Kevin Estey Design

www.theponderosa.ca 

This lovely Bed & Breakfast near Sydney was very impressed upon seeing some samples of various print work we have done, they asked us to design a complete theme for them including rack cards, business cards and a website.  We have trained them to self-manage all aspects of the site.  Customer mailing list, social media sharing tools, full analytics and image galleries were implemented in this site.

www.brooklynofficesupplies.com

A small office supply company was referred to us by a previous client.  They required a basic informational site to keep their customers informed.  We implemented an online order form system, customer mailing list, PDF tools for electronic flyers, social media sharing tools and full analytics.  The customer was trained on how to self-manage the site.

www.atlanticbaptistwomen.ca

The existing ABW website is a functioning repository of documents and information, available for viewing and download.  We will be providing the customer with a fully integrated, multi user, social community arena where members will be able to share and comment on multiple blog-like platforms, receive daily, weekly and monthly informational updates through various automatic media feeds and mailing list tools, and work collaboratively on projects.  Provision has been made for multiple people to manage the site, each working in specific areas of blogs, communication, information, etc,  This site has the potential of communicating with thousands of members on a daily basis in a continually growing social community. 

www.tidesinhallsharbour.com

Tides In Guest Suites in Halls Harbour had a 10 year+ old website that needed a visual update to bring it in line with current website trends.  While making it appear much more user friendly and graphically up-to-date, we added a whole goodie box full of social media tools, customer management and communication modules, video player, gallery management and more.  The customer is now able to self manage day-to-day operations and communicate better with guests.  Search Engine Optimization and full analytics will help them to grow and refine their online marketing strategy to keep their site ranking near the top.  

www.granvalley.com  Spring 2012 Release

We are so pleased to be working with the folks from a wonderful bed & breakfast just outside Annapolis Royal in Granville Beach.  They were referred to us by another of our satisfied customers, and we have already developed a new look and feel for both a rack card and business cards.  We are now starting on a similarly themed website to showcase their beautiful property and rooms.  Large beautiful photo gallery images, and carefully crafted text that will convey the wonderful experiences available on this century old farm, will make this website one to be remembered by visitors.   

Estey Travel Services  (to be released soon)

This travel agent site employs a series of info-forms to gather information from clients about their preferences for the types of travel services they are requesting, and then forwards the results on to the agent who can then start the process of finding the perfect services for the client.  Bright visuals and flash effect makes this sight grab your attention right off the bat.  Social media tools, customer testimonials and mailing list tools are also built into the design.

www.made-in-roatan.com  

A personal project very near to our hearts, this website is being done completely gratis to help support Bob & Debbie Cowan's efforts to help the people on the island of Roatan (Honduras) help themselves and their family by making and selling unique island jewellery.  Their only source of customers are the cruise ships that visit the port between November and June, so we are bringing Roatan Jewellery to the world through an on-line storefront.  100% of the monies from the sales of goods on the website will go directly to the artists in Roatan.  This site employs a storefront management system, shopping cart, PayPal gateway and full shipping and inventory control modules. Tight security and easy navigation were paramount in this design. 

We are excited to be designing and building an entirely new set of websites for the Municipality of the County of Annapolis.Their existing websites are 15 years old, and while functional, have not kept up with modern trends.  We will be giving them a huge face lift in the visual and navigation department with rich graphical content, and a much more powerful and organized engine under the hood to maintain the thousands of documents and images created on a monthly basis.  This is a massive project with a huge scope and an enormous box of utilities and tools - we are really enjoying the project.

www.meanderin.ca

We have just completed this lovely little site for John & Janice Bregante in WIndsor for their beautiful B&B.  A site with simple and elegant visual design that reflects the Victorian flavour of the home, we employed large rolling slide-shows to showcase the rooms from multiple viewpoints, a gallery of images from around the property that will continue to grow as the owners take more pictures in different seasons, and simple booking features using an existing booking system on BBCanada. 

www.janesagain.com

Revamp of a site that needed a fresh face, but most importantly, a content management system so the customer could manage site maintenance themselves.  We incorporated a customer mailing list component as well as a customer testimonials component into the back end.  Full analytical tracking and social media sharing were top on the customer's list of wants.

www.nominationgrandpre.com

In the spring of 2010 we were asked to provide a complete site redesign with custom template and a new multimedia video/picture gallery section as part of the second phase of the Grand Pre UNESCO World Heritage Project.  Specific to this site was a request for large panoramic page headers in a constantly changing rotation with informational text overlaid on one edge. We provided a complete Joomla Content Management System install and configuration, a custom template and numerous new menu and navigation treatments to provide for seamless browsing between English and French versions of the information.  We are still waiting on the movement of all the various Government and community groups involved in this project to make the site switchover.

