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Month: February 2014
February 22, 2014
Queensberry Duo Wedding Album: Marina & James’ CT Backyard Wedding
As I type this post it’s 50 degrees on a sunny Saturday in February as we all emerge from our snow caves in Connecticut. This mild spell is fleeting so let’s look forward to the upcoming seasons with a sample album bursting with warmth! We made this 10×14 Queensberry “Duo” sample album of Marina and James’s wedding last year in Old Lyme–a great couple with a relaxed and stylish tented wedding on the Connecticut shore. Take a look…may have to clear the snow off the outdoor fireplace and make a batch of s’mores! Thanks Liz Calvi for taking the pics of the album!
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February 18, 2014
Client to Know: Ginger Jenne, Graphic Designer and Web Developer!
Running your own business you soon learn to focus on what you’re good at…and outsource the rest. That’s why we were psyched to meet Ginger Jenne, a terrific graphic designer and website developer…and a really nice person as well!
Ginger’s a great resource for creating or freshening your WordPress blog or website. Last year Jane and I got a chance to work with Ginger as our client in which she art directed our photo shoot of Hartford Symphony Orchestra Director Carolyn Kuan and designed the brochures and a huge banner hanging from the Bushnell theater…we loved the results! Ginger recently launched her own web design, graphic arts, and branding company, Jenne Design, based in Hartford CT..here’s some Q&A with Ginger who you can contact at ginger@jennedesign.com. Thanks Ginger!
How did you grow your career as a WordPress website developer?
Many years ago, I started by building and practicing on old HTML websites, which is a good base. I learned on my own by dabbling with code. Clients started requesting their sites on a Content Management System (CMS). So I started designing websites in Photoshop, where I would just send it out to a CMS developer to get built. That’s about when I met a local CMS developer who created their own proprietary system. The system was great at first, but that was right about when most CMS’s were in their infancy and there wasn’t a big player yet. The CMS market evolved so fast and during that time I was able to play with a lot of different ones. Eventually, on the recommendation of the CMS developer I met, he pushed me in the direction of WordPress. He abandoned his own system to instead use WordPress as well. Since then, all I have been using is WordPress and it’s hands-down, in my opinion, one of the most designer friendly web tools out there.