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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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You Have to Spend Money to Make Money

Remember that old saying “you have to spend money to make money”? I’ve been thinking about that a lot lately after asking people on Instagram what holds them back from rebranding. Everyone, mainly women wedding photographers and wedding planners, had the same response: money. I know branding is not cheap. Let’s talk about this shall […]

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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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Branding

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

Styled Brand Images for California Wedding Planner Detailed Touch Events

I have the best clients and California wedding planner Detailed Touch Events is no exception! She is one of my full branding clients and together we are creating a beautiful, romantic, pink, gold, and neutral brand for her fairly new business. Hailey is a mompreneur who is super on top of things and I love […]

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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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Brand Coaching, Branding

Brand Coaching Session for California Wedding Planner Detailed Touch Events

You guys. I am loving this romantic, pink custom brand for California wedding planner Hailey of Detailed Touch Events. I am working with Hailey to create a custom full brand for her aspiring business. Currently we have the brand board finished and next I’ll be working on styled brand images and stationery but I wanted […]

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Wedding Branding

Mood Board & Wedding Logo Concepts for a Belmont Manor Wedding

I’ve been working with Brittany and Myron on their custom wedding brand and logo the past few weeks via their Maryland wedding planner, Infatuating Affairs. Love those ladies! Brittany and Myron have a very bright wedding color palette using coral, teal, and bits of green and yellow. They wanted a modern, yet whimsical wedding brand. […]

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Brand Coaching

Brand Coaching Follow Up with New York Wedding Planner L. Marie Events

I had a great time chatting with my full branding wedding planner client L. Marie Events a few weeks for her brand coaching session. All of my small creative business full branding clients receive a coaching session with me via Skype or in my home office to discuss all the behind the scenes stuff about their […]

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Branding, Launch

Brand Launch for New York Florist & Planner Whimsy Weddings

I absolutely love this purple floral brand I created for New York wedding planner & florist Whimsy Weddings. Owner Tatiana came to me not wanting a full rebrand, rather, just the branding basics and I decided to take it on. Typically I exclusively do full branding for creatives, but sometimes I’ll take on smaller branding […]

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