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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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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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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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You Have to Spend Money to Make Money

Remember that old saying “you have to spend money to make money”? I’ve been thinking about that a lot lately after asking people on Instagram what holds them back from rebranding. Everyone, mainly women wedding photographers and wedding planners, had the same response: money. I know branding is not cheap. Let’s talk about this shall […]

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1 Hour Design Challenge, Branding

One Hour Design Challenge: Cadence Donahue

I am loving this new blog series I created to showcase made up wedding vendor logos and websites. The One Hour Design Challenge is to show how you all how I start with one inspirational image then create a logo and website from it. I often get downtime while waiting for feedback from my own […]

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Branding

Full Branding Follow Up with Amy Ekren Photography

I always like to follow up with my full branding wedding vendor clients soon after working with me to see how people have received their new brands and get feedback. I recently followed up with Minnesota wedding photographer Amy Ekren to ask her a few questions post launch and here is what she said. How […]

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