Belgrade, Montana, since 1982. If a tent can handle a Montana November, it can handle a season of guests. Booth 1006.

Creekside Mallow Marshmallows began with a 13-year-old’s big idea at a campfire sleepover: open a gourmet s’mores shop. Today the family’s marshmallows sell in all 50 states. Booth 410.

Lightning Nuggets has been lighting campfires since 1978, and it all started on a garage floor with pitch wood from Idaho’s Salmon River. They’re right next to Creekside at Booth 411, which makes it the unofficial s’mores corner of the show. Full stories at the link in our bio.

Rogue Goat Soaps makes small-batch goat milk soap in southwest Colorado, and the founder’s path there started behind a butcher’s counter. The full story is on the blog. Booth 421.

Good inTents | Luxury Artisan Glamping Tents🏕️✨ is a Denver tent brand started by a mechanical engineer who designed out the part every camper hates: the poles. Booth 805.

09/16/2026

Most glamping brands aren’t telling one story. They’re telling three or four, depending on the platform and who’s behind the keyboard that week. Guests feel that inconsistency even when they can’t name it, and it costs trust before a single booking happens. That’s exactly what we’re digging into at Glamping Show Americas.

In-Booth Presentation: Telling Your Outdoor Story: Building a Destination People Want to Visit
Tuesday, September 29, 2:10-2:55 pm
Booth #325

Tony Mellinger, founder of Aspen Creative Co. (Top 50 vendors of American Glamping Association) has spent years helping campgrounds, RV parks, and outdoor hospitality brands define what makes their story different, then carry it across every touchpoint instead of just the days someone’s paying close attention.

He’ll break down how to define a brand voice that holds up everywhere, and how to feed that voice into AI tools so the output sounds like your property instead of a generic template.

You’ll leave with:
• A framework for a brand voice and story that holds up across web, social, email, and guest communication
• A real campground case study on carrying a story through a change in ownership without losing what made it special
If your team is telling four versions of your brand’s story depending on the day, come sit down with us. Booth #325, Tuesday at 2:10.

Will you be at Glamping Show Americas this year?

09/10/2026

The best outdoor brands do more than sell gear, trips, or experiences. They give people a reason to get outside.
That story deserves more than a few rushed posts between everything else on your plate.

We help adventure brands turn real moments, real people, and real work into content that earns attention and builds trust.

If your marketing feels like one more job you have to squeeze into the week, let’s talk.

09/05/2026

Rocky Talkie just came out with new headsets for their radios, and the second we saw them we reached out to our friends over there and asked to get our hands on a few.

We’ve run Rocky Talkie radios on nearly every shoot for the past year now, trail rides, overland trips, events, you name it. So testing out three of these headsets felt less like trying a new gadget and more like fine-tuning a system we already trust.

A few things stood out right away. On the trail, we still hear the tires, the engine, the actual environment we’re filming in, no natural audio, get destroyed under radio chatter, but the crew can still talk to each other whenever it matters. Flip to an indoor set where we need dead silence, and the same headset gives us full quiet without losing hands-free comms. Every camera op, every gimbal operator, everyone on the crew stays connected without a radio getting in the way of the shot or the trail.

That’s the kind of gear upgrade that actually earns a spot in the bag. Go check them out.

09/04/2026

Ever wonder why we picked the name Aspen Creative Co.?

It's not random, and it's not just a name that sounded good on a business card. There's a real story behind it, and that story is the same reason we build brands the way we do: every touchpoint should feel like it came from the same place.

Your business card. Your website. The walk into your showroom. If those feel like three different companies wearing one logo, something's disconnected.

We named ourselves around a bigger idea about what a brand should be, and it shows up in every project we take on, especially for the overlanding shops, off-road brands, and outdoor companies we work with.

Watch the video to see exactly where the name comes from. Then tell us in the comments, does your brand feel like one connected thing, or a few different ones stitched together?

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09/02/2026

Heading to Glamping Show Americas this month? Let’s meet in Colorado.

Aspen Creative Co. will be on the show floor at Glamping Show Americas , September 29 to 30 at the Arapahoe County Fairgrounds in Aurora, Colorado.

If you own or run a glamping property, campground, RV resort, adventure-tourism business, or a brand serving this industry, come find us at Booth #325.

We work with outdoor and hospitality businesses that need marketing to pull its weight, from brand strategy and content to photo, video, social, and the digital systems that help turn interest into bookings.

We’d love the chance to meet you, hear what you’re building, and talk shop about what is working, what is frustrating, and where your business needs to go next.

Will you be at the show? Drop a comment or send us a message so we can connect.

AdventureTourism American Glamping Association

09/01/2026

We’re building out our contract team at Aspen Creative Co., based in St. Louis, looking for a videographer, graphic designer, and video editor who get the outdoor and overland world, not just marketing in general.

This is a local, in-person role, so please only apply if you’re St. Louis based or can be on-site.

If you can shoot with Canon gear, edit in Premiere Pro, or design in Photoshop/Express, and you don’t mind trading a clean studio for a muddy trailhead, we should talk.

Details and how to apply are in the comments below. Know someone who fits? Send them our way.

08/27/2026

Two track road: A simple unpaved road usually requiring a high clearance vehicle and 4x4. Most Two Track roads are remote and seldom traveled. The Two Track Camper is built for overlanding, extended expeditions, and weekend getaways alike. With a low-profile design that adds just 7 inches over the factory top, it offers rugged functionality without compromising the Jeep’s iconic silhouette.

08/24/2026

We’ve been hanging out in Loveland Colorado for Overland Expo® connecting with some of our friends and making a whole bunch of new ones!

It’s amazing to see so many people who love Jeeps, off-roading, overlanding, and camping in once place. We had the chance to meet so many great companies in the industry like Reign Outdoor and venturoustrucktops and drivenbyadventure.tv. Always walk away from events like this tired but full of ideas and connections!