Woopsy daisy...
If you've visited this blog since around April 1st, which I obviously haven't done, I apologize for the missing graphics and photos. No, I wasn't boycotting images or going minimalist around here. I just wasn't thinking when we switched over to our new domain. WOOPSY!
Speaking of the new domain, you may know that ryedesigns.com became available and we purchased it. You may also know that our new website went live on April 1st! I can't give Dan enough props and respect for all of his hard work implementing my design. He had to put up with a lot of back-and-forth and indecision on my part, and then some of the normal web-coding woes. At one point we had all three of our laptops out on the couch, checking to make sure the site was compatible with every browser. If we had our way, Internet Explorer would be banned from all computers and burned. Seriously. Do yourself a favor and download Firefox.
I really enjoy looking through our site and knowing that we have something to show our work and explain how we roll. Even more than that, I dig that Dan setup an entire backend (Content Management System) that makes it super easy to update and manage our site. We have more site plans in the works, too, such as an integrated blog!
Without too many details, we were actually mentioned on twitter and gained 70 visits to our site from 16 countries IN ONE DAY soon after it launched – from that ONE tweet. Boo-yah!
http://ryedesigns.com
What you may not know is that I was called back to do contract work for my previous job at the beginning of March. After I expected to have the month of March to continue working on our website and business, I was thrown back into 40-hour work weeks and doing Rye Designs stuff nights and weekends. The biggest shift, besides having two full-time jobs again and trying to deal with creative block, is the dinner arrangements around here. I got used to making/having a homemade dinner every night, and now the verbiage of choice seems to be, "So...where shall we stop for dinner tonight?"
Other happenings recently...
- I finished a website redesign for an ongoing client, which Dan has been implementing pretty quickly. I'll have screenshots when that launches.
- We've ordered quite a few photography samples for our showroom, including gallery wraps and prints. After seeing gallery wraps, regular prints just aren't the same. Ooooo boy, that texture and quality is heavenly.
- I've been designing our header/footer for letterheads and such, to go with our new website, and having such a hard time with it. Not because I have no ideas, but because I have too many! A blog or facebook poll might be in order if I can't narrow them down soon.
- Our friends, Scott and Mary Ellen, had their baby boy tonight! We're so stoked to meet little Joshua and have a newborn session with him.
- I'm ready for the warm weather to come back! How about you?
