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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, Launch

Brand Launch for Portland Oregon Wedding Florist Heirbloom Design

Happy Wednesday! I am so happy to share the brand launch for my full branding wedding florist client Heirbloom Design in Portland, Oregon. Formally Heirbloom Floral, owner Kathryn Rigoni really wanted to highlight the fact that she not only is a wedding florist, but offers styling and wedding planning as well. As with all my […]

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Branding, Launch

Brand Launch for Michigan Floral Designer All Grand Events

Happy LAUNCH day to Michigan wedding florist and designer All Grand Events! Emily is a repeat full branding wedding business client of mine and I loved working with her again. Why did she need to rebrand again? Good question! Emily has two ideal clients: bride and corporate businesses. She felt that her old brand heavily […]

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Branding, Launch

Brand Launch for California Wedding Planner Detailed Touch Events

I am so excited today for the brand launch for California wedding planner Detailed Touch Events! Hailey is a full branding wedding business client of mine that I have been working with relentlessly on to create a super romantic pink and gold brand and site. She has a beautiful fine art style and a lovely […]

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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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Business, Tips

The New Business Dilemma | Should I Invest in Full Branding or Not?

I primarily do full branding for wedding businesses and work with women who have been in their industry for years, but every now and then I get an inquiry from someone who is just starting their business and they often ask this: should I invest in full branding?  That’s a tough question! Branding is tough, time-consuming, […]

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Shop Item

New Showit Website Theme | Presley Blake

Happy New Year! Today I am releasing the Presley Blake Showit website theme in my shop! It is one of several website templates I have created for small creative businesses. It features beautiful images from Virginia wedding photographer, Heather Chipps Photography. You need a Showit account to be able to use this theme. It is […]

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Business, Tips

Should I List My Prices?

When working with any of my full branding wedding vendor clients I always get asked the same question: “Should I list my prices on my site?” The answer depends on who you are and what you do. If you are a florist listing prices it would be impossible as every client orders different quantities of different types […]

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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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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 New York Floral Designer Avaflora

I am SO SO excited to share the latest full branding project of mine for Long Island, New York wedding floral designer Avaflora. This is one of my favorite small business brands I’ve created for its elegance, lovely earthy neutral color palette, and custom illustration by Posie Der Feder. Husband and wife team Lori and Mike […]

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