Fat Dog Creatives

08/07/2025

🎒 Back to school means ... 🚢✈️👒🩴

the summer crowds are dwindling!!!

⛱Last minute getaway
🎄Holiday head start
🌴summer adventures for next year

The clincher...

If the price goes down after you lock in, you get the lower rate. Ask Pam Barron - Cruise Planners for more information!

Celebrity Cruises - Celebrity AscentVisiting: Civitavecchia (Rome), Souda, Kusadasi, Istanbul (2 Days), Santorini, Mykonos, Naples, Civitavecchia (Rome)

08/07/2025

We all own a stove and oven, but it doesn't mean we know how to cook--let alone well. It's not the tools you have, it's what you do with the tools you have that matters.

The point was best demonstrated in grad school when we all had an assignment that involved filming. I was the planner, Joey was the cameraman, and Blanca was the creative director. Our idea was the focus, so we spent more time working on the concept than we did filming. While our message was clear (and that's what mattered most), our video quality fo ... meh. We watched another team use the same "camera" we used to film their assignment. Our mouths gaped open. It truly looked cinematic. Five teams used iPhones. Every team. We had the same equipment but vastly different results.

If you're not pushing users from social media to your site, you're losing value on the website. If you're not calling users to take an action, like schedule a meeting, sign up for an email list, or purchase a product, you're losing value on the website you invested into to design, build, maintain, and host.

If your website is losing value, let's chat!

https://fatdogcreatives.com/work/

08/04/2025

Telling Real Stories, DO-ing Real Good

When I started working on the website for Disabled Outdoorsmen USA, I knew the real stories of the people they serve would be the most compelling and needed to be showcased. That's when the "Our Stories" section work began. It needed to be more than just a gallery or list of bios. These aren’t just testimonials—these are transformations.

So, they gathered all the video and written testimonials they could to get us started.

I binge-watched. I binge-read. Every story. Every face. Every moment of grit, joy, and freedom that came from connecting with the outdoors—something many of us take for granted. It moved me deeply. And, that's what inspired the direction of the design.

💡 I asked myself: How do we honor these stories in a way that makes people want to keep watching, keep reading, and—most importantly—see themselves in them?

The answer: Create an experience that feels familiar and addictive, like Netflix.

Each story now flows like a personal episode in a streaming series—one compelling story leads you to the next. Clean layout. Clear calls to action. No clutter, just connection. My hope is that visitors will find themselves emotionally pulled through the experience, unable to stop scrolling… and maybe thinking, "That could be me."

Whether it’s a hunter returning to the field after a life-altering injury or a young woman reeling in her first catch from a wheelchair—these are the faces and voices that represent the heart of DO.

If you're a disabled outdoorsman (or know one), let these stories be your spark. There’s a place for you here. There’s a next adventure waiting.

👉 Check out the stories here, and share the one that speaks to you.
https://disabledoutdoorsmen.com/about-us/our-stories/

Discover inspiring journeys of participants who prove that no obstacle is too great to enjoy the outdoors. These are the lives touched by our mission.

07/26/2025

🚨 Website Makeover Alert! 🚨

I recently had the opportunity to redesign the San Antonio Pets Alive! website, and it's now as dynamic and compassionate as the mission behind it. 🐾

We consolidated and reorganized content to make everything easier to find and manage—whether you're staff, a sponsor, or a pet-loving visitor. From job postings and success stories to financials and foster opportunities, everything updates smoothly thanks to custom post types (no layout stress, no broken pages!).

✨ Key upgrades:
✔️ Easy-to-manage job openings, financials, staff bios, and events
✔️ “Sticky” feature for highlighting major events like their annual gala
✔️ Events expire automatically after their date—no more outdated info
✔️ CTAs are now before the scroll to drive faster engagement
✔️ Top sponsors now get featured on every page, not just buried in a section

This project wouldn’t have been possible without the incredible team at One Dog Solutions (for the tricky dev work!) and Shannon Communications Group (for expert content strategy and PM).

Take a peek and let me know what you think!

Adopt Your Best Friend

07/24/2025

We loved designing the new site for Structure Formulations!

Structure Health & Wellness and Ampersand CBD decided to tie the knot--one obsessed with wellness, the other with premium CBD.

