With the skies looking sunny and a high below 90 degrees, this Sunday is expected to be a perfect day. Now how to spend that day? You could stay home and watch television on the couch, or you could come experience all the festivities at Lake Eola in downtown Orlando. On the Schedule: “The Giving [...]

Appleton Creative has teamed up with City Hall to produce a Giving Circle art piece to share just how much Orlando has given to our community. Mayor Buddy Dyer’s office is showing the love as well with a video soon to be revealed. Check out this fun, record-setting video from Grand Rapids, MI to get [...]

Did any of you downtowners notice a sudden excess of bicycles on your way to work last Friday? If you were near Orange Avenue around 8:30 am, you were likely a spectator of a bicycle flash mob that was destined to surprise Mayor Buddy Dyer.

This week, Orange Appeal magazine sponsored the Orlando Women’s Conference, designed to showcase our city’s most prominent businesswomen. Appleton’s Creative Director and Owner, Diana LaRue, was asked to participate on a panel to discuss how she became such a successful entrepreneur.

As 2010 draws to a close, it’s time to look back at some of the most noteworthy events in and around Orlando.

Blast from the Past: The history of Orlando.

Central Florida’s first emergency shelter for homeless LGBTQ teens, as well as a 24-hour support hotline, should be up and running before year’s end.

Happy Pinktober 15th! The third Friday in October of each year has been declared Pinktober Day, and is an opportunity for the Orlando community to increase awareness of breast cancer.

Check out one of our FAVORITE clients in this month’s issue of Orange Appeal Magazine.

Social media marketing is quite the buzz term nowadays for professionals and businesses using online media to build consumer awareness.

With the skies looking sunny and a high below 90 degrees, this Sunday is expected to be a perfect day. Now how to spend that day? You could stay home and watch television on the couch, or you could come experience all the festivities at Lake Eola in downtown Orlando. On the Schedule: “The Giving [...]

Appleton Creative hosted another successful Giving Circle awareness art exhibit last night – and what a great turnout! We had a lot of fun showing our guests art made by local foster kids, and garnered donations for the Foundation for Foster Children. The theme of the event, “Blue Hope,” was seen throughout the many blue-inspired [...]

The Giving Tree: Fostering Hope with Heart Few things in this world matter as much as the wholesome, flawless wishes of a child. While big dreams come easy for most Central Florida children, our community’s foster children bear heavy burdens. They move from home to home facing the trials of a disconnected family, lacking in [...]

Last October, Appleton Creative was part of the winning team that won the “Why I Love Orlando” contest, and a grant to create an event to benefit the Orlando community. With help from the City of Orlando, Orlando City Commissioner Patty Sheehan and Panera Bread, Appleton Creative is proud to announce the inaugural Giving Tree [...]

Appleton Creative was proud to support MBA Orlando at their recent Pride in Business Awards Gala, which honored Central Florida’s LGBT & Allied business leaders. MBA Orlando celebrated their 20th anniversary as an organization and after four years of recognizing the Debbie Simmons Community Service Award, they expanded the festivities into a red-carpet awards affair! [...]

Time to dust off those golf skills, enjoy another perfect Orlando spring day and raise some money for The Coalition for the Homeless. On Monday, April 23, the Leader Winter Park Golf Classic at Dubsdread Golf Course hit a hole-in-one with good company and great weather with all proceeds benefiting a worthy cause. The scramble [...]

Appleton Creative worked with the Foundation for Foster Children and ArtWorks to create art with the Foster Children of Central Florida. Over a dozen budding artists participated in creating their own unique art pieces. The children started by using light-sensitive canvas to make silhouettes, then they created personal art appliques to attach to the canvas. [...]