- WordPress Tutorials
- Artisteer Tips
- Add Button Class to Widget
- Add Style to Text Widget
- Add a Sidebar in the Header
- Create Custom Post Header
- Create Unique Page Template
- Create Secondary Menu
- Create Styled Donate Button
- Create Widget Style – Part 1
- Create Widget Style – Part 2
- Hide Category Titles
- Styling Featured Image
- Styling Sheet Borders
- Using Theme Options
- Design Tips and Tricks
- Recent Projects
Free Tropical WordPress Theme
I’ve been working on updating some of my older free themes with fresh new designs and most importantly fresh new features! I’ve just created a brand new Tropical Paradise theme ready for you to download that would be perfect for… Continue reading
What’s In Store!
I’ve been busy working on some websites as well as some print design work for some clients that I will hopefully be able to post soon. However, the biggest thing I’m working on (besides real life responsibilities) is a free theme that I’m going to be making available soon! *This is now available for download!* Continue reading
Meteor Slides Plugin
In working on a new WordPress theme design for a client, I wanted to incorporate a slider on the home page to display images that would link to specific pages/posts of the website. I wanted it to be simple and user friendly as well as customizable including some nice transition effects. The plugin I went with is Meteor Slides, and I LOVE it! It works great with Artisteer generated themes, and here are some more specs on this simple, yet effective plugin. Continue reading
Virtual Baby Shower Button
I love doing small jobs for previous customers who want to keep the same look and feel of my original design even for temporary advertisements or little features. Ashely Walkup from Beauty 4 Moms and Embracing Beauty is going to be featuring a virtual baby shower on her WordPress blog, Embracing Beauty, and asked if I could create a little button for her to advertise this event. I was delighted to do it, especially as it involved two of my favorite things – girlie design and babies! Let me give you some basics on how I designed this button, and share with you how to wrap text around a path in PhotoShop. Continue reading
Reflecting the Designer on Blogger
It’s been a long time in coming, but I recently transferred my Blogger Scrapbook Blog over to a new blog Reflecting the Designer. This blogspot blog is designed to give tips on working specifically with Blogger, shows recent Blogspot projects, provide free graphics, and gives more information about the design services I offer specifically for Blogspot blogs. Below is the redesign I did for this site and some more information about it. Continue reading
A Work in Progress
My own personal website is continually and will probably always be a work in progress. If you have visited before, you might wonder why I change my theme so frequently. There are a few reasons, actually. Continue reading
Sneak Preview of BookRoom Reviews
I’ve been busily working on a site redesign and reorganization for BookRoom Reviews. Here’s a little preview of what it will look like when it’s finished. I still have this new design on a test platform, so if you go… Continue reading
Personalized Business Card Design
This is the customized business card design I just did for Heather Mitchel, an independent consultant for Thirty One Gifts. Heather wanted an eye-catching business card that would be able to include all of the necessary information on it as well as a personal picture without looking too cluttered. Continue reading
Free Rustic Word Press Blog Theme
My rustic WordPress theme has been the most searched term by far on my site, so I decided to create a new, updated rustic theme that is WordPress 3.0 compliant. Continue reading
Free Brick Wall WordPress Theme
Here’s a brand new theme with some extra goodies thrown in. It is a widget ready theme that includes a top menu and a fun scrolling brick wall background. Click here to download this theme. Continue reading












