Check out Stylophane's "Facebook Fashion Index". It's very cool to look through, whether you're interested from a marketing perspective or just looking for your favorite brands' Facebook pages so you can become a fan.
3.23.2010
My Recycled "Charging Station"
Once you've been married and in charge of your own household for a long while, it's astonishing how many things can begin to pile up. We went through a major renovation a few years ago and although we did get rid of a lot of excess stuff, somehow we've managed to hold on to quite a bit that kind of got stuffed away for "some day" when we had more time to sort through it all. One can choose to view this as a problem, or one can be like me and begin to view one's attic and basement as a veritable shopping mecca ... all for free!
My BlackBerry is usually attached to my body in some fashion for most of the day. However, occasionally it needs to be juiced up again, but having a big ol' ugly cord hanging around on the kitchen counter was bugging me -- it was just always in the way. I'd been intending to buy one of those fancy "charging stations" one of these days but hadn't gotten around to it. Recently I found this dinky little metal easel in the far reaches of my basement. I don't have any memory of where I got it, but I know I've had it forever. I was about to toss it when I realized it made the perfect little charging station for not just my phone, but for my entire family's fleet of phones (the all use the same style charger). I set it up on top of the little French country armoire in the corner of our kitchen, wrapping the cord around the metal legs so that it doesn't go slipping away out of reach behind the cabinet. I love that it sits upright so that it serves as a clock while it's charging, and it's within quick reach if I hear it dinging that I've got a new email.
Problem solved! I like it so much that it's become a permanent fixture, and now I'm on the prowl for more things sitting around the house that I can reuse in some cute or clever way. My great-grandmother would be so proud!
Going Bug-Eyed!
I'm geeky, but if I had to do all this website stuff all the time I would be insufferable. The last time I went through a major website revision, I had the help of an assistant; this time, with the exception of my fabulous web programmer Scotty, I'm going it alone. Don't get me wrong, it's fun and I thoroughly enjoy the creative aspects of it. But the TESTING! OY! Going through and trying to make sure all the T's are crossed and the I's dotted is NOT easy!
Still, I'm excited because I just KNOW the end result will be worth it. The little kid in me wants to just launch everything right away, but no, I'll be a good girl and continue to work out all the kinks so that it's as flawless as humanly possible when we go live in a few days. This is easily the biggest change we've made, from soup to nuts as they say, so it doesn't do anyone any good to rush things.
So bear with me as I try to keep my eyes from crossing with all this computer work. We're coming to the final stages and I hope to be making the big announcement in just a few more days!
Back to my laptop I go ...
3.12.2010
Gloomy Day
Ugh. This is the view out my front door today. Not at all conducive to accomplishing much of anything except cuddling up in Hubby's fleece sweatshirt and doing mostly computer work. That's okay, though, plenty of that needing to be done, and I'm definitely not complaining about being able to go to work without even putting on my shoes! So for today it's just me, my laptop, and my ever-present fuzzy baby Roxie. Life is good.
3.10.2010
Busy, busy, busy
Working on so many things right now, trying to get ready for the launch of our new website. So many details to attend to -- I have lists and post-its all over the place. I must say, it's shaping up quite nicely! I haven't been this excited in a long time about bringing out something new. Right now we seem to be looking at the end of the month for our official launch, but I have hopes that it might be even sooner. I'll keep you posted!
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