I had the new site design for Aarfie almost complete. I was thoroughly happy with it, until one morning I managed to pull my head out from the designing/coding enough to see it afresh; and realised it wasn’t cutting it. Jon and I talked it out and decided it needed to be an ultra-clear on-the-grid(ish) layout for the customers we’re targeting. So I started from scratch again and I’m so very glad that I did. The new layout feels right. Here’s a general indication of the old and new.

Progress on the new layout has been put on hold though. I was approached by a lovely lady, that found me via ecopeko, and I decided to take on her project. One more customer example for when we go live won’t hurt. I started that a week or so ago, and it’s all wrapped up now, with only the final handover to go. It’s been another extremely positive experience, helping to bolster confidence in the new business idea.

I’ll post the site once it’s up and running.

We have also caught up on the casting and finished printing the big release of Hello, Brute tees, totes and such.

I found a real estate agent that’s not caught up in the woe is the economy bullshit, who’ll be selling the house for a good chunk of money (keeping positive).

We have been communicating with a lot of great artists on the Gruff House project, and we’re really excited that every one has been interested in getting involved. We’re hoping to keep the schedule for mid-July to take it live.

We’ve been so caught up in work that our days have stretched out to the point that today we got up at 6:00pm and, for some reason, we’re still up now, at 2:00pm. Very tired right now.

And that’s why I haven’t been blogging.