After a long think I have decided to continue blogging. Thanks to everyone for your feedback and encouragement :o)
However, I will be taking a break of 2-3 months while we travel and get settled into our new home. So please check back in mid to late July.
Taking the time to reflect about what I’m doing here has been a good thing as I have identified areas where I can make changes to improve the experience for me and hopefully for you too:
Blog Identity and Networks: I’ve been blogging for a long time (blog-wise) and I continue to be very interested in textile art and innovation. However my main creative outlet is currently utilitarian textile creations (craft?), and I realised that I haven’t been making much of an effort to connect with the many like minded bloggers out there!
At the suggestion of Gina, I linked into the Kootoyoo’s ‘My Creative Space’ meme over the last couple of weeks which has intoduced me to many bloggers with similar and inspiring interests. This has lead to new commenters too 🙂
Comments: A few of you suggested that the comments part of the blog could be improved. I asked Chris to look into this and we have made some changes. I hope that commenting is now easier for everyone.
I’ve also asked Chris to find a way to have comments sent to my email address to make responses easier for me. Another option is to respond to comments within the the blog itself e.g. ungtblod.
Content: Most of your feedback indicated that you are interested in crafty content with some glimpses into what’s happening with my life…. the past year ‘life’ has been a bigger factor than usual – I had a baby!
I also had a good look at some of some of my favourite blogs and the quality of images is a huge factor in my enjoyment of them. So I’ll be keeping the camera close by over the coming months to work on improving the quality and quantity of my photographs.
Signing off for now:
Thanks for reading everyone. I’ll see you in a couple of months.
Happy travelling and settling! Somehow I missed that this was a permanent move... Glad to hear that you're going to continue blogging although a break sounds good. Whereabouts in Tasvwill you be located? We are down every so often to visit rels... Re: comments... Do YOU ever go back to blogs to check if there is a response to your comment? I find this expectation irritating, although there are a few blogs with which I grudgingly do it because this is the only way the author responds. I'm happy not to receive responses to comments, but for those comments which require followup I like an email or a visit to my blog. This is how I respond to people, because I don't seriously think they'll remember or care enough to check back on my post several times to see if I've said anything! There is one system - js kit - which enables the author to reply in their own comments section AND emails this reply to the commenting party too! But it requires everyone to sign up to it, and often has glitches.
Have a great trip = I really here to see if commenting is easier......
...and it is!!!!
couples of months toooo long...
Hope you have a good break. Thanks for linking to my blog. I've just been enjoying looking at your envelope pictures, and the quilt with the fingerprint. I've just been trying to put some thumb prints on an old book cover,but they were not . clear.
Hi!! Good to hear from you!! Have you moved then? What's it like? How is your gorgeous little man?