Today's project is a brand new template for this website. Combing through the dead links on my sidebar, it's kind of embarrassing how much I let basic site maintenance go to seed. It's been almost three years since I made any sort of update to my template, and the basic design dates back to when I was living in DC -- almost 5 years ago. Yikes.


Above: One of many iterations

This new template has actually been a few months in the making because my light sources are no match for good daylight. It took quite a while for there to be a day where I would be home while it was still light out and it wasn't stormy and dim. December in Pittsburgh is rough. I even took my poster board covered with items outside one snowy day to take advantage of some rare light. I hadn't glued any of my items down (I intended to use them all later at some point), and after just a few seconds a gust blew most of my stuff into the snow. It is the crafting equivalent of a tree eating your kite.

Anyway, I think I took over a hundred pictures of different arrangements and this horseshoe shape was the one I liked best. I have a habit of over-thinking and over-experimenting; it can get quite grim and turn from something fun into something that I must joylessly conquer. The winner came from an earlier batch, pre-snow drift and pre-grimness. In fact, I think my snow incident made this into something I needed to do perfectly in order to, I don't know, defeat nature. This all sounds crazy when I write it out, but my husband is a little to familiar with my battles with abstract, indifferent elements. I declare victory every time.

Labels: coding, projects

posted by Alison 1/07/2009 11:49:00 PM : (0) comments : splink