Congratulations to Mrs. Maine 2008!

The Mrs. Maine Pageant has a new queen ... and a new website! Launched just days ago, the new website aims to attract entrants and sponsors for a live pageant in 2009. The dramatic before and after change is highlighted on my website.

Congratulations to Mrs. Maine 2008, Kristin Walton of Brunswick, Maine, on her new title. She is the feature of the new Mrs. Maine United States website and, as she makes appearances around the state, will continue to be pictured on their site.

It doesn't take much ...

Redesigning websites can be so exciting! This week I began working on the website for the International Group I mentioned in my last post - FAUSA. The before and after screen shots below tells it all!

It doesn't take much to make a big difference. This is only the placeholder I have put into up so the very old and outdated information could be removed from the website. It's generating alot of excitment already.

It's gone FROM THIS TO THIS in a few days!

It's a Small, Small World!

During my five years living overseas I was involved with several international women's clubs, one of which was the Federation of American Women's Clubs Overseas (FAWCO). I created their first on-line auction site which was used to raise money for the FAWCO Foundation. My involvement with the group connected me with many new friends all over the world, many whom I have sadly lost touch with since repatriating back to the USA.

FAWCO has a U.S. branch of their organization called FAUSA (FAWCO Alumni USA). Several days ago, they contacted me to help redesign and update their existing website. Imagine my surprise when the person I had to contact was one of the same people I worked with when creating the FAWCO auction website! It really is a small, small world out there.

And what better time to be involved in an international organization than this time of change here in our own country. Their mission statement, "to help them [repatriated members] maintain their international ties in order to bring about a better understanding between the United States and other nations." Enough said.

Starting out with a Bang!

The new year has started fast and furious! Only a few days into it and good things are happening for Flying Change Webs & Graphics. First, I submitted my articles to the The Maine Switch with hopes they'd print at least one. As a result, my articles will be featured in my own column - Web Insights, to begin January 10, 2008. Then, on the same day, I was asked to create the web presence for the Mrs. Maine United States Pageant and it's yearly winners.

January 1 - A New Beginning!

I LOVE JANUARY 1ST! Not only does it mean that my birthday is right around the corner, but it brings on the feeling of new beginnings and starting fresh. At Flying Change Webs & Graphics, I thought my "new" beginning would be this blog. It seems everyone is blogging. We'll see where it takes me in 2008.

My goals for web design this year are to continue learning all I can in the industry. I absolutely love building websites and helping the small businesses and non-profit groups I see around me. Website Design has enabled me use both my creative energy and technical talents. I love my job!

Now, I know I'm not the youngest web designer on the block - but I pride myself in knowing more about computers than 90% of those in "my generation" (those of us born in the 60s). So achieving a goal of becoming "the expert" amongst a generation that has never been without computers may never happen (other than in my own mind). But I'll enjoy learning and absorbing as much as I can to provide my clients with the quality websites and web marketing they are looking for.

So for my first post, I'll end with my favorite quote:

"Once in a while you get shown the light, in the strangest of places if you look at it right." (Scarlet Begonias, performed by the Grateful Dead, written by Robert Hunter)