and welcome to the new home of frecklewonder. we’ve been keeping this change under wraps for the past few weeks, while we worked on ironing out all the kinks. still doing some minor design changes, but i was getting antsy so here we are. you might notice that the blog’s address is the old shop address- and that the shop is over on etsy. and you are right! i haven’t made any concrete decisions on this being set in stone, but for now, i’m liking the way this works. one great thing about etsy is the ability to ship internationally- something that was always a sticky spot with how to handle international shipping costs in the shopping cart. in the few weeks that i’ve been selling on etsy, i’ve shipped packages to france, scotland, england, australia, and canada. and i’m so happy to be able to do so!
as far as the shop goes: when you visit the blog, you’ll be able to see when i’ve added new things to the etsy shop, thanks to that handy etsy plug-in right there on the top left. and if you want, you can even sign up to the RSS feed for the etsy shop. then you’d *really* be in the know!
i decided to move away from typepad because it just never really suited me. took me 3 years to get that figured out, but sometimes that’s just how i roll. i’m a little bit resistant to change when it comes to these sort of things- i’m known for plugging along even when something doesn’t make the best sense, or is sort of like sandpaper instead of silk- but i have a new motto this year: work smarter, not harder. and i feel like wordpress is the smart choice for me. so there you have it. silky smooth!
hopefully this big change for me isn’t really much of a big change for you, in that it won’t be throwing you for a loop or anything. but hopefully you’ll like some of the new things we’ve added to the blog, and you’ll find this sort of one-stop-situation kind of thing nice. i hope so.
you might also notice something brand new: ad buttons. i am really excited to offer some space to some of my favorite people on the web. it is my hope to share a brand new blog or shop with you readers and support some businesses and blogs that i really stand behind. i am still testing out these waters, and am not officially opening up space- but if you should be interested in this, please email me and we can chat it out. at some point, i will provide a more professional package with stats and all that stuff, but for now, i am still feeling out this new spot.
i really want to thank each and every one of you for coming back every day, or every other day, or whatever your reading schedule is. i do see the stats, and i’m amazed at how many of you make my little blog a destination in your day. i’m really appreciative of the friendships i’ve made, and i often wish we could organize some sort of lunch or cocktail party or something. cause that would be really fun.
and now for a picture. i thought i would share this little inside peek of what it’s like being super snowed in, and getting this new blog finished. that’s matt on the far side, tweaking all the code. and henry in the middle, eating piles of ice cream and watching scooby doo. and that empty spot is for me to edit photos, and write and snuggle up next to a tiny dog. and we are all in bed because our backs are so sore from shoveling 20+ inches of snow from our driveway this afternoon.
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hurrah! i’m really happy to hear that it will be easier to ship internationally. i know shovelling is a bit poo, but i’m super-jealous of the snowstorm!
abby! thanks so much! glad to see you here
yippee! it looks lovely over here, ladyfriend.
stay snuggled.
thank you, sweet peach!!!
nice to see you here
I love love love the new space. It looks so very lovely!
thank you, miss cassandra!!!! it feels good. wasn’t *too* much work and i’m not sure why it took all this time… but it’s nice to feel like everything is a little bit more “wrapped up”
XO!
HOLLLA!!!!!!!!!!! Alix Fierce here and I say I’m crazy in love with this new home for F-Dub.
hahaha (your other friends are probably like, “Um….WTF?” heehee.)
Lady how fabulous you did it. I can’t even fathom how tricky it was to move everything over. It looks clean, funky, chic and sweet. And I love that now it’s all under one tidy umbrella.
Congratulations my lovey! And tell Matty he did a stellar job.
So proud of you!
xoxo
ok, i just have to tell you right off the bat how much i LUUUURVE alix fierce. that rocks. and makes me cackle, it’s so cute + funny.
thank you lady!!!!! i am happy with the change, fo’sho.
i feel like my typepad blog never really had any kind of put together look- it was kind of a hot mess (in my eyes) because typepad is such a nightmare to customize (for me, anyhoo)
so this is just grrreeeeaaattt. love me some wordpress.
so happy to have your buttons on the side there! please report back if you get some nice traffic from little ol’ meeee!
xoxo
You guys are totally modern day geeks! Look at you with three lap tops up in the bed…
that’s how we roll, mama laytee!
Oh yeah, forgot to mention how thrilled and cute we thought the three lappies were. greg was loving that!
pretty dorky, huh?
sadly, that is a pretty usual scene- minus henry in the middle. lots of late night work takes place a la laptop in ze bed in front of ze tv. it ain’t cute, but it’s how i get a lot of work done!!!
Cute picture for sure.
hee! thanks.
Congrats on your new blog!
I still would like to feature you on my blog. Please email me back the interview questions so I can tell my peeps about Frecklewonder!
hey jeanee! thanks so much!
i must confess, my other email address is not one that gets used or checked nearly as much as my frecklebird one… so i am guilty of that inbox piling up a bit!
i will see if i can tackle your questions early in the week and get them back to you by weds, sound ok?
thanks for asking me!
Wordpress, eh?
My husband has been trying to get me to make the move(“erin it’s soooo much easier and I can make it look however you want!!”), and I don’t know why I don’t(oh yeah, resistant to change, as you said)…I never blog anyway because it frustrates me when something goes wrong and I don’t know how to fix it. Maybe I’d actually use it too, join the crowd rather than just lurking in it.
Perhaps I should…Your blog looks beautiful as ever over here!
Anyway, congrats on the move. I know they can be hard, however small.
is that ’stand by me’ henry’s watching?
no… would you believe he was watching some teen show on the disney channel?!? he’s just recently discovered it, and turning into a tween right before our eyes.