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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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Branding, Launch

Brand Launch for New Jersey Wedding Photographer Lauren Kearns

Happy launch day to my full branding wedding photographer client Lauren Kearns!!! Lauren is a Central New Jersey classic wedding photographer who has stunning timeless images. Lauren wanted to create a bold, yet romantic brand and incorporate a deep cranberry. Lauren was one of my January branding clients and I am so excited to wrap […]

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Wedding Branding

Custom Wedding Brand and Invitation Suite for a Summer Massachusetts Wedding

This past summer I worked with Massachusetts wedding planner, Mollie Marrocco, with one of her summer couples to create a custom wedding brand and logo and invitation suite. It was amazing and I recently received the beautiful images from their big day from wedding photographer Shannon Grant. But before I show you the pretty pics […]

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Branding

Collateral Brand Design for New Jersey Wedding Photographer Lauren Kearns

I’m so excited for the brand launch coming next week for New Jersey wedding photographer Lauren Kearns.  With all of my full branding wedding business clients I create their collateral brand design. This includes a stationery suite and social media templates. Having this collateral design really makes the whole branding experience complete in my opinion. […]

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I have been working with my full branding wedding photographer client, Lauren Kearns, for the last month and her new brand is almost done! Lauren is a New Jersey wedding photographer with a timeless, classic style. I mean many of her clients ride horse drawn carriages to their receptions. Talk about class! I wanted to share my progress with Lauren so far so you can see how it all started.  From our initial conversation I knew Lauren wanted a bold, but romantic brand similar to the infamous Justin & Mary. It took a few stabs to create the perfect ideal client for her and color scheme but I finally nailed it. Next I created several initial logo concepts for her:

Branding

Brand Board for New Jersey Wedding Photographer Lauren Kearns

I have been busy doing full branding for wedding photographer Lauren Kearns for the last month and her new brand is almost done! Lauren is a New Jersey wedding photographer with a timeless, classic style. I mean many of her clients ride horse drawn carriages to their receptions. Talk about class! I wanted to share my progress with Lauren […]

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Business, Tips

The New Business Dilemma | Should I Invest in Full Branding or Not?

I primarily do full branding for wedding businesses and work with women who have been in their industry for years, but every now and then I get an inquiry from someone who is just starting their business and they often ask this: should I invest in full branding?  That’s a tough question! Branding is tough, time-consuming, […]

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Branding, Launch

Brand Launch for Maryland Wedding Planner TreBella Events

The past few weeks have been crazy with the holidays and launches for two full branding wedding planner clients! I’m so excited to share with you the new brand design for Maryland wedding planner TreBella Events. Shawn came to me in serious need of a rebrand as her brand had not been updated in nine […]

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Shop Item

New Showit Website Theme | Presley Blake

Happy New Year! Today I am releasing the Presley Blake Showit website theme in my shop! It is one of several website templates I have created for small creative businesses. It features beautiful images from Virginia wedding photographer, Heather Chipps Photography. You need a Showit account to be able to use this theme. It is […]

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Branding, Launch

Brand Launch for Michigan Wedding Planner | Festoons and Flourishes

Happy launch day to Michigan wedding planner Festoons and Flourishes! Ashley is a full branding wedding vendor client who has been a joy to work with. Her style includes a love of art history, all things Pride and Prejudice, calligraphy, wax seals, proper etiquette, and ballroom dancing. Her brand is classic and full of beautiful, […]

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Tips

How to Make a Custom Showit Link Tree

Who here uses a boring link tree for their Instagram profile link? A link tree is basically a mobile menu that allows you to list different buttons for different places. Most of my full branding wedding vendor clients have Showit sites and I can’t believe I am now just realizing how easy it is to create […]

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Business, Tips

Should I List My Prices?

When working with any of my full branding wedding vendor clients I always get asked the same question: “Should I list my prices on my site?” The answer depends on who you are and what you do. If you are a florist listing prices it would be impossible as every client orders different quantities of different types […]

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