I built this website for the talented, lovable and enthusiastic violin teacher, Regina Sadowski. We were able to keep it straightforward and cost effective because she arrived with a plan in mind and well-written content. She had even drawn her own logo. She was easy-going and gave me creative freedom when it came to the design. I think the black and white is clean and sophisticated and reminds me of a musical score. I also like the subtle splashes of color: a warm brown to match the violin and a bright blue to complement the brown.

Another of my oldest and dearest clients was ready to move her site to a WordPress platform where she can do her own edits and keep pace with the rapidly changing evolution of technology. This was one of the first sites I built and it was gratifying to be able to give it a needed upgrade while maintaining its original layout and design.

This website will remain one of my all time favorites and it has inspired a wonderful new friendship with this creative and insightful client. She is a multi-talented artist who designs furniture, paints canvases, and offers interior design services to name a few. It is fun to collaborate with someone who has an excellent sense of design. We went for a modern clean look with a stretch layout and beautiful photographs.

I converted this website to WordPress and made it responsive. Websites really need to be responsive these days so that they can be viewed on a variety of devices from mobile to desktop formats. Much of the design was previously in place before I came along, except for the slider which displays a rotating variety of full page photographs just below the menu. Mostly, my job was to figure out how to translate the rest of the design elements into a language that WordPress could speak.

I really enjoyed this kind sweet client and her beautiful photographs. I find that many of my clients are in the midst of launching new careers and I love interfacing with people during these sorts of life transitions. This client ended up changing course and pursuing a different career and so this website was never fully realized nor did it reach fruition, but it was a fun journey nevertheless.

I’m honored that Julia liked her logo so much, she has now hired me to make her website. We see eye-to-eye aesthetically and it’s a pleasure to work with such an organized and visionary client. She knew exactly what she wanted and presented me with a navigation map, impeccably edited copy, professional photographs and well thought-out content. This is definitely the most efficient and cost-effective way to go about getting your website built.

I absolutely loved making this website for Chris Barge who is running for Boulder Valley school board. We forged a really nice friendship and I ended up volunteering on his campaign team. It is a privilege to work with this group of dedicated, talented, funny and hardworking people. Chris is an inspiring leader and a man of integrity. His sincerity, passion and optimism are contagious and will serve him well as he continues to fight for greater equity for Boulder Valley students. I am heartened by the knowledge that there are so many amazing people like Chris and his team giving their all to affect positive change.

This website is for an amazing parent coach and all-around kind/sweet person who was looking to be portrayed as approachable, inviting and compassionate. The color scheme she chose is bold and friendly all at once. I think the banner image, colors and inspirational quotes are the strengths of this site. It’s another example of a website that successfully conformed to a specific budget and was completed quickly and efficiently.

For this site I stuck to a basic theme and inserted content without adding much in the way of layout design. My goal was to keep it simple and within a budget. In this sense it was a success. I especially enjoyed taking the time to teach this friendly and enthusiastic client how to navigate and edit her own content. She was a quick learner and has been able to take charge of all of her website maintenance and updates herself.

I’m learning to embrace WordPress as a platform for creating websites. Many clients prefer it since it offers them the ability to log in and update content on their own. At first the themes, which act as design templates, felt too restrictive to me, but I am exploring how to dig into the code and have more design autonomy. I built this site for wonderful local holistic pet food/supply store.

My favorite part of this design was creating the rough watercolor edges on the bottom borders of the menu bar and the banner photos.

Yorgy’s Secret Sauce is a culinary treat that is especially delicious on salmon. This client realized a long time dream to bottle and market his secret recipe at his local farmer’s market. I borrowed all the graphics from the very talented Lara Papadakis who designed the label for the sauce.

This artist does stunning paintings that range from photo realism to fantastical illustrations. She’s also a talented graphic designer who created the layout for this website. My challenge was to figure out how to translate it into html.

I built this website for my children’s preschool. I like to joke that I will sneak a photo of my kids into every website I make. I think the colors, layout and photographs are the strengths of this site. I taught myself how to insert the small square photographs into a content box and then give them negative margins in order to pull them outside the borders of that box. I also learned how to make a slideshow of scrolling quotes within the blue stripe that divides the page in half.

I recently built this website for my favorite artist. Her goal was a clean and spare minimalist look without any design gimmicks. She wanted her art to be the sole focus. It was fun to learn how to make an image gallery to showcase all of her work.

My second website was also for a preschool. My client, a gifted teacher and beautiful human being, was seeking an earthy/natural aesthetic. My favorite aspect of this one was the handmade paper on the left and right margins. I scanned actual paper with floral includes.

I’ve built my very first website. I used Dreamweaver and coded every page myself. I was proud of myself for drawing the bird/flowers and then figuring out how to fit them into the background image to give the illusion of a border. It required some unusual margins. I loved the fact that I got to be the photographer as well. This is a new preschool that has no clients yet so we posed my toddlers as models. I’m grateful to the kind and supportive Charlotte who gave me my first opportunity to be a web designer! She also happens to be an amazing teacher.