Happy Festivus!

Since late August I've been rather busy; 2 classes at the university, running a business, not too mention taking a tech class and rebuilding a website on top of being a mother can make down time scarce. The (academic) semester ended almost a week and a half ago. (I still haven't gotten my grades. I hate the way the powers that be redesigned web access to our student accounts. It's confusing instead of intuitive and it just plain stinks. It's bad design.) My tech class actually ended almost 2 months ago. But I wasn't able to devote much time to completing my own website while I still had academic classes.

But finally, yesterday I put the finishing touches on my website and launched it! The launch itself did not go smoothly. I screwed up something on the tech end that should have been very simple. Tech support with my web host screwed it up worse. In the end, as stressful as it was, it was a big learning experience. I'm thrilled and very proud of the end result. It is exactly what I had pictured in my mind 6 months to a year ago, before I knew how to create it.

I suppose if there is one thing I am, it's consistent. There is a certain amount of continuity in terms of color and theme that has always been reflected in my work. I've always designed my costumes in primary colors. My website coordinates well with said primaries. The logo from my business card is in my header/banner. My beloved and prized promo shot from my business cards (which also happens to have my son in it-and was taken when he was 10 months old) is everywhere.

My mother loved it; she gushed over it. A dear friend (who is also in the biz) said it was beautiful and it inspired her. The feedback I've gotten thus far is that the colors are great and the navigation is very smooth. Clean design and easy, intuitive navigation are very important to me. Nothing is more than 2 clicks away. Everything is very easy to find.

It suits my personality and character as a performer much more than my old site too. Most importantly I feel a sense of accomplishment.

November was very busy. December has been slow. I'm actually glad. It's been serendipity. It's given me time to take care of things that have needed my attention. January looks dismally dead right now. My husband laughed when I lamented about my empty calendar. He reminded me that I said the same thing last year and ended up getting a nice load of last minute bookings. I have my fingers crossed that history will repeat itself.

We are heading into the final weekend leading up to Christmas. So, as they say on Seinfeld, "Happy Festivus"!