Celebrating 10 years — See the anniversary specials
Celebrating 10 years — See the anniversary specials
Website Design
Picture a website that truly represents your business — building trust, showing your value, and attracting the clients you actually want to work with.
made for you
I don’t just build websites — I build strategic, user-focused sites designed to showcase your brand, reach the right people, and help your business grow.
Whether you’re starting from scratch or replacing something outdated, we’ll shape a custom WordPress site that reflects where your business is going and works as hard as you do.
I’ve been designing websites for small businesses across Oxford, Brant, and Norfolk County since 2016. If you’re selling online, I build e-commerce too.
what’s included
Your business is one of a kind and your website should be too. Instead of a generic template, I design around your brand, your audience, and what you need the site to accomplish — clean structure, search-friendly content, and visuals that actually look like you.
Most of your visitors will arrive on a phone. I design mobile-first, so the experience holds up whether someone lands on a phone, a tablet, or a desktop. Responsive design isn’t only better for visitors — Google weighs it too.
A good website balances how it looks with what it needs to do. I use clear layouts, strong messaging, and navigation people don’t have to think about, so visitors find what they came for and know what to do next.
If you sell both online and in person, I can connect your site to Square or Lightspeed so inventory and sales stay in sync. One system, one set of numbers, no reconciling two sets of stock by hand.
A website is the start of the relationship, not the end of it. I can set up newsletters, a blog, live chat, or a loyalty program so you have a way to stay in front of people after they’ve bought from you once.
Every site I build includes foundational SEO — proper page titles, headings and descriptions, fast loading, and a clean structure — so Google can understand what you do and where you do it from day one.
“Kristen is an immensely talented web developer.”
It was a great pleasure working with Creative Atmosphere for the development of the new Port Dover Yacht Club website! She was very innovative in creating a website that captures the essence of the culture and history of the 75-year-old Port Dover Yacht Club, and is simple to navigate for people of all computer skill levels. She is extremely easy to work with – her patience as well as attention to detail were very much appreciated.
Nancy Florence-Kavanagh, Port Dover Yacht Club
common questions
Have a question but don’t see it? Send me a message or book a free discovery call.
Most websites launch in 5-7 weeks from the day I have your content. A larger site with e-commerce or custom booking usually runs 8-10 weeks. The single biggest factor is how quickly text and photos come back to me — the design work itself moves fast once I have something to design around.
Every website is quoted individually, but most small business sites start at $3,000. The price depends on how many pages you need, whether you’re selling online, and whether you need content and photography as well as design. I’ll give you a fixed quote before any work starts, so there are no surprises partway through.
Yes — completely. You own the domain, the design, the content, and the WordPress installation. If you ever decide to move to another designer or another host, the site goes with you and I’ll help with the handoff.
That’s normal, and it’s not a reason to wait. I can write your website copy, and I work with photographers when a project needs original images. If you’d rather write it yourself, I’ll give you a page-by-page outline so you’re not staring at a blank document.
Yes, and it’s worth doing carefully. I map every existing page to its new address and set up redirects so the value your current pages have built up carries over. Redesigns lose rankings when this step gets skipped — it’s the first thing I plan, not the last.
Yes. I build in WordPress with Elementor, so you can edit text and swap images visually without touching code. Every site includes a walkthrough when it launches, and if you’d rather not deal with it at all, a care plan means you send me the changes and I make them.
Yes. I build online stores on WordPress with WooCommerce, so your shop lives on the same site as the rest of your business and you aren’t paying a separate platform a cut of every sale. If you also sell in person, I can connect the store to Square or Lightspeed so inventory stays in sync.
Wix and Squarespace are fine for a simple site you build yourself. WordPress gives you more room to grow — custom design, better control over SEO, e-commerce, booking and integrations — and you own it outright instead of renting it month to month. I wrote a full WordPress vs. Squarespace vs. Wix comparison if you want the details.
Yes. Most of your visitors will arrive on a phone, so I design mobile-first and test every page on phones, tablets and desktops before launch. A site that loads quickly and reads easily on a phone is also something Google rewards in search.
You get a walkthrough so you know how to make updates yourself, and I stay available for questions. Most clients choose a hosting and care plan so updates, backups and security are handled, and the site keeps working as hard on day 500 as it did on day one.
“She listened well to the vision we had, took the details we gave, and brought it to the next level.”
Joyce Schultz, Dayspring Support Centre
“She took the time to understand our vision and created a website that was both beautiful, easy to navigate and exactly what we wanted.”
Sheila Reinhart, Livingston Team
“We’re very happy with the look, feel and functionality of our website.”
Jessica Nancekivell, Millard Glass
“From the very beginning she understood the vision we had for our new website.”
Scott Crowley, Puffin Media
“Working with Kristen was a breath of fresh air.”
Michelle Galea, MSDO
“She took my ideas to create some concepts as well as offering other concepts that were completely different.”
Leanne Rosen, Leanne’s Piano Studio
Website Design & Branding
No more marketing that feels off-brand. No more designs that don’t deliver. Together we’ll build a website and a strategy that reflect what your business is actually capable of, so you attract the clients you want to work with.
Serving Woodstock & Oxford County, Brantford & Brant County, and Norfolk County, with clients across Ontario.
