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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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Wedding Branding

Chesapeake Bay Inspired Wedding Brand

When Cate of Ivy & Honor approached me to contribute a wedding brand and invitation suite to a styled shoot she was doing based on Annapolis artist Kim Hovell I jumped at the opportunity! Kim is an amazingly talented artist with art featuring the Chesapeake Bay which is so close to my heart. I went […]

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Branding, Tips

Launching Your New Brand? Do It With Style with These Tips

I have discovered a new passion of mine and it’s not in front of the computer at all…it’s styling pretty props to take pretty pictures! Oh but it’s so much more than a pretty picture. Often people ask me how to generate hype and get people excited for their new brand launch and I have a […]

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Wedding Branding

Spring Awakening Styled Shoot

A few months ago I contributed a wedding brand and invitation suite to a styled shoot with Jennifer Larsen Photography. I met Jennifer via the Rising Tide Society as I do all my other shoot vendors and she did not disappoint! She wanted to do a sage/dusty blue shoot that was very natural. After our […]

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Branding, Tips

Three Tips for Creating an Attention Grabbing Home Page

As a graphic designer I design websites all the time. I always design the home page first and get approval for that before moving on to anything else. The home page is key. It is where a user will make their first impression and decide right away if they want to move on or look around more. […]

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Wedding Branding

Kristen & Joe | Wedding Brand and Invitation Suite

Kristen found me via the Bowties & Bubbly event this past January at the Chesapeake Bay Beach Club. We hit it off immeadiately upon meeting and discussing her vision for a classic wedding brand and suite using subtle greys and mints. After an initial mood board and some conversation I put this wedding brand board […]

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Wedding Branding

Peach & Pink Wedding Brand and Invitation Suite

Yona contacted me about a month ago needing a wedding brand, logo, and invitations created for her June 5 wedding at Manor Country Club. I was a little floored she was asking since it was so soon, but I’m not one to back down from a challenge so we started working together nearly a day […]

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Branding, Tips

How to Say No | Three Practical Advice Tips

A big challenge a lot of small business owners face is “how do I say no to a project?” Often we feel like we have to do everything not only to gain exposure and self-market, but to people please. I’m guilty of that. Anyone else?! For a long time I said yes to every styled shoot and […]

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Artist Feature

Artist Feature | Bonnie Sen |Bonnie Sen Photography

I love Bonnie Sen. For real. I met her through my Tuesdays Together group with the Rising Tide Society, but I knew of her before. She is an amazing fine art wedding photographer. Additionally she’s just a bubbly, intelligent, nice person and plays on my family’s coed soccer team (I’m sitting this season out due to […]

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Personal

Meet the Designer | Our Trip to Disney!

I grew up going to Disney every year so it’s no wonder I am a HUGE Disney fan. My husband and I went there on our honeymoon. It was amazing! We have been dreaming ever since then of bringing our kids there and last week we got to take our almost two year old son. It was […]

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Wedding Branding

Alex & Matthew | Wedding Brand & Invitation Suite

I’ve been working with Alex on her navy and pink wedding brand for about a month now. After putting together a romantic and rustic brand board for their September Stone Tower Winery wedding with the fabulous Elizabeth Fogarty Photography I designed their invitation suite: Once approved I ordered the print products, printed the custom addressed […]

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