Design Archives - The Sensible Mom

Latest Website Design: Kisha G.

Written by Sandra on May 10, 2013 · 4 Comments

I love simple, minimalist website designs.

I love sites that have all kinds of stuff going on, too, as long as they’re nicely designed and don’t make my eyes hurt.

You know the ones…

Kisha’s New Business Website
Well, I recently had the privilege of working with a former blog design client to create a completely new website for her that showcases her style and expertise as a certified counselor.

The name of Kisha’s site is pretty easy to remember. It’s KishaG.com.

Kisha’s site also includes a blog, and I created a super cute blog signature for her to put at the end of her awesome posts.

I truly love every part of Kisha’s site. I resonate with her style, and I’ll be going to for something simple when I set up a new website for myself at the end of May.

I bought my name as a domain (insert BIG smile as I think about all the possibilities this brings along with it).

I can’t wait to start working on sandracalixto.com.

But enough about me. Head on over to Kisha’s new site, and see if for yourself.

What are your favorite types of blog or website designs? Do you lean toward lean and simple design or do you favor more magazine style sites?

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Latest Blog Design Project: My Mommy World

Written by Sandra on April 15, 2013 · 4 Comments

I recently had the pleasure of creating a brand new blog design for my friend, Erin. She shares her life, tips, tutorials and the latest deals on her blog, My Mommy World.

A few of the pieces of her design that I love are her social media icons:

and her new sidebar graphics:

love these…

Head on over to Erin’s blog to see her entirely new blog design. She has a new look on her Facebook and Twitter pages, too.

It was a pleasure working with you, Erin!

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Huge Sale on Web Hosting with HostGator

Written by Sandra on December 21, 2012 · 9 Comments

For all my readers with blogs, HostGator is having a HUGE sale on their web hosting right now. It’s 75% off (unheard of for HostGator), but only for the next 2.5 hrs. or so. After that, it goes to 50% off — probably until midnight tonight.

This is a great deal if you are thinking about moving moving from Blogger (Blogspot) or WordPress.com to a self-hosted WordPress.org blog, where you need to have your own web hosting.

This might also be a great deal if you are wanting to switch from your current web host to HostGator. I’ve personally been using HostGator for years for all of my websites, and I recommend HostGator to my clients who either need web hosting or want to switch from their current web host.

This might also be a great deal if you’re thinking about starting a blog. How many times have I read other bloggers say that they wish they would’ve started with a self-hosted WordPress blog? A lot.

If you have any questions about web hosting or HostGator, feel free to ask me in the comments. I’d be happy to help.

You can go here to visit HostGator and check out the sale.

This post contains my HostGator referral link.

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Latest Blog Design Project: Trucks & Bubbles

Written by Sandra on November 26, 2012 · 6 Comments

I recently finished up a fun blog design project for Laila of Trucks & Bubbles.com. Laila has been blogging for years, but she wanted a new space created for her that was more inline with where she is at in life today.

One of my favorite parts of Laila’s design would be her social media icons. If you’ve read my past blog posts highlighting some of my design projects, you may notice that I love cute social media icons.

In addition to cute sidebar titles (see them on the blog), I also like these images we ended up using for Laila’s sidebar.

I love the colors we used for Laila’s design, and the background is just right. Laila has a super cute Twitter background to match her site, too.

Head on over to Trucks & Bubbles to see the new blog design in action!

It was a pleasure working with you, Laila!

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Latest Blog Redesign: A Million Skies

Written by Sandra on September 7, 2012 · 6 Comments

I recently had the privilege of working with a return client, Debbie, to migrate her content from Blogger to self-hosted WordPress and give her blog a new look!

You may remember that I designed Debbie’s old blog, Heritage Creek, and while she loved that design, Debbie was ready to move over to a more robust self-hosted WordPress blog.

So she rebranded her site from Heritage Creek to A Million Skies, and we created a design for her that fit with her new blog’s name and her goals.

One of my favorite parts has got to be the social media icons.

Debbie wanted to keep the mason jar from her old blog’s design, so I thought up a creative way to incorporate it in her new design by using it for her social media icons. Aren’t they cute?

Head on over to A Million Skies to see the new design for yourself.

Thank you, Debbie! It was a pleasure working with you.

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