I’m super proud and beyond excited to finally announce THE BOBBI SHOP!
BOOOOOOOOM!!!!!
Our first products are album (CS4 and CS5) InDesign templates π
I could tell you about them… but I just found a blog entry that Kaila Harkins, one of our fabulous beta testers, wrote. Here’s an excerpt:
Bobbi has not only created amazing and beautiful Indesign templates to cut your work time down (it cut mine from 6-8 hours to only about an hour! whoa!) , but she has also created an incredibly helpful tutorial that walks you through Indesign and album design so that when you design albums you are as quick and efficient as possible! My goal all along has been to get more of my life back rather than spending so much time after a session or wedding in post processing and/or designing. I love sessions and weddings, but the hours spent afterward can really drag on and become difficult to manage. I believe that anything that will give me more of my life back, make life easier, and create something beautiful is truly worth itβs weight in gold. These templates are absolutely that! So if you are a photographer and/or album designer head on over to her website and check it out!
OH Kaila… I flipping adore you! Thank you, thank you, thank YOU!
If you have InDesign but don’t know how to use it… no worries! There’s a free trial pack with a fully interactive InDesign Tutorial that will teach you everything you need to know in about an hour. Imagine learning everything you needed to know about Photoshop in an hour. Yeah… that’s kind of a big deal! π
For those still using Photoshop to design albums… I made a little video just for you π
The website: www.thebobbishop.com
Be sure to check out the Facebook page (www.facebook.com/thebobbishop) and the twitter account (www.twitter.com/thebobbishop) to stay in the know!
For the launch, we’re offering a 20% discount code that expires in a week… LAUNCH20 So, be sure to take full advantage of that!
A message to our clients/friends:
We are, first and foremost, your photographers… and that’s not changing!Β So, you need not worry about that π
A bit about The Bobbi Shop’s art direction:
The Bobbi Shop wouldn’t have been near what it is today without my favorite art director, graphic designer, best friend and personal cheerleader by my side the entire time. Β Ryan Hunley with Second Street Creative had full control of the entire project.Β If you know me, relinquishing control isn’t something I do easily!Β Many of you know that I used to be a graphic designer and designed the bobbi+mike logo. I take great pride in my branding. I’m also a crazy control freak. But, I also know my limits…. I wasn’t capable of doing it all on my own and needed help. Β There is NO ONE ELSE who I would have asked, and not just because he’s a friend, but because there’s no one else who I would have trusted. In my experience, the biggest aspect of a self employed persons success is that they care. I’ve been around his business for a while now and can tell you as an outsider looking in, any project he takes on… he wants it to be a ten. Bottom line… Ryan cares.
Now, back to regularly scheduled blogging! π
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!
~bobbi β
PS. I know that wasn’t the voice you were expecting! π
Such a great idea – What a perfect way to use your design skills! I LOVE the video and am so excited for you! HIGH FIVE! π
Just started working with Ryan on a Logo….after being on the phone with him a couple of times now…..I am so dang excited! You’re right he does care. He seems so sincere about getting you want you want. I could not be happier for choosing him!
Oh and The Bobbi Shop…ROCKS!
p.s. you are right….not the voice I was expecting;)
I love InDesign π Love your video – you did a great job and it’s so fun to see your smiling face AND hear your voice π
I think your voice is sexxyyyyyyyy. just sayin. π hehe! And these templates look fantastic x100000. awesome job.
so i’ve been following your blog for a year or so and i love you guys and i have never commented i don’t know why but i haven’t but i had to congratulate you on this new adventure!!! love the name and the branding very cool!! and you totally threw me with your voice you were so right not what i expected… it’s so normal and grown up lol..i was thinking more cartoony lol i don’t know why maybe cause you are so animated in your expressions…lol..
This might be just the push I need to start using Indesign which I bought but have never used. Love the look of the Templates.
I must be the odd ball because you sound exactly how I thought you would…
Yayyyy!! I was pretty excited when you announced this at WPPI and now I’m even more stoked. I just spent 5 hours yesterday designing an album, yuck!
It looks fantastic! I have a complete fear of video, but you may just move me to start implementing it. Thanks!
aw, bobbi, this is so great! congrats on the launch! they look awesome! (:
aw, bobbi, congrats on the launch! they look awesome! (: very nice work!
Absolutely not the voice I was expecting at all. Mind: blown. π
Oh, congrats, congrats Madame!! You are so on FIRE. Can’t wait to test drive those templates for my first weddings this year. Thanks for making my life a bajillion times easier π p.s. My 1 year old, Felix thanks you for all the extra mommy time he’s going to have!
You are on it! You must hear the, “I expected a different voice” remark a lot! But, I gotta say… YOU ROCK!!!!! You and your voice!
Your InDesign tutorial? ABSOLUTE AMAZINGNESS! I’ve used InDesign for over 4 years ago, starting back in my sophomore year of high-school, since we used it for our newspaper class. I thought I was pro & knew the tricks & the trade, but this tutorial?! Holy cats, totally blew my mind … I can’t thank you enough for it!
OMG that voice and accent is so northern! I guess I expected you to be a southern belle(dont know why?), guess that’s what I get living so far south!! Can’t wait to get my hands on this, amazing!
SHUT. UP. I just saw this and I love you. THANK YOU SO MUCH for making these templates in InDesign. I’m a magazine journalism major and I LOVE it, but it KILLS me that everyone in the photo industry seems to use PS for book designs. I mean, WTF? You rock!