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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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I have been working with my full branding wedding photographer client, Lauren Kearns, for the last month and her new brand is almost done! Lauren is a New Jersey wedding photographer with a timeless, classic style. I mean many of her clients ride horse drawn carriages to their receptions. Talk about class! I wanted to share my progress with Lauren so far so you can see how it all started.  From our initial conversation I knew Lauren wanted a bold, but romantic brand similar to the infamous Justin & Mary. It took a few stabs to create the perfect ideal client for her and color scheme but I finally nailed it. Next I created several initial logo concepts for her:

Branding

Brand Board for New Jersey Wedding Photographer Lauren Kearns

I have been busy doing full branding for wedding photographer Lauren Kearns for the last month and her new brand is almost done! Lauren is a New Jersey wedding photographer with a timeless, classic style. I mean many of her clients ride horse drawn carriages to their receptions. Talk about class! I wanted to share my progress with Lauren […]

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Branding, Launch

Brand Launch for Maryland Wedding Planner TreBella Events

The past few weeks have been crazy with the holidays and launches for two full branding wedding planner clients! I’m so excited to share with you the new brand design for Maryland wedding planner TreBella Events. Shawn came to me in serious need of a rebrand as her brand had not been updated in nine […]

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Branding, Launch

Brand Launch for Michigan Wedding Planner | Festoons and Flourishes

Happy launch day to Michigan wedding planner Festoons and Flourishes! Ashley is a full branding wedding vendor client who has been a joy to work with. Her style includes a love of art history, all things Pride and Prejudice, calligraphy, wax seals, proper etiquette, and ballroom dancing. Her brand is classic and full of beautiful, […]

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1 Hour Design Challenge, Branding

One Hour Design Challenge: Cadence Donahue

I am loving this new blog series I created to showcase made up wedding vendor logos and websites. The One Hour Design Challenge is to show how you all how I start with one inspirational image then create a logo and website from it. I often get downtime while waiting for feedback from my own […]

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1 Hour Design Challenge

New Blog Series: 1 Hour Design Challenge!

I’ve been toying around with a new blog series (I don’t have any really!) where I take my love for branding for wedding vendors and find one image to use as inspiration, then create a logo, and website, well just the home page. I often find myself just designing logos for fun in my down […]

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Logo & Brand Board for DC Wedding Planner TreBella Events

I’m having a blast with my current full branding wedding planner client, TreBella Events. Shawn is an amazingly talented Washington D.C. and Annapolis based wedding planner and floral designer who came to me with a serious need of a rebrand as she hadn’t touched her brand in nearly a decade! Her brand is a bit […]

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Branding for photographers #brand #brands #branding #logo #logos #design #webdesign #website #photographer #photography #event #planner #planning #wedding #blog #pretty #romantic #beautiful #font #inspiration #color / brand design / brand idea / color palette / web design / brand designer / brand inspiration

Branding

Brand Board for California Wedding Planner Detailed Touch Events

I love me a good pink brand! Can you tell from my own brand? I’ve had a great time with my latest full branding wedding planner client Hailey of Detailed Touch Events. She is a California wedding planner with lots of drive and beautiful work! Hailey is such a great boss lady and her brand […]

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Branding, Launch

Brand Launch for Long Island Wedding Planner L. Marie Events

Happy LAUNCH day to Long Island wedding planner L. Marie Events! Lisa Marie has a team of two other ladies to complete their boutique wedding planning studio in Long Island, New York. Lisa Marie was a full branding client who wanted a soft, romantic, and feminine look. In fact she told me she loved my […]

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Branding for photographers #brand #brands #branding #logo #logos #design #webdesign #website #photographer #photography #event #planner #planning #wedding #blog #pretty #romantic #beautiful #font #inspiration #color / brand design / brand idea / color palette / web design / brand designer / brand inspiration

Branding, Launch

Brand Launch for Virginia Wedding Photographer Heather Chipps Photography

Y’all. I feel like I can say y’all because my full branding wedding photographer, Heather Townsend, client lives in Southern Virginia. This is one of my top fave favorite brand identities I have ever created. It’s not pink, it has custom calligraphy and illustration by Script & Vine, and uses french blue. I feel like […]

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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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