moved to www.bellafaithdesign.com/blog
Well, it has been driving me bonkers that due to the way blogger is set up, the html doesn't validate. I thought as a web designer that provides valid html & css, it would be contradictory for my blog to not be valid. So, I've moved to a Wordpress blog (self-hosted at my domain) that does validate. You can join me at www.bellafaithdesign.com/blog - see you there!
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Monday, October 5, 2009
seeing my designs in public
Recently, I redesigned the logo for KC Parent & KC Baby Magazine. Family Media Group launched the logo on the KC Parent Magazine with the September issue last month. They had sent me a mock-up of the magazine cover with the new logo prior to the release date, but seeing it in person had a whole different dimension to it. A couple weeks ago, I went to urgent care. In the waiting room, I saw the magazine. Just sitting in the magazine sorters like all the other magazines. I wanted to jump for joy, yell my excitement, tell the world that I designed that logo, but I restrained myself. Sitting there in the waiting room, I felt like a secret celebrity {albeit, I was the only person in the waiting room}. Thankfully, the short visit with the doctor was enough time to humble myself. But I still excitedly showed the magazine to my husband {and my mom a couple days later}. Now the October issue of KC Parent is out, but I haven't yet had a chance to grab a copy of it.
Yesterday, I was out doing some shopping at Babies R Us & there was the KC Baby Magazine with the new logo! It's just so cool to see your designs in public! I grabbed a copy of it to flip through at home. The Art Director for KC Parent & KC Baby Magazine, who designed the covers of the magazines with the new logo, has also worked with the Editor to redesign the interior layout. And it keeps getting better with each issue!
September Issue of KC Parent Magazine
October Issue of KC Parent Magazine
Yesterday, I was out doing some shopping at Babies R Us & there was the KC Baby Magazine with the new logo! It's just so cool to see your designs in public! I grabbed a copy of it to flip through at home. The Art Director for KC Parent & KC Baby Magazine, who designed the covers of the magazines with the new logo, has also worked with the Editor to redesign the interior layout. And it keeps getting better with each issue!
KC Baby Magazine - doesn't that look great?
Friday, October 2, 2009
project :: kcparent.com redesign
One really fun project I worked on lately was the redesign of kcparent.com
Family Media Group, publishers for Kansas City's parenting magazines (KC Parent & KC Baby), needed a redesign to their KC Parent website. They wanted to freshen up the site, make it more modern & bright. They already had a programmer in place, but they were looking for a designer to combine all their ideas into the "look" for the site. That's where I come in, but let me show you what their site looked like before I stepped into the picture:
When I stepped into the picture, they originally wanted to keep their logo. However, once I presented them with the first mock-ups of the new layout, they decided they wanted a new logo too. They wanted their logo to be modernized, with a sans-serif font & mainly font-based. Family Media Group already had a "set in stone" launch date for the site, but we were able to stay on time by finalizing the logo within one week. Wanna see the old logo & the new one?
Once I had the logo finalized, I was able to finish working on the website. Family Media Group wanted a featured article slide show on the homepage, another area that highlighted the current magazine issues and info pertinent to the particular season and upcoming holidays (with a carousel-like function) and a featured event area with a hover function providing more event details. I then sent my validated code of XHTML, CSS, & JavaScript to their programmer who integrated my design into Family Media Group's CMS (Content Management System).
Another area I designed for kcparent.com was the KC Mom Blogs. Family Media Group wanted a blog that was a part of their site, yet had a different look to it {while still keeping with the modern theme}. The KC Mom Blogs is a "mega-blog" of several bloggers (& not just moms) that cover various parenting topics.
So now you know a little bit about what I've been up to.
Family Media Group, publishers for Kansas City's parenting magazines (KC Parent & KC Baby), needed a redesign to their KC Parent website. They wanted to freshen up the site, make it more modern & bright. They already had a programmer in place, but they were looking for a designer to combine all their ideas into the "look" for the site. That's where I come in, but let me show you what their site looked like before I stepped into the picture:
kcparent.com before redesign
When I stepped into the picture, they originally wanted to keep their logo. However, once I presented them with the first mock-ups of the new layout, they decided they wanted a new logo too. They wanted their logo to be modernized, with a sans-serif font & mainly font-based. Family Media Group already had a "set in stone" launch date for the site, but we were able to stay on time by finalizing the logo within one week. Wanna see the old logo & the new one?
before
after
did the kcbaby logo too
Once I had the logo finalized, I was able to finish working on the website. Family Media Group wanted a featured article slide show on the homepage, another area that highlighted the current magazine issues and info pertinent to the particular season and upcoming holidays (with a carousel-like function) and a featured event area with a hover function providing more event details. I then sent my validated code of XHTML, CSS, & JavaScript to their programmer who integrated my design into Family Media Group's CMS (Content Management System).
kcparent.com redesigned
Another area I designed for kcparent.com was the KC Mom Blogs. Family Media Group wanted a blog that was a part of their site, yet had a different look to it {while still keeping with the modern theme}. The KC Mom Blogs is a "mega-blog" of several bloggers (& not just moms) that cover various parenting topics.
KC Mom Blogs Icon
KC Mom Blogs Design
So now you know a little bit about what I've been up to.
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