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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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Brand Coaching, Branding

Joy Michelle Photography | Ideal Client

I am so excited to get the ball rolling with Joy Michelle Photography. As I’m wrapping up A. Kozlowski Luxe Weddings and Birds of a Feather Photography this month I am so looking forward to diving in with Joy. I met with Joy via Skype for her brand coaching session to discuss her ideal client, […]

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Wedding Branding

Jordan & Austin | Boho Waterfall Styled Shoot

I was so honored to contribute a wedding brand and stationery to a styled shoot with Melissa Durham Photography. Melissa had this awesome boho concept and a shoot location to die for: a private WATERFALL in Virginia. The resulting images are breathtaking! The shoot had a stunning couple, beautiful scenery, and bold colors of teal, […]

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Wedding Branding

Alex & Matthew | Wedding Brand in Progress

Alex and Matthew are getting married this August at Stone Tower Winery and yet again, Liz Fogarty is their fabulous photographer. Alex basically told me her venue and that her colors were pink, navy, and cream and I got to work on a mood board for their wedding brand: Once she approved of that I […]

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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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