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Ribbon & Ink is a full service branding studio that works with small creative businesses to create brands with strategy and beautiful, purposeful content-driven websites to go with them. 

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Tips

3 Things To Do For Your Biz in the Offseason

  Everyone has a slow season or an “offseason” if your business is seasonal like most of my custom full branding wedding business clients. Sometimes those times can be discouraging or boring even, but I wanted to share three things you can do for your business in the slower times to get you more business later. Do […]

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Showit Template

NEW One of a Kind Showit Template : The Araka

New in the shop is the one of a kind Showit website template, The Araka. The Araka currently has a color scheme of sage, peach, and grey but it can easily be edited to fit your brand. The Araka site will only be sold once and you can either buy and customize it yourself or […]

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Premade Logo Kit

Premade Brand Customization for Jessica L. Scott

Happy Friday! Today I am sharing a premade brand customization for wedding planner Jessica L. Scott. Jessica is starting a new business as a coaching for brides and wedding businesses and she needed a professional brand to kickstart her project. She decided to purchase my one of a kind Stephanie premade brand. All my premade […]

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Business, Tips

What It’s Like To Be an R&I Client

  One of the BEST parts of my job as a branding and custom Showit web designer is finishing up a client project. One of the most nerve wracking is following up to ask how they think things went. Getting criticial feedback is SO crucial to me for running a well oiled business. As a […]

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Branding

Brand Identity for New Jersey Photographer Idalia Photography

Happy Thursday! I am so excited to share the new brand identity for New Jersey wedding photographer, Idalia Photography. I love this soft, romantic brand. The before & after of her brand is really amazing. Owner Alex wanted a softer approach to her brand during this custom full branding process. After reading through her initial […]

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Tips

Logo File Formats Every Business Owner Needs

Have you ever wondered what’s the difference between a png or an eps or a jpg file? This post is all about file formats you need for your logo(s). I create several logos for my clients: a main logo, alternates, and monograms. For each of those individual logos I give my branding clients two types […]

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Premade Logo Kit

NEW Semi Custom Brand in the Shop: The Meredith

I am excited to share the newest semi-custom brand in my shop: The Meredith. The brand comes with a logo, alternate logos, monograms, patterns, YOUR colors, stationery design, and social media templates. The brand will only be sold once and customized by me for you. See all included below:

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Showit Template

Custom Showit Requested Template for Eilley Alexis Photography

Hey guys! Happy Thursday. I wanted to share with you a NEW custom Showit template requested by Eilley Alexis Photography. Eilley filled out my Showit Request Form on my site to request a one of a kind Showit template made for HER business with her colors and images. She sent me her brand colors, logos, […]

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Showit Template

Interview with Angela Marie Photography

Angela of Angela Marie Photography recently bought my one of a kind Showit website template, the Olive. She also decided to add a brand identity to it. I followed up with her recently to ask about her experience working with me and here is what she had to say: How would you describe your old […]

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Brand Launch for North Carolina Wedding Venue

Happy LAUNCH day to North Carolina wedding venue, Chestnut Ridge Events. Owner Taylor contacted me months ago about creating a brand for the wedding planning part of her business. What do I mean by that? Well, Taylor owns Chestnut Ridge Events, a wedding venue in the North Carolina mountains. Taylor also plays planner at many […]

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