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Established 1917 · Pepperell, MA

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Pepperell Crafts. Make it yours.

A proposal for organizing the catalog in a way that makes sense, plus a conceptual demo of the three most important pages with a clear focus on boosting conversion.

The three most important pages

Hi-fi branded prototypes of the homepage, the product page, and the cart. Real product photography, brand typography, and the full Pepperell color system.

The homepage in seven flavors

Same sections, same copy, same brand guidelines. Six visual treatments to read against each other before we lock the direction. The first three are full-height heroes; the last three keep the hero compact so the seven categories show above the fold on a typical 1440×900 desktop. Every variant is fully responsive (tested from 360 to 1440 pixels), passes WCAG AA contrast, and uses only the Pepperell typography and color system.

v1Workshop Heritage

Workshop Heritage

The baseline. Cream background, restrained orange accents, four-slide product mosaic hero with rotating bestseller card. Calm, balanced, gallery-style. Where most heritage craft sites live.

  • Cream-on-cream
  • Mosaic hero
  • Restrained orange
v2Tangerine

Tangerine

Bold orange takeover. Full-bleed hero with cream typography and an oversized Market Pro payoff. Sections alternate orange, cream, ink-dark — high color confidence, retail-loud, brand-forward.

  • Orange backgrounds
  • Big script payoff
  • Ink-dark heritage
v5Grid

Grid

Dense marketplace. Twelve-tile category mosaic above the fold, sticky ink-black filter bar, five-up product cards. Information-first, conversion-optimized, MUJI-adjacent.

  • Mosaic hero
  • 5-up product rails
  • Sticky filter bar
v6Hearth

Hearth short hero

Iterates on v1 Workshop Heritage. The same calm cream surface and restrained orange, compressed into a 360–400px split hero so the seven category tiles surface immediately. One product photograph on the right, one CTA, then catalog.

  • Cream baseline
  • Split hero ~400px
  • Categories above fold
v7Marquee

Marquee short hero

Iterates on v2 Tangerine. The orange takeover, compressed to a 340-ish-pixel marquee band on the AA-safe deeper orange. Headline, CTAs, and trust pills sit inline; categories begin in the cream band immediately below.

  • AA-safe deep orange
  • Marquee band
  • Inline trust pills
v9Marquee + Bento

Marquee + Bento carousel hero

Combines v7's section rhythm with v2's orange takeover, but the right side carries v1's 4-slide rotating carousel plus two bento side tiles. Compact top padding keeps the whole hero above the fold; categories surface immediately below.

  • Orange takeover hero
  • 4-slide carousel
  • Bento side tiles
v8Index

Index short hero

Iterates on v5 Grid. There is no separate hero band: the seven category tiles plus an ink brand tile (carrying the headline and the primary CTA) form an eight-tile grid that is the hero. Sticky filter bar directly below. Most wayfinding-forward.

  • Categories as hero
  • Ink brand tile
  • Sticky filter bar

The seven categories

273 active SKUs

Seven tiles cover the full active catalog. Each tile is a Shopify smart collection: it picks up every product whose tags match the tile's rule, automatically. A handful of products live in two tiles at once where it helps, for example a paracord bracelet listed in both Cords & lacing and Decor, toys & finished pieces.

Cords & lacing

63SKUs
  • Paracord
  • Macramé cord and cotton craft cord
  • Bonnie braid, jewelry cord, hemp cord
  • Rexlace and pony bead plastic lacing
  • Elastic and stretch cord
  • Rope

Kits, books & patterns

43SKUs
  • DIY kits
  • Pattern books and reference titles

Wicking & candle making

44SKUs
  • Oil lamp wick
  • Candle wicking

Beads, findings & closures

43SKUs
  • Beads & findings
  • Side-release buckles and clasps
  • Hooks and hangers
  • Charms and embellishments

Wood, slates & naturals

32SKUs
  • Wood accessories
  • Slates & chalkboards
  • Craft sticks

Tools & workshop

25SKUs
  • Looms, jigs, lacing needles, crochet hooks
  • Paracord tools
  • Rubber bands

Decor, toys & finished pieces

23SKUs
  • Home decor (seashells, plant hangers, terrariums, posters, fishing nets)
  • Wooden toys (Mister Rogers trolleys)
  • Finished bracelets and accessories (paracord, silkies, awareness bands, monkey-fist key fob)

Sub-tile lists are based on the canonical sub-categories already on the live test store. Counts come from the catalog file shown below.

The full catalog

Every active SKU on the test store. Filter by category or search by title or material. Click any card to open the live product page on pepperellcrafts.com in a new tab.

Some products live in two tiles at once, so the tab counts sum to slightly more than 273.