After much soul-searching I finally succumbed to strongly-worded requests from two of my favorite lurkers (Hi, Mom! Hi, Sheila!) and created a new skin with the sidebar on the side instead of the bottom. The hardest part? The brown background. I think brown just might be my favorite color — and note the velvety texture, [...]
Category Archives: Web Design
New addition to my family
I finished Liesl’s blog this morning. Now that it’s all done I can confess that this one gave me some nightmares along the way. It looks pretty simple, doesn’t it? But whoa, the composition of this one stretched me to the outer limits of my graphic design ability. Honestly, sometimes I feel like Donkey in [...]
What’s been keeping me busy lately
Well, I recently finished a website that I am so pleased with. I think it’s my best so far. And please don’t think I’m being immodest here. All the design ideas came from the client, and every time she said “try this” it looked better. I made her a matching business card, too, and I [...]
Mishmash
Boy, if anyone actually reads this I will be shocked. I haven’t managed to visit one single other blog since we returned from camp. My blogroll is positively dusty. I am sorry about that. It’s not from lack of interest. I have been working like crazy. Why do I do this to myself? I am my [...]
Taking stock
This is approximately the one-year anniversary of my little business enterprise. (Do I count from the time I got my first job? The date on my legal paperwork? The date I put up my website? Those things all happened May-June-ish last year.) I am so very happy with the way it’s been going. I’ve hesitated to [...]
Victory!
I finally managed to wrestle WordPress into submission and thank you for coming to see the result. It wasn’t easy, either. Up until now I managed to avoid using the Box Model Hack in my work, but for this design I had to use it twice. For those not in the know, and just to [...]
Tooting my own horn
I guess false modesty is as bad as none at all. I have to confess I’m feeling pretty damn pleased with myself this evening. Did you see this?