www.novacadie.ca

A local Acadian touring company wanted a major face-lift to their website and to start employing some social media and analytic tools to track visits.  We provided them with a sleek new look and lots of back-end goodies to manage customer lists, book tours, transact payments, and most importantly - keep visitors coming back to see more.  This site was done in English and French.

www.canningrecreation.com

Created for the recreation department of Canning, this site employs multiple calendar views from one common calendar module for three different facets of the rec department.  Social media tools and analytics were also incorporated.  A revenue generating rotating ad-banner program was created for front page showcasing of supporting businesses.  The site employs document repositories for registration forms, etc and has a community newsletter module built in. 

www.embreecommunications.com

A simple informational site built for a small local communications company. Pages contain basic contact information and services, while an integrated forms processor collects information from a customer requesting a service call and generates and dispatches an email.  The owner has been trained in the content management system and is able to manage the site contents, updates and changes.

www.novascotiawaterfront.com

This project saw the complete redevelopment of an existing real estate site with a new custom themed template and an update to the property management modules.  This site employs several layers of databases to manage photo libraries, mapping components and property information.

www.oceanfront-camping.com

SIte Migration.  The customer wished to move the entire site contents to a new hosting provider.  A complete backup of the existing site was made and moved to a local server and tested for integrity.  The new host services were configured and the site moved live again.  Although this sounds like a simple process, there were multiple databases and proprietary modules to be moved and reconfigured to the new hosts parameters - expert services were required, and we were pleased to help.

www.firstcornwallisbaptist.ca

A church website with member log-in access to reveal hidden content and menus.  This website employs a newsletter mailing module, events calendar, document, audio and video libraries and a complete Google Analytics package.  Adult church members, youth and visitors all have unique experiences depending on how they are logged in to the site.

www.atpmagazine.ca

Created for our own Seniors Community Magazine, this website employs social media tools to help grow a community of supporters.  Newsletter custom email modules allow for automated subscription services, with full analytics tracking.  We also provided for an extensive document library and forms management for secure submissions and ordering of product and subscriptions.  Money processing is through PayPal.

www.exploreourshores.com

Created for the Province of Nova Scotia and Destination Southwest Nova Association, this website was part of a quarter million dollar 1-year tourism campaign with television, radio and print.  This site was constructed from the ground up using a content management system managing a multitude of partner listings, multimedia, radio and TV campaign information, mailing lists and more.  The site has ceased operation since the closing of the campaign in the Fall of 2010, so unfortunately you can no longer see it.

www.kingswoodcamp.ca

Using the latest in content management systems, we created a completely new website for Kingswood Camp, incorporating a number of online community components including blogging tools,private community area (like facebook), social media tools, back end member management, newsletter, campers club, etc.  Photo galleries and Video player room were a major part of this sites rich multimedia content. 

www.davidmorse.ca

This website was recently created for an election candidate. This site was constructed from scratch using a content management system, with content provided by the client.  As this site grows over the period of the campaign, the intention is to introduce blogging tools, and multi-user management of the news articles and features. We continue to manage site expansion and development.

www.brierisland.com

Working with the owners of Brier Island Lodge, we completely redeveloped their existing informational website to include video and picture galleries, a private members club, and many unique programming options for package selection and vacation planning.  Reviewing our portfolio, they liked the full background picture layout of the Kingswood Camp site and chose to go along similar lines. Once again photo imagery was a priority for this website to make its mark. 

www.destinationsouthwestnova.com

Working with the Regional Tourism Industry Association we manage the content and growth of its tourism website, installing and configuring new modules, adding content, updating existing content, running contests, and integrating with other tourism sites.  With over 70,000 yearly visitors and representing businesses from all over Southwest Nova, this site is managed on a weekly, sometimes daily basis.

www.palmsbook.com 

This site, very simple in design and purpose, was constructed to promote a local historical book.  We integrated Pay-Pal online payment tools and search engine optimization and submission services into the package so that the site can be easily found on the Internet. 

www.seeanddo.ca

With a recent facelift to the template, this website was created to support our See & Do Guide Map product in a virtual form for the world wide audience.  The printed version of our map guides are promoted through the site in a virtual and interactive format.  We also use this site as a portal to provide participant information and to take bookings and payments for the guides.

www.gardenhouse.ca

One of the very first, and most talked about websites we have done, it's simple design and layout are extremely popular amongst the people who have visited it, and they continue to comment to the owners how it helped them to decide to make a booking.  This website was hard coded in HTML.  We continue to do twice yearly updates for the owner.

www.treasuresgiftshop.ca

Constructed using a content management system, the website framework and programming was performed and then basic content provided by the customer was loaded in place.  We then gave instruction and tutorial to the customer on how to self-manage the content of the site.  We continue to offer occasional training support and site maintenance.

www.casabellagifts.ca

Another website constructed using a content management system, we provided photography services and developed the imagery and theme of this website from its concept.  The customer has been trained in self-managing the content and continues to retain our services to update imagery four times a year.

