Portfolio
Web design projects by Verdant Spark featuring Shopify stores, Squarespace, and WordPress websites.
Shopify Stores
Gibsons of Haddington
Shopify Store and Point of Sale
Verdant Spark created a new Shopify store for this well established East Lothian gift shop. In addition to migrating their old WooCommerce store to Shopify, we also installed Shopify point of sale so that their inventory is easier to manage across the two sales channels.
From a user experience perspective we wanted to recreate the instore experience as much as possible, working with the Gibsons team to create product collections to help users find what they are looking for easily but also encouraging users to browse.
The theme selected by Verdant Spark fits the brand perfectly and is very fast, acheiving high page speed scores and improving the user experience.
Minato Sushi
Shopify Store & Private App Development
Verdant Spark created a Shopify ecommerce store with a private application that facilitates order management for Minato Sushi, an East Lothian based sushi business.
We worked with Jen and Tom at Minato to create a back end Shopify application that makes their business easier to manage on a day to day basis.
Customers are able to choose a delivery day on the cart page and request a delivery slot, and feedback on the new site has been extremely positive.
Black & Gold Oil
Shopify Store
Black & Gold Oil are a local East Lothian food producer who needed a new website with e-commerce functionality. Shopify was the obvious choice and the simple, elegant theme used highlights the fabulous new product photography by Emma Martin Photography. A recipe blog was created to showcase the many uses of the products and the new local pickup and delivery options available within Shopify have been used to encourage local customers.
Rosemary Wild
Shopify Store
Verdant Spark created a Shopify ecommerce store for Rosemary Wild, a fantastic startup business selling natural fabrics and craft kits. Rosemary Wild had an existing Etsy store and we were able to migrate the existing products over to Shopify.
Shopify was the clear choice for an online store and the theme selected allows tag filtering on collection pages, perfect for making it easy for fabric shoppers find the fabrics they are looking for.
Rosemary Wild offers free local delivery so the Shopify local delivery option was set up using postcodes so users with an address within the free delivery zone are offered the option for free delivery at checkout.
The In Accessories
Shopify Store
The In Accessories needed an upgrade from an old Opencart store that they found difficult to manage and Verdant Spark migrated the old store to a brand new Shopify site!
The new site is faster, easier to navigate for users and much easier for the store owner to manage.
The Daisy Chain
Shopify Store and Theme Customisation
The Daisy Chain are a florist based in East Lothian who had an existing Joomla website but were looking for a new site that would enable them to sell online but also showcase their wedding and event floral design services.
In addition to the store setup Verdant Spark added Shopify theme customisations including a date picker in the cart and page templates including a gallery section.
The Crafty Kit Company
Shopify Store & Theme Customisation
The Crafty Kit Company are a local company in East Lothian, but with an international reach. Having operated for the last 7 years using an OpenCart based solution, the operation was stretching the limits of that platform. Together with Jo, we redesigned the site to freshen it and migrate all of her products and core content into Shopify, with particular focus on the user experience for her key user persona to ensure that all collections and products are easy to find.
Doon Honey
Shopify Store
You might recognise one half of Verdant Spark in this one – Lisa is a beekeeper in her spare time and needed a way to sell the honey the bees produce. Having run a Shopify store for her last business it was a no-brainer to use Shopify again!
This site is a great example of how you can use the free Debut theme and customise it to suit your products. Our customisations included adding accordion sections to product descriptions and changing the mobile hero layout.
The Mad Scrapper
Shopify Store
The Mad Scrapper, a scrapbooking and craft supplies store in Haddington, needed a more poweful e-commerce solution as their previous WooCommerce site was slow and not suited to a store with a large number of SKUs. A Shopify store was the obvious solution and our main focus was user experience, making sure customers are able to find the products they are looking for easily and quickly but also encouraging them to browse based on product category and brand.
Bostock Pizza
Shopify Store & App Development
Bostock Bakery wanted to bring back their famous pizza nights during the COVID-19 lockdown. Verdant Spark created a Shopify store with custom application development that allows customers to order pizzas for a specific collection slot.
