There cannot be a crisis today; my schedule is already full.

Henry Kissinger

I have been reading a lot of newsletters and blogs about design trends. One of the most noticeable is the use of White in both design and in basic white space within content.  I personally like it but I’ve heard that some Decorative Painters think it’s ‘plain’. I think that because we work SO very much with color, that white seems very blah by comparison, but think about it for a minute. Often a blah background will more effectively display your colorful works of art.

Even if White is far too boring for you, maybe it’s time for a wee bit of a redesign.  Think of your website in the same context of a shop window of a  bricks and mortar store.  If it never changed, there would be nothing new to look at.  If you’ve had your website for a couple of years, chances are you are not aware of the changes, new features and updates that are currently available.  Look around. Do a bit of surfing.  See What’s New.

Marian

Some new Christmas templates are now available for the holidays in the PaintWebs Email Marketer.

Two examples here. 

I’m quite new to blogging so I try to learn a little each day.  What I learned in my limited time last week is that blogging is taking the internet by storm, and that there are many styles of blogs.  There’s a plain blog, like this one, there are magazine styles, which look a lot like a newspaper layout, and photograph gallery type blogs – used mainly to display images.  I only know a little about widgets but I’m getting there.    I will pass on my learning experiences to you and try to answer any questions you might have.

I’ve learned that blogs come RSS enabled – RSS stands for Really Simple Syndication and you can subscribe via your  browser.  Of course, that’s another lesson but it’s fun learning new ways of doing things.

I have this blog set up so that you can register but be sure to use your full name as I will only be approving people I know.