Hey everyone!
Today is a very special day for me. After many months of hard work, blood, sweat and tears (many of them not mine) I am finally able to bring to you my brand new site! The whole idea of a rebrand and remodel has been on my mind for years, but I finally got around to taking the plunge this year, and today’s the day I can share it with you all!
The first thing you’ll notice is a brand new, shiny, mobile-first, responsive web experience. What does that mean? That this thing looks amazing on your desktop, your tablet and your phone! And not only does it look amazing, but it’s fast, user-friendly, and packed full of great new organisation and features!
So settle into a comfy chair for a few minutes and let me show you round…
New! Categorisation
It was an absolute pain to be able to browse my site before. If you wanted to find some quick inspiration or take a leisurely look through my back catalogue, it was near-impossible. So one of the most important things to come with this new site is a fantastic, visual way to browse my work by occasion, style or technique! Look out for these special Category squares – on the homepage and in the blog sidebar – and enjoy the content-rich presentation of my work. Over time every single post will be categorised, but for the time being there are over 250 projects ready for you to take a look through. If you’re impatient for more or are looking for something very specific, then there’s a handy search feature in the top right corner of the site navigation bar (that actually works!)
New! Press and Features Sections
Want to know where I’ve been featured, or which companies I’ve worked for? The brand new Press section contains all this information in a beautifully presented format, and even contains testimonials from some industry favourites!
Looking for access to features such as Advent Calendar Extravaganza or The Gossip Column? All of these are now easily found in the Features section.
Updated! Learn about my Mission in the About Section
I had a long hard think about why I create, and why I share with you all. I put it all together in a brand new About section, and really encourage you to read it.
New Content Is Coming!
I’ll be revising the content I’m bringing you, to hopefully bring you more inspiration and more posts. That might mean that some old favourites, like Cure For The Monday Blues Challenge, might be making a comeback! And I’ve a lot of other plans in my mind too. And of course I want to hear from you – what would help you feel inspired? What content would you like to see?
Giveaway!!
I really want to encourage you to share this brand new site and everything that has gone into it. I have put a lot of heart and soul into the experience here and really want to hear your thoughts, so please leave me a comment to let me know what you love about the brand new taheerah.com!
And with it being a Launch Party, of course there has to be a giveaway!! I’m going to be giving away a number of prizes to some lucky commenters:
Mini MISTI (delivery to anywhere in the world)
$30 value goody bag from Pinkfresh Studio
$25 Neat & Tangled gift certificate
$25 Winnie & Walter gift certificate
$25 Ellen Hutson gift certificate
$25 gift certificate to a crafting company of your choice! (Instagram giveaway)
To enter, leave a comment telling me what you love about the new site!
Follow and Share for More Chances to Win!
And there are even more ways to win! For every way that you follow me (and it’s now even easier to do thanks to the sparkly social media buttons!) you can leave an additional comment!
Share this post on your Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest or Instagram and leave an additional comment for each one to improve your chances even more!!
You have until 10th August at 23:59 EST to leave your comments, and I’ll draw a winner shortly after!
A Word of Thanks
Before I go, I just want to mention the amazing company that helped turn this site into a reality. Roundhouse Designs are such an amazingly talented company and they have put so much into helping to bring my site and personality to life on here. I know that I have not been an easy client by far, and I want to thank them for all the time, effort, blood, sweat and tears – and patience! – that went into what you see today. I could not have done it without them! If any of you out there are looking for someone to take your site from average to amazing these are your guys. Trust me.
Thanks everyone – and good luck!
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I love the new look! perfect amount of sparkle.
It’s easy to navigate and so pretty! Great site!
I love the fresh and sparkly look of your new website! Congratulations!!!
I’ve been following you on Bloglovin since you’re Advent extravaganza. Like the new look.
Love the new site. It looks great on my iPad and is so easy to use.
I follow with Feedly.
Great new blog. Love the touches of gold! I like that I can search by styles and techniques, a great way to narrow down projects!
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I shared this post on my Pinterest page.
I follow you on Bloglovin.
Taheerah, your new site is fabulous! I love the colours you chose and the great design. My fav. feature is the organized categorization of the card themes. Sometimes I get stumped and just want to be inspired but I want to see specific themes and this is great.
Love love love that your site is searchable. You make beautiful cards
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What a lovely site Taheerah, loving all the gold here, and it is so fun to navigate around, very interesting. Sorry it took me a while to come and get a good look, I was on a holiday, and didn’t had access to my laptop. I am a follower of your work for a long time now, I do follow you on FB and Instagram as well.
I’ve shared on FB (not.amanda)!
Love the colour scheme – the sparkly gold is just beautiful! And I love a search function that works!
Hi Taheerah ~ Your new site is SO much easier to navigate and find what I’m looking for. Congratulations on such a spectacular launch! I’m following via several social media outlets and look forward to seeing so much more goodness in the near future. ~HUGS~
I’m so happy we can finally see your masterpiece! Love your new website. Love the way you organized it in sections that can easily be browsed, and you also have a search button that can take me directly to anything I would want to see. I love the glitz and pizzas of your site. And I like that it’s so you. Thank you for doing the giveaway, and congratulations on your fabulous new site! You rock! <3
I follow you here, on facebook where I also shared and liked your post, on instagram, and youtube – I hope you make more videos soon! Congrats again, and all the success you deserve 🙂
Following you n Pinterest.
I shared on Instagram (hiqd62).
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Wow! Everyone’s hard work and tears paid off big time! This has to be the most user friendly blog I’ve ever seen!! It just doesn’t get any better!
I follow your blog on feedly.
Congrats on your beautiful new website!
Gorgeous gorgeous gorgeous website that is totally you!!! Congratulations 🙂
Love this! I especially love that it looks good on a phone because that’s the only way I surf these days! Nice job!
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I am a instugram follower.
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Wow .. many many congratulations to yournew site . I love it , love the design, the soft pink and gold c olour combination , the font style and the most who easy acess to all your wounderful creation. .I really like your card and your articles , you have a very amazings one., the Gossip Column challenges is my favorite and I like the connection between the art and the science in to them.
Your cards is definitely having a new , amazing ideas, and out of the box thoughts which I really like about them. We can see your passion of playing with colours , white and black , and gold . You have a very elegent sense for colour choices .your layout is absolutely perfect and unique.
I enjoyed taking a tour in your new website , my best wishes to you.
aaaand I subscribe to you on Youtube!!
I follow you on Instagram now!
I already follow you on Facebook 🙂
I follow on Pinterest!
I am loving the sparkles and the color scheme! However, what I love most is how happy and joyful you are about your project and finally getting to realize your dream. You go girl!
Loving your fresh design and easy to navigate buttons. It’s crisp, clean and a breeze to navigate. Truly beautiful. As a former web designer I’m super impressed with the work that went into this. I’m a new follower that came upon this site via a friend posting a share in Facebook and I shall be doing the same, as well as subscribing, following, commenting and sharing from all the social media I use. Expect to see me pop up as Michelle or as journal kitty xx congratulations! Best of luck and I will be back to browse properly at a time that’s not meant to be when I’m asleep! Thanks for the giveaway – ill keep everything crossed and comment everywhere hehe xx
I love the glitter gold and the pink. They go well together!
I follow you via email.
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Oh, I love the “techniques” section and can’t wait to really take advantage of it. Thank you, thank you.
I subscribe to your YouTube channel too.
Love following you on Twitter
Love following you on Instagram.