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Christie Ressel | Woman On The Rise Journal

Name: Christie Ressel | Awesome Client | Creator of "Woman on the Rise" Journal | Professional Stylist
Uploaded: 2022-12-08
Duration: 3 min 12 s
Description: Image consultant Christie Ressel shares why she created the Woman On The Rise Journal and how MCRL produced her 250-page gold-foiled hardcover.

An image consultant turns her coaching method into a printed journal.

Christie Ressel helps women rise through style. She talks through why she added a journal to her coaching practice, and how the finished 250-page book came together.

Client story 250 pages Gold foil Lined interior Spine printing

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How the Woman On The Rise journal was printed

Key takeaways

A branded journal can extend a coaching or consulting methodology into a physical product.
The finished book is a 250-page lined hardcover with gold foil on front, back and spine.
Spine printing and wrap-around cover design depend on choosing the right binding.
First-time creators are guided through specification, proofing and production.

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Christie Ressel is an international image consultant who trains stylists and colour analysts worldwide. In this conversation she explains the thinking behind the Woman On The Rise Journal: alongside the physical transformation her clients go through, she assigns what she calls soul work, because what a woman believes about herself is what she ultimately projects through her clothing. The journal gives that inner work somewhere to live.

She walks through the finished piece. The cover uses her brand colours, white and gold, with gold foil detailing. RISE is printed down the spine alongside her name - a detail worth noting for anyone designing a hardcover, because spine printing is only possible on certain binding types. The back cover carries the line “enjoy creating your world of possibilities on your journey to becoming.” Inside there are 250 lined pages.

The second half of the video is about the process rather than the product. Christie describes arriving with no prior knowledge of how to manufacture a physical product, and being walked through each step. That’s the common thread across most first-time client projects at MCRL: the design vision usually exists long before the specification does, and translating one into the other - board weight, foil placement, binding choice, page count - is the part the production team handles.

Common Questions

Can I print my brand colours exactly on a journal cover?

Yes. Offset printing reproduces custom and PMS brand colours accurately and consistently across the full run, which is why it suits branded products where the colour has to be right.

Can text be printed on the spine?

It can, on hardcover Smyth-sewn and casebound books. Spiral and Wire-O bindings have no flat spine, so spine printing isn’t possible on those.

What page count works for a lined journal?

250 pages is a common choice for a substantial hardcover journal. We’ll advise on paper weight to match, so the book feels right and ink doesn’t show through.

I’ve never made a physical product before. Is that a problem?

Not at all - most of our first-time clients arrive with a design and no manufacturing background. Our team walks you through materials, specifications, proofing and production.