Mary came to E. Webscapes looking to create a fun website, Ohm Sweet Ohm, to advertise short term and vacation rentals to potential tenants who visit Asheville, NC from out of town. Keep reading

Leah, the Executive Director from Midwest Democracy Network, approached us with some ideas she had for redoing their website with a new design, powered by Expression Engine.  Their old site platform was powered by Drupal and they were looking for a change in platform that had more flexibility and was easier for them to use.  Leah brought her design ideas, plan and site architecture specifications to me for implementation. .
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Back in 2008, I worked with Grant Friedman from Colorburned to implement his design ideas into a custom theme for his Movable Type powered site.  Recently, Grant approached me again with his desire to convert his MT blog over to WordPress - including a brand new theme design with several innovative features, to boot! He brought his design ideas and specifications and  I was up for the challenge…
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If you’re located in the New Jersey area, you may already be familiar with a pet store called Jake’s Dog House, who supplies pet toys and unique, specialty items for your pet in their stores.  You can also purchase these items from their existing E-Commerce store, online, at Jake’s Dog House.  Jon Stein, the owner of Jake’s Dog House,  decided he wanted a blog to compliment their existing online identity - I had great fun designing and setting up their new WordPress powered blog at Jake’s Dog Blog...
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I have worked with Zee from Sister Told Jah since 2003. I think this is the 5th (maybe 6th?) time I’ve created a custom theme for her WordPress blog in that time, and each time is better than the last! This time around, she was going for a brighter look with white and sepia tones being the color choice on this design change… Keep reading

C.A.R.E. - also known as the Center for Avian Rehabilitation and Education - is a local bird shelter and rescue organization that is close to my home, and close to my heart.  My husband and I are bird lovers and we’ve spend quite a bit of time with the folks at C.A.R.E., and at their facility with the birds.   They are a non-profit group who rescue exotic birds from negative situations - whether its household abuse, abandonment or similar situations.  We are bird owners, ourselves, and the birds we own come from C.A.R.E…. Keep reading

A little disclaimer before we begin: this is NOT a site that is safe for work, kids, minors or anyone offended by topics of an adult nature. Now that we have disclaimers out of the way .. I recently launched the new design of Gloria Brame’s Typepad powered site at Inside the Mind of Gloria Brame - this is the second time I’ve designed her site, the first time was in 2002 - so she was due for a tune up!… Keep reading

Kevin Palmer, from Social Media Answers is a… you guessed it - social media freak! I meant that in the best way possible, of course. If you have a question about anything that pertains to social media - Kevin is your guy! Matter of fact, I spotlighted him in my recently released book, WordPress For Dummies, 2nd Edition as a resource on social media. It’s no great shock he has a blog about it - and he came to me to provide him with a custom and unique design for it… I was happy to oblige . . . Keep reading