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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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Welcome Magazine Template for Wedding Photographers

Happy Friday! After months of hard work and collaboration I finally released my welcome magazine template for wedding photographers. So far it’s been a big hit! Since I’m not photographer I had three pros contribute all the text (and images!), Elizabeth Fogarty Photography, Bonnie Sen Photography, and Joy Michelle Photography. All the text within the […]

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Branding

Business Stationery Suite for New York Wedding Photographer Nicole Detone

One of the many things I love about my full branding for creatives experience is printing their stationery suite I design. For every client I design business cards, a note card with envelope and liner, and either a “meet me” doc and “welcome doc” OR a customized welcome magazine made from a template I created. […]

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How to Plan for a Rebrand | What Time is Best?

As a small creative business that primarily does full branding for creatives I have learned the ins and outs of when clients rebrand. Just like any other business I have slow times and busy times. While all my clients rebrand at different times of the year, there are definitely trends in timing I have learned. […]

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Logo & Brand Board for Long Island Floral Designer AvaFlora

I’ve had so much fun working with Long Island, New York floral designer AvaFlora, a husband and wife team, on their new brand. Lori had such a vision of what she wanted for her new brand. She actually initially contacted me about just revamping their current website, but after some emailing decided to redo the […]

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Custom Save the Dates for a Summer Maine Wedding

I’ve been working with bride-to-be, Jackie, to create a custom wedding brand with invitations and save the dates for her summer Maine wedding. I posted a few weeks ago about her purple and green mood board I created with three full wedding logo options and am super excited to share her final wedding brand board […]

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Semi Custom Brand Kit for Photographers | Ashton Whitaker

Happy Thursday! I am sharing the latest semi-custom brand kit for creatives I’ve created called Ashton Whitaker. I love creating these premade logo kits for two reasons 1) not everyone can afford or is ready for full branding and 2) it gives me the opportunity to design my little heart away and have more portfolio […]

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How to Choose “Brand Words” and How They Help You

When working with all of my full branding creative clients I always have them give me three descriptive words for their new brand before we even have our coaching session. These words give me an initial peek into the inspiration behind their rebrand as I can compare the three words to their current brand and […]

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Ideal Client & Mood Board for New York Wedding Planner & Florist Whimsy Weddings

I’ve had a wonderful time working on a smaller branding project different than my usual full branding for creatives. I’ve spent a few weekss working with Erich and Tati of Whimsy Weddings, a planning and floral event design business in New York, on creating a new logo and brand for them. While I love doing […]

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Wedding Branding

Blush Pink Wedding Mood Board and Logo for a New Jersey Wedding

Some of you may not know this, but in addition to doing full brand design for small creative businesses, I work with engaged couples to create one of a kind wedding logos, brands, and invitation suites. I love wedding branding! It’s the same branding service I love to do, but for a different type of […]

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Why Your Brand Isn’t Attracting the Right Clients

We all want to work with the ideal clients we have in mind. You know…the ones who are willing to pay us what we are asking and love our work! Sometimes, though, it seems as if we’re attracting the wrong type of clients and we don’t know why. I feel like I’ve finally gotten to […]

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