Artover is here! Check out the site for a combined calendar of all the events celebrating arts in Richmond all month long!
Read MoreEileen Melon, food editor for Richmond Magazine, did a writeup on Keya’s newest venture.
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Gifts are my love language.
Personalized Pet Sculpture
My sister-in-law Jenn is TFB’s virtual assistant (she keeps the events calendar and jobs board updated) I send her little tokens of appreciation like her favorite moisturizer or a book I think she might like every so often. She LOVES her dog, Ollie. I found an Etsy shop that makes custom figurines. I sent in a few photos that I pulled from her Facebook page and surprised her with this. It turned out perfectly. Use the code THNKS4NWR for 30% off.
Handwritten Recipe Cutting Board
My little brother has our late mom’s recipe card holder filled with her recipes. One Christmas, he scanned them all and put them on a USB drive for me. I wanted to do something special for him, too. I saw this idea in an issue of Oprah Magazine, and then found a retailer on Etsy to make it for me. My sister corroborated with me and sent a photo scan of the recipe card so that I could send it off this Etsy Shop to get made. Chicken Divan is both of our favorite meals that she made.
Custom Plush from Petsies
Commissioned Floral Painting
Commissioned Home/Office Illustration
After following her for a while on Instagram, I had Lydia Carns make a watercolor illustration of TFB’s office. I also had her make one for my friend Lyndee and her husband Matt of their first home. I love following her company, The Illustrated Life. She releases new designs every month that are sized to use as iPhone backgrounds.
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Little Miss Dress Up on Etsy will take a photo of your home and turn it into an ornament. I got one for my dad for Father’s Day a few years ago.
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I’m so excited about everything that TFB client KEYA + CO is up to!
Keya Wingfield is the founder of Candy Valley Cake Co., which just had its 10th anniversary.I was first introduced to her work in 2011 with the launch of the GEICO Gecko’s book. I was working at The Martin Agency, and they’d hired Keya to make custom Gecko Cake Pops.
Since then, I’ve hired her to make special surprise desserts for clients like McDonald’s, Richmond Dermatology and Wink Beauty & Brow Bar. I’m convinced she can do anything.
Her latest venture is Keya + Co., She’s passionate about bringing Indian food to the masses. Keya grew up in Bombay.
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‘Tis the season for the saucy return of the McRib to participating McDonald’s restaurants nationwide!
The craveable and delicious sandwich – a seasoned boneless pork slathered in tangy barbecue sauce and topped with slivered onions and tart pickles – is set to return for a limited time in more than 10,000 U.S. restaurants as early as Monday, Oct. 7. To locate the closest participating restaurant, customers can enter their zip code at mcdfinder.com.
To help McRib fans celebrate the barbeque sandwich’s arrival, McDonald’s created 16 Instagram story GIFs to allow fans to share their excitement for the season. With the GIF stickers, McRib lovers can make their Instagram stories sing with seasonal cheer using options that say “Tis the SZN” or “SZN greetings” or one that shows a McRib made to look like a caramel apple. To find the McRib GIFs, simply search Instagram Story’s GIF library with #McRibSZN.
“We’re always listening to our customers and we know the McRib has some of the most loyal fans,” said Chef Chad Schafer, Senior Director of Culinary Innovation & Commercialization at McDonald’s USA. “This year we’re excited to give every McRib fan new ways to show their love for the sandwich with our saucy McRib GIFS so they can celebrate the season no matter where they live.”
The Instagram story GIFs will be available all year long, but the McRib is only available for a limited time. So hurry on in to your nearest McDonald’s and enjoy this iconic sandwich while it lasts.
The McRib’s spot on McDonald’s menu dates back to 1981. The iconic sandwich last appeared in participating restaurants in November 2018.
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The Google business tool hosting Wink Beauty & Brow’s website wasn’t giving them the design choices and functionality they needed. We designed around the logo we created and added a listing all of her available services (including keywords to make the site more searchable on Google.) Here’s what the website looked like:
Before
and After…
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Meet the Tooth Fairy’s newest helpers: Ollie, Blue. and Potato (pictured Left to Right).
We’re so excited to welcome our brand-new client, Zula Play toys and their first product, The Tooth Brigade!!!!!!! I worked with Andy at Martin Agency and I’m so excited to meet his wife Sharon and partner with them on launch! We’ll be working on social content strategy, media outreach, and an influencer campaign.
Learn more about The Tooth Brigade here.
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We’re so excited that customers can now experience KINIS from their brand-new popup at Short Pump Town Center!
“I am thrilled to introduce the Nomad 804 barefoot footwear to RVA folks, having a pop-up store at Short Pump Town center allows me to share my barefoot journey and why it is important for us to getting back to basics for healthier feet and bodies. We’re also planning to utilize the space as a community fitness center where customers will have the opportunity to take fitness classes with local personal trainers for free.
I started Kinis because of my personal foot injury, leading me to connect with my early childhood living in the refugee camp playing soccer barefoot. I wanted to connect to my pass by having s stronger feet by going back to basics.” -Vincent Vu, founder of KINIS Barefoot
We partnered with Here’s what Juan had to say about the project:
“We got 360 footage and audio from familiar locations in Richmond like Belle Isle and Byrd Park. We placed mats with different textures like grass and pebbles in the store, so when people put on the VR headset and KINIS shoes, they’ll experience these places as if they were there. I partnered with Miles Hopkins, who used his ambisonic microphone to record in 360”
I met Juan at the VCU Advertising Program’s portfolio review this past May. I’m so glad I went! If you’d like to get on the list for the next, email Scott Sherman at sfsherman@vcu.edu. They have them twice a year.
Here’s a peek inside the pop-up store. You can see it in-person now through the end of the year. Photos by JAWFOX PHOTOGRAPHY
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After a mini photo shoot I did with her and her daughter, my friend Jess sent me a “Greetabl” as a thank you. I’ve found myself telling more and more people about it as a gift idea.
Greetabl calls itself “an online one-stop-shop for creatively-curated, personalized gifts and greetings.”
Here’s how it works:
You choose a box pattern, then upload photos. You can choose a gift. They have a bunch of fun things to choose from. The box she sent me had a cat pattern (does she know me or what?), and was filled with a coconut mango mini candle, Sephora gift card (eee!) and photos from our shoot with a sweet note.
The box unfolds and the photo portion is perforated, so you can tear them off and frame them.
I love shower tablets (you put them in the bottom of your shower when you turn on the water and they fill the shower with steam and aromatherapy).
It looks like you can also order in bulk and brand them for your company/clients. These are some of my favorite things from their gift selections:
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