Dart Creative Media

10/01/2025

With a heavy heart, it's time we say farewell to our beloved Design & Donuts, for now! ❤️‍🩹
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To all who have been involved over the last 3 years - After some deep consideration, I have come to the hard decision that it is time that I step back and take a break from Design & Donuts. 🍩

As many of you know, over the years, I have had quite a few life changes where I have transitioned into a more demanding role with my day job, along with heading into parenthood, and personally heading in a different direction for my own business's incubation.

While this decision has not been made easily, I do feel that it is a healthier decision for the group to have leadership that is fully committed, versus me fighting to have the time to give it my full attention. As it saddens me to let go of the group that has provided me so much through its many fulfilling conversations, I want to make sure it has my full commitment and can be done right.
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Thank you all for what you have contributed to this group by sharing your knowledge, time, and compassion for one another - I feel like we have truly grown together and hope that we can meet once again at a later time... 🥹

I would also like to thank our Community Partners at The Pantheon & Fossmeyer's Bakery as they have provided us with the Space & Refreshments to fuel our groups conversations and help fellow Creatives grow with their ventures. 🙏

As this chapter may be closing for Design & Donuts, I would like to invite you all to stay connected, as we still host other events like the First City Markets, Muffins & Marketing, and other Creative Programs that may come in the future.

In best regards,

Dartanyan A. Abney
[email protected]
Aspiring the world to be on target...

09/29/2025

Getting a head start
on National Coffee Day... ☕

We wanted to give a shout-out to our Friends at Port Side Coffee Company as they have been a Community Partner of ours for over a year now for Muffins & Marketing! 🧁

Not only have they provided us with a whole lot of Pastries over the year, but they also provide Gibson County as a centralized hub for caffeine, community meetings, and a place for casual conversation with Friends.

If you have not made it in to visit them, we highly encourage you to try out their specials as they roast their own coffee but also have an amazing selection of loose-leaf teas, for all of those Dirty Chai Fans out there like me! 😋

NATIONAL COFFEE DAY | SEPT. 29TH

📌 125 W Broadway St, Princeton, IN 47670

09/26/2025

And don't accept anything less... ❤️

09/26/2025

Typically, I wake up to eat Brunch... 😋
But this week, I took pictures of it instead!

During weeks like this, I've been spending my mornings getting up early to stop into places before they open and helping Restaurants like Frank's get Menu Items documented and ready to go on to Social Media as they prepare for Frank's Wonderful Land of Oz Brunch. 👠

If you are getting ready to bring on a new seasonal menu or revamp your current one with photos of your dishes, I would be glad to help you create Digital Assets that can help more visitors see what you have to offer! 🍝

09/25/2025

When you start a Small Business, you'll want to think about what your Logo will be and how people will see it... 🎯

This is often the foundation to building up a Brand, but it is also the beginning of a vision that is tailored to your Products, Mission, and Company Beliefs. Through this process, we want you to feel like you have a Virtual Identity that is custom for you and feels unique with its Graphics & Imagery. ❤️

With services like these,
we can help you obtain that:
+ Logo Design
+ Content Creation
+ Brand Identification
+ Product Photography
+ Communication Outreach
+ & Social Media Performance

Dartanyan A. Abney
[email protected]
dartanyanaabney.myportfolio.com/work

In addition to our service plans, we also offer different payment plans to help accommodate any budget - We know you are working to create something new, so we want to work with you to make that happen!

09/23/2025

LOGO HIGHLIGHT: Vintucky Manufacturing

Demonstrating how you can take your your past time and turn it into a side hustle, Greg Carrie is a prime example of accidental entrepreneur as he began manufacturing his own 3-D Printer Bullet Canisters for his Friends & Veterans at Shooting Competitions. 🎯

As he began taking in more & more orders, he found himself looking for ways that he can take his hobby to the next level. ☝🏻

Knowing Gregg from a past life of bartending, I knew that everything about this Logo had to be patriotically screaming Red, White, and Blue - You won't see these colors running because they are standing tall & strong for you! 🇺🇸

So after a few phone calls and a couple conversations over beers, we landed on the Patriot sitting armed in the center, with a Vintage-Style Font to tie it together - But that could also easily be printed onto products.

From here, things got interesting...

We needed to tweak the design a bit for a special project of his as he wanted to add it to the Team Carrie Competition Jerseys. 👕

So we gave it even more Red, White, and Blue - But that wasn't enough, we needed to add an important statement to it: "The Right of The People to keep & bear arms shall not be infringed". 📜

Everything about this is what Greg stands for and it's truly humbling to see where this Bar-Napkin Sketch of a Logo has gone as he travels the country for competition and as his team continues to grow with Friends & Family!

09/21/2025

Leading by example and
transforming lives everyday! 💙

Follow our friends at Knox County LAM to see how they are making an impact on our Community and bringing awareness to Recovery during events like these. 🙏

09/19/2025

The power of marketing is strong when you are driven and know where to begin - And these are the results that many Small Businesses Owners are looking for when they want to maximize revenue streams...

Great job you guys, you are killin it!! 😎

Hey Folks, just a heads up that we are FULL for tonight & SOLD OUT from PRE-ORDERS!! 🚨

That means if you already
ordered, you are still GOOD! 🍔

If you planned on joining us for Walk-Up though, you may want to go make Dinner Plans with one of our friends in the neighborhood, like Cafe Moonlight or Procopio's. 🍝

Thank you for your understanding - We greatly appreciate all for your support and we hope you all enjoy eating out, no matter where you are dining tonight! 🙏

09/18/2025

Ben & Jerry's without the Jerry? 🤔

HERE IS THE SCOOP: Through the recent years, the actual Ben & Jerry of the widely known brand have always been the type to be Social Activists, through what the original vision for their company started as... 🍨

But they have not always seen eye to eye with their parent company (Unilever) as their views drift more towards suppressing specific viewpoints for the Marketing & Promotional Campaigns.

This all has led to brand co-founder Jerry Greenfield to finally putting down the pint and leaving his spoon for the next person to run his Ice Cream Empire.🍦
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What does this say for their brand now?

Would you push for your company's original core values, or stick to being passive in the hope of avoiding controversial beliefs & pushback?