How has 2016 been treating all of you? So far, this new year has brought me a wicked upper respiratory infection, too many work-related tasks (the day job, obviously, not any fun kitty stuff), and family emergencies...but I am keeping my head above water as best I can.
The good news is I've had some free time to start a new collection of decoupage kitty rings, which were by far the biggest hit of all the shows I did last year. And while I don't sit around timing myself with a stopwatch or anything, I'm proud to notice how much more quickly I get rings made these days. A year ago, it would take close to an hour to finish one ring. Now, I can make four rings in that same span of time. Amazing and awesome and mind-blowing, I KNOW.
#practicemakesperfect and such.
But enough of that. Let's talk about the reason I wanted to write a blog post.
I have some big news, and while there's no set date, I simply cannot hold this in any longer! I believe I hinted at this news last fall, both in a sit-down vlog and on my Instagram feed, so some of my loyal readers may already know where I'm going with this (or at the very least, be chomping at the bit for me to finally spill the damn beans)...so without further ado...
Sometime this year, this blog will be moving to a full-blown Lady and the Cat website! This is something I tried for a couple months when I first started Lady and the Cat, but I relied on free web hosting and as they say, you get what you pay for, so that inevitably didn't work out for me. This time I will be paying for my domain and 100% in control of the entire site, from graphics to the online shop to site design to blog integration. I hope to get the site up and running ASAP, but I'm not a web designer at all, and I don't want it going live too early just because I have ants in my pants. So once it's ready and fully functional, online shop, blog and all, I will be sharing the link here first! I'm itchy to get it officially up, but don't want to rush it. The reason I've done as well as I have with Lady and the Cat is because I've somehow had the self-control to ignore my tendency to rush rush rush every little thing!
And what will happen to this blog once the site goes live? Most likely, Lady and the Cat blog as you know it will be kept up on the new site in archive format, or as a link, while I continue to blog from my new main URL. Tentative, of course, but that's my thought so far.
Anyhow, I'm so happy to finally share this with my fellow cat ladies and can't wait to keep working on this exciting project! Thanks so much for reading, and have a wonderful weekend!
Xo*
Jess
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