Archive for August, 2007

Website for Paul Brown - photographer

Friday, August 31st, 2007

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Paul Brown needed a website to showcase his portfolio. First we created an antique look site, but this wasn’t exactly what Paul was looking for. He wanted quite a modern design, to complement his photography. We redesigned the website, and now are all happy with this fresh contemporary look.

This is what Paul said about his website: “It looks awesome, thanks soooo much. You did a great job on it.”

http://www.capturedessence.ca/

Flowerpot Designs

Friday, August 17th, 2007

handmade-hair-clips-and-accessories-for-babies-and-kids-flowerpot-designs.jpgThis website selling a collection of handmade hairclips and accessories turned out so modern, feminine and earthy.

Nothing gets women looking like pictures of kids – especially if they have kids already! Targeted marketing for sure :-)

We also loved how the banner turned out – it was such a contrast to the rest of the page, with the pastel pinks, purples and yellows down below and on the sides – but turned out so well. The stitched and fabric look is a favorite of mine – I use it in my personal artwork quite often, and it creates a beautiful background in this particular case. I also think the brown color saves the site from being sickeningly sweet and girly – and makes it more of an earth mother feel. After all, sweet and girly is the last thing that mums of young children feel like! Gotta have something to relate to :-). We used shadowing to create layers in the design, lifting the page and making it seem more than a flat screen (or a slightly curved screen if you haven’t yet upgraded!)

Of course, it is a bit easier to make a great website when you have such an inspiring product range. As one of my personal fetishes, I appreciate the feel and texture of hand knitting and funky fabrics, and I think we incorporated them well into the design. The flower motif is also integrated as a part of the basis of the site, without being overwhelming.

Creative IT

Wednesday, August 15th, 2007

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We created Wordpress CMS that can be seen here:

http://www.laptoprepair.gb.com/

We used the WordPress system with appropriate plugins to make it possible. The client wanted to use this website as an SEO site, for his company. I think it works well! :-)

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When websites have to look clean and simple, it is such a challenge to make them look professional and give them a bit of personality – even if that personality is more like the designated driver than the life of the party! But we think it worked well in the Laptop Repair site that we built.

The site is quite data heavy in the content – so the design of the site couldn’t be too heavy, visually. The whole thing would just fall out of the computer if it weighed that much!! We used gradients to lift the banner and menu, and color mirroring and negatives to create an integrated look for this client.

We also created a custom icon to come up next to the page title on menus and tabs, rather than the standard Internet Explorer ‘E’.

Website for Traveler

Wednesday, August 8th, 2007

JOB DESCRIPTION:

janets-travel-calendar.jpgI want a fresh, clean, classy design that has a lot of white space, using purple and one other color (light green, yellow, navy?). I’d like a header with a unique image, maybe something like a cartoon-ish brunette 40-something female in a travel setting. Descriptions that come to mind are jet-setter, world traveler, adventure, etc.

I want to make sure that each page has the meta tags that keep the pages from being indexed in search engines. I don’t want to put a password on the site, but I don’t want outsiders to be able to find it in a search engine.

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This MUST be your own unique, original design. I don’t want something very similar to what I could have downloaded somewhere. It must be a cut above all those.”

This is also a rush job.

On seeing the final design, this is what client said:

“They did a super job of designing my website and making it functional to my specifications. Would not hesitate to hire them again - they obviously care about the quality of their work product and customer satisfaction. Communication was always prompt and clear. Overall extremely satisfied.”

Man and his baby

Sunday, August 5th, 2007

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We designed the header and a theme for this Wordpress blog http://www.manandhisbaby.com

This graphic template created for WordPress blogging system is kitsch and cute. This is what client said:

“These guys are great. They did a great job on my website. They did more than what I asked for. I was in contact with them throughout the project. They gave me several mock ups and let me choose and pick different elements from it. Highly recommended. Thanks!”