Friday, September 21, 2007

Mommy Cards

I recently told you about my journey into the land of blog design, but it didn't stop there!!!!

I am thrilled to announce that we now offer custom personalized mommy cards! These "calling cards" are created especially with busy moms in mind! The uses for these cards are surprisingly virtually unlimited! Be sure to check out our current designs offered and check back as we will be adding new designs each week!

Not familiar with mommy cards? Perfect for keeping in your purse they are the same size as a business card - but they have your name and your family's information on them. They are great for handing out to friends, family, other moms in your playgroup or MOPS group, teachers and many other uses. They can also be personalized as a "family" card if you prefer.

Just let us know what you want and we'll come up with some options for you - NO PROBLEM! We love mom's to have these perfect cards and you'll love the convenience and affordability!

Saturday, September 15, 2007

Blog Design

I am delving into the vast realm of blog design. No, I'm really not crazy (well, actually I'm told that's debatable - 6 kids, several businesses, etc) but I love, love, love to blog and what better way to combine my love of design and blogging?

So, here's the scoop ~

~ I chose to use one simple template in order to be able to focus primarily on the graphic design. The end result will still be fresh and beautiful, and many things can be rearranged and changed to acommodate your needs and taste. The sidebar can be on the left or right hand side, it is your choice.
~ I mainly design blogs for mom bloggers. Each blog is as different as the mom writing it, so I want the images to reflect that. You can see some of my completed projects and works in progress at http://sherasblogdesigns.blogspot.com/ if you are interested in getting a blog makeover. I have images and links to a couple of the blogs I have created on my design website too.
~ All you have to do is contact me (visit the website for my contact form, or leave a comment here with your contact information - hope that isn't too inconvenient) with your name, contact information, blog address and what you want for your blog. ~ As a fun promotion for this feature I am offering the first 10 people who contact me a FREE Blog makeover!!!! You heard me right FREE!

Thursday, September 13, 2007

Introduction

I thought I'd take a moment to start off this blog with a little introduction. As you probably figured out I am the owner of Sweet 'n Simple Design. My love of web design began over a year ago as I created my very first website All Mom Shops. I learned everything I know through building that site and subsequently it's sister sites.

I love to support moms by offering as much information and encouragement as I can. This has become a definite theme throughout all of my sites. This site is really no different . . . offering Work At Home Moms the opportunity to effortlessly create a beautiful website to showcase and highlight the products you have so lovingly filled it with. Whether you're building a website to add another feature for your customers to shop your store or if you are solely looking to sell online the shopping cart systems that my templates are designed for are the very best. How do I know that?

I own a store (Snuggy Bugz) that uses one of these great carts and I looked long and hard before choosing! I struggled for quite a while hitting walls at every turn, there were free cart programs that were far too difficult to program (yup, even for me) and still didn't look the way I wanted; then there were shopping carts available through some of the larger websites and those simply ended up costing far too much.

Although you can get similar "diy" type shopping carts many places I found Cart and Soul and I was thrilled! I encourage any WAHM who is getting started to try her hosting service and you'll understand almost instantly how incredible it is! The only thing about it though is that the cart system by itself is shockingly plain. You'll want to personalize this cart immediately, and fortunately there are a couple of websites that offer inexpensive designs - Sweet 'n Simple Design is one of them!

We are thrilled to offer WAHMs the opportunity to purchase a template that is perfect for them even their budget! Our template prices start as low as $25 and even our limited edition templates are affordable - starting at $50! As the store grows and your budget increases returning customers can "trade in" their template for a discount on an upgrade!

I know that I still don't have very many templates available, but I'm working on an incredible "Create-Your-Own/One Of A Kind" program that you will LOVE! And I'm happy to work on anything you throw my way (within reason of course)!