I'm back!

Hello all!

It's been such a long time since I've written anything here that I feel I owe anyone out there still reading an explanation!

Well I've been busy expanding my horizons! I've found new ways of sharing my work with the world and sadly that has taken me away from this blog (although, I hope you'll be glad to hear, not completely!). I'll still be posting the big, important and possibly life changing things here but for moment to moment 'hey look at this funny picture of a cat' updates you can find me on Tumblr (I promise to keep pictures of cats to a minimum unless in the form of cutting edge illustrations).

I have also recently joined the ranks of Fine Art America and have installed a handy slideshow to the left of this post...you can look for it, I'll wait...cool right?! So that's another place that you'll be able to purchase my work, or just look at it...maybe share it a little, that's helpful too :)

Now this wouldn't be a very good come back post (yes that is what this is) if I didn't have some new products to share with you! So to start things off here is the latest line of products from DENY Designs

I thought I was into the quatrefoil myself but I think I'm starting to lean towards the baroque. Any thought? By all means comment away! 

If you would like to view all designs available in this range please click here.

I've also been hard at work putting together some snazzy new iPhone & laptop cases which can be found here. Here's a little taster to rouse your interest...

From top left: Ombre Damask iPhone case 

                       Ombre Damask2 iPhone case

                       Ombre Damask iPad skin

                       Ombre Damask2 iPad skin

There are many other products adorned with these designs to choose from including a rather dashing pillow (even if I do say so myself). If you are interested in purchasing any of these items please follow the links above.

I have a few more things up my sleeve for the coming months so I'll do my best not to be too illusive. In the meantime don't forget to check for updates on Facebook and Tumblr.

Ciao for now! x

Facebook Fan Pages: Pay to post?! You must be havin' a laugh!!

I am appalled (but not surprised) to learn of Facebook's new post sharing policy for fan pages.
You may know that I have recently created a Facebook fan page having realised its potential for easily sharing my work and products with a massive audience for free. I was enjoying the support I was getting from friends and friends of friends and I was slowly growing an audience much faster (and larger) than I've ever been able to do through my blog or website. Imagine my disappointment upon learning that the FREE sharing that I have come to enjoy and rely on is coming to an end!

Facebook has recently added a feature to pages (visible only to page admins) which shows the 'reach' of posts. This percentage represents the number of page 'likers' who can see the post on their news feed. Facebook has limited news feed posts to the people who engage regularly with said posts (by commenting/sharing/liking). This basically means that only a tiny percentage of the total people who have liked a page will be seeing anything that's posted on it. The rest of the people will be blissfully unaware that anything has been posted (whether they want to see it or not).

This is particularly sucky for someone like me who is new to facebook and trying to expand my audience. How, I ask am I expected to do that when I can't even reach the few people who have taken the time to 'like' my page?!?!    
 
And the frustration continues! Facebook has decided that page owners should PAY to make their posts visible to the remaining 'likers'. This is ridiculous!! Remember, page owners won't be paying to reach new people but people who have ALREADY liked their page!

This new policy goes completely against what I assume Facebook was trying to achieve when fan pages were first launched; to allow small businesses, artists and organisations to share for FREE!!

Luckily there is a loophole! When you like a page hover the cursor over the 'liked' button to open a drop down menu. Make sure to check the option that says 'show in news feed' to keep receiving updates.

If you, like me think that this should not be allowed to continue please share this information and follow the steps above to support the little guy!

Facebook

Ok, I said I wasn't going to do this but here comes a shameless plug of my Facebook page!

Yes I have joined the craze that is the facebook fan page. So for up to the minute info of new happenings and products this is the place to go! You can click on the link or click the button in the top right corner to visit and 'like' my page to get connected. :)

Don't worry this doesn't mean the demise of my blog its just my way of spreading out! Now you can find all my products in one place and if you miss my ramblings you can pop back here for a quick dose. Its the best of both worlds!  

Enjoy!

Floral iPhone Case

Today I made my first sale! Actually I suppose it was technically yesterday since for some unknown reason I'm awake at 1am writing a blog entry.

In any case I've just sold my first iPhone case! (There's a bad pun there somewhere)
Big thanks to whoever bought it. You are clearly awesome and have impeccable taste ;)
 

Please click here if you are also awesome and would like to purchase this floral case!
If you are awesome but would like to see other available iPhone cases click here!

WARNING: By failing to click the links above you may be admitting that you are not awesome.