Deluxe Designs Re-Launch!
Wow! Welcome to the relaunch of Deluxe Designs. We have a new website, new logo and new graphics (including my cute illustration seen on the blog header!). I’ve literally been at this for months,...
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New Launch // Joyful Details
I love designing for event planners and photographers! I am inspired by their amazing images. It’s like getting paid to surf Pinterest (imagine that?!). A growing trend, I’m noticing, is people merging...
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New Launch // Olga’s Flavor Factory
Olga came to me looking for a revamp to the Genesis theme she was using. I pointed out the fabulous new Marketplace theme called Innov8tive and she was all in! The built-in features were just what she...
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New Launch // Marie Kelley Photography
You probably know by now how I feel about watercolor, but if you don’t, I’ll reiterate that I love it. I love it on canvas and I even love it in web design. So when I’m approached to design a site that...
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New launch // A Delightful Home
And delightful it was to work with Stacy on her blog’s redesign. Peaceful, natural, clean, simple, and inviting were the words Stacy used to describe the aesthetic she wanted to achieve. Looking at her...
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New Launches // WordPress Designs
Ashley is a personal friend of mine whose old photography blog was on Blogger. In moving forward with upgrading her design to WordPress, Ashley also wanted to merge her Flash website with a WordPress...
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Limited Time Offer // Basic Theme Customization
Several new themes have become available for the Genesis framework in the last few months. When you get a custom design through DD, you receive many unique template changes that meet your functional...
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Happy New Year
Happy New Year, DeluxeDesigns friends! Enjoy this free printable (be sure to click on the link to download rather than just print the image as it won’t fill the page otherwise). Thanks for such a great...
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Who knew I could draw thyme?!
I haven’t written a post in a while, so I thought that we should get things up to date around here! Right around the new year I took an online class to learn some calligraphy. It’s honestly hit or miss...
View ArticleCreating or Adding to a Navigation Bar
One of the most common questions I get is how you can add or edit a page on your menu bar. Barring a custom blog/web design where you – assuming you are a blog user and not a designer – probably should...
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Attack on WordPress?!
WordPress friends: There is an attack on WP sites going on right now! Please don’t freak out but do check out your site and dashboard and make sure that it is not *very* slow or down and that there...
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Grandbaby Cakes // New Blogsite Design Launch
Enough time has passed since I have last written on the blog. I decided I would take my first post back to introduce the newest design launch: Jocelyn Delk Adam’s Grandbaby Cakes. Jocelyn requested a...
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Starting a blog from scratch
So you want to start a blog? This post will cover the basics on how to start a self-hosted blog (or website) on your own. It is not intended to be a tutorial on how to design a blog, rather how to go...
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Closing out one year and ringing in the next
To say that I would like to blog more often is an understatement. However, I do not tend to make resolutions because I do not tend to stick with them and I don’t like failing and I don’t like letting...
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Font Love
For many designers and even some bloggers, buying fonts can be an obsession. I do not think I am obsessed with it, as I can go several months between purchasing one. I do love looking though. My one...
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Amanda’s COREner logo
Today I am showing you my most recent logo design for Amanda’s COREner. Amanda really wanted to focus on the CORE in her site’s name. We went through a handful of emails and through her submitted...
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Adding a Jump to Recipe link in your post info
I have done a lot of Foodie Pro customizations. Countless, really. Over time, I have been asked to do a few fairly unique changes to the theme, in order to make it a bit more unique. I thought I would...
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10 Must-Have Free Plugins
Let’s talk about some free plugins for your WordPress site. Because, let’s be honest, what’s better than free?! I always tell my clients to be cautious about the number of plugins they use because too...
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Blogging with Purpose – Finding Your Why
Notoriously, I have not been the best blogger. I create and I develop. I enjoy writing, but not when it feels like a chore. I can’t tell you how many people I’ve designed for with who stop blogging...
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New Launch // Jessica in the Kitchen
Jessica is an old client of mine who returned to update her food blog. Initially she said she wanted a few changes but when her requests echoed the template of the new Brunch Pro theme, I showed it to...
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