“I've worked with Shazia Mistry for about eight years. In that time she has helped me with several projects related to website and learning development. I've always been delighted with her work.” - Jerome Shore

“Shazia did an excellent job of gauging my needs and then designing the site accordingly. She was very professional, prompt, friendly, and she did not hesitate to provide critical feedback when necessary. She was sensitive and smart about figuring out exactly what I needed, but she also worked creatively and added important features that I had not even considered. After her design, my readers were quick to refer to her as a design guru. I would recommend her to anyone without hesitation.” - Shabana Mir

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The Big Birthday Bash Giveaway!

From Problogger – “Win two 20″ LG USB monitors from DisplayLink in the Birthday Bash Giveaway!”

Posted by Shazia on 10/04 at 01:12 PM
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technical crafting

As a designer, I love the abundance of inspiration and creativity that I get from crafting websites, and every once in a while there is a really interesting project. Here are a couple.

Posted by Shazia on 09/03 at 12:21 PM
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introducing Sakeena for WordPress

My first ever WordPress theme! I designed it as part of the Sandbox competition!

Posted by Shazia on 08/03 at 02:16 PM
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introducing Life for Textpattern

My first publicly released theme ever! Although I am set to release my first WordPress theme at the end of the month, I am really excited that my first theme is for Textpattern, because it is the first content management system that I used and completely loved.

Posted by Shazia on 07/14 at 08:55 PM
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finding a great website design

I have learnt that directly asking a client what they want often leaves me without clear direction, and it’s because a client knows what they want to ‘gain’ from having a website and what they want they visitors to ‘experience’ while on their website, and they ‘expect’ that their web designer is going to know how to put it together.

Posted by Shazia on 07/14 at 08:38 PM
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setting goals for blogging and business

Clear, measurable goals may be the number 1 most important step to success, but is it often overlooked? Or is it just me? Because I really didn’t have any clear goals for my blogs or my business!

Posted by Shazia on 07/06 at 08:53 PM
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contests that I enter knowing that I have no chance of winning

Contests people! Hard to resist, even if you know that there are more awesome and creative souls than you! Well, than me! Join in the fun!

Posted by Shazia on 06/26 at 08:51 PM
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more site room with ExpressionEngine multi site manager

The saga of breaking ties with my first love, textpattern and moving to my new love expression engine. Seriously, it is that dramatic! You know, for me at least.

Posted by Shazia on 06/23 at 08:51 PM
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advice from the experts

I collected my prize from Wendy last night, it was an hour long conversation with her and Shoemoney aimed at helping me grow my online business. It was eye-opening to say the least.

Posted by Shazia on 06/19 at 08:49 PM
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speaking of building websites that reflect the owner

Yesterday I launched Willow’s redesigned website and I was probably just as excited as she was about it! I totally love the design, and how it really reflects her new role as a comic writer, but still maintains an Eastern and Islamic feel.

Posted by Shazia on 05/14 at 08:42 PM
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