Paint For Joy is a vibrant part of the St. Albert art community. They provide classes for art students at all levels, often with well-known artists providing the instruction. Paint For Joy also carries all kinds of painting tools and equipment, from paints, brushes, and canvasses to frames and unfinished wooden items for painting. Their website needed to be attractive and well-organized on the outside, but powerful enough to carry an enormous stock of products for sale and constantly updated schedule. The website features:
- personalized web design
- photo slide show tour of the shop
- pages with buttons organizing products and services
- large stock of products online, using the upgraded (”Gold”) shopping cart
Catfish Coffee Roasters are a locally owned and operated small batch coffee roasting company that is environmentally and socially responsible from the beans up. They needed a website that represented their brand and informed customers of their current product line. Their website has:
- a sliding header with products and descriptions (try it!)
- strong featured “Philosophy” section
- consistent formatting for recent blog entries and images
- email subscription service
- Twitter and Facebook integration
- separate “About Catfish Coffee” business profile section
- shopping cart optional, pre-installed for the client
Spicy Cocoa is a small business that sells spiced organic, fair trade hot chocolate at the St. Albert Farmer’s Market and online. We chose a clean template with some nice custom features to put Spicy Cocoa online. The theme installation features:
- shopping cart
- email subscription service
- chocolatey graphic look
- custom shop buttons in the sidebar
- lots of custom color work throughout
- footer area containing informative widgets
Meese Clothing is a clothing shop and designer that specializes in Canadian designed and manufactured fashions. They needed a website to showcase their house label, Sessa, and their other stock to customers and retail buyers alike. Their website features:
- a static front page
- custom navigation buttons
- custom header with integrated logo and imagery
- custom photo galleries with Flickr and Facebook integration
- sidebar content research and organization
- Twiigs poll widget
Souptacular started out selling their dry soups at farmer’s markets and other large craft sales. When their business started expanding, they decided to make a home for themselves online as well. Their website includes:
- a static storefront page
- custom navigation buttons
- custom header image with product photography
- content development and editing
- shopping cart plug-in and set-up
- newsletter plug-in
Sarah Eve Kelly is a new author with a political thriller about the destruction of Anne Boleyn. She decided to invest in a website as a dynamic CV, with pages tailored to publishers and potential readership. Her page includes:
- a static front page
- custom horizontal navigation menu
- tailored header image
- Chapter 1 teaser page
- custom links organization (sidebar blogroll)
Email liz AT brightstars DOT com to start building a web page suitable for your needs!
