Good morning!!  It’s a lovely Monday here and I’m hoping for a miracle week, how about you?

I can’t even believe how booked I am with custom wordpress blog design jobs…. oh, my goodness.  It’s overwhelming in a really fabulous way!  My current workload will keep me busy through most of February, honestly.  Today I’ve got TONS to do (as I’m sure you do, too) and it sounds like my kiddos just woke up, so I’ll be quick with this post.

Lots of my custom wordpress blog design jobs are in the finishing up phase, which I swear is the longest phase… so crazy.  I’ve got a few others that are in the very beginning phase.  One of the jobs that I’ve been just barely getting working into is for a new fabulous food blog that will be called, “Nicolas & Cora.”  One of the writers for it is fairly well-known, so I’m not going to reveal who it is until the blog is complete.  But, I thought it would be fun to give you a sneak peek at their design file:

They want the look of the site to be really fresh and healthy.  One of the writer’s drew these adorable sketches of the two writers that we’ll be incorporating into the design.  It’s going to be really fabulous when it’s done and I can hardly wait to show it to you!

Have a lovely Monday!!  xoxo

p.s. Fashion Friday was unable to happen last week due to Angela having been really sick with an awful migraine (had lasted 3 days at that point).  We hope she feels well soon!  xoxo

Man!  I’ve had a rough weekend and have been sick in bed since Friday.  Today I’m going to the doctor to see what is up, but I thought I should quickly post the design Monday post from yesterday since I’m really excited to unveil this design.

First,  here’s her design file (to refresh your memory on the look, feel and style Emily wanted in her design):

And here’s her new, custom wordpress blog design:

I know I say this will all of my design clients, but I really did have so much fun working with Emily on this.  I love the look and style of her blog.  It fits her so well.  We’ll also be designing a Twitter background and business cards to match this design within the next week or so.  We’re also toying with the idea of adding a custom background to her blog, just to give it a more finished, pulled together look.  If you’re looking for a hilarious blog to add to your reader, you must subscribe to Emily’s blog: http://isthisreallymylife.com.

Now, I’m off to get the kiddos out of bed, make breakfast and then lie on the couch until it’s time to go to the doctor.  Much love! xoxo

Good morning!!!  Who’s looking forward to a beautiful day?!

I’ve got lots of design jobs happening right now, as usual, which is a real blessing.  I love designing blogs, especially.  We’re done with the TransformationTrainer.com wordpress custom blog-site design.  I did love the cantelope colors we were working with before, but the end result turned out really well and I like the colors a lot.

I also designed some business cards for her to use that go along with her site design:

Last week I also had the opportunity to make some really fun buttons for Vanessa of INeverGrewUp.net:

And along with all the design work, I’ve been really wanting to work on my TheArtisticMom.com mom-blog.  I’ll be writing recipes every Monday, art projects (to do with your kids) every Tuesday, random thoughts on “Wild Thought Wednesday” and then will write about my food photography endeavors on “Food Photog Fridays.”  For those of you that know me, I’ve had a food photog blog and have decided that I’d just like to have one blog that I can write about all the random miscellany in my life as an “artistic mom.”  I’d love it if you were interested in checking it out!  Should be a lot of fun!  There will be a full week of posts this week – woot!  Today’s is all about my whole wheat german pancake recipe.  The picture is not fabulous (I’ll definitely be the first to admit that since I’m a professional food photog, it turned out rather disappointing, but oh well), but the recipe is DELICIOUS!!

Anywho, lots of random thoughts, but this is where I’m at this week.  Wishing you a lovely Monday!!

It’s Monday again already?!  Wow, time is just racing by!!  I’m quickly updating today as I’m crazy busy again today with lots of custom wordpress blog designs.

Here’s a blog design file for Amy’s that I’m working on this week:

Amy is a photographer and we’re building her a portfolio site with WordPress as the platform.  I just adore working with Amy!  She is such a sweetheart.  Her photography really deserves a beautiful site to show it off on (one of her pictures is the lovely nature pic in the right side of her design file).  I also loved how specific she was with what colors she wanted me to use in her design: celadon and wedgewood blue.  It’s turning out to be a really gorgeous design because of these color choices.

Wishing you a lovely week!

p.s. Have I told you that I’m the Creative Director for a local business review group called “SassyScoops?”  I want to start linking to what we’re reviewing each week on my posts here, as the reviews are really fun and informative.  This week we’re reviewing Caputo’s Deli’s chocolate and cheese classes (and tasting!).  There’s going to be an awesome giveaway on Friday, which I’ll be sure to also link to here.  Check it out on SassyScoops.com: http://www.sassyscoops.com/food/preview-caputos-cooking-classes/!

LOL!  I’m slightly kidding.  I thought that title was a perfect follow-up from yesterday’s random post.  The past two days have kept me crazy busy as I’ve had photo shoots during my afternoon work-time, one food photog shoot for Utah Business Magazine and the other shoot was for a personal trainer client, Laura from Transformation Trainer.  Today I’ve got a meeting with a new wordpress blog/site design client during my afternoon work-time, too, so I’ve got to do a cheater post today.  I’m hoping to get back on track next week with my full feature schedule.  Tomorrow, Angela will be posting for Fashion Friday and she’ll be talking about 2010 fall/winter trend colors!!!  Woot!  You do NOT want to miss it!  And if you missed last Fashion Friday’s post on 2010 spring/summer trend colors, check it out here: http://createdbychicks.com/2010/01/2010-color-trends-womens-fashion/.

Thanks, Crystal, for sending me this hilarous comic – totally made me laugh this morning & fits this post perfectly!

BTW, THANK YOU SO FREAKING MUCH for making my dreams come true by becoming my google friend in the sidebar!  You freaking rawk!!  The box is full of wonderful, beautiful, fabulous women and I love you all!  Thank you so much!

As you can see, I took a bit of a holiday from updating this blog.  This week my husband is home from work – heaven! – and I’m working on getting back in the swing of things.  We had a lovely, quiet Christmas.  My kids were big enough this year that they really understood what Christmas is all about which made it really fun.

This week I’m primarily working on completing design projects.  Carrie’s WordPress blog design – ThisMamaMakesStuff.com – is close enough to completion that I can show you what we’ve created.

Here’s Carrie’s design profile you saw before:

And here’s what her site looks like, designed by moi – Ooh, La, La Blog Customization Package:

Isn’t it fun?  Carrie has been a blast to work with!  I just adore her and especially love her This is Me Journals that I’ll be featuring on here soon.

Meanwhile this week I’ll be finishing up some other custom wordpress blog design projects, along with organizing my house with DH.  Rock on.  Hope your holidays are merry!  How are you spending this week?