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hello one and all! 
the holiday season has been fruitful...  congratulations to all the new small businesses!

taking some time the next few days to update the blog.  i've started some pages of my work portfolio and plan to add some featured clients soon.

we're nearing the end of what was a challenging yet terrific year for me and my family, and i'm truly hoping 2011 brings all of ALL of us love, joy and prosperity.

post-tryp update

hello!  hope everyone had a great thanksgiving!  are we all back to work full force (get busy one time)?
i'm excited about all the great work that's come my way and will do a lil show and tell soon!
happy cyber monday and don't forget it's also GREEN monday, and here is a great link to one of my client's shops if you support sustainability and all natural family products:

watch out!

Casco Bay Soap Co. has decided to reBrand, and Solid is here to help!  more fun stuff for them coming soon...

special thanks to The Graphics Fairy for the wonderful public domain clipart!  it was then vectorized by yours truly and each little detail was painstakingly mended and colored slightly imperfectly to fit its theme.  gorgeous!

biz card design for Jennie B. Goode Collars

had some fun with this one.. enjoy!

some recent projects

here are some of the finished projects from this month:

new branding & biz card design for Mango's Jewelry Box



new product logo design for Capricorn Soap Co.



for my lovely friend La Bella Caramella who makes the most scrumptious goodies!

new custom logo design for Nana's Jewelry

had an inquiry from a new client who wanted a logo just like the one I did for bits of whimsy a while back.
I was fearful that the logo would turn out almost exact, but thankfully my nerves didn't!  similar? yes.  same? no.

website redesign project - Casco Bay Soap Company

almost finished with a new website redesign for Casco Bay Soap Company!  attached below is the Before pic of her website and you can click HERE to see the new design.

this site is thru Yahoo! Small Business which is easy to use for those that don't have web experience, but you get stuck working in a template-based atmosphere as seen in the Before pic.  We are able to redesign this way, but there are limitations and we weren't able to easily insert custom images for navigational and page buttons/icons.  if you want to sell online and want a great FULLY customizeable atmosphere that's also LESS expensive monthly than Yahoo, try PappaShop as they offer a really easy to use store admin panel where you can find everything you need to upload products, listings, offer gift certificates, gift registries, and sooo much more.. PLUS they have a built-in shopping cart software so you can accept PayPal and other forms of payment easily.  We are a big (unpaid) supporter of PappaShop and have always told new online business owners to start with them because they are the best!  Feel free to contact us should you be interested.  Here are some links to other PappaShop sites we've designed:

Eva Glynn Stephens
Chloe's Four Legged Fashions
Vintage Treasures by Judy
and we happily maintain Vintage Lucy's

We also design sites on other hosts as well:
tiny things are cute - thru Zen Cart
PriZm Sustainability - thru Yahoo (informational site only)

all is fair with love for design

took a break from blogging to concentrate on expanding the design biz a bit..  proud to say that we have many wonderful new & present clients from all over the u.s. and in other countries too!  business has been going well... lots of great projects and learning more about our abilities in the process.


we're always looking for more great projects, so feel free to check out the etsy shop too see some of our past client work which we always use in our listing pics.