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Verve Creative Studio Creative services | Brand metamorphosis | Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.

Verve is a creative studio located in Cedar Rapids serving Iowa, the Midwest and beyond. We collaborate with business owners, creatives and marketing agencies to help companies define their brand with creative services that produce digital and print marketing results.

RIP to the shower thoughts, midnight revelations, and grocery aisle genius that vanished into the void. 💭🪽Because brilli...
29/10/2025

RIP to the shower thoughts, midnight revelations, and grocery aisle genius that vanished into the void. 💭🪽

Because brilliance doesn't wait for a notebook. Next time? Grab the Notes app, a napkin, or literally anything. 📝

Ex: I had a million-dollar idea in the shower now it’s a blip lost somewhere between shampoo and regret.

Creativity isn’t about becoming something new. It’s about remembering what you already were. Every brushstroke, every wo...
16/10/2025

Creativity isn’t about becoming something new. It’s about remembering what you already were. Every brushstroke, every word, every late-night spark is just another piece of you finding its way home.

To create is to collect—your joy, your grief, your grit.

You gather the scattered pieces of yourself,
the ones that flinch at failure, the ones that glow in silence,
and you feed them to your soul like truth.

Every time you create, you add weight—
not the kind that drags you down,
but the kind that roots you deeper into who you are becoming.

That’s the work. That’s the art.

✨ “I shall become, I shall become a collector of me. And put meat on my soul.” — Sonia Sanchez

So stop treating social media like it needs a divine sign from the content gods.Branding and marketing aren't lightning ...
03/10/2025

So stop treating social media like it needs a divine sign from the content gods.

Branding and marketing aren't lightning bolts; they’re daily practice. Repetition. Refinement. Realness.

✨ Show your work-in-progress.
✨ Share the behind-the-scenes.
✨ Let people see you in motion.

Inspiration doesn’t hit when you're waiting. It hits when you're doing.

That’s how you build trust. That’s how you build a brand.

Often includes latte art, mirror poses, or dude staring into the distance “thinking.” 😁Ex: He set up a tripod, opened hi...
03/10/2025

Often includes latte art, mirror poses, or dude staring into the distance “thinking.” 😁

Ex: He set up a tripod, opened his laptop at a café, and pretended to laugh at nothing—just another fauxment for the grid.

Why settle when you were built to soar? 🕊️✨Meet Free Bird — part of our Mid-Century Modern inspo series. She’s got that ...
27/09/2025

Why settle when you were built to soar? 🕊️✨

Meet Free Bird — part of our Mid-Century Modern inspo series. She’s got that vintage cool, that untamed energy, that “don’t clip my wings” attitude.

Allergic to societal cages? Same.

Printed on archival paper (aka: forever crisp, forever fly). Hang it solo or let it flock with your other favorites — either way, it’s fearless movement + timeless style for your walls.

⚡Now live in the Verve Art Shop.

🤔 Don’t answer that question! It’s Philosophical Tuesday, where gentle sarcasm from marketing meetings gets recycled int...
23/09/2025

🤔 Don’t answer that question! It’s Philosophical Tuesday, where gentle sarcasm from marketing meetings gets recycled into wisdom for the internet.

Here’s the tea: Troll culture thrives on engagement loops. Every clapback is free dessert, and they never leave the table hungry.

So, what do you do instead? Think of community management less like being a nightclub bouncer, and more like being a gardener. You’re pruning weeds so your real flowers get sunlight. 🌱

Here are a few practical moves for brand managers, creators, and anyone tired of living in Troll Town:

✨ Acknowledge without amplifying. A simple “thanks for sharing” ends it quicker than a 10-comment thread.

✨ Redirect the energy. If the troll’s complaint has a nugget of truth, flip it into a broader convo with your real community. It turns their chaos into your content.

✨ Set the tone early. Clear guidelines = fewer headaches later. Community guidelines aren’t “corporate.” They’re a sign on the door that says, “This garden grows kindness and honest discourse, not weeds.”

✨ Escalate wisely. Ghosting and blocking have their place, but use them like weedkiller, not water. If it’s harassment, protect your space. If it’s bait, starve it out. Ghost or block when it’s harassment, not just annoyance.

✨ And lastly don’t be above a petty flex. Sometimes misinformation or disingenuous “expert takes” need a single, mic-drop correction. Keep it short, sharp, and rooted in truth. You’re not feeding the troll. You’re feeding clarity to the silent majority watching the thread. 🎤

Community isn’t built by catering to chaos. It’s built by protecting the vibe for the people who do care.

[If trolls feed on attention, should we serve three-course meals in the comments?]

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Branding preserves meaning in a disposable culture. It’s how we archive feeling.Design is memory work. Just like Frida p...
17/09/2025

Branding preserves meaning in a disposable culture. It’s how we archive feeling.

Design is memory work. Just like Frida painted flowers so they wouldn’t die, I too paint butterflies, pollinators, and florals so they live beyond the season. It’s my way of resisting the fast pace of life, which makes my watercolor brushes preservation tools. 🖌️🎨✨

Branding works the same way. Your logo, your colors, your voice—they’re the wildflowers you plant in the digital field. Done right, they don’t just decorate the feed; they linger, they pollinate, they remind people of who you are long after the scroll has moved on. 🌱🦋

So, here’s your nudge: don’t just market for the moment. Plant meaning. Archive feeling. Make your message bloom long past the algorithm’s attention span.

W A N N E T T E 🦋

Quote: “I paint flowers so they will not die.” — Frida Kahlo 🌺

Draftie’s got the whole plot. Post it or let it rot?Hook? ✅Visuals? ✅Will anyone care?Who cares. 😉(But seriously… post i...
15/09/2025

Draftie’s got the whole plot. Post it or let it rot?

Hook? ✅
Visuals? ✅
Will anyone care?

Who cares. 😉

(But seriously… post it.) 🦋

For the real ones who get a bad rap while just out here surviving. Equal parts retro charm and graphic stuntin’ like a T...
12/09/2025

For the real ones who get a bad rap while just out here surviving. Equal parts retro charm and graphic stuntin’ like a Three 6 Mafia song.

Buzz at your own frequency and keep showing up no matter who’s trying to swat your shine.

Printed on luxe, heavyweight Fine Art paper. Get it in the shop. Just don’t swat at it. 🪰😎

Wow, this one is loaded. 🫠 (And not a bad way to jump back in the branding and marketing conversation on this beautiful ...
10/09/2025

Wow, this one is loaded. 🫠 (And not a bad way to jump back in the branding and marketing conversation on this beautiful Tuesday)

“Should we fire our creative team now that ChatGPT can make our content?”

ChatGPT making your content is NOT a flex. It's sorta like lip-syncing your way to the Grammys—impressive, until the track skips. 😁

Let’s break it down:

1️⃣ Creativity ≠ Content Output. ChatGPT can generate. But creating isn’t just output, it’s context, culture, and connection. That part? Still human.

2️⃣ Brand Voice is a living thing. AI doesn’t get your inside jokes, your messy backstory, or the “why” behind your work. Without that, your brand voice just becomes “corporate beige.”

3️⃣ Strategy > Spam. Content without strategy is noise. And noise doesn't convert. Girl, you know it's true.

AI is a tool not the team, the vision, or the ex*****on. We’ll follow this up with how ChatGPT is best used (spoiler: think assistant, not replacement).

But hey, go ahead on playa and fake your content if you’re brave. Just remember: when your sales tank, who do you blame? 🤖

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