If you’ve been around here for a while, you know that most of my templates are designed with photographers in mind. But today, I get to share something completely different — and something I’ve been so excited about: a brand new Showit template created just for designers. This one is special. It’s based on the […]

I’m a self taught designer, through and through. I’ve never taken a design course in my life. My degree is actually in photography, so everything I know about design is just the bits and pieces strung together that I’ve picked up over the past ten years. Sometimes I look back at the beginning stages of […]

I’ve been designing Showit website templates for eight long years. My first few didn’t sell….at all. I think I went three years with just one sale….and I made the mistake of telling the customer she could pay half upfront and then paypal me the remaining balance a month later. Do you think she ever paid […]

“Christina, I can literally feel the anxiety radiating off of you.” A friend said this to me years ago while we were camping during a wind storm. And when I say camping, I mean glamping. We were in one of those canvas tents with a wood frame, and the gusts were so strong that I […]

This year almost broke me in ways I never thought possible. I started to wonder if it was me. If the way I work, and the principles I built my business on, just weren’t relevant anymore. The ache of outgrowing your old ways of doing business without quite knowing what comes next, cuts deep. I’ve […]

Recently Google rolled out a major anti-spam algorithm update that’s already changing how Showit websites rank in search. If you’ve heard whispers of ranking drops or AI penalties, this is likely the reason. The goal behind the update is clear: Google wants to prioritize content that feels real, helpful, and created by actual humans. It […]

1. Maximalism Is Everywhere Maximalism isn’t just for fashion and interior design anymore—it’s officially a website trend, too. On Showit sites, this means bigger, bolder headings, decorative fonts, vibrant color palettes, and larger body text. These elements work together to create a design that feels lively and exciting while still being accessible. It’s all about […]

Hey, I’m Christina, a Showit website designer for photographers and creative entrepreneurs! Before I ever launched The Buffalo Collective or sold over 1500 templates, I was a wedding photographer myself—struggling to find a website that actually worked for me. That journey led me to Showit, and eventually, to a career designing strategic websites that help […]

We’ve been with Showit for nearly 10 years, and we’re lucky to be one of their small team of Design Partners. Want to learn more? We design our websites exclusively with Showit 5, a drag-and-drop website builder made by and for photographers, designers, and creative entrepreneurs. Here’s why we love it so much: No Code. […]