Designs By Christel

My name is Christel. I am 23 years old. I have been happily married to David for 5 years and am a proud mommy to our 4 year old son Austin. We live in a small rural town in Indiana. I grew up in northeastern Michigan (lower peninsula) and consider it home, though Indiana is where all my immediate family is now so it is home in a sense also.

I started doing web design as a young teenager. I had several websites of my own and also helped a few friends with their websites.

Before my son was born in 2003, my husband and I decided it was an option for me to be a stay at home mom. It did not take long before I started creating websites again. Not too much longer later I started receiving emails from people wanting their web site designed by me. I loved it because I could still make some money while staying at home with Austin.

I have went back to work full time since then but continued to do the website design in the evenings or on the weekends.

Now I am once again looking forward to staying at home with my son instead of working outside the home. I am fortunate to have a husband who is awesome enough to give me such oppurtunity by supporting me and my err.. expensive hobbies. Thank you honey, for the chance to do this again!

I have always been an animal lover. I have had horses, goats, rabbits, cows, lizards, birds, and sheep. As a kid I was very active in 4-H. I worked as a vet assistant for the past few years and love the job and the animals but missed being home with my son.

Currently I have 2 dogs (a lovely mixed breed and a Pug), 3 cats, a few fish, and my son has a rabbit who lives in his room. I have plans of adding some more animals into the mix eventually, but I need to get my farm first :)

My other hobbies include photography, scrapbooking, drawing, music, going to concerts, horseback riding, hiking, and cooking.