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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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Branding

Follow up with Lauren Simmons Photography

Earlier this year I had the pleasure of rebranding Lauren Simmons Photography. Lauren is one of the sweetest people you will ever meet. She wanted a soft, neutral brand full of blues and creams to attract her ideal Kate Spade client. I followed up with Lauren recently to ask how things are going since the […]

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Wedding Branding

Candace & Ryan Save the Date Cards

I am loving work on Candace and Ryan’s print items for their upcoming September wedding at the Wye River Conference Center with the amazing Liz Fogarty as their photographer. I have no doubt the wedding will be BEAUTIFUL both in person and in images. Candace and Ryan’s wedding brand is full of blush, sage, and […]

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Personal

Meet the Designer | Why I Do What I Do

I was so thrilled to have Jen of Jen S Photography do some family portraits of my little family as well as some images of my hunky husband and I. It’s important for me to have images of us in our home to remind us of our values and where we are at that point […]

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Artist Feature

Artist Feature | Sara Reynolds Events

IMAGE: Brittany Thomas Photography I have come across some amazing vendors this year and Sara Reynolds of Sara Reynolds Events is one of them. She actually approached me via email to participate in a styled shoot of hers and I was more than happy to! I asked Sara if she’d like to share a little […]

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Uncategorized

Tulle & Ivy | Showit5 Site Template

I am so excited to share a post about my latest Showit5 template, Tulle & Ivy. I know a lot of photographers use primarily vertical images on their site and I wanted to build a template with that idea in mind. The Tulle & Ivy site template is mobile friendly and fine art inspired. The […]

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Brand Coaching, Branding

Branding Follow Up | Elizabeth Fogarty Photography

About a month ago I wrapped up working with Liz of Elizabeth Fogarty Photography and launched her new brand and site. It’s awesome I think! So delicate and pretty. A much more refined look to fit Liz’s beautiful images. I followed up with Liz to see what she thought of the whole branding process with […]

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Wedding Branding

Kelly-Ann & Blake | Save the Dates

One of my current wedding branding clients are getting married on my birthday this year, December 18, in Jamaica! I’m sure it is going to be amazing, especially with Bonnie Sen as their photographer. She’s amazing! Since they are having a destination wedding we went ahead and designed their save the dates pretty quickly to […]

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Brand Coaching, Branding

All Grand Events | Brand Coaching Session Recap

This past week I had two coaching sessions (crazy!) and one was with All Grand Events, a floral & event designer in Michigan. The business is owned and operated by Emily Dawson and Jamie Sloan. They have been SUCH fans of mine and social media supporters and I was so happy to “meet” them face […]

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Branding

A. Kozlowski Luxe Weddings | Brand in Progress

I am having SO much fun working on Ali’s Austin, Texas wedding planning business. She is just starting out and decided to hire me from the get go to get her off on the right foot. Ali really wanted a high-end couture brand full of black and gold. After our coaching session I initially created […]

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Artist Feature

Artist Feature | Lacoya of Hello Love Events

Images by Andrea Pesce Photography Oh how I love me some Lacoya. Lacoya came to me many moons ago (okay like three years?) to create a new brand for her wedding planning business Hello Love Events. She was one of my very first clients and I LOVED working with her. She is the sweetest person […]

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