and it’s Vanessa Bell’s of Sarah Jane Bond
It’s my job to hear what a business owner’s vision is for their business and be able to convert that into beautiful imagery that captures that vision and voice to be able to share with the world. I especially love it when as I have this discussion, my brain is already working out the how. You see as a Visionary Photos Boss (that’s me) as you are telling me your story. My head is converting YOU and YOUR brand into images, it’s my superpower.
Bringing a business owner’s vision to visual life can be tricky, combining all the layers of someone’s personal brand into a single photoshoot takes skill and the ability to ask the right questions to bet the best outcome.
It is so exciting to me to be able to work with women who are creating amazing businesses and adding value, growth and success to their stories.
The past two years, I have been working with Vanessa to create a consistent selection of branding images that truly represent her vision, voice and personality. Every time we talk and work together,
Vanessa is always saying “Rach, YOU just get it”.
Vanessa Bell
Vaness is one of my incredible Its a Beautiful Branding Hub Clients. Here is a cross-aaection of images that we have created in 3 sessions, this is just a very small cross-section of images that Vanessa has in her Branding image library to quickly and effortlessly access to use across social media.
Enjoy!
Working with someone so passionate about their story and what their vision is. Suffices to say that it is my dream come true.
My sessions combine fun, comfort, femininity and strength to create relatable connection growth and success.
Since Vanessas’s Personal Branding photoshoots, Vanessa has featured in
- Highlife Magazine,
- Beyond The Bale (AWI and The Woolmark Company’s industry magazine).
- Was involved in the #buyfromthebush Pop-Up Market in Martin Place Sydney in December 2019
- has sold blankets into the USA, Switzerland, UK, France, Italy and Aus.
- has been a guest speaker at Goulburn Connect
- and the Central West Farming Systems (CWFS) conference held in Condobolin earlier in 2019
More bout Vanessa.
Vanessa Bell is the Owner and founder of SARAH JANE BOND Baby Blanket’s
Vanessa has gone From fashion to farmer! After a career in fashion and media, Vanessa Bell started her business ‘Sarah Jane Bond’ from her farm near Goulburn in NSW producing hand-knitted baby blankets from superfine Merino wool.
On the birth of her son Vanessa searched for ‘a proper cot blanket’ to keep her baby safe and warm, she reached for her great grandmother’s Merino woollen blanket (still going strong after 80 years) this blanket being a family heirloom. To bolster the brand, Vanessa decided to name her business after her great grandmother ‘Sarah Jane Bond’ with Sarah’s beautiful knitting the catalyst and inspiration to create family heirloom baby blankets. The miraculous longevity of this remarkable fibre ensures each blanket should see numerous children sleeping comfortably under the very same blanket.
Sarah was a lady dedicated to the wellbeing of her family in fairly tough social and economic circumstances living in Forbes and Dubbo in the Central West of New South Wales, Australia. Like many other mothers, she knitted with Merino to create comfortable babywear and durable clothes for her children.
‘Sarah Jane Bond’ is a business built on love and longevity.
Each baby blanket is made from 100% Australian pure Merino wool with some blankets taking as long as three months to make. Each blanket is lovingly hand knitted and each completely unique. The relationships we create with families often span the birth of many children within each family, and we pride ourselves on outstanding personal customer service. We love receiving beautiful photographs and messages from new parents and or grandparents! It truly is an honour to know our blankets are providing comfort and cuddles to children all over the world.
WOOL INNOVATION AND PROVENANCE
Vanessa prides herself on understanding and translating wool innovation to our customers. As a brand, we’re especially interested in the natural attributes of wool and the outstanding benefits it provides for children.
In terms of origin, as farmers, we grow Merino wool in one of the oldest and highly respected Merino districts in the world, Goulburn NSW Australia. Presently the wool used for our product is commercially produced and sourced from Bendigo, Victoria Australia. It is Vanessa’s long term goal to create a true “paddock to blanket” offering to utilise homegrown Merino wool from non-mulesed sheep, ethically farmed with complete traceability.
A simple mix of fresh air, sunshine, grass and water, is lovingly cultivated this wool by generations of Australian woolgrowers. As farmers, we nurture every step of the growing process to deliver one of the earth’s most delicate and most precious fibres.
Vanessa Bell – Owner & Founder
Vanessa and her husband Philip run sheep and cattle from their properties “Greendale” Breadalbane and “Wirchilleba” Gilgunnia in NSW Australia.
Below are just a few ways of how Vanessa has used her Sarah Jane Bond Branding images across her platforms to create a connection that converts.
Find out more about working with Rachael,
Want to be a part of my Branding Hub? You are more than welcome to join us here I do only have the capacity for 20 Branding Hub Clients in 2020 so please be a fast action taker and commit to Putting YOU into YOUR brand today. Xox
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