U’ve Pulled
Shopify Store & Custom App Development
U’ve Pulled serve delicious pulled meats at markets and events and during COVID-19 needed to pivot their offering to include delivery and collection. Verdant Spark replaced their Wix website with a Shopify store with custom development of a bespoke Shopify application to allow ordering for collection or delivery within a specified geographical area.
Crafty Kit Company Trade Store
Shopify Store & Custom App Development
This Shopify store mimics the look and feel of The Crafty Kit Company consumer store but required custom development to fulfill the requirements of the client; that customers must apply and be approved before being able to view wholesale pricing and place orders. To aid the transition process to the new store, a customer support button was added so Verdant Spark could deal with support issues, saving the client time.
Spice Pots
Shopify Store & Theme Customisation
Verdant Spark recently undertook a redesign of the Spice Pots Shopify store. Spice Pots are an East Lothian business that make delicious spice blends. Their old site needed a refresh so we installed a new theme which was then customised to suit their brand and products.
Verdant Spark created custom landing pages for their two blogs so they could group blog posts into categories that would be easy for users to navigate.
The Big Blu
Shopify Store & Bespoke App Development
A fantastic East Lothian business hit by Covid-19 lockdown, The Big Blu needed to rapidly shift from in person sales to online ordering and delivery.
The work included custom development of delivery day management based on postcode entered, and a bespoke back end admin Shopify application that aggregates orders to show daily totals of pizzas ordered so the client knows exactly how many bases to make the day before.
Chris has also done an amazing job reformulating his pizzas so they are initially fired in The Big Blu’s oven and then topped, so the customer just has to bake in their own oven.
Bostock Bakery
Shopify Store & Custom App Development
We recently created a Shopify online store for Bostock Bakery in East Linton. Due to Covid-19 they needed to rapidly shift to online ordering and delivery.
The work included custom development of a date picker for delivery day selection, and a back end Shopify application that aggregates orders to show daily totals of items ordered so that the bakery knows order volumes to bake for each day’s delivery.
WordPress and Squarespace Sites
Shirley Collier
WordPress Website
Verdant Spark built this WordPress website for Shirley Collier, an executive coach based in York. Working with Porridge Design we created a bespoke WordPress site designed for the target user personas of the business.
Scram Group
WordPress Website
Scram Group needed a simple brochure site to provide information about their businesses.
Direct Garage Door
WordPress Website
A local business based just over the border in Berwick-upon-Tweed in Northumberland required a brochure site to support a marketing campaign raising awareness of their services.
RJ Eden Builders
WordPress website
RJ Eden are an established building company in the North East of England who wanted to increase their online presence and showcase their work.
A WordPress website was created with the functionality that allows the client to easily update the portfolio page with new projects.
Scotweld
WordPress website
The brief for the ScotWeld website was to showcase the range of welding and fabrication services offered by Scotweld and enhance the presence of the company online. ScotWeld are a local business based just outside North Berwick.
The new WordPress website has an eyecatching design and a gallery page that the client can update with new photos.
RePollinate
WordPress website
Having built the new Shopify store for The Scottish Bee Company we were also retained to build a new website for the charity Iain and Suzie have setup, RePollinate.
Be You Hair and Beauty
Squarespace
BYHB needed a site to showcase their services, and also act as a small online shop to sell hair and beauty products which they have in the salon. The brief was for a very clean, minimalist, style to match the salon, and makes good use of some great photography and a clean colour palette.
iHeat Scotland
WordPress Website
We created a new WordPress website for iHeat Scotland, a Midlothian-based heating and plumbing company.
The brief was for a modern design that emphasised their boiler, landlord and static caravan services.
by Julia
WordPress & WooCommerce
Verdant Spark created a WordPress site with online shop using WooCommerce for by Julia. The site has a clean and light design that highlights the stunning product photography.
trades.scot
WordPress & WooCommerce
We created this sister site to Verdant Spark to showcase our offering for trades professionals. With a bold, modern design this site uses the colours in the brand logo to good effect.
Haddington & District Amateur Swimming Club
WordPress website
Haddington and District Amateur Swimming Club required a new website to replace a self-built Wix site. The new site reflects the values and ethos of the club and provides all the information parents of prospective members require.
