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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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1 Hour Design Challenge

New Blog Series: 1 Hour Design Challenge!

I’ve been toying around with a new blog series (I don’t have any really!) where I take my love for branding for wedding vendors and find one image to use as inspiration, then create a logo, and website, well just the home page. I often find myself just designing logos for fun in my down […]

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Branding

Logo & Brand Board for DC Wedding Planner TreBella Events

I’m having a blast with my current full branding wedding planner client, TreBella Events. Shawn is an amazingly talented Washington D.C. and Annapolis based wedding planner and floral designer who came to me with a serious need of a rebrand as she hadn’t touched her brand in nearly a decade! Her brand is a bit […]

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Business, Tips

Why I Keep It Real With My Clients

I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving with family and friends! Today I wanted to share why I keep it real with my clients. I mainly do branding for women wedding businesses and it would be a disservice to them if I held back my honest thoughts. If you don’t already know my background is […]

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Branding

Styled Brand Images for California Wedding Planner Detailed Touch Events

I have the best clients and California wedding planner Detailed Touch Events is no exception! She is one of my full branding clients and together we are creating a beautiful, romantic, pink, gold, and neutral brand for her fairly new business. Hailey is a mompreneur who is super on top of things and I love […]

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Branding

Brand Board for California Wedding Planner Detailed Touch Events

I love me a good pink brand! Can you tell from my own brand? I’ve had a great time with my latest full branding wedding planner client Hailey of Detailed Touch Events. She is a California wedding planner with lots of drive and beautiful work! Hailey is such a great boss lady and her brand […]

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Branding, Launch

Brand Launch for Long Island Wedding Planner L. Marie Events

Happy LAUNCH day to Long Island wedding planner L. Marie Events! Lisa Marie has a team of two other ladies to complete their boutique wedding planning studio in Long Island, New York. Lisa Marie was a full branding client who wanted a soft, romantic, and feminine look. In fact she told me she loved my […]

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Branding, Tips

4 Reasons You’re Ready for a Rebrand

Well four months after baby 2 and I’m finally getting back into the blogging game! This post is something near and dear to my heart. Lots of small creative businesses go through change and the desire to rebrand because of that change. But, how do you know you’re ready for a rebrand? Here are my […]

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Branding, Launch

Brand Launch for Minnesota Wedding Photographer Amy Ekren Photography

Happy Wednesday friends! It feels so good to blog! I was a champ at blogging until baby two came four months ago. Haha! Tis a season for everything. I’m so happy to share the brand launch for my full branding wedding photographer client Amy Ekren Photography. Amy is a Minnesota wedding and lifestyle photographer who […]

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Brand Coaching, Branding

Brand Coaching Session for California Wedding Planner Detailed Touch Events

You guys. I am loving this romantic, pink custom brand for California wedding planner Hailey of Detailed Touch Events. I am working with Hailey to create a custom full brand for her aspiring business. Currently we have the brand board finished and next I’ll be working on styled brand images and stationery but I wanted […]

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Branding for photographers #brand #brands #branding #logo #logos #design #webdesign #website #photographer #photography #event #planner #planning #wedding #blog #pretty #romantic #beautiful #font #inspiration #color / brand design / brand idea / color palette / web design / brand designer / brand inspiration

Branding, Launch

Brand Launch for Virginia Wedding Photographer Heather Chipps Photography

Y’all. I feel like I can say y’all because my full branding wedding photographer, Heather Townsend, client lives in Southern Virginia. This is one of my top fave favorite brand identities I have ever created. It’s not pink, it has custom calligraphy and illustration by Script & Vine, and uses french blue. I feel like […]

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