Slowly Coming Along

The new blog is slowly but surely coming along. I've finally gotten my horizontal navigation bar like I wanted, my new header and I'm working on the page content. It's a proven fact that clients love blogs. They want to see current updates and they feel more connected to the photographer when they can read about their photographing experiences. It makes us more personal. More connected. So I really want to get back in the groove of blogging. If you looked at my blog right now you'd think I haven't worked since November. When really, its been the total opposite! I've had more work in the last few months than I've had ever. So its not the lack of business, but instead the steady flow of business (fortunately) that has prevented me from sharing my photos and experiences with you. I think I've found a format for sharing my fave photos that will make it easier for me to post. Just get ready..you'll have so many new posts in your google reader from me that you will be sick of LPD posts. But hopefully not. Until then...

A Yummy New Look

If you're in the need for a beautiful cake or delicious pastry, I've got just the place for you! Sweet Memories Bakery and Cafe in Bryan came to me and asked for a blog design. They have a great website but needed a blog to show off their newest creations. They are a local favorite around here. I can't remember a wedding or baby shower that I've been to that didn't serve a cake from them.

I knew right away what I wanted to do. They have a chalkboard menu in the bakery so what better than to incorporate that cute cafe look into their blog! Here's their new look..what do you think?

Check out their new blog at www.sweetmemoriescafe.blogspot.com or their website at www.sweetmemoriescafe.com

Blog Design for Hunter and Heather

Heather contacted me about designing a custom blog for her and her husband of one year, Hunter. I know Heather a couple of different ways...I worked with her mom for almost 2 years at my "real job" before I quit to be a stay at home mom and photographer. Then, I was one of the photographers at her wedding last June. So I sort of knew her personality and what look she might like. Heather sent me her thoughts and said she wanted pink and black and nothing too girly. Being the softball lover she is, I knew the muted colors and vintage look of my previous designs just wasn't the look for them. Bold and clean was what they needed. I absolutely love the final product. It's one of my favorite ones I've done. Heather and Hunter loved it too! Thanks for allowing me to work with you guys on this!

JMHickerson's New Blog Design

Before I begin this post, let me first say I DID NOT DO THIS COMPLETE DESIGN.

Jae Hickerson, of JMHickerson Photography and Design, contacted me about designing her blog for her. I started trying to come up with some ideas, but then realized..wait a second..this woman is a designer herself! So came up with the idea to let Jae actually design her header and backgrounds herself, and she would just hire me to actually plug them into her site and get everything all aligned correctly. (the technical HTML junk)

Jae designed the header and found the cool textured background. It originally had some great designs on it, but they just weren't working with our design, so I tweaked it in order to make it fit correctly and flow seamlessly throughout the blog. Jae designed her sidebar headers, and I plugged them in and adjusted the width of the blog so she would have more room for posts and photos.

We are both really pleased with the outcome. Visit her blog at www.jmhickerson.blogspot.com

A New Look for the Mosiers

A couple of weeks ago I noticed some friends of ours had a "cry for help" on their blog. They wanted someone to tell them how to get a "cutie patutie" blog, as Erin put it. I was glad to come to the rescue. I played around with a few different versions of this design, the first one being a little too girly. It was pink instead of blue. But then I realized..Hello, this is for a couple, not a girl! So we switched the pink to blue and green. The Mosiers and I were both very pleased with the outcome. Here is a closeup view of the header since for some reason, I can't get the complete image to come up any larger than that.

I had a lot of fun doing this for you, Matt and Erin. Thanks for trusting me to spice up your blog. So for anyone else out there that would like a new look, here is my design pricing.

I Finally Did It!

I finally got my blog just right. I played around with the design and finally got it right! I love the textures and warm colors. I had so much fun designing this! It's definitely one of my new favorite things to do! I would love to design one for you or your business as well! Comment or email me for info!