LaPrairie Designs

06/01/2026

Running a small business in South Dakota often means wearing a lot of hats. You're serving customers, managing operations, handling marketing, and somehow trying to keep your website updated too. That's why our One-Page Website Package exists.

👉 Whether you're a contractor, florist, photographer, boutique owner, consultant, or service provider, a one-page website gives potential customers a place to learn who you are, what you do, and how to work with you all without the complexity of a larger website!

Ready for a website that helps your business grow? I have a couple of spots open, and I would love to work with you! Send us a message, or check out our portfolio: www.laprairiedesigns.com

05/30/2026

05/27/2026

Feedback!! We want it!!

HELP US OUT! Watertown… honest answers only. We’re always looking for ways to improve and make Element even better for our community.

👉 If you’ve ever thought about booking with us, but haven’t, what’s holding you back?

Is it pricing? Timing? Not knowing what types of events fit here? Size questions?
Do you need more information? Something else entirely?

No pressure and no wrong answers, we seriously genuinely want your feedback. Please leave a comment below or send us a message if you'd rather share privately 👇

05/11/2026

Austin came to us looking for a beginner-friendly Shopify website for his new brand, Grit n Grip Hockey Tape Co. - something clean, easy to navigate, and simple enough for him to continue updating and adding products to himself as the business grows.

I was happy to be a part of the community that helped bring his vision to life and create a website that can grow alongside his brand, products, and future goals in the hockey community. Excited to watch where this one goes 👏

04/26/2026

Your business has grown… has your website grown with it? 👀

If your small business has changed, expanded, or simply feels like it’s outgrown your current website, it might be time for a refresh! Summer is almost here, and I’m opening a few spots to help SD small businesses update their online presence so their website feels more like them.

Whether you need:
• updated website copy
• fresh imagery
• improved user experience
• added features
• better SEO
• or a more mobile-friendly design

…I’d love to help.

Send me a message or fill out the contact form on my site to chat about your project 🤍 I work with all website platforms (Wix, Squarespace, Shopify, WordPress, and more)! www.laprairiedesigns.com

03/15/2026

ELEMENT WANTS TO HEAR FROM YOU! 📢

Have you hosted or attended an event at Element in the last year? We’d love to see your photos and hear about your experience. Slow down while we wait out this blizzard and share your favorite memories in the comments below!

01/03/2026

Excited to share this recently (yesterday!) completed website for Yield Max Agronomics! 🚜

This project focused on showcasing their products, services, and partnerships in a clean, mobile-friendly site that’s fast, accessible, and built to perform well online. With farmer-focused messaging, this project was all about helping their business show up strong online.

If you’re in the ag space or know someone who is, go check them out and see what they’re all about 👉 www.yieldmaxagronomics.com

Huge thanks to Travis for trusting me with this project!

And if you’re a small business owner thinking about refreshing your website or building one from scratch, you know where to find me... 2026 will be a busy one, but I will have a couple spots open towards the middle of the year!

12/17/2025

Final round of our challenge: Blueprint Design! 📐

This trend is all about blending the technical with the aesthetic: think diagrams, labels, and linework that feels part science, part style. For this post, I decided to deconstruct the iconic Essie nail polish bottle and present it like a product schematic, highlighting each carefully designed component.

From the signature cap to the custom brush to the stable base, every part of this bottle plays a role in the user experience, so why not showcase it like the masterpiece it is? Bonus detail: the background color is the polish shade 💅🏼

What graphic design trends are you looking forward to seeing more of in 2026? Let me know!

*I am not a spokesperson for Essie, and this is purely a work of fiction showing how I would design social media posts for them!

12/12/2025

Round 3 of our challenge is Distorted Portraits 👁️👁️👁️
This trend is all about breaking the rules of perfection, embracing emotional chaos, digital glitching, and surreal effects to challenge how we see ourselves and others.

For this piece, I leaned into the unsettling. Inspired by horror visuals and the discomfort of being seen too much (👀👀👀), I used a layered eye pattern and eerie photo manipulation to create a sense of unease. The plastic wrap overlay adds distortion and tension, like you're seeing the subject through a warped lens or trapped screen.

I don't personally like anything creepy or make me feel uneasy, so this was definitely a little hard for me, but I wanted to push myself out of my comfort zone just a tiny bit.

👁️ What emotion does this image make you feel? Curiosity, fear, discomfort, or something else?

12/11/2025

Round 2 of our challenge is Punk/Grunge Returns 🤩
This style pulls from the raw, rebellious energy of the 1970s: zines, protest posters, DIY cutouts, scribbles, and loud textures. It’s messy on purpose, unpolished with intent, and emotionally charged.

For this post, I focused on a quote by John Maeda:

“Art is a question to a problem.”
This flips the clean, structured mindset of “design as a solution” on its head, and I think that tension fits nicely within the punk aesthetic.

I used cut-and-paste style type, rough textures, layered scribbles, spray-paint elements, and a lo-fi grayscale photo to channel that anti-design energy and visual chaos the punk movement embraced.

What’s a piece of art that’s made you ask more questions than it answered? Let me know 🙈