ketcham-ripley funeral home is live :: web site design

I have very exciting news to share! I have been working on a web site design for Ketcham-Ripley Funeral Home in Rockford, Ohio and it has been completed! Upon entering the site you can read about the funeral home, the services it provides, current obituaries, leave your condolence on a specific obituary (even upload an image of that person), read about grief support in the area, and fill out a pre-planning form to be contacted. Also, if you are staying in the area there is a list on the "helpful links" page with different area amenities.

I have had a wonderful time working on this with Marcia (Owner & Funeral Director). She is a very special person to me and for her to love the new web site means the world to me!

See what Marcia has to say:

"What a wonderful web site Ashley has created for Ketcham-Ripley Funeral Home! I am so very pleased with it. She has used her creative expertise to produce a very user friendly site for the communities which surround us. It's not only easy to use, but has so much information on it, including the obituaries for this year, so that you can easily check our site for information on those deceased who will be at our funeral home. There is a movie to show our facilities and the options which are available to you, and information on not only at-need arrangements, but a form which can be filled out if you would like to pre-arrange your own funeral or someone else's and send the information on to us."

"This is a beautiful site, created by Ashley for all our people to use. Just one more way in which we at Ketcham-Ripley are accommodating your needs."

Click here to enter: www.ketchamripley.com

Thank you Marcia, for this wonderful opportunity! I know you will enjoy this for years to come!

the easiest way to give

I received in the mail my beautiful gift certificates today! I needed a little update from what I had before of just typing up a pretty paper. I love how they turned out!

You can give the gift of photography! Nothing says gift like giving timeless moments.

albums

I have received some beautiful sample albums in the mail and I wanted to share a few images of them!

First up is the layflat. This is a 4x6 mini album. 10 pages/20 sides.

This album has a wrap around canvas photo cover. You can also get a satin finish.

This is a layflat panoramic album with an acrylic cover! Simply amazing.

The album lays completely flat!

Notice how thick the acrylic is.

custom wedding invitations | design

Not only do I do photography, but graphic design as well. Originally when I was going to college I hadn't planned on doing photography, I just loved to do it as a hobby. It is funny when everything falls into place, and you find yourself doing something you never dreamed of. A lot of photographers say they have dreamed of it their whole life. But I, on the other hand, have always loved art and design and decided to pursue a graphic design education. As I learned to work with the camera, learned how to change the settings, and achieved different image art, I fell in love. If I wouldn't have taken a couple photography courses in college, I may not have learned of this talent about myself. So, now that my main business is taking images, and those consist of the blogs main posts, I thought I had better share some of my other talents as well. These are some custom wedding invitations that I did for April, and her fiance, Sam. April and myself have a great love for orchids. I was so thrilled to incorporate this beautiful flower into the project.

Front and back.

Front of the response card, and the back matches the back of invite.

Finished product. Simple and elegant.

Vellum cover adds visual interest.

Thank you April and Sam for letting me create these for you! I now can show these on the blog because tomorrow is their wedding day. Happy wedding day tomorrow!!