Not every business needs a full-sized Web site, especially when it’s just getting started. One of the many reasons Catena Creations uses the WordPress content management system to set up a Web site is that it provides an ideal solution for starting small and scaling up as a business grows. That solution involves setting up [...]

Catena Creations has breathed new life into the Web site for the Nebraska Society for Respiratory Care (NSRC). The site was originally built in Joomla 1.0, which Joomla quit supporting in 2009. Catena Creations updated and maintained the site for a year, then was awarded the contract to rebuild the site in October 2011. The [...]

Every Web site project has its quirks. But Catena Creations faced a series of unique challenges while assisting FFG Executive Solutions with the implementation of their new Web site: www.ffgexecutivesolutions.com. Executive Solutions provides business succession planning, retirement planning, and business risk management consulting services. It was founded by Rob Wellendorf II. The company already had a [...]

Catena Creations helped to coordinate another successful Halloween Candy Buy Back this year at Omaha Emergency Dental. We collected 124 pounds of candy to be sent to our soldiers overseas by Operation Gratitude. We bought back 88 pounds of candy from kids, and gave them free toothbrushes. The rest was donated by adults who wanted [...]

I have been busy planning the second annual Halloween Candy Buy Back for Omaha Emergency Dental. This year’s event is scheduled for 3:30 to 6 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 1 at Omaha Emergency Dental’s office on 84th & Center streets. We will be buying candy back from trick-or-treaters for $1 a pound, up to 5 pounds [...]

I’ve created logos for several businesses over the years, and they’re being used on letterhead, business cards, Web sites and other marketing pieces. But this fall, I achieved a first: a logo I created was also used on a building sign. Bouda Life Coaching (BLC) hired me to create the logo for Your Weight Loss [...]

Today is International Freelancers Day. I’m taking some time today to look back at what has worked for my business, and things I need to do in the future to continue my success. Catena Creations marked its third anniversary last week. I hit an important milestone this month: I’d been in business long enough that [...]

Three of my photographs have been selected to illustrate the first edition of The Practical Beekeeper: Beekeeping Naturally. The book is available in hardcover and paperback, and is now on sale at Amazon.com and Barnes and Noble. The beekeeper is Michael Bush, who has gained an international reputation as an organic beekeeper. The book is simply [...]

Last week my son and I drove down to Haworth Park in Bellevue to check out the Missouri River flooding. It was overwhelming and sad. Photos from our trip across the river are on my SmugMug gallery. The saddest part of the Haworth Park damage is that the city of Bellevue did extensive repairs to [...]

In March 2011, I started a part-time job as Marketing Coordinator for Kort Igel, DDS, MS. He’s been voted Best Orthodontist for three years in a row by readers of both Omaha Magazine and The Reader. Last week, I found out that one of my co-workers, Danielle, is a hero. Karen Lenz, 54, and her [...]