We launched this blog at Christmas 2008. I wrote a post. Neal wrote a post. And that was about it. The server was even down for some time while I was wrapped up in other projects. Recently, we decided that we’d give this blog another go. I’ll probably post more than Neal does. We’ll also share photos and other fun things and we’ve decided to add an online shop to our blog featuring some of the items we previously had on Etsy. We’re working on a new site for our line of bags so eventually, you’ll be able to shop there too.

The relaunch has been a major learning experience. A lot of wordpress plugins that I used to like are no longer maintained and seem to not be compatible with the latest version. I’ve also discovered some that, frankly, I like better. I’ve also learned a lot more about creating themes. I started with the “Sandbox” framework and basically stripped everything out of it until I had a bare skeleton of a theme. We hope you enjoy our new blog.