...but only because of the stream-lining I mentioned a couple of weeks ago.
At some point I shall get around to inviting everyone who follows me o come and join me elsewhere and then this blog will no longer exist.
If you want to pop over in the meantime then you can find me here... so please feel free to come on over and subscribe to me and I'll be sure to subscribe back from that one.
Oh I know it's a pain but this is helping me keep my thoughts and life in order a little bit.....
See you on the other side!
Tuesday 21 June 2011
Monday 6 June 2011
Streamlining #2
So as part of my streamlining process I have finally decided to do away with my www.blackwillowtribal.co.uk website.
It's been a part of my life for some time now but as more and more of my sales and enquiries are coming via the Etsy shop I think I am wasting my money in keeping it going. So I am starting to shift everything over and then when that's done I shall shut the website down.
SO. If you have www.blackwillowtribal.co.uk bookmarked then you should hot-foot over to www.blackwillowbellydance.co.uk instead and go bookmark that one instead. And hopefully you all go take a look at the Etsy shop anyway? And if not why not?
It makes so much more sense to have everything in one place. And I shall have to think about transferring this Blog over to the one that's integrated into that website - again, it makes more sense to have everything in one place although I'm loving how easy this blog is to mess around with and configure. I'm really not that technical (I'm sure I must have mentioned this before?) and the other blog bamboozles me a bit but hey, just need to make my life a little easier.
I still have a pre-schooler with me until January next year and as I generally only have evenings to get things made, practice dance and prepare for classes as well as all the promotional stuff that goes with being a teacher and designer - well, I just need a couple of places to go each evening when I'm doing webwork rather than 5 or 6. Luckily the little man was out with his dad this morning and I've had a good couple of hours on here whilst he's been relaxing so I've been able to back lots of things up, do a bit of SEO work, tweak things here and there in readiness for all the switch-overs.
I'll keep you posted with everything that's happening so that you can pop over and subscribe to stuff as it's happening, and hopefully you'll all come and see me over on the other blog and the other wbsite and then I'll make sure that I go and subscribe to everyone I like to keep up with in blog-space so I don't miss out on anything.
Sunday 5 June 2011
Purple Silk
If you follow me on Facebook then you will know that I have been wrestling with some exquisite purple silk. It also has some kick ass embroidery sections that include beading and I feel like I have had to take the whole thing apart in order to achieve what I want to achieve. But I am getting somewhere. Excellent!
As usual I have been remiss at taking pictures, but I feel justified in this. This is a custom order and the silk sari was given to me by the customer to work on for her. If I'm clever I'll make sure that I take pics once it's finished but you will never ever know how much work has gone into this as I didn't take before pictures.
It's all had a good couple of coats of looking at. the skirt has been hanging for three weeks in order to sort out any hemming issues, the belt section was completely taken apart from the original piece and put together in a more fluid way, the bra is looking hot, and all I need to get started on now are the arm-cuffs and the headdress and then I will feel as though I am cooking with gas.
AND I have had three days out with the kids in the half-term holidays, put up with nonsense from another quarter, and eaten a huge amount of chocolate. An altogether productive week. :)
OH! I am almost at the point of taking out a mortgage in order to sort out a tattoo that needs some work and who knows how long that will be before it gets proper attention but at least I am in discussion with a recommended tattoo artist.....you see, I get there eventually......
As usual I have been remiss at taking pictures, but I feel justified in this. This is a custom order and the silk sari was given to me by the customer to work on for her. If I'm clever I'll make sure that I take pics once it's finished but you will never ever know how much work has gone into this as I didn't take before pictures.
It's all had a good couple of coats of looking at. the skirt has been hanging for three weeks in order to sort out any hemming issues, the belt section was completely taken apart from the original piece and put together in a more fluid way, the bra is looking hot, and all I need to get started on now are the arm-cuffs and the headdress and then I will feel as though I am cooking with gas.
AND I have had three days out with the kids in the half-term holidays, put up with nonsense from another quarter, and eaten a huge amount of chocolate. An altogether productive week. :)
OH! I am almost at the point of taking out a mortgage in order to sort out a tattoo that needs some work and who knows how long that will be before it gets proper attention but at least I am in discussion with a recommended tattoo artist.....you see, I get there eventually......
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