An Exciting Announcement!!

July 10, 2015July 10, 2015 ~ Stephanie Shaul ~ 17 Comments

…that’s right!!! It’s official, y’all! AH! I am taking this little wedding planning venture of mine FULL TIME, and I’ll also be moving back down South to Raleigh, North Carolina next month!!

Why yes, that’s two huge life changes, and I couldn’t be happier! It’s still surreal that Stephanie Scholl Events is going to be my full-time job & that I’m also moving back to North Carolina!!

I can’t wait to share many, many more details with you as to how this evolved and what is in store. It’s been a long time coming, and I’m giddy to let the cat out of the bag and share this momentous, joyous news of mine with you all. Let’s just say I’m deeply grateful, definitely humbled, oh so excited, filled with happy anticipation, and only a little bit nervous. I can’t wait!!! Thank you, Lord.

Tuesday is my last day at my day job, where I’ve been for the last three years while working late nights + early mornings + weekends on wedding planning & design. After six years in DC, it’s time to head back down South and really get down to business. And it’s only fitting that I’ll kick off my full-time-business-owner-entrepreneur-boss-lady status with a huge wedding in Charlottesville next weekend! I cannot wait for what’s ahead – and to meet so many new friends, brides, and fellow vendors!!

Did you catch my post on my new logo?!

Ashton Kelley Photography

Stephanie Scholl Events Logo

July 9, 2015 ~ Stephanie Shaul ~ 2 Comments

Hooray!!!! My new logo is HERE! I am so incredibly thrilled and excited to finally share my logo refresh with you!!

Isn’t she a beauty?!

I absolutely adore every detail and all of the thought + meaning behind the new Stephanie Scholl Events logo. From sharing more about the heart of heart of Stephanie Scholl Events and its branding to the many fun steps of the logo building process, it’s been so special to really delve into what this business is about, who I want to serve, how I want to serve my brides, and what the heart behind my work is.

I love the stunning calligraphy incorporated into my logo, as calligraphy is so special to me and an integral part of my business, too. I just knew calligraphy had to be a central focus of my logo refresh! My grandma is an avid calligrapher, and I love that her passion has been passed down to me. Coral and navy have long been colors that I adore (just look around my home or in my closet!), and I love simple, clean, fresh looks and lines. And that pineapple… swoon. The pineapple is the quintessential symbol of Southern hospitality, and my brand has a distinct Southern charm to it. I definitely want Southern hospitality and warmth to be critical parts of what my business is about and the experience that my brides receive! I have wanted a pineapple in my logo for over two years now, ever since Stephanie Scholl Events was first conceived in my mind. The problem was that I never knew how to actually create an original, unique pineapple to incorporate into my logo. A graphic designer, I am not! Thankfully Amanda, my amazing logo designer, created the perfect (seriously, perfect) pineapple design for my new logo. I couldn’t be happier or more proud of the final result. Amanda is just an incredible, creative graphic designer, and I am so impressed with how she turned my rambling and visions into something so marvelous. I feel like this logo is the epitome of the heart of Stephanie Scholl Events, and it’s classic, so very ‘me,’ and everything that I want my business to be about and the brides I hope to serve.

The Stephanie Scholl Events website is also completely refreshed with a new URL [stephaniescholl.com] and an entirely new look! I am beyond ecstatic with the new website and home for Stephanie Scholl Events!! The pineapple in my logo even makes an appearance in the favicon. I would love for you to hop on over to my newly updated website and take a peek into all of the new pictures, content, and information shared there. I even included several stunning new-to-the world images from my SSE brand-inspired photo shoot – hooray!! My dad is the best website designer, and I am in awe of his patience, technical skills, advice, and love. I sure have a great team, and I am thankful and humbled by them.

And how legit is this whole file? It’s a little surreal to have such an amazing new logo, as well as official fonts, colors, taglines, an emblem, and logo variations. I can’t wait to use them all!

And this pineapple… yep, I’m still in love.

