Location, Location, Location

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I'm feeling better today. Thanks for all the love! I spent part of yesterday, (when I wasn't sleeping like a lazy bum - that old work ethic is hard to ditch), moving all the content from my website to my blog. A while back I read in some expert blogger's blog, "Your blog is your new website." It got me thinking, and it actually does make a lot of sense.

Even though my website software (Weebly.com - it's free, and easy to use) has a blog page option, it made no sense at all to move my blog over there. All my readers are used to coming here, and I'm not a silly-head. I'm not going to mess with something that works. But I look at the numbers on my website, and they're not that great. Why should they be? All the fun is over here! But it seems like a lot of people never see all the other stuff that's on my website, and they might want to, if they knew it was there. So now it's here too. I'll keep everything where it is for now, same stuff, two places. Down the road, I'll consider killing the website, and redirecting that domain name, kimmiles.com, over here to the blog. Yes, I do know how to do that, and I think it might be a pretty brilliant idea.

So, welcome to my "new" website! Explore a little, and tell me what you think.

Today's beads are ready to roll...
As always, click the photos to enlarge.
Email me (kim@kimmiles.com) to order, and see the details to the left
if you're unfamiliar with how we do things here.

These fit Troll Bracelets only.
Some have CZs, some don't. All are encased,
and have hand-set sterling silver linings.
$30 each

T1, T2, T3
Deep Pink, Milky White, Amber


T4, T5, T6

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These fit Pandora as well as Troll.
All have sparkling CZs and hand-set
sterling silver linings.
$30 each

P1, P2, P3


P4, P5, P6

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These are larger beads, meant to be used as focal beads.
They're silver lined, and will technically fit a
Troll Bracelet, but I think they're too big for that.
$45 each

L1
13x20 mm


L2
12x19 mm


L3
13x20 mm







Comments

  1. Jean Katherine BaldridgeAugust 9, 2011 at 12:46 PM

    LOOOOOVE your idea! I am way overdue!

    xox! jean

    PS: love your cool new beads too!

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  2. kate mckinnonAugust 9, 2011 at 1:19 PM

    I ditched my website for my blog-site about a year ago, it just makes sense now that blogs can have as many pages and links as you like.

    Now perhaps you will open a Big Cartel shop, or something, so that you don't have to use your blog as your shop!

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  3. BurgundycrabAugust 9, 2011 at 6:13 PM

    Awesome!
    It's fun growing and changing with you, Kim!

    ReplyDelete

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