New STUFF.

You GUYS! I’m so EXCITED. There are so many new things I need to show you! For starters, I’ll admit. This blog looks pathetic right now. The pictures are way too big and the template is just screwy and it frankly makes me sad. BUT! Not to worry! Something even BETTER is coming! I recently gained access to a program called Artisteer. Artisteer’s website is oh so cheesy, but it seriously rocks. It’s a program that enables you to make dozens and dozens of custom WordPress themes. I am highly impressed with Artisteer. All you WordPressers, consider investing in this program. It’s so worth it. Here’s a screen shot of the template I’m working on:

Why am I getting a new site you ask? If this pathetic example of a blog isn’t enough of an answer, then maybe this will help: Right now I have four different websites. Four different URLs. Four different places to find all my STUFF. It’s time for my work to act like they love each other and live as one happy family. If everything goes as planned, the new site is going to combine everything. It will have my old Life=Risk blog, photoblog, and many new sections to look at. I’m going to have the following new pages:

• Photoblog This will be where I post all my recent photographic and design work, like I’ve been doing here.
• Life=Risk is my creative writing blog I’ve kept for the past year or so. College has absolutely killed it, though. I have had zero time to write anything new, which depresses me. I’m going to include it in the new site in hopes that everyone will still read it
• Inspiration This page is going to list off everything that inspires me. I wish more people did this. I like lists, and I like lookin’ at stuff. It’ll have my favorite magazines, websites, stores, photographers, graphic designers, musicians, etc.
• For photographers will include all of my “tools.” Cameras, lenses, Photoshop actions, where I get my brushes, ect.
• What to wear Caroline Joy Casey inspired this page. Caroline is a fellow Abilene Photographer and is one of the sweetest people I know. She met me for coffee one day and showed me how to do so many new things with Photoshop and Squarespace. On her blog she has a section that gives a detailed of description of what to wear during a photoshoot. It’s so fun! I’m going to do a spin off of what she did. I’m not a copycat or anything, oh no
• Journalism This page will include my journalism writings. I work at the Abilene Christian University Newspaper and have written for the Abilene Reporter News and also slaved away at my high school paper for the past few years, and thus have lots of stories to share. This is mainly for my family who wants to keep up with all that.

And look! I have a new logo! Much better, yes? I designed it myself It will probably keep changing, but for now I like it. if I had $1,000 I’d make someone else brand me, but I’m a broke college student. So I make things myself. The current logo for the pictures being posted on this blog says marygarvinphoto.wordpress.com instead of marygavin.com, but as soon as the new site is up, this will be it!

What do you think? Excited? Suggestions? I like suggestions. They make me happy. Suggest away!

p.s. 24 more days until Christmas.

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