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Case study · Faith and travel blog, Cincinnati

Sidney's Adventures.
Built for reading.

Sidney Switzer is a faith-driven traveler documenting her decision to follow a calling to the ends of the earth.

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The brief

A testimony that was hard to read

The story had already touched people through personal connection. What it lacked was a home: somewhere to document the journey, share travel writing, and encourage others to step out in faith.

The old site set hero text over a busy photograph, which looked striking and read badly. For a site whose entire purpose is sustained reading, that is the wrong trade.

The design

Warm, elegant, legible

A softer palette and a wordmark instead of text-over-photograph, with the reading experience treated as the product.

The Sidney's Adventures website on a desktop screen
Desktop
The Sidney's Adventures website on a phone
Phone
What was built

The parts that do the work

Blog with CMS integration, so she publishes without me yes
Reading layout built for long-form yes
Photo gallery from her travels yes
Brand-aligned visual identity and wordmark yes
Speed

100 on Lighthouse desktop

Run it against the live site yourself. The score below is Lighthouse's own report, not a graphic we drew.

Google Lighthouse desktop scores for Sidney's Adventures
Google Lighthouse, desktop, 2026-08-20. Run it yourself against the live site.
Largest Contentful Paint 0.3 s
Cumulative Layout Shift 0

Want one like this?

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