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Is your website mobile-friendly? 800 533 TJ Design
Lyft App = Good Design

Is your website mobile-friendly?

Do you have an existing website? If so, is your website designed to be mobile-friendly? In today’s world, consumers are increasingly using their smartphones to surf the web and your…

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Should I use social media for my small business? 600 398 TJ Design
Should I use social media for my small business?

Should I use social media for my small business?

Last Wednesday, Facebook went down for a good part of the day. Instagram and WhatsApp were also affected in the biggest outage ever for Facebook. I was fascinated by the…

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Web Design Portfolio Spotlight on Fruitful Vine Midwives 1000 658 TJ Design
Web Design Portfolio Spotlight on Fruitful Vine Midwives

Web Design Portfolio Spotlight on Fruitful Vine Midwives

I love how this website turned out! Fruitful Vine Midwives is a local company with an awesome Mom-and-Daughter duo at the helm. They offer midwifery services from the very beginning…

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Color Fundamentals and Web Design 150 150 TJ Design

Color Fundamentals and Web Design

Did you know that color can make a huge difference in the effectiveness of a website? Yep, it’s true. Color sets the mood for your brand and is an important…

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e-Commerce Web Design Portfolio Spotlight on 10,000 Tacos 1000 628 TJ Design
e-Commerce Web Design Portfolio Spotlight on 10,000 Tacos

e-Commerce Web Design Portfolio Spotlight on 10,000 Tacos

If you enjoy hearing stories about family and small business, you’ll love my client’s podcast, 10,000 Tacos. This podcast is centered around life growing up in California and helping with…

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What is WordPress? Why small business owners should care… 150 150 TJ Design

What is WordPress? Why small business owners should care…

What is WordPress? If you’ve heard of WordPress, you might wonder if it’s applicable for your business. After all, isn’t WordPress mostly for bloggers? I’m here to tell you that…

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Good photography is a must for web design! 150 150 TJ Design

Good photography is a must for web design!

Photography is vital to the visual look and feel of a website. The saying goes that “a picture is worth a thousand words.” This might be exaggerating a bit, but…

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Web Design Portfolio Spotlight on Music Matters Blog 1000 631 TJ Design
Music Matters Blog

Web Design Portfolio Spotlight on Music Matters Blog

One of my recent TJ Design website projects was to freshen up the look and feel of the awesome Music Matters Blog! Music Matters Blog is a great resource site…

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Lyft App = Good Design 150 150 TJ Design

Lyft App = Good Design

Good design should be seamless. It should be so integrated into the functionality of the product that the consumer doesn’t even recognize that it’s good design…he or she is just…

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An Event Apart!! 150 150 TJ Design

An Event Apart!!

What what! Last week, I was able to go to the An Event Apart conference in Washington DC. As other web designers / developers know, A List Apart has been…

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Change the World 150 150 TJ Design

Change the World

I have a distinct memory as a young girl of seeing the shape of the letter “L” and the letter “e” in the spackling on the wall in one of…

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Keep Organized with Evernote 150 150 TJ Design

Keep Organized with Evernote

If you own your own web design business (or even just need a place to keep your misc lists), I highly recommend Evernote (https://evernote.com). It’s been a terrific tool for…

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