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Aaliyah had been wanting a Moxie design for a long time and finally we were able to make our schedules mesh so we could work together!  Based in Beirut, Lebanon, Aaliyah wanted a fun, hip blog design that incorporated not only her blog about motherhood and family, but included her love of food and information about Islam.

Derek Yaniger, the artist behind our very own The Moxie Girls™ likenesses, was commissioned by Aaliyah to create imagery for her site. We took some liberties with the original art seen here to fit in with the bold color palette Aaliyah wished for her design and used elements from the original art to expand upon the theme, but Derek’s art really delivered!

Along with a special section of the site dedicated to Islam, complete with it’s own unique sidebar, we also filtered food-related entries into it’s own section of the site.  This section also has a unique sidebar so that Aaliyah can keep all her food-related links and archives together.

We also carried the site design over to her Amazon aStore and her Twitter profile, customizing both to match her snappy new look!

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Aaliyah Habbal said...

I am absolutely IN LOVE with my new site.  I had been wanting a site designed by the Moxie Girls and after visiting site after site of other web designers, I knew that my site HAD to be MOXIFIED.  The other sites never struck me with that ‘man I gotta have it’ feeling so I decided to submit my request to Moxie Designs and the rest is history!

Joelle really understood me and at times I think she knew what I wanted without me having to say anything.  Joelle has excellent taste and really knew how to make the whole thing work!  Joelle always included me in the process of making my website.  Her suggestions were dead on and if something would not really work great within the site, she let me know instead of just putting it because I wanted it.  I never felt out of touch with Joelle and she always answered my questions with outstanding professionalism that did not seem stuffy or programmed. It was nice to feel like I mattered in the process of making my website, and Joelle never left me hanging in the dark.

I am so very happy that I chose the Moxie Girls because I feel more like me now.  I feel that I am accurately represented not only with the colors and set up, but with my illustrations too.  Derek [Yaniger] really captured me and my sons with just a little description of what I wanted and Joelle spiced them up and used them in a way I had not even thought of.

I wanted my blog to be inviting and not scary and I wanted the opportunity to educate others about Islam and Joelle made sure that I will have that chance.  Joelle remembered all of the little things and it’s her personal touch that makes my site even more special.  I believe that any designer leaves behind a piece of their personality in their work.  I also believe that Joelle does her work in such a way as if she is the one who would utilize the site and because of that, you get a high quality, usable site of art!

My illustrations again, were important because I wanted other moms to know that I too have family issues, boycotts of food and school just like they do and incidents like toilet paper on the ceiling (this really did happen folks!)  There are stereo types floating around and Derek really envisioned my idea for illustrations and produced high quality work that will not easily be forgotten. These illustrations accurately and completely match my personality and you add that to Joelle’s gift with people (lets face it, it’s not easy to ‘read’ someone via the internet) and the result is a truly great website.
Family and friends that have visited my new site?  They now wish that they could have a MOXIFIED site!  So if you are reading this, you will not go wrong choosing Joelle and Kathy, they are THE most TALENTED women in web design!  And it would not hurt to have Derek, the ‘cool art king’, draw up your illustrations too.

I really can not say enough about Joelle since she is deserving of much more than this. I wish I could give Joelle a great big hug for making my small dream a very big reality!  Thanks again Joelle, you really helped me a ton and I am forever grateful for you.

Plug-ins or Modules:

Advanced Category Excluder, Contact Form 7, Amazon Associate Filter, Sitemap Generator, Sociable, TTF Titles, Twitter Tools, Widget Logic

Other Goodies:

Customized Amazon aStore

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