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Independent web designer & developer · Los Angeles

This website is
a desk. Go ahead,
mess it up.

Custom Squarespace, Shopify, WordPress & Webflow sites for small businesses — plus the kits, templates and AI-visibility know-how to keep them found. Everything on this page can be poked, dragged, or peeled.

Take the 60-second site check ↓ it grades your website, gently
Beautygrass site
Beautygrass · Shopify
Ember & Beam site
Ember & Beam · Shopify
Creative Breed site
Creative Breed · Squarespace
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July–August 2026
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Services · peel one

The sticker sheet ✦

Eight ways I can help. Tap a sticker to peel it off the sheet and read the fine print.

collect all eight ✿ ✶
Selected work · postcards from launched sites

The scenic overlook keep scrolling, the view pans →

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Beautygrass Beautygrass Shopify skincare e-commerce Creative Breed Creative Breed Squarespace studio site Ember & Beam Ember & Beam Shopify home goods shop Edupreneurs Edupreneurs Squarespace membership platform Explore Park County Explore Park County Squarespace tourism board Estes Valley Spotlight Estes Valley Spotlight Squarespace local magazine
All 40+ projects → every one hand-built, zero templates
Digital goods · via FlowBuilt Studio

The studio shelf

100% human
made ·
no AI slop ✿

Can't book a full build? Take the kit home. Templates and playbooks with everything I do for clients, boxed up. Hover a price tag — they're ticklish.

$39
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GEO Playbook for Small Businesses

The exact process I use to get client sites cited by Claude & ChatGPT — written for owners, not engineers.

Digital download · instant
$199
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Done-for-You GEO Audit

A 10–15 page report + video walkthrough of what AI engines say about you today, and the prioritized fix list.

Service · 5 business days
$47
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Private Practice Launch Kit

Every form, note and billing template a solo therapy practice needs to open its doors — built by an ops pro.

Digital download · beta Aug
$217
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The Practice, Opened & Online

Launch Kit + Therapist Website Template together: your practice opened and online in one weekend.

Bundle · save $27
Browse all 25 in the shop →
the bundle saves you $27 — math you can feel good about ↑
Free · AI visibility self-audit

Would Claude
recommend your business?

People now ask Claude for recommendations instead of Googling. Six quick, honest questions grade where you stand today — the full 15-page audit tells you exactly what to fix.

no wrong answers, only fixable ones ✿
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The site check-up
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Ask Claude or ChatGPT for “best [what you do] near me.” Do you come up?
Has your website changed at all in the last 12 months?
Can a stranger tell what you sell within 5 seconds of landing?
Proud to hand someone your site on your own phone?
Does the homepage load before you can say “cotton candy”?
Any real proof on the page — results, reviews, a human face?
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EP.01 — What a $3k website actually gets you
channel launching soon!
YouTube · new for 2026

Watch me build,
receipts included.

Real client builds, real numbers, no "hey guys". What a $3k website actually gets you, which platform fits your shop, and the boring SEO work that quietly compounds.

  • ▶What a $3k website actually gets you
  • ▶Squarespace vs Shopify, settled with receipts
  • ▶Getting recommended by Claude, start to finish
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The journal · fresh clippings

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All 17 articles →
Platforms · 7 min Is Squarespace worth it in 2026? An honest audit read before you subscribe → Money · 9 min What a custom website actually costs in 2026 real numbers, no "it depends" → AI & SEO · 6 min Signs your website is quietly costing you clients pairs with the free self-audit ↑ →
“Maia made the whole process feel weirdly easy. We launched in three weeks and the site still looks better than anything we briefed her on.”
— Sasha L., Ember & Beam
“She thinks like a designer, codes like a developer, and replies to emails faster than my project manager. Hire her, then hire her again.”
— Theo R., Creative Breed
“Our Shopify migration was supposed to take two months. Maia did it in five weeks and we didn’t lose a single order in the cutover.”
— Priya M., Beautygrass