Barry Fresh Designs

Okay, this one is just for fun.

I wanted to do something a little different this time. No branding lecture. No “5 things you're doing wrong.” No homework. Just a quick little business personality quiz.

Swipe through, pick the answer that sounds most like you, keep track of your letters, and see what you get at the end.

Then come back here and tell me...

👇 What did you get?

A ✨
B 🧠
C 👀
D 😂

Or are you a little bit of everything?

And be honest. No cheating.

Matt Best and his wife have worked incredibly hard to grow Best Kingdom Cleaning and Kingdom Builders, and we’re grateful to get to be a small part of that growth.

They’re building more than businesses. They’re a Christ-centered team, using their businesses and acts of service as a way to share the love of Jesus with the people around them.

They’ve also become such an important part of our local business community, including hosting weekly Friday meetups where local business owners can connect, network, and encourage one another.

For this round, we got them set up with DTF T-shirts, embroidered polos, embroidered caps, and embroidered beanies—giving their teams some new branded gear as they continue to grow.

It’s been really cool to watch where their hard work has taken them, and we’re thankful to be along for the ride.

Keep growing. Keep serving. Keep showing up. 💙

Show up like it matters. Because it does.

Apparel

HEY! Remember stamps?

Yeah… we still do those. And sometimes a stamp is exactly what you need.

We’ve made stamps for businesses to brand the bags they send home with customers, add their logo to envelopes, package products, create handcrafted signs, and more.

We offer both traditional wooden stamps and self-inking stamps, depending on what you need.

And while stickers and labels are awesome, sometimes you don't need anything fancy. A simple stamp can be quick, reusable, cost-effective, and still make your business look put together.

Those little branded touches can make a bigger impact than you think.

So if you've been over here thinking, “I wish I had an easy way to put my logo on these…” You might need a stamp.

🌟 BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT: HAUL YEAH JUNK REMOVAL 🌟

This week, I’m shining the spotlight on Haul Yeah Junk Removal, a family-owned and operated junk hauling company serving Spokane and surrounding communities throughout Eastern Washington.

From residential clean-outs and household junk removal to commercial debris hauling, Haul Yeah helps families and businesses reclaim their space with dependable, affordable service. They proudly serve Spokane, Spokane Valley, Liberty Lake, Cheney, Airway Heights, Medical Lake, Millwood, Otis Orchards, Greenacres, Deer Park, Chattaroy, Elk, Loon Lake, and surrounding areas.
But there’s much more to Haul Yeah than simply hauling things away.

❤️ WHY IT MATTERS

Haul Yeah was born out of a major life change. After 13 years in the mortgage industry, Kelly was unexpectedly laid off in late 2024. He began exploring a new career as a financial advisor, but the day before he was supposed to start, his family learned that their 3-year-old daughter had a brain tumor.

Multiple extended hospital stays and brain surgeries followed, changing the direction of their family’s life.

As Kelly searched for something more fulfilling, inspiration came in an unexpected moment. While rocking his young son to sleep one night, he noticed the Ring light outside illuminating their dump trailer. A little social media research turned into an idea, and Haul Yeah Junk Removal officially launched on August 1, 2025.

Today, that business has another purpose beyond helping people clear out their unwanted items. Haul Yeah donates a percentage of their earnings to help families impacted by pediatric brain tumors.

So when you hire Haul Yeah, you're not just reclaiming space in your home or business. You're helping a local, family-owned business give back to families facing something incredibly difficult.

💭 MY PERSPECTIVE

This is one of the things I love about spotlighting local businesses—you often discover there’s so much more behind the business than what you see on the surface. Behind Haul Yeah is a family that went through something life-changing and chose to build something meaningful from it. They also understand that when you invite someone into your home, trust matters. With so many inexpensive junk removal offers on Marketplace and Craigslist, Haul Yeah wants customers to know who is behind the brand and that their belongings will be handled ethically and responsibly. And, of course, every haul comes with its own story, including one involving 65 bags of aluminum cans, all but 16 of them Busch. When asked if she was a Busch Light fan, the customer laughed and replied, “I can't stand Busch Light, only Busch.” Those personal connections and unexpected moments are what make running a local business memorable.

💡 TIP FOR YOUR BUSINESS

Let people see the person behind the business. You don't have to have a perfect story. You don't need to have everything figured out. Sometimes the most meaningful connections happen when you simply share your journey and give people a reason to know, like, and trust the person behind the logo.

