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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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The Ribbon & Ink Newsletter

I finally have a newsletter and the first edition launches THIS Friday! I am so so excited! I would love for you to sign up by clicking here. Each month I will send an R&I Newsletter to readers updating them with the latest launches, wedding brands, giveaways, webinars, workshops, and more! Readers will get first […]

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Branding

Full Branding Recap | All Grand Events

About a month ago I launched the new brand for All Grand Events, a floral and event design studio in Michigan. Jamie and Emily are the sweetest and were so great to work with. They were kind enough to answer a few questions about their experience working with me and I wanted to share. Thanks […]

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Branding, Launch

Brand Launch | Joy Michelle Photography

This has got to be one of my top three brands I’ve ever created. It’s elegant, romantic, and timeless. It is so so pretty and Joy did a GREAT job collaborating with me to make everything so picture perfect. Let me tell you about Joy: She is so sweet, beautiful, and talented. She is an […]

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Pastel Blue Countryside Styled Shoot

When my current client, Elizabeth of Elizabeth Moore Photography ,approached me to contribute a wedding brand and invitation suite to a countryside styled shoot she was planning I was totally on board! Lizzie sent me her initial Pinterest board full of creams and pastel pinks and blues. After viewing her board I created my own […]

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Branding, Launch

Brand Launch | Ashley Peterson Photography

I’ve had the privilege of working with Ash of Ashley Peterson Photography before. I did her initial branding and ProPhoto site a few years ago so when she came to me wanting to get a brand new Showit5 site and with a little brand sprucing up I was totally on board! I don’t typically do […]

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Brand Coaching

Now Offering Brand Coaching Sessions

I have been thinking of doing this for a long time and now the day has come! I am now offering brand coaching sessions for small creative businesses. This is a service I currently do with all of my full branding clients as part of their all inclusive branding package,  but I now will work […]

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Brand Coaching, Branding

Ideal Client | Christina Carroll Photography

In preparing to work with Christina Carroll Photography this August I recently had her branding session over Skype. We discussed many things as I do with all my full branding clients including her ideal client and niche. These two things are KEY y’all in creating a solid visual brand. How can you sell to someone […]

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Wedding Branding

Styled Shoot | Home is Wherever I’m With You

This past March I participated in a beautiful soft blue and green styled shoot for one of my former clients, The Cannons Photography. Courtney wanted to do a very “homey” shoot using a soft romantic color palette and she created a wall with frame art to look as if the couple was hanging out at […]

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Branding, Launch

Brand Launch | Birds of a Feather Photography

HAPPY HAPPY launch today to Birds of a Feather Photography! I have been working with the amazing dynamic duo and mother/daughter team for a few months now and I must say things turned out beautifully. Maggie and Betty have been doing wedding photography for several years now. Betty, the mama, took many, many pictures of her kids when […]

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Branding, Tips

What’s a Niche and Why Do I Need One?

One of the first things I do with all my full branding clients is to establish their industry niche. What is that? Entrepreneur.com defines a niche as: A portion of a market that you’ve identified as having some special characteristic and that’s worth marketing to . Businessdictionary.com defines it as: A small but profitable segment of […]

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