Screenshot of a website homepage for Empowering Tides Counseling, featuring a large blue anchor graphic and the text 'Find calm. Embrace change.', with a description of their services for mental health and leveling up in life.

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Websites for Small Business

Clean design. Fast performance. Built to help you get more customers—without the agency price or complexity.

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A better option than DIY builders or expensive agencies.

Custom design—without overcomplication
Fast turnaround and clear communication
Built to convert, not just look good

problem

Most Small Business Websites Don’t engage their Customers

Lack clear messaging
Difficult to navigate
Not optimized for mobile
No strong call to action

solution

candler creative builds websites that help grow your business.

Every site is designed to be simple, fast, and focused on helping your business get more calls, leads, and inquiries.

services

Website Design

Clean, modern websites tailored to your business and built to perform.

Website Refresh

Improve your current site with better structure, messaging, and performance.

Ongoing Support

Updates, tweaks, and improvements as your business grows.

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what to expect

a SIMPLE & STRAIGHT FORWARD PROCESS

Step 1: Discovery
We learn about your business, goals, and audience.
Step 2: Design & Build
We create a clean, professional site tailored to your needs.
Step 3: Launch
Your site goes live—ready to bring in customers.

recent projects

capital campaign | westminster presbyterian church

Westminster Presbyterian requested a website and a graphics around the concept of digging deeper wells to educate its congregation on an upcoming capital campaign.‍

Website homepage for WPC Deepening Wells with sections about water wells, community events, pastor messages, and a campaign feasibility committee with photos of team members and community members.

Webpage design for deepening wells initiative, featuring sections on wells and a fountain, children and families, prayer and sacred moments, and community outreach with images of building plans, community engagement, and black-and-white photos of people volunteering.

Laptop displaying a website for Soteria at Work, a social enterprise focused on woodworking and deconstruction projects. The site features an image of men working in a woodworking shop, with text about job skills for men recently released from prison and a 'Learn More' button.

social enterprise | soteria at work

Created branding and website to communicate the work of a post-incarceration job training program that reclaims wood as it reclaims lives.

Website homepage of Soteria at Work, showing a group of men working in a woodworking shop with text about their mission to use deconstruction and woodworking to create jobs for formerly incarcerated men. The page includes a section titled "Job Skills for Men Just Released from Prison," a description of the organization, and a button labeled "Product Gallery." There are images of woodworking projects at the bottom of the page.

CONSULTING | KWP LAW, CONSULTING & MEDIATION

Kate Weaver Patterson requested a website for her consulting practice to communicate her services from strategic organizational solutions to conflict resolution.

Homepage of a law consulting and mediation website with a background image of hot air balloons in the sky over a landscape, navigation menu at the top, and sections titled Vision, Mission, and Values.

Laptop displaying the homepage of Elevate Talent Solutions website with a background image of a business meeting and the text "Discover the right talent, at the right time, for the right price."

talent agency | elevate gvl

Created both branding and website for a start-up recruiting agency to portray a clean, modern, professional presence while communicating their services.

REAL ESTATE | GREENE FOREST & FARM

I created this website for a family business in Georgia that sells land and land management services. The site was built both to provide a showcase for real estate opportunities and to ensure that their team can easily add properties and mark them as sold.

PRIVATE PRACTICE | empowering tides

Created branding and website for a therapist who wanted her web presence to reflect the calmness and renewal that her therapy helps people attain.

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Catherine Blount - Freelance Candler Creative

ABOUT

CANDLER CREATIVE is the freelance work of Catherine Blount, a web developer with over 25 years experience in Marketing & Design. I have created websites across various platforms, from custom code with html and css to Wordpress, Wix, and SquareSpace.

I have worked in-house, with agencies, and as a freelancer in both digital and print media. Throughout my career, helping small to medium sized businesses develop an online presence to grow their influence has been what I’ve enjoyed the most.

Common questions

A one-page website starts at $2,500. Each project is quoted individually based on:
- Content volume
- Software integrations
- Photography
- Copywriting
Need print or digital design too? A quote will be provided after discussing your project.
1. 50% deposit upon approval of the project quote
2. Completed Content Questionnaire
3. Logo files and any existing brand guidelines
4. Any available videos or photography
My pricing includes the design and development of your website. To launch your site, you’ll also need a domain name (your URL) and hosting with a content management software (CMS).
Domain names usually cost around $20 per year, and hosting with CMS generally ranges from $20 to $50 per month.
Most websites are completed in 2–4 weeks.
No—we handle everything for you.
Yes—every site is designed mobile-first.
Yes—we can improve and rebuild existing websites.