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Fancy Girl Designs

Stylish, Creative, Effective Brand and Web Design for Creatives

A very haute collaboration

There are quite a number of styled stock photo libraries out there for fancy girl bosses like us, but very few have the quality and variety of Haute Stock (formerly Haute Chocolate).  It's my secret weapon, really, for creating all the mockups and quote graphics that I share on social media and on ... READ the POST

Featured Project: The Kitchen Bookstore

If I could hand out scores for my clients, I would give the guys behind The Kitchen Bookstore an A+ for enthusiasm and dedication.  They approached me some months ago to completely overhaul their e-commerce website.  I was so happy when they gave me free rein to fix their brand strategy as well. ... READ the POST

When is it time for a rebrand?

If you are a creative entrepreneur, staying on trend is important – so you’re going to want to keep your logo and web design fresh and up to date. That being said, it is impractical (and also illogical) to rebrand every year. One, your customers might already be familiar with your visual ... READ the POST

Featured Project: B-Golden Events

It was such a pleasure working with Brigett Webster on her brand identity and website design.  She booked our ultimate branding package, with brand strategy by the amazing Ginny Krauss, and all design elements included.  Brigett is so gracious and pleasant to work with! She wanted an overall look ... READ the POST

Why Invest in Professional Photography

Simply put, because you have to.  If you want your brand to be taken seriously, you need your website to look polished and professional.  You won't be able to achieve that if you don't have professional brand photographs. GIVE THE RIGHT IMPRESSION I've worked with hundreds of business owners and ... READ the POST

Featured Project: Dayo Onas Weddings & Events

I love it when a past client comes back years later for a redesign.  It tells me that they take their branding seriously, and want to keep up with current trends.  If you are a creative entrepreneur, staying on trend is important – so you’re going to want to keep your logo and web design fresh and ... READ the POST

iPad Pro Lettering

If you follow me on Instagram (if not, you should!), you will know that I have been obsessed with my iPad Pro and Apple Pencil.  It's an absolute game changer! It took me a year of hemming and hawing before I finally went ahead and bought one of those babies for myself, and I have never been ... READ the POST

Featured Project: Website for Nevica Vazquez

To say that this was a dream project is an understatement. I've admired Nevica ever since I joined the Savvy Business Owners FB group. She is an amazing business strategist!  When she approached me to design her website, I almost did cartwheels (except, you know, I can't). She felt that it was ... READ the POST

New Font Crush: Coco Gothic

My love for fonts is greater than my love for shoes. And I really really love shoes. This designer's heart beats ever so fast when introduced to exquisitely designed typefaces. I can't help it. It's a fever that consumes me and doesn't let go until I purchase said typeface and add it to my ... READ the POST

Optimizing Images for Web Use

As I promised in my previous post, here are some tips on optimizing your images for websites so that they load faster and still look good. Let's face it, you can't have a website with all copy and no images. Most creatives need to showcase their work on their websites, and this means online ... READ the POST

Featured Project: Basic Bash Events

One of the first complete branding projects we finished this year is the logo and website design for Basic Bash Events.  I connected with Kayla over on Instagram and was so happy to receive her inquiry late last year. Kayla, the owner and lead designer, is so easy and pleasant to work with! Basic ... READ the POST

Making the Most of Featured Images

Featured images are a valuable feature of Wordpress sites.  They are your cover images, the ones that appear when you share posts on social media (mainly Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Google); and the ones that show up on your blog page depending on your settings.  It's important that you know ... READ the POST

Featured Project: Cue the Champagne

Cue the Champagne Event Planning and Design, formerly A D.I.Y. Affair Weddings and Events, has rapidly become one of Chattanooga’s most knowledgeable, highly rated wedding and event planning firms among clients, and well respected among wedding industry peers in planning, coordination, and design. ... READ the POST

How to make your website load faster

We live in an increasingly impatient world.  Websites aren't exempt.  Almost every client I have tells me that they want a website that loads fast.  I get it, we all want that.  Not only will it improve your search ranking, it will also make people want to stay on your site. I compiled a list of ... READ the POST

Learning to paint loose florals in watercolor

Last month, I attended this amazing workshop given by Esther Peck, an artist I follow in Instagram. She is so talented, I get blown away by each of her posts! I have always wanted to learn from her, but her workshops were mostly held on weekends, and I try keep weekends solely for family time. Well, ... READ the POST

Featured Project: Top Notch Events

Oh my goodness, I just realized I haven't posted anything in a gazillion years! 2017 is proving to be a very extremely intensely busy one, not that I'm complaining. I wanted to highlight this project that Ginny Krauss and I worked on last year, because it was our first time to build a brand ... READ the POST

Of course you can manage your own WordPress site!

Managing a Wordpress site is not rocket science.  It does not require PhD level tech savviness to do it.  Treat it as you would your home (because of course it is, in a way.) Just as your home needs regular cleaning up and maintenance work, so does your Wordpress site. Why do you need to manage it ... READ the POST

Using Stock Images on Social Media

Hey, hey! It's my first post for the year!  I thought I'd share a tip that has helped me with my social media strategy immensely. You'll find no resolutions or word of the year here, it's not really my style. I tend to hit the ground running and just move towards my goal with everything I have. ... READ the POST

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