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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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Meet Baby Anna

For those of you who don’t know…I had a baby June 19! She is number two and her name is Anna Louise. She is cute, cuddly, and farts a lot. Having two kids is no joke especially when the three year old acts out. I know this is totally normal so take heart all you mamas […]

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Wedding Branding

Wedding Brand and Bridal Shower Suite Featured on Red Oak Weddings

I am super excited to share a wedding brand and bridal shower stationery I created for a July bride is featured on Red Oak Weddings today! Kristen is the most creative bride/client EVER and this is one bridal shower you do not want to miss. All of the thought and time that went into planning […]

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Brand Coaching

Brand Coaching Session with Heather Chipps Photography

It is t-minus days until the arrival of Baby Durski #2, but that doesn’t mean I’m done workin’! I’ve been busy cranking out a bunch of wedding brands, invites, and finishing up sites for full branding clients. I am blessed to have four full branding clients lined up for after Baby D arrives and the […]

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Wedding Branding

Mood Board & Wedding Logo Concepts for a Belmont Manor Wedding

I’ve been working with Brittany and Myron on their custom wedding brand and logo the past few weeks via their Maryland wedding planner, Infatuating Affairs. Love those ladies! Brittany and Myron have a very bright wedding color palette using coral, teal, and bits of green and yellow. They wanted a modern, yet whimsical wedding brand. […]

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Wedding Branding

Pink and Lavender Wedding Brand and Invitation Suite for a Massachusetts Summer Wedding

I’ve been working with Mollie of Mollie Marrocco Events for a few months with one of her summer couples on a custom wedding brand and invitation suite. I recently shipped out the invites to them and they turned out beautiful! Keryn and John are getting married July 8 at the Ocean Edge Resort and Golf […]

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Branding, Launch

Brand Launch for Colorado Wedding Photographer Suzanne Nevill Photography

I had a great time working with my full branding wedding photographer client Suzanne Nevill. Suzanne actually recently rebranded, but felt it wasn’t truly representative of her or her ideal client. Suzanne reached out to me loving the fact that I do an in-depth brand coaching session to help clients determine their ideal client, niche, […]

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Brand Coaching

Brand Coaching Follow Up with New York Wedding Planner L. Marie Events

I had a great time chatting with my full branding wedding planner client L. Marie Events a few weeks for her brand coaching session. All of my small creative business full branding clients receive a coaching session with me via Skype or in my home office to discuss all the behind the scenes stuff about their […]

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Brand Coaching

Brand Coaching Session with Colorado Mountain Wedding Photographer Suzanne Nevill

My latest full branding for wedding vendors client is Colorado mountain and elopement wedding photographer Suzanne Nevill Photography. I’ve been working with Suzanne over the last few weeks to develop a new brand and Showit5 site for her and it’s been fun and different! I’ve never really worked on an oudoorsy brand, if you will, […]

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Business

The Importance of Your Brand Versus Your Work

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the importance of your brand versus your work. What do I mean by that? When a potential client views your website are they paying more attention to your work or your brand? Why is the answer to this important? Because you need to know what to invest your […]

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Brand Coaching

Brand Coaching Follow Up with New York Wedding Planner Whimsy Weddings

This past month I had a great time working on a new logo and branding for New York wedding planner Whimsy Weddings. I followed up with owners Erich and Tatiana to get their feedback on their brand coaching session after working with me. Each full branding client I work with gets a coaching session where […]

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