Welcome to the new Lavender Honey website!
Apr 30, 2011
Erin Bolton

Welcome to the new Lavender Honey website! I'm so glad you're here. Let's chat about the website concept and take a tour! 

In my eyes, Lavender Honey is a place where I'm free to develop my own voice, whether that voice be written, photographed, knit, sewn, or eaten. Above all, however, I want Lavender Honey to be fun and lighthearted with a bit of whimsy. My hope is that those ideas were translated into the design effectively - simple, clean, and fun!

The other driving factor in the design was content navigation. I wanted you, the reader, to be able to browse images, recipes, and tutorials with ease and enjoyment. That way, once I post a project, it doesn't eventually disappear into the blogging abyss. 

For example, in the sidebar to your right there are what I called "Project Galleries." Each contains images of projects, recipes, and photography both unpublished and previously published on Lavender Honey.

After clicking on one of the project galleries, you will see a thumbnail list of image galleries.

Then you will be able to select a gallery to view, in the case I selected the "patchwork apron."

From there, you can view the images full size as well as go back to the original post, should you be interested in reading more.

I love huge images and these images are as large as possible. 

Aside from "Project Galleries" you'll find search features as well as Recipe and Tutorial indices. Also, there is a "Say Hello" section with RSS and social network links!

Aren't those icons cute? I had a blast creating them and this entire website. Okay, enough talk - go click around and have fun!

P.S. A HUGE thanks to my Love, Christopher, for his help! I can't code without him. 

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