MaeMae Paperie: Branding

Branches & Light Workshop

Last summer (which seems so far away now!) I worked with Caroline Joy + Nancy Ray to create branding for their photography workshop: Branches & Light. The workshop aims to assist other female photographers take their love for photography and create small business. They outline the topics they will be addressing at both the Dallas + Raleigh workshops on their website. My favorite of the topics is "overcoming fear and embracing freedom in business." Beautifully put!

I also created Caroline's branding which I will showcase before their second workshop in a few weeks!

I am sponsoring a giveaway of my initial stamps for all of you and the lovely followers of Branches & Light. Anyone can enter! All you have to do is....

1. Leave a comment on both the MaeMae blog as well as the Branches and Light blog, listing a New Year's Resolution for your business - something you want to do differently in 2011. (you can leave the same comment in both places)

2. Update your twitter and facebook status with 'I love @maemaepaperie and @branches_light workshop!'

YAY! The winner will be announced between the two workshops (end of next week.)

Good luck. xx

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Thank you to everyone who participated!! The winner is Krystal Nicole Photography! WOO! Krystal please send me your mailing address and which initial you want and I will pop that in the mail.

Business Card Stamp

My bestie Whit has always been an inspiration to me. She may even be the cause of my current rubber stamp obsession. Since we were young she has always been an avid stamp collector and everyone was talking about when she created party invitations from a huge dress rubber stamp (seen above). Of course I had my mom drive me to the nearest Michaels and bought one too. Duh. And I still have it.

Whit has grown up to be a beautiful artist and currently works as the display coordinator at Anthroplogie. Wow. No biggie. Her talents span far beyond creating beautiful window and other installation displays. She is a marvelous painter and sculptor. These are her new business cards created from a stamp so that she can switch up her ink and paper choices whenever she wants. You can also use them to create letterheads!

Don't miss her image journal blog Her White Sunrise. One of my absolute favs. And it still would be even if I didn't know her.

Want your own? Buy one at the shop for $78. Choose from 20 different designs!

Strategic Resource Branding

I created Katie + Patrick's wedding stationery, their moving announcement, and now Patrick's branding for his new company, Strategic Resource. Talk about loyalty! Patrick created Strategic Resource to assist businesses in retrieving important legal documents and information. Pat - thank you for working with me over and over again and congratulations on your new company!!

Lindye Galloway Events

It has been such an honor to work with the lovely event designer, Lindye Galloway on her new logo + company stationery. While I love me some of that ever popular "anthropologie-ish" design, it was so refreshing to work with a stylish lady who would send me amazing modern + sleek interior images for inspiration.

1. Gift Tag
2. Envelope
3. Desk Stationery
4. Letterhead
5. Gift Certificate (see below for a special offer for MaeMae readers!)
6. Business Card
(we also did a rubber stamp + web | blog | twitter design elements)

Lindye Galloway Events specializes in high scale and unique design along with the coordination of events and weddings from start to finish. Through the coordination, theme, ambiance and the transformation of any room, they create events that are a true reflection of your personality and style.

photos from Lindye Galloway Events.

Today Lindye Galloway Events is launching their revamped website + blog and offering you brides an AMAZING gift to celebrate the new look! Book any of their fabulous wedding design and coordination packages and enjoy the following deal…

$100 OFF THE PACKAGE OF YOUR CHOICE

This deal is only eligible through March 31st. Contact them to reserve your wedding date!

type: lindye@lindyegalloway.com
ring: 949.939.6725
tweet: twitter.com/lindyegalloway

I shrieked when I saw how the chandie drops down on the website. LOVE IT. So fun to see some MaeMae design in motion. Literally.

Thanks for working with me, Lindye!!

Mooooving.

I have been working with Jeanette (who is a CPA and the managing partner of Kramer Public Accounting Group) for over a year now recreating her branding and doing all of their stationery. They are moving to a posh new place and need to announce it to all their clients.

P.S. This is my NEW LENS!!! Only took me 10 months to finally get it. No more point and shoot cam! (actually a few more posts this week may use it since I have a ton of pics to still post...)

Hello Robertson!

Kelly from the darling Hello Robertson hair accessory company and I traded goods across the US (her in NYC and I in LA) and I recently returned my half of the trade. I made these two-sided tags for the lovely ladies at Hello Robertson when they ship off packages to clients... one of which includes Gossip Girl! Headband mania! I also created mini thank you cards the size of business cards that slip into a pretty purple envelope. So fun! Let me know if you want to trade goods :) Check out the headband she made me (which was featured on The Today Show and Daily Candy) here.

Gospel Swamp Coffee

Recently I had the privilege of working with Chad Bowker from Gospel Swamp Coffee Roasters to create his first ever business card. Printed on the thickest chipboard around, the one-sided card was letterpressed brown on brown for the earthy and tactile feel Gospel Swamp uses in all of its packaging. (trumpet sounding for first ever, MAEMAE + LETTERPRESS!!!)

The philosophy behind the new coffee roaster is to keep things simple and personal. Something I can appreciate. I also love the history behind the company's name: "Around the turn of the century 1900, everything from Huntington Beach to Santa Ana was known as Gospel Swamp. It got its name from the preachers that brought their tent revivals to this area that was, at the time, nothing more than a vast marshland. We named the company Gospel Swamp to be a constant affirmation of our dedication to bring quality coffee to our hometown."

Buy some delish Gospel Swamp coffee from Chad TODAY!! And I can back that because Chad was ever so gracious to send me a bag.

Real Gospel Swamp beans... mmmm. Maybe I ate some raw while photographing them...

Birds in City Square from Snippet & Ink

I am working on a picnic themed wedding right now with Chanell and used this color story for my inspiration. Can't wait to show you the final product.

Image grace of Snippet & Ink, my absolute favorite place to find color combos! Please visit the link to see image credits. Wait until you my new friend Katie's color combo we found together on S&I!!! WOOOO!!

Jesse Thomas

Check out the new photographer in town (and her business card I designed)! Jesse is a wonderful poet, photographer, and friend. She is not working independently as a photographer as well as working for Ira Limpke, a fabulous fine art documentary photographer as well as a high end wedding photographer. I love her color palette she choose for her business cards. So phat.

Red & Purple

My new favorite color combination: reds and purples. Here are a few examples of how gorgeous the colors look together:

I wanted to feature photos of some lavandar and red work I recently did, but I broke my camera lens and so, I will delight you all later.