Karen Blundell

Tonight I am celebrating a huge achievement. After almost 40 years of smoking between 15-25 cigarettes a day, 2 months ago today I quit cold turkey. After trying to quit 3 or 4 times before, I’ve done it this time. If anyone had seen me during the first couple of weeks of quitting, they would [...]

Lothlorien is a 3-column design created for The Lord of the Rings fans and with some minor tweaking can be used for just about anything, but especially for a blog.
View Template
Download Template
View Theme
Download Theme

The Book Store, designed by Dieter, is a wonderful example of the creative use of translucent elements in a design. It is a simple 2-column style that is perfect for literary sites. The poet in me approves Nice job, Dieter! What do you think?

WordPress on it’s own is a pretty powerful blogging tool. Everyone knows that. What makes it so attractive to users is the ability to extend it’s functionality to create a finally tuned site that does almost everything you would ever need for web site success.
I’ve noticed clients of mine have installed numerous plugins, some of [...]

To all my Canadian visitors: Happy Thanksgiving!
The weather here is very warm…a record-breaking 30 degrees celcius. Luckily I cooked my turkey yesterday and so today I do not have to turn the oven on. We can just heat up some leftovers and enjoy the holiday. Now that is something to be grateful for!
This year, [...]