Hello :o)
Hoping your day is blessed and appreciate you checking out how I may help you!
I call myself a "Mom and Pop" store HA! Though my services are much below the "norm" because I work from home without overhead, etc. you will receive professional services. And I like to think with today's economy and everything else going on, I can be someone that helps others and able to give them the "break" we all can use these days, while still helping to put groceries on our table!
How did I get started? Well, God is God as usual and hit me upside the head with it, again as usual LOL About the only way He can get my attention some times HA! Several years ago I started researching to see what "html markup" and stuff was all about, after saying many times I'd never learn that (should know by now to never say never!). Shortly after I was asked if I could help someone on their site so I dove right in. It was a great learning experience. Eventually I was doing five more sites but knowing people couldn't afford monetary reimbursement I did them for free. Therefore, I had to seek outside employment when I lost a job of 14 years I was doing for a company from home (economy sunk 'em like a lot of businesses) in the administrative/bookkeeping field. It would seem like site work was going to pick up, then it would go no where - rode those waves for a while. One day God started speaking to me about getting a lot of stuff off my plate. This time I listened quicker than usual and dropped my part-time outside work, and most of the freebie sites. I told the Lord, "Here I am. What do you have for me now?" A couple months later a precious lady called me that a friend had given my name and number to (a few months before! God's timing is always perfect). I was anxious at first because of before when it looked like God might use me to do websites but then it didn't go anywhere. So I thought this time He might have something totally different for me. But it didn't take long to get confirmation this was where He was leading. As we worked on her site she would tell me this and that friend of hers needed a site. I am in constant awe of how God works! So beautifully and so on time. As hard as it is for me to ask for money I knew I had to come up with a plan or I would sabotage God's plans again. The Services and Pricing section came out of much prayer and consideration.
I'll ever be so grateful to Denae' at Design by Denae for her encouragement and allowing God to use her to show me where He was leading! She too was a little anxious due to bad past experience . . . we needed each other!
Paula is wonderful to work with. For me I had an idea of colors and content, but couldn't see how to put the whole thing together. I had a site up, but was pretty discouraged at the "homemade" feel; it looked like it was put together on a whim instead of having purpose and a professional appearance. Paula took the lead using some of my existing ideas and brought my website vision to life. She really listened to where I wanted to go and made it happen. Now I feel like the site is an extension of me and shows the diversity in my jewelry. But, that has not been the end of our relationship. Paula is continually updating content and helping me with social media in an effort to grow and promote my business! She is not only a trusted colleague, but also a good friend. Thank You, Paula.
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