As the owner of Haul Yeah puts it:
“We can do great things together. It only takes one person to start, share their journey, and make others feel comfortable to share and join together.”
And I think that's a lesson that applies to every local business.

💬 LET'S TALK:

When you hire a local business, what makes you choose one company over another?

Show some love to Haul Yeah Junk Removal and check out what they're doing in our community!

📞 (509) 471-1177
🌐 www.haulyeahjr.com
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Working with Totes Awkward on these illustrations has been such a fun, rewarding collaboration for me! 🎨 ✨

She comes up with the absolute best concepts, and it's been a blast taking her wild ideas and turning them into finished artwork. Once the design is done, she takes over to create and sell awesome custom tote bags!

Whether it's a possum living its best life on a Roomba with a glass of w**e 🍷 🐾, a majestic Queen T-Rex blowing bubbles 👑 🦖, a rainbow-powered unicorn 🌈 🦄, or a literal "Attempted Murder" of crows 🐦‍⬛... turning her visions into custom illustrations has been such a creative highlight. Projects like this are a huge reminder of why I love doing custom design work!

Interested in snagging one of these fun totes for yourself? Reach out to Totes Awkward directly to see where you can buy one. She has even more fun designs available!

Have you ever looked at a marketing piece, thought "That looks really good!"... and stopped there?

You're not alone. But here's the problem: good-looking marketing isn't automatically good marketing.

Your colors can be beautiful, your photos gorgeous, and your design polished. But if your ideal customer doesn't understand it, doesn't see themselves in it, or doesn't know what to do next... it's not doing its job.

Your marketing should absolutely look like your brand, but it also needs to communicate, connect, and move people toward action. That's why I always come back to keeping things cohesive, aligned, and intentional.

Design matters. But what you're saying, who you're saying it to, and why they should care matters just as much. Consistency and clarity across your marketing help people connect one interaction to the next.

👇 So, what's your answer?

A — Looks good
B — Speaks to my customer
C — Both
D — I honestly just make it look good

If you picked C... you're right. Good marketing should look good AND do something.

And if you picked A or D... don't worry. 😂 You're definitely not alone.

Show up like it matters. Because it does.

When Palm & Froese Law needed signage, we carried their existing branding right through to their physical space.

Their exterior street sign, building entrance decal, and office door decals all work together to make them easier to find and give their clients a clear, professional welcome.

Same branding. Same look. Cohesive from the street to the office.

Show up like it matters. Because it does.

Kevin at West Hills Automotive wanted branded apparel for himself and his team, so we put together DTF transfer shirts and embroidered caps featuring their branding.

Nothing complicated. Just good-looking, cohesive apparel that helps the whole team look like a team.

Sometimes the simple things make a big difference.

Show up like it matters. Because it does.

Think stickers are just for putting your logo on something? Think again.

We've made stickers and labels for businesses that use them in some pretty different ways - from product packaging and resale items to swag bags and events, all the way to practical service labels for trades.

And that's what I love about promotional products and branded materials.
You don't always need something bigger. You need something that makes sense for your business:

- A plumber can use a service label to leave their contact information right where the customer will see it.
- A product-based business can use a custom label to make packaging feel more finished.
- A business heading to an event can toss branded stickers into swag bags.

Same basic product. Completely different purpose.

That's where thoughtful branding comes in - figuring out where your brand can actually be useful, not just where you can put your logo.

What could your business put a sticker or label to work on? 👇

Show up like it matter. Because it does.

When I started working on the branding for Next Era Foundation, one of the biggest goals was finding the balance between executive credibility and transformational empowerment.

This isn't a brand that needed to feel like a traditional nonprofit. It needed to feel confident, purposeful, sophisticated and encouraging—something that could speak just as naturally to corporate partners, donors and grant organizations as it could to the women and girls the Foundation serves.

That thinking is what led to the visual identity you see here.

The NE monogram becomes the foundation of the logo, extending upward into a North Star—a symbol of direction, clarity and purpose.

The color palette pairs periwinkle for trust and authority with soft purple for wisdom, growth and warmth.

And instead of creating one logo and calling it done, we built a complete system with variations for different applications, sizes and platforms. Because that's the part of branding I really love.

It's not just about creating a logo that looks good. It's about creating something cohesive, aligned and intentional that gives a business or organization a foundation to build on. And I think Next Era Foundation now has exactly that. 💜

What do you notice first when you look at this brand—the logo, the colors, or the meaning behind the symbol?

Show up like it matters. Because it does.