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UncategorizedKatie RyanSeptember 6, 2014Comment
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This direction board went out to a client yesterday and I am very excited to work in a different aesthetic. I love it when a client trusts me to do something outside of my norm. Aside from a few very minor tweaks, this was approved and we’re on to the next round of design already 🔥
It’s a good day over here at qk when we get beautiful new brand images back 🙌🏻🤩 (hair is looking extra red here- fun fact my college nickname was BIG RED 🤣) I’m Katie and I’m the solopreneur, artist, brand and website designer behind queenikathleeni At queenikathleeni, our mission is to artfully design a brand that fuels your dream business so you can get back to artfully designing a life that fuels your dreams. We believe in... LIFE BUSINESS: As in, business should fuel your life--not the other way around. FOCUS ON YOUR BEST, OUTSOURCE THE REST. Why spend time on what others can do better? (Especially when it gives you a headache.) PEOPLE OVER PROJECTS. Your business is a living, breathing extension of you. It deserves a care + attention we work hard to give. BEAUTY MATTERS. We believe nothing makes people feel quite like intentionally crafted beauty. Give me a 🙌🏻 emoji if you believe in some of these same values 👇🏻
My biz turned 6 last month and somehow I didn’t celebrate it here yet 🎉 6 years 🤯 I started when I was 22 (and everyone thought I was crazzzzzyyyyy and I was) and this is the first year things have started to work out for me. Let’s take a moment and let that sink in. I wish there was a magic equation that I could share with you that made things finally start to click for me but the only thing I can think of is deciding to show up again and again after I fall flat on my face. Another key to success for me was defining what success means to me. I felt successful when I wasn’t making money because I was being creative and I’ve redefined what success looks like for me every year since. Lastly, take yourself and your craft seriously. Whether you have 1 day a week to dedicate to working on it, just mornings, or just evenings- be extremely disciplined to showing up during that time. I remember when people would say to me in the beginning you take this so seriously like it’s your real job and I would tell them it is my real job! Oh and last but not least patience, time, continued education, working for really good clients, and sharing the journey.
When I posted the video from the artwork collection launch earlier this week in my stories so many of you had no idea that surface pattern/product design is part of my job. I guess I should do a better job sharing 🙈This is one of my favorite combos- I created the wallpaper too for @staggdesign This was a dream project to create art prints that mix and match with the pillow and wallpaper prints from the past 2 collections we created together. This adventure print is one of the best sellers and is so perfect for a boy room or a playroom. Shop the entire collection at staggdesignshop.com
Do you have a STYLE GUIDE? It’s a tool I create for every branding client I work with. Here’s why you need it 👇🏻 If you’re reinventing the wheel every time you go to design something in your business you are majorly hurting yourself. You’re not building brand recognition and you’re costing yourself $$$ because of all the time you’re wasting. A style guide saves your designer time which often times saves you money. It’s basically their roadmap to your look and feel. It’s WAYYYYY more than just a logo. You need a complete brand to grow your business- font pairings and hierarchies, a custom color palette, logo variations, sub marks, and patterns. The sooner you do this, the sooner you can start to establish trust and brand recognition. It is certainly an investment up front but one you need to prioritize in order to lay a strong foundation for your business. Once you have this in place you can GROW. This is a huge building block for every new branch you build in your biz. Everything will look and feel cohesive once you have these brand standards in place. 👊🏻
One of the best decisions I made in my life was to keep my real life off of here. I used to post here 4 times a day in Instagram’s glory days and share everything. As time goes on I have realized how much happiness comes from the in between moments. A phone call with a friend, babysitting my niece and nephew, a home cooked meal that we made in our non instagram-able kitchen. None of that will be shared here. It seems that Instagram has no room for mediocracy but I have found so much happiness there.

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