Redesign Inspiration and Process

As I’m always interested in other designers’ process, I thought I’d share mine along with some of the tools that I used for the recent redesign of my site. Concept As I begin the design process, I look through my inspiration folder in my bookmarks,...

Where to go for help

Success has nothing to do with what you gain in life or accomplish for yourself. ItÂ’s what you do for others. ~Danny Thomas In developing custom themes for WordPress, which is comprises the bulk of my work these days, I regularly run into issues, questions about how...

Blog Design Case Study

I’ve designed quite a few blogs over the last year or so, and I recently worked with a client who I thought did an extremely thorough job of planning for her new site, Remarkable Parents. The process she went through provides a good case study to look at, as the...

Reasons every blogger should participate in forums

As I look back over the last year and the growth of my design business and this site, I can point to one thing that made the most impact: participation in forums. I am not a big time forum participant. In fact, I’ve only regularly participated in two forums, but...