September 30, 200917 yr Hi all, I'm a web designer working in Bournemouth. For the past 15 or so years (man, I'm getting old) I've worked at an agency in Bournemouth working on traditional print for brochures, magazines, billboards, ads etc and since about 1998 I've been designing (and building) websites. In January I was told my hours were being cut because of this crazy credit crunch so, instead of crying into my shreddies, I started freelancing for 2 days a week, whilst having the dependable - if a little smaller! - salary of the 3 days at the agency. Well, they kept asking me to go back full time... over and over again. But I love my new found freelance freedom so much I've now signed a part time permanent contract. As soon as I have a bit of a nest egg behind me I'm diving head-long into full time freelance. Why don't I do it now, you ask? Well, with a mortgage, a husband with a fledgling garden design business and 2 nearly-teenage kids, I thnk this is the safer option! My best accolade so far was getting a 'Website of the Week' in New Media Age for my condorferries.co.uk site (I designed it but worked alongside developers who built it as it is full on CMS). In my freelance capacity I've recently done www.andreasoler.com, earthwormlandscapes.co.uk as well as thelittlevegpatch.co.uk Sorry if I've been a-waffling... look forward to meeting you all in this lovely geeky goodness Kyleigh
September 30, 200917 yr Hi Kyleigh, Welcome to the forum. Glad to hear that freelancing is working out for you.
October 4, 200917 yr Hiya welcome to the forum, I work for a agency too, but I freelanced before, also that little veg patch thing is a brilliant idea!
October 6, 200917 yr Author Thanks for all the welcomes! And thanks Vivoo about your compliment on the Little Veg Patch. Thats my husbands baby, alongside earthwormlandscapes. We launched at River Cottage (you know, with Hugh Fearnly-Whittingstall) but it has yet to really take off. Maybe next year is the year...
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