Google's cache of your homepage looks exactly like your site, so I'm guessing they have indexed your site since your changes, though I didn't check your other pages.
Also, if you search for "a web designer in Portland" exactly with quotes, you do appear at #13.
However, Portland Web Design returns 15,200,000 results and generally anything with "web design" in will be difficult to rank well for - simply because the competition is huge.
Try to find a more specific niche to focus on and yes, get more quality, relevant links.
Your site's been around for more than a year and G does show 9 pages from your site, so I doubt it's still in the sandbox.
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