i've been super busy the past few months, but i finally had time in between projects to finish
bellafaith's redesign! originally, i chose bright colors for summer, intending to change the colors to correspond with the seasons. however, now it is technically fall and i've only just launched the bright colors! maybe i'll switch the colors out in a month or so... if i can wait that long! i love fall colors {the golds, browns, oranges, deep reds, etc}!! but i'm also a big fan of that purple....
you can probably see now why the redesign was in development for so long. as a designer, i am always getting new creative ideas and
i am my own worst client. for my clients, i will sketch out a design {on paper} and then lay it out visually in photoshop. after any changes are made and the client approves the design, then i'll actually code the website. i tend to skip a lot of that when i design for myself and just "wing it". not recommended {as
Francisco Inchauste points out. maybe i'll actually follow the rules with my next redesign {it sure would make things a lot easier}.
so, before i unveil the new site, let's start at the beginning. i launched
bellafaith design about 13 months ago with this design:
my first website
then, i decided to play with flash a little bit. i added a landing page where the visitor could select whether they wanted to view the html {version above} or this flash design:
my flash website
well, i got annoyed with the landing page {as most visitors do - who wants that extra step?}, so i started looking to redesign. i really liked the idea behind
the horizontal way, so i created a simple site using javascript to scroll the site horizontally:
my first real redesign
and then, i decided i wanted some more color & fun to
bellafaith's site. plus, i wanted to use
cufon, so i redesigned. it took a few months to work on the site, but here it is now:
ta-da! it's bright & fun!
i was so excited when i launched the site last night, and that excitement has grown as i've already seen a triple increase in traffic to
www.bellafaithdesign.com! so now that the site is finally up, maybe i'll actually have time to update you on all the projects i've been working on lately!
