I am so honored to be speaking at tonight’s Los Angeles PUG meeting. We will be talking about photography branding, and more specifically “How to find your Voice”. We’ll be breaking into groups to help each other find their marketing voice. Please bring 3 samples of your best work, and a few of your marketing [...]
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March 24th, 2010 by Ellen
I had the pleasure of meeting Louise and Daniel Schridde of Obrien Schridde Designs at their gorgeous home last week. Their handcrafted frames are a natural extension to their beautiful and creative lifestyle. They are also the perfect finish for any portrait. They have generously offered a 10% discount to Identity Kitchen readers, please use [...]
February 3rd, 2010 by Ellen
…and prepare to be inspired. Mandee joined Identity Kitchen last April and brought with her the spark of creativity we needed. Her enthusiasm and vision, and general awesomeness are key to our creative process. She will be writing some inspiration posts. Here’s the first, proving that designers have been green for a very long time.
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February 2nd, 2010 by Ellen
Writing for our website over the last few weeks meant logging quite a bit of time with dictionary.com. Coming from the world of print, spelling errors can be quite costly. A good few rounds of spell check can make a big difference. This article from The Huffington Post made me chuckle. One might suggest before [...]
September 7th, 2009 by Ellen
Saw this while I was doing some research on Jury Duty last week. Reminded me of my favorite show Mad Men. So wrong on so many levels. Are we gift wrapping the babies? Keeping their freshness in? My fav is the one trying to GET OUT!! Hope you are enjoying your Labor Day ;)
June 30th, 2008 by Ellen
I’ve taken a breather from my blog after my 10 days of new posts, only to go back and realize that I only had 9!!! Nice. This is one of the many reasons why I did not become an accountant. We’ve got some new design things in the works (for blogging later), so in the [...]
June 13th, 2008 by Ellen
When the famed Washington portrait artist Diana Adams approached me to do a logo for her new fine art line, I was honored. I love her art, and am attaching my favorite. You can see how the logo got its inspiration-Pez. Pada Gallery is scheduled to open very soon. I’ll post here when it does.
April 14th, 2008 by Ellen
I received this note in the mail today and it really made me smile! Thanks Jen (of Jen Capone Photography) can’t wait to see the new studio!
PS: My letterpressed business cards and note cards and Emily’s business cards and gift certificates are in from Anemone Letterpress. They are so beautiful, as soon as I have [...]
April 2nd, 2008 by Ellen
I love type + I love pop-up books, so this clip is totally inspirational to a type-pop-up geek like myself. Check it on YouTube until I can figure out how to put video on my blog: ABCs in 3D