We uplift religious communities.
Websites & consulting with Blustery Day Design
Since 2008, we’ve worked with religious congregations, ministries, educational sponsorship organizations, justice initiatives, and more. Our consulting can guide you as you plan & strategize what you need to share on your site. And we’ll work with you to create a beautiful website — one that is functional for you and welcoming to your site visitors.
Skilled & experienced
Blustery Day Design is a women-owned design & development studio consisting of sisters Jessica Yaeger and Christina Blust.
We understand the words you use, the values you live by, & the visions you are working towards. Let’s work together.
Guiding principles
We bring our people-focused, ethical, and justice-minded principles to every project we’re a part of. As a company, we prioritize accessibility, inclusion, ecological impact, empowerment, and more.
Helping good people do good things
Blustery Day Design works to ensure that the organizations and people they work with gain a professional outward reflection of their heart and soul. We’ve helped hundreds of clients gain clarity of mission, confidence in the visual ways they present themselves, and the relief of knowing that the work that means so much to them is in safe hands.
Our work with religious communities has been especially meaningful to us! And our unique combination of skills and experience make us particularly suited for this work:
- Christina’s volunteer year with a women religious community’s eco-justice center—during which she lived in the convent—followed by 7 years on the congregation’s communications staff
- Jessica’s enterprise work experience communicating with and project-managing remote teams all over the globe
- Our decades of professional experience with religious communities, working with communications teams, leadership representatives, and other stakeholders
- Our strong personal commitments to justice initiatives and living mindfully as part of our broader communities
- Our guiding principles, many of which we share with the congregations and organizations that we work with
With all of this as our foundation, we take what may feel messy or complicated and corral it into manageable, doable action plans and solutions.
We are proud to uplift your community & ministries as the best, most authentic, and most effective versions of themselves. We’d love to help you reach more people, tell your story, and share your mission.
“Hands down, Blustery Day Design is the best team with whom I’ve had the opportunity to work. Jessica and Christina are amazing! They are brilliant, creative and thorough, and ask the best questions to really understand the scope and purpose of what we need, while always being mindful of the best fit for our users and our budget. They are creative problem solvers extraordinaire, and it’s simply a joy to work with them.”
Rebecca H.
Webmaestra, Loretto Community
Honoring your story
Whether for a congregation, a ministry, or an initiative, a website needs to help communicate your vibrant reality, identity, mission and ministry in a friendly & accurate way. We know that religious communities have specific needs and goals that can’t be met by cookie-cutter website processes! So we approach each new project with open minds and listening ears.
“We had tried another company first and they did not understand our needs. Jessica and Christina have a wealth of experience, and after working with them a short time, I found them very easy to trust. They are thorough, thoughtful, extremely organized and fun too! Their communication throughout the entire process — and afterward — has been excellent. We now have a beautiful, engaging website … And we have a company that we can continue to go to for answers or help if we need it.”
Caroline M.
Manager of Donor Relations, Felician Sisters of North America
You don’t have to feel stuck.
Blustery Day Design specializes in effective, authentic, and strategic website-related projects for religious communities.
Your website is a vital tool to communicate your message, share your important work, and inspire your visitors. In every project, we strive to communicate and honor the important work you are doing.
You can feel confident that our expert guidance is both grounded in our extensive experience with religious communities and also informed by current technological & industry best practices.
You can trust us to help you with:
Website consulting
Is your organization in a time of transition or facing new realities that require a reassessment of your online presence? With a website discovery consulting project, we will work with you to look at the big picture of your website landscape and clarify a path forward.
Website projects
Jessica & Christina will work with you to create a beautiful website — one that is functional for you and welcoming to your site visitors. Each Blustery Day Design website project is collaborative & comprehensive and includes content strategy, a brand extension, web design & development, and our clearly defined process to keep everyone on track.
Workshops & professional development
Does your communications team need some inspiration? Or are your a “team of one” who’d like to talk through a website topic with an expert? Blustery Day Design can lead you through a workshop, do a mini-assessment, or help you strategize a specific initiative.
Post-launch website care plans
After you complete a website project with Blustery Day Design, you can continue a working relationship with us. As desired, we can assist religious communities & ministries with maintenance, consulting, and making changes or updates to your website.
An education mindset
Guidance and education are a key part of our approach, no matter what type of project you work with us for. It is important to us to empower people to feel more capable of working towards their goals and reaching success. Our clients tell us they appreciate how we make complicated things clearer and less intimidating. And while we’re often meeting with communications staff and liaisons, we are also comfortable talking with leadership & other stakeholders at strategic times in the process to make sure they understand key takeaways, too.
“Blustery Day Design far exceeded any expectations that I could have had. Not coming from the communications or marketing field, my colleagues and I learned a great deal about the development and design process, and maintenance of a successful site. Blustery Day Design empowers their clients to be learners and doers in their own journey. I feel confident and excited for the future of our website as it continues to play a crucial role in the success of our organization.”
Cara M.
Executive Director, St. Joseph Educational Ministries
Learn something new today
In addition to our work with clients, we publish tips & guides on our website to share our expertise and resources with others. 💛
Some of the religious communities, ministries and groups we’ve worked & consulted with