Part 1: My Business Branding

Part 2: Logo Redesign Process

If you’ve made it through the whole post, thank you!! I have a couple HUGE, exciting, amazing announcements to share with you… any guesses?!

Logo Redesign: Part 2

July 7, 2015 ~ Stephanie Shaul ~ 5 Comments

I have a new logo, and I’m giddy with excitement to share it with you this week!! My amazing logo designer and I worked closely to come up with the perfect logo for the Stephanie Scholl Events brand refresh, and I thought it would be fun to share a little bit of the behind-the-scenes process.

For a quick recap, here’s more behind my business branding.

Amanda is a close friend of my sister’s (and mine!), and she’s an incredibly talented graphic designer. I knew she’d be the perfect fit for a new logo for my wedding planning and design business. In its entirety, the entire process took about a month (not long at all!), and the whole process was just plain fun. I warned Amanda that I am a little picky, quite opinionated, and pretty specific, and she took it all in stride! Luckily, we know each other quite well, and I had a blast working with her and having her translate my vision and random ideas into one gorgeous, meaningful, unique, intentional logo that I am oh so very proud of!

I knew I really wanted my name in calligraphy, and Amanda jumped right in to that portion of my logo refresh. She warned me that she didn’t normally send someone 28 fonts to choose from (six were free fonts, and these 22 are fonts for purchase), but Amanda knew that I wanted to be really involved and thorough in the entire process. Luckily, she was so right!! I was pretty darn excited to see this file in my email, and it was really fun looking through each of these 28 fonts to narrow down and pinpoint which one reflects me and reflects my brand the best. It only took me about five minutes to decide on one, and I haven’t fluctuated since! Can you guess which of these fonts I ended up selecting? [Hint: none of the fonts in the right column even made the cut… no way!]

I have been wanting to incorporate a pineapple into my logo for almost two years, when I first seriously contemplated a wedding planning business. Needless to say, I did not (and still don’t!) have the graphic design skills to create a custom pineapple for my logo, which is why I didn’t have one in my original Stephanie Scholl Events logo. I’ll share more about the meaning behind each element of my new logo soon, but pineapples are the quintessential symbol for Southern hospitality. Here are five pineapple designs and ten rough logo sketches that Amanda free handed for me as we began to narrow down the overall design of my new logo.

I love the amazing variety and creativity that she came up with, as she really explored several different styles and designs! There were even some floral wreath options, too. Overall, though I definitely gravitated towards designs number one and two… and I think you’ll see the combination of these two reflected in my final logo!

Next up: colorized & digital versions of my logo! This is when I really, really started to see it all come together. I believe there were several happy dances happening when this file landed in my inbox! Amanda is just too good. These six designs got closer and closer to what I was imagining in my head, and I loved the variety of options, too.

Numbers 1-3 were my favorites, though I do love the “events” swooping through the pineapple of numbers four and five. And! Do you see how awesome the pineapple is that Amanda created?! Unique, original, and oh so darling!

After narrowing down these options, I knew we were closer and closer to the perfect logo. I wanted to work on the font of “events” and change up the color. The navy pictured here was a little too stark of a navy, and I wanted somewhere between a true navy and a dusty blue… yeah, I told you I was picky! (See the first image of this post for navy options.) I also wanted to ensure that it was the perfect coral color – not too red and not too orange. Amanda was amazing at reading my mind, sending over a palette of a couple color options, and tweaking things til we were both satisfied. She also added in an optional tagline for my business so that I can use that version when necessary. I even have a favicon – fancy!

I hope you enjoyed a peek into the behind-the-scenes process of designing my new Stephanie Scholl Events logo! Working with Amanda was a dream, and I had so much fun seeing it all come to life. I can’t wait to reveal the final design with you…

Part 1: My Business Branding

Raleigh Wedding Planner

Stephanie Shaul Events

Stephanie Scholl Events logo

An Exciting Announcement!!

Stephanie Scholl Events Logo

Logo Redesign: Part 2

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