It's a clean site designed to attract the discerning buyer.

The tale of Structure Formulations emerged from the merger between Structure Health & Wellness and Ampersand CBD. This isn’t just a redesign—it’s a rebrand with teeth, a user experience glow-up.

06/19/2025

If you're in real estate and need someone who understand the industry to work with you on branding and marketing design, give Rachel a call!

Collaborating with clients has been essential to our growth, and every testimonial is a story of partnership and progress. Janice, your kind words brighten my day and fuel my passion. Thank you for your appreciation and support, and for being an amazing partner on this journey! 🌟

05/28/2025

🚨 New Website Launch! 🚨
I’m thrilled to announce the launch of the new website for Oakmont Homes:
👉 http://oakmonthomestx.com/

Designed and developed by yours truly at Fat Dog Creatives, this site isn’t just a pretty face—it’s built for speed, scalability, and simplicity.

✅ Dynamic content means every home listing, floorplan, and community page pulls from structured custom fields, making updates effortless.
✅ For the user, that means accurate, up-to-date info every time they visit—no hunting around for details or dead-end pages.
✅ For the Oakmont team, it means they can launch new communities and showcase available homes without needing a developer on speed dial.

If you're a home builder or developer juggling inventory and evolving neighborhoods, this kind of site structure is a game-changer.

💬 Curious about how this could work for your business? Let’s talk.

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-- Hosting and development assistance

Explore beautiful, high-quality homes in San Antonio with Oakmont Homes. Find your dream home with convenience and style in vibrant communities.

05/23/2025

🚨 New Website Launch! 🚨

We’re thrilled to announce the launch of the new Disabled Outdoorsmen website!

My favorite part of this project? Watching the deeply moving video testimonials and finding a meaningful way to showcase them. I watched every video shared with me—and yes, I cried. A lot. These stories are powerful. They prove this organization is truly filling a need.

The original site lacked depth—it didn’t capture the emotional and mental healing the outdoors can bring to people with disabilities. But now?
👉 Thanks to new content from Shannon Hernandez, Shannon Communications
👉 Fresh testimonials from the DOUSA community
👉 Hosting and dev assistance from Ryan D. Waterbury
👉 And a thoughtful design that brings it all together...

…this new site reflects the heart of the mission and gives DOUSA a professional platform that will grow with them.

Link in the comments.

Take a look. Be inspired. And maybe keep a tissue handy. 💚

04/23/2025

Friends! Grab a cookie and listen up, ‘cause I, Rhonda Negard, just nabbed a Platinum HERMES Creative Award for the Aphrodite Divine Confections website redesign, and I’m prouder than a kid who sneaked an extra scoop of ice cream!

I dove into this project like it was a warm brownie, building a site for aphroditedesserts.com that’s as tempting as their desserts.

Think mouthwatering visuals, navigation smoother than whipped cream, and product pages that strut like they’re on a runway. It’s mobile-ready, easy for the Aphrodite crew to update, and packed with enough charm to make you wanna order a dozen cookies stat.

Big shoutout to Shannon Communications for photos that’ll have you sniffing your screen and content that will make your mouth water.

This site isn’t just pretty—it’s a digital hug that stands out in a world of snooze-fest websites. It’s my kind of art: bold, useful, and a little bit delicious.

Check it out at aphroditedesserts.com, and if you want a website that pops like fresh-baked goods, hit me up at Fat Dog Creatives! 🎉

https://enter.amcpros.com/hermes/entry/aphrodite-divine-confections-website-redesign/

Aphrodite is a B2B dessert manufacturer who distributes across the U.S. - in fact, you've probably had an Aphrodite dessert without knowing it! They approached us for a full overhaul of their website and supporting materials. With this site redesign and rebuild, the goals were to: — organize the p...

08/27/2024

The best dog gone customer relations employee ever!

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01/04/2024

I often have internal debates over web design being what I'm meant to do. I'm sure I'm not alone.

Then, I have an opportunity like this one to deliver what the owners expect, want, and need. This was a total redesign using their existing content.

Next steps... WordPress training so they can be empowered to make all the content edits they've been needing to make and to finally publish the blog posts they've had planned without fear of additional costs or delay.

Thanks so much, The Insurance Solutions Experts!

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