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You don’t have to have it all figured out. I got you.


Branding, photography, and websites for small businesses and nonprofits. One CREATIVE PARTNER, start to finish, so every piece fits together and feels like you.

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You're the real deal.
Your brand should look like it.

Maybe you're brand new and don't know where to start. Maybe you've had a vision for years and can't quite put it into words. Maybe a friend who "does logos" said they'd help, and then disappeared.

Either way, you've been sitting on it. And every time you send someone to your website, you cringe a little.

You don't need a perfect brief or the right words. Bring me the messy version. That's my favorite part. I’m here to help.

One person. Start to finish. No magic lost.

Most people end up hiring a designer, a photographer, and a web person, and hoping they talk to each other. They usually don't.

We start with your "why," the reason you started this in the first place. Then I carry it through your logo, your photos, and your website. I know your colors when I'm behind the camera. And when a new idea shows up halfway through building your site, it goes right back into your brand.

That's what I mean by a living brand. It keeps growing while we build it—together.

IT STARTS WITH A CONVERSATION.

Before I design a thing, we talk about why you started. Everything I make grows out of that conversation.

Your vision, my expertise.

Want to change something? Let's change it. I'll also tell you honestly what will and won't work.

You own it.

I build your website so you can update it yourself. And I'm still a text away long after we're done.

LET'S GET STARTED

WAYS TO WORK TOGETHER

Three Services. One Creative Partner.

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Brand Identity Design

Your logo, colors, fonts, and brand guide, built on why you started so it actually looks like you.

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Web Design

A website you're proud to send people to, set up so you can update it yourself. And I'm still here whenever you need a hand.

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Brand Photography

Photos that match your brand, taken by someone who knows it inside and out. Trusted by ZooTampa and the Jane Goodall Institute.

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If you give a business a logo...

it's going to want a full brand identity to live in. And that brand identity is going to want a website to live on. And that website is going to want photos that actually look like you. And those photos are going to want... well, you get the idea. (Milk & cookies, anyone?)

That's why I created the Living Brand Method: your brand, photos, and website, built together so nothing gets lost along the way. All at once, or in phases as your budget allows.

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“I'm obsessed with what you have done for my brand. It's exactly what I envisioned and what I didn't know I wanted!”

-- Kasey, Owner of Samskara Yoga

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"Katie's calming presence was a breath of fresh air throughout our project. She truly listened, understood our vision, and felt just as invested in our success as we were."

— Katie, Owner of Blossom & Bloom

"Katie manages project elements based on our shifting internal priorities and responds gracefully to last-minute changes... As a nonprofit, we're sensitive to every penny, and Katie is a good steward of our resources."

— Rebecca, WK Preservation Group

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Design style guide for Samskara Yoga, including logo variations, primary and secondary color palettes, and fonts.

SAMSKARA YOGA

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zootampa

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elements hair studio

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Hi, I’m katie.

I started out my career as a marine science educator. Turns out teaching people about the ocean is great training for this job: listen closely, figure out what someone's really trying to say, and make it make sense.

That's what I do now for yoga studios, hair salons, florists, nonprofits, and more. If you're building something you care about, I want to help people see it the way you do.

The word clients use most for me is calm.

And I'm a bit of a social butterfly. If I know someone who can help you in your business, you better believe I'm giving you their contact information.

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not sure what you need?

Let's figure it out together.

Tell me what you're working on. Half-formed ideas welcome. I love a good brainstorm.

My promise: if my first concepts don't feel right and we can't get there together after a round of revisions, you get your money back.

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