28 May
Needing a Designer for Jenna Cole
Now that I feel like I have my packaging headed in the right direction, it’s time for me to start thinking about other aspects of my branding, such as the Jenna Cole gallery site and blog. Currently I don’t even have a gallery site because I’ve been really picky, wanting to avoid using flash but unsure how to do it because I can’t afford to pay someone to custom design a site for me. I’ve recently realized that it’s time for me to get over my silly ideas and get a gallery site up because I think it’s an experience that clients really enjoy.
Unfortunately I’m awful at design, something I’ve told you many times. And if remember what the That Wife logo used to look like before Jess Lehry got her hands on it, I’m sure you already knew that. I’ve been playing around with the Jenna Cole blog design lately, and this is what I’ve settled on for now, but I don’t love it and I know that it has the potential to look so much better. It’s a ProPhoto 2.0 template.
For my gallery site, I’m thinking I’d like to purchase the Mint theme by Intro the Darkroom. I realize it would make the most sense to buy the blog template that matches the ITD Mint theme, but I’ve already paid for the ProPhoto and I don’t want to buy another. I’m leaning toward the Mint theme because of the simple design, and because it is mobile phone ready, something that’s very important to me. The background and colors can all be customized so I think it would be possible to design a gallery site and blog that have a cohesive look.
Instead of spending hours attempting to come up with a design for both sites that matches each other and matches what I’m aiming for with the Jenna Cole brand, I thought I’d advertise here that I’m looking for a designer. This job won’t require any knowledge of website coding, as you’ll just need the technical expertise to log into the backend of my sites and tweak things using the very user friendly menus. If you think you are the right person for the job, email me a quote at thatwife {at} gmail {dot} com. In addition to whatever you charge, I’ll also pimp your awesome services right here on That Wife in your very own post!
I'm a farm-raised almost-crunchy stroller-pushing picture-taking lifestyle-blog-writing gastronomy-obsessed divine-seeking thrift-store-combing cheese-inhaling pavement-pounding laughter-sprinkling lover of individuality and taking chances.
I’m so sad you found that Mint theme first, because I love it
! Rounded corners are my favorite and it looks similar to the site I designed for myself but didn’t have coded.
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Jenna Reply:
May 28th, 2010 at 9:20 am
I wrote this post and then went back to the site and discovered they launched a new theme called Naked Clove which I like even better. So you can have Mint and I can have clove?
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Kelli Nicole Reply:
May 28th, 2010 at 9:22 am
Haha, yay! I’ll discuss it with C
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Do you host your website yourself, with a company, or through wordpress?
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Jenna Reply:
May 28th, 2010 at 6:01 pm
Through Bluehost.
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You should email Jenny (Peony) - she just helped me with my entire site, so I know she would do a great job with yours!!
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Jenna Reply:
May 28th, 2010 at 6:01 pm
So many of the bees are design oriented! Blows my mind.
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Have you talked to some of the bees like Poodle, Cupcake, or Flamingo?
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Kelly | Glamour This Reply:
May 29th, 2010 at 8:37 am
Thanks Linda, for thinking of me. Only thing is that baby flamingo is due soon and I am not taking on new projects. Otherwise I would of offered my services to Jenna. I love making things pretty
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My husband could hook you up for free.
He is a web designer for Thriveli.com. He loves having other projects to work on. My email is:
themorganclan @ gmail . com
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5If you have any questions you can email me. I am still new at design but I have put together some nice sites. If you use wordpress it is a cinch!
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