Something Blue Studio

Our Faces Magazlne Ottawa plaques arrived and I couldn't be more excited! Thank you to all the clients and friends who nominated us and voted for us. My heart is so full to have been nominated for both Best SEO Agency and Best Web Developer, and even more thankful to have won Best SEO Agency this year! 🥰

A lot has happened since this photo was taken last summer.

I got married and celebrated my first anniversary with my husband. I quit my job to take this business solo and full-time. I got a puppy, now a year and a half old. I launched over 15 new websites, and supported many other clients with monthly and one-off projects. I survived my first full wedding season as a vendor myself, and continuously emphasize with my wedding vendor clients. I celebrated two birthdays. And I lost my best friend.

I’ve been quiet on this account for a while processing what I want to do with Something Blue, keeping the business systems running but the navigation turned off. Some days, it didn’t feel right to continue on the same path, and I wanted to leave this chapter behind as it was. Other days, I had a burst of motivation and determination for the future, ready to take things to the next level and blaze through my to-do list. While those few high days were great, the many low days brought me back to earth quickly that I didn’t want to post anything before I was sure of the path I wanted to take.

One of the final large tasks Julia and I worked on last fall- before she left the company to pursue other projects- was a weekend we curated, Dreamshop. We gave ourselves a staycation at a hotel downtown and spent the weekend recapping what worked and didn’t work in our first few years of business, improvements we wanted to make to our existing services, and truly dream up where we wanted to take Something Blue (and a few other business ventures too).

I feel like I’ve been on autopilot the past few months as a business owner, keeping the ship afloat on the water but not thinking about where it’s going….to be honest, I wasn’t really sure what the plan was until a couple weeks ago. I finally started having ideas again for new services I wanted to launch and bigger goals I wanted to achieve. It felt like it was the time to turn the navigation back on and set a course. So, I held a solo Dreamshop to give myself not a hard reset, but a software patch of sorts. Most importantly though, to create goals, ideas, and a plan for Something Blue.

Thank you to everyone who has been patient while I’ve been regaining my footing since July. Your understanding and support have not gone unnoticed, and are extremely appreciated and valued. I’m looking forward to being more active here again (and some other places too), and cannot wait to share the new projects coming out of Something Blue in the next few months.

xx Hannah
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Photo by of a day that was meaningful then, but feels even more meaningful now

That feeling when you finally get a website that matches what your business offers!

After Brittany of .scripted sustained a hand injury, she pivoted from calligraphy to designing invitations. Only, the thought of updating her site to match her new services was daunting, so it stayed calligraphy-focused until we were able to help her reorganize her site to better reflect her products and services.

Check out some of Swiftly Scripted’s site upgrades:
✨ custom forms for ordering semi-custom invitations (including payment processing and file uploading), day-of stationery, and inquiring about custom invitations
✨ moved from Showit to WordPress for that juicy SEO power (plus some copywriting SEO upgrades)
✨ custom designed downloadable freebie with native form on site (No embedded forms needed!)
✨ brand new blog where she can share her expertise
✨ shop (TBA!) to sell wax seals and custom thank you notes

Congrats on your new site, Brittany! 🎉

PS - hi 👋 we haven’t met, but your photos are gorgeous and it was such a pleasure working with them on this site! ☺️

Have you checked out the latest site that’s launched from Something Blue? Mark from came to us looking for a site that would better attract his perfect fit clients, and give them all the info they need in order to book a DJ for their wedding or event. We are so happy to have delivered this site - dynamic, fully mobile-responsive, and highlighting what sets Pulse Entertainment apart from the competition. Congrats again on your site launch!

The Something Blue crew is out of the office for Hannah’s wedding weekend! We can’t wait to celebrate the big day tomorrow at with an amazing team of some of Ottawa’s amazing wedding vendors. Get ready for some wedding spam in the following days! 💕 - J

Photo by the wonderful .ca from Hannah’s very Bridgerton bachelorette. (Blog post with all the deets coming soon 😘)