Marketing for Local Projects – Advice Needed
For the past week or two I’ve been working on a project that will bring a state of the art online classifieds directory to our community. Yes, we have places online where you can list items, but...
View ArticleMy Week: Building a Portfolio
Wow. The past few days have been a little hairy. I really expected to blog more, but it just hasn’t been happening. Here’s what’s going on… My design business has been picking up and as the year draws...
View ArticleDesign and Decor – Not the Same Thing
{ Hold that thought while I run out the door, jump around in the yard wave my arms in the air and scream for joy } Back! We’ve all be to the over-decorated websites. You know, the ones people make...
View ArticleAll I Want for Christmas is an FTP Login. Can We Arrange That?
It’s the end of week one of a proposed three week project. The client is ready to roll. I am anxious to start… Yea. Haven’t even started yet. The client’s previous web developer is too busy telling me...
View ArticleSnoopervising – My Newest Service
Some friends came to me this week and asked if I’d help with the launch of their site’s new look. I didn’t need to actually code or build anything, they’d already hired developers, but they wanted...
View ArticleContent Curation – BlissReads Launches
In the past weeks I have had the privilege of working with a fabulous group of women as we’ve readied to launch BlissReads, the genius Content Curation network founded by Allison Worthington. What is...
View ArticleCSS Rounded Corner Tutorial – Create Rounded Corners Without Images
If you like to play with your own websites and you’re looking for a way to create rounded corners on your boxes, navigation bars, etc here’s a css rounded corner tutorial. Why Rounded Corners Using...
View ArticleWhy I’ve Been Working the Night Shift
Not literally, but when you’re creating custom graphics for Vampire Week you have to come up with some clever title about working at night… Girl2Watch.com is one of my favorite clients. On a normal...
View ArticleHow to Effectively Communicate with Your Blog Designer
Not all bloggers are geek, but all blog designers are, and geeks are kinda like artists. We’re usually a little weird crazy slightly introvert different. Communication isn’t always our forte and mind...
View ArticleThe Wrong Way to Use Stock Images
I was on a deals website yesterday when I spotted this skyscraper ad. I refreshed the page a few times and realized it was in a rotation with other ads from an ad network. How does the design team,...
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