New Blog Layout -- Red Poppy!

Well, with August already here, I thought what better way to close out my last month of summer than with a new blog layout.  So a few clicks here and there in Photoshop and Squarespace and... Ta Dah!  It is certainly different, and I know the sidebar needs some overhauling, but I am pretty pleased with how things turned out.  The navigation is more or less the same (just relocated above), so old visitors should have no problem finding their way around.  It can get hard to innovate when you need to keep a certain amount of criteria consistant for the sake of branding.  Hopefully, I can start offering some website redesigns for others in my graphic shop, Origraphix, on Zibbet! I have had limited luck selling banners, so it might be time to branch out into some new types of graphics...

Anyhow, I would love to get your feedback!  What do you like or what can I do better?

I finished six new types of dolls that I am planning on photographing tomorow -- stay tuned origami lovers! 

My Graphic Design Project & Contest

As some of you are aware already, these past few weeks have been incredibly busy on a number of fronts.  One of the biggest things preoccupying my mind is my decision to open up a graphic design shop to compliment my origami work.  I have always received many compliments on my work for this website and others, and I decided that this was just one more way for me to get my name out there.  I am not sure how easy it will be to successfully run two shops, but I hope I am up to the challenge.

The decision was a stroke of fate!  Zibbet.com was hosting a graphic design competition over at 99 designs.  I worked really hard day and night to create entries and I am really pleased that one of my designs won!!  Several of my banners will be featured in Zibbet's new banner generator.  I bit the bullet, bought a yearly premium account for my new adventure "Origraphix" (that combines my passion for "origami" with "graphics"), and set off on yet another new online journey.  The contest win has given me the seed money I needed to get started with this and things have been going well so far.  I am working on a series of premade sets, but I have custom listings available if you cannot wait!  In order to expand my portfolio, I have also started a contest for Premium Zibbet Shops for a SHOP MAKEOVER!  (See the button on the right-hand side!)

I have had several entires so far, but if you could get the word out, that would be amazing.  I will keep you all updated as I go!  I have not stopped folding origami, but sometimes it is nice to have a different way to flex my creative juices!