See & Do Guide Maps

In continuous print production for 12 consecutive years now, See & Do Guide maps have been adopted by the Regional Tourism Industry Authority as the "Select Map Component" to go hand-in-hand with the regional visitors guides for Southwest Nova Scotia.  Printed process colour on gloss coated stock - folded to pocket map size.  We handle all apsects of marketing, ad creation and proofing with customer, payment collection, printing and distribution.

Brochures - Rack Cards - etc.

We can not even begin to present the thousands of full colour brochures, rack cards, business cards, posters, flyers, etc. that we have designed and printed over the years.  Needless to say, we offer complete design services from the ground up, or can work with provided photos, images, logos and a design plan to produce your piece.

Large Format Printing - Tradeshow Materials

We have in-house a large format 36" wide colour plotter/printer capable of printing continuous (up to 100 feet in length) posters and banners on bond or coated stock.  We also outsource to a 54" plotter nearby. This service is ideal for large window displays, tradeshow booths, or even to reproduce your favourite photograph as a giant poster print for framing on the wall at home.

Advertising Pieces

We have designed hundreds of full colour ads for magazine, newspaper, tradeshows, websites, etc. Working with the specifications of your advertising company and your design needs, we can create your perfect advertising piece from the groud up, providing photography services, typesetting and proofing.

Aged to Perfection Magazine & Others

Now in it's 13th year of publication, ATP seniors magazine has seen continued success in the marketplace.  Produced and distributed on a monthly basis both in print and on the ATP website, this is entirely entirely an in-house production.  We have also had the pleasure to print and produce or design for printing the Wolfville Gazette, the Centreville Voice and several other community serials.

Ships & Sails & Hantsport Tales

Our most recent book production services encompassed all aspects of book design, from the selection of the typeface to typesetting the pages to the specification of the printer.  Images and text were provided by the author, along with final editing, etc.  We provided touch-up and editing services to all photographs used in the book.  This is one of over 40 books we have assisted in the production of to date.

Vanity Publications

Over the years we have provided design and layout services, and printing of several dozen vanity books and publications.  From historical reference to family memoirs, to poetry and verse, we have taken notes scribbled on scraps of paper and in scribblers along with a few photographs, and have turned them into beautiful limited production books.  One customer in particular was so pleased with the service we offered, she came back five more times to have personal memoir books produced for her family.

Our Own ATP Books

Through our ATP Magazine, we have produced both a cooperative cookbook in 1999 that sold over 3000 copies, and a 10h Year Anniversary "Best of the Best" retrospective book 2010 that continues to sell, and has recently passed 1500 copies.  With the 10th Year book, we adopted a new binding process at our printers suggestion, that sees the books stitched and bound the "old-fashioned" way, making for a much more robust book that will never see pages fall out.

Multemedia & Audio-Video Production

We provide a full range of multimedia services from taking a collection of photographs and editing them into a dynamic moving music video you can play on your home DVD player or computer, through full digital video editing on DVD, VHS, Mini DV, to streaming Internet video and designing animated banner ads for websites.  We also provide digital recording services and transfers from Cassette Tape and LP Record to Audio CD.

CD-DVD Authoring & Duplication

We offer a full range of CD and DVD authoring and duplication services for musicians, videographers, and everyone else too, including converting your old LPs and Cassettes into CD and your VHS into DVD.  We can print directly on CD & DVD and provide a full line of print and design solutions for jackets, sleeves, covers and insert lyric books.

Photography

Let us take care of the photography for your print design piece.  We know how best to shoot the subject matter so that it will work with the end design.  Whether it's portraiture style shots of people and places, scenic outdoor vistas, or very precise closeups of technical equipment or products, we can do it all.

Image Editing, Restoration & Compositing

Using sophisticated hardware and computer software, we can scan your slides and film or even a photograph or print (black and white or colour) remove most scratches, tears, water spots, wrinkles and even missing pieces and make them look brand new.  We can take a brand new image and antique it to make it look like it's 100 years old.  Was grandmother missing from the last family reunion picture?  We have even taken people from one photograph and added them seamlessly into another (called compositing).