{Design Case Study} The Wedding Reporter logo and website banner!

I was so pleased when Emma from The Wedding Reporter emailed me asking for help revamping her logo recently! As you all know, I'm a massive fan of The Wedding Reporter (click here for my supplier feature) and I am also very honoured to be the creator of her printed wedding reports (find out more!)

♥ Before ♥
Whilst the previous logo was effective enough, Emma wanted something a little more special and striking to better reflect the idea behind the wedding reporter. We both agreed that the curly brackets worked really well, and so these definitely had to stay, and be incorporated into the new design.







♥ The Contenders ♥
Here are some of the ideas I came up with...

























♥ The Winner! ♥
And the winner is...




















♥ The Banner ♥
After completing the logo I then created a banner to fit into the wordpress site. Click here to see it in place!









To create the banner I used this gorgeous image of Emma's notebook, taken by the lovely Ali Lovegrove...

































It's been so lovely to help Emma create a new look for The Wedding Reporter, and I'm so happy to say that she is very pleased with the end results! :)

Do you fancy having a new logo designed for your business?
I'm offering a super duper discounted rate throughout the summer!
Click here for more details!

Leah x
twitter: @leahgoldenapple

Golden Apple
Creative design, Stationery & Wedding Invitations Leicester
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{Design Case Study} Military Wedding Discounts logo and website design

I have recently finished working on a really enjoyable and rewarding project for the lovely ladies over at Military Wedding Discounts.

The Military Wedding Discounts is a lovely idea that has been created to help members of the Armed Forces in both the UK and USA save money when planning their wedding.

They also donate 50% of the advertising fee to charity - Help For Heroes (UK Suppliers) and Operation Gratitude (USA Suppliers), so i think you will agree that this website is for a fantastic cause, so I was very pleased to be able to assist them with a fabulous new look for their brand.

♥ The Logo ♥

When creating the logo I wanted to ensure that I incorporated the military aspect in some way, whilst still finishing with an end product that was both pretty and attractive, and also relevant to the wedding market and appropriate for a wedding blog.

I put together a selection of ideas for them to choose from (one of them featured a camouflage wedding cake!) and they chose this one, which was also my favourite:
























To create the design I chose an elegant and delicate font that would contrast well with the bold army style font, alongside an illustration of a bride and soldier, on a pretty vintage blue background, which brings the design together really well!

♥ The Website ♥

Before:
Whilst the existing website was pretty enough, it was a little lackluster and didn't really reflect the style and feeling that they wanted to go for from the site.












After:
After creating the new logo, I then went into the site to give it a bit of a facelift, with a new banner incorporating the logo (featuring pretty lace detail,) a new background, a more attractive font, and new buttons and icons.












♥ The blog badge ♥

I also put together this additional blog badge, which will go out to all suppliers who feature on this fabulous site:
























Emma and Terri were so pleased with the end result, and there has been an amazing response to the new design from lots of others via twitter and facebook! I hope that you like it too :)

What's more, if you're looking to have a new logo designed for your business I'm offering a super duper discounted rate throughout the summer! Click here for more details!

Leah x
twitter: @leahgoldenapple

Golden Apple
Creative design, Stationery & Wedding Invitations Leicester
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Send me on my way... {monday musings}

Morning!!

Can you believe it's June already?!

I have (another) crazy busy this week, and lots of lovely projects that I'm really looking forward to working on. I have also set myself the 'New Week's Resolution' to make sure I blog more so starting from today I will blog every day when possible!



I've shared one of my favourite happy songs with you above, 'Send me on my way' by Rusted Root, which I can often be found warbling along to whilst working!

Here's what's in store this week (in no particular order)...

♥ Share photos from the shoot on Thursday with you lovely people
♥ Make and send bunting themed 25th wedding anniversary invitations
♥ Finish off illustrations for the Toy Shop website that i've been working on
♥ Send Keep Calm & Carry on style wedding invitations to the printer
♥ Create a personalised illustration for a Father's Day print
♥ Prepare for Wednesdays consultation - the theme is 1950's, travel and New York (i can't wait!)
♥ Try and attend the Creative Coffee networking event on Wednesday
♥ Meet with venue to finalise details for the next Leicester Wedding Club
♥ Plan the Leicester Wedding Club Summer BBQ!
♥ Create a print for a 1st wedding anniversary, with paper origami heart
♥ Finish marquee garden party illustration design for a bespoke wedding invitation
♥ Do some work on the handmade jewelery website that i've been working on
♥ Logo design for a blog
♥ Brochure design for a photographer
♥ Bits and bobs for the lovely Wedding Reporter
♥ Prepare info for the (super cool) wedding blog that Golden Apple is being featured on
♥ Purchase limes and mint for Fajito (fajita + mojito) night with the girls on Friday
♥ Bath Scratch and buy him a new collar in preparation for the puppy competition at the BF's home village Carnival at the weekend
♥ Find gorgeous real homes to feature on the Strawberry House Interiors blog (email me if you have one!)
♥ Create heart bunting, a banner and tissue paper pom poms for a 70th birthday party
♥ Find a super duper supplier to feature on Wednesday's Supplier Focus
♥ Catch up with emails - very important, must do this first!!

I think that's about it!
I'd better get off the blog and get on with some work - have a lovely day!

Leah x

Golden Apple
Creative design, Stationery & Wedding Invitations Leicester
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Graphic Design - Twitter mates rates!

Did you know that I also offer Graphic Design? Not only that, but for my twitter friends I will offer great discounted rates!

I can create...
Logo Design / reworking
Flyers
Brochures
Business Cards
Posters
Headed Paper
Compliments Slips
Advertisement Design
Branding
Personal Stationery
Web / blog banners
...and much more!


So if you're looking for a a striking banner your website, a pretty new logo, or maybe some promotional flyers, get in touch via twitter or send me an email to leah@goldenappledesigns.co.uk

You can find some examples of my graphic design and web design on the website.
Leah x

Golden Apple
Creative design, Stationery & Wedding Invitations Leicester
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