The Birth Announcement

Tristan, Simon, Beloved and especially DaniGirl are pleased to announce the arrival of their brand new baby blog, the newly independent Postcards from the Mothership on Danigirl.ca.

This version of blog was delivered after more than a week of hard labour on the part of DaniGirl, with extensive coaching by Beloved.

Special thanks to:

  • Tech Support at Namespro.ca, for extraordinary customer service and at Hostingplex for having the patience of Job while walking me through the initial set-up;
  • Tom at One Hertz, for designing the Mandigo theme, and for actually answering my questions about how to tweak it (after deciphering my awkward attempt to ask for assistance in French!) and Suze, where I first admired a variation on the theme;
  • An 18 year old amateur photographer from Israel named Michelle, who gave me permission to adapt her lovely Flickr image for my new header.
  • Urban Fonts for the funky handwriting font in the header. (Beloved says it’s too thin, but I love it!)
  • Marla for her critical eye and unvarnished honesty (and she has a new blog, too!);
  • Andrea, Ian, Colin and Barbara, who provided insight on hosted domains and the tools to use them;
  • And last but certainly not least, Beloved, who not only picked up the slack around the house this week while I spent endless hours glued to the laptop, alternately cursing and gloating as I encountered and overcame untold problems both small and large, but tutored me on Photoshop, provided creative input, and was smart enough to know when to help, when to take over and do it for me, and when to get the hell out of the way.

    You’ll see I’ve imported the archives, but simply can’t import the old comments. I will continue to cross-post at both blogs until after Labour Day, but original blog will be kept indefinitely, in case one day a fix is available.

    Please take a look around, and let me know if you see any problems with links or the design or anything. I’m open to suggestions, too!

    So? What do you think?

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    Author: DaniGirl

    Canadian. storyteller, photographer, mom to 3. Professional dilettante.

    • 34 thoughts on “The Birth Announcement”

    1. Congratulations, Dani! What a thrilling week for you! (Week 16 and now the birth of the new site!) I told you we’d follow you anywhere– here I am!
      WhitePineLane

    2. Very nice indeed! Love the crayons, they make a great header.
      I’m so very impressed that you know how to do all this stuff!

    4. WOW…(She shakes her head impressed as she walks around viewing. ) I don’t think I’m computer savy enough to figure this out at all. BUT I’m sure glad you do.

      Now I’ll have to change my link on my Blog.

      (Hides her head and shakes in terror)

      Good job! Standing ovation!

    7. Oh, baby blog is absolutely gorgeous! Congratulations 🙂 I’m sure she’ll bring you oodles of joy. Already has your smile….

    16. …and thanks to my little brother, who was the catalyst for the purchase of the domain.

      Not even named in the Welcome header, just like the dog. I now know my place in the hierarchy! 😛

      Great job big sis! You’ve very much impressed me. I look forward keeping tabs on you in your new domain!

      XO

    19. Yay! You took my advice and are hosted with Hostingplex – good girl! Too bad I forgot to give you my referral code *sigh* oh well! Happy Blogging 🙂 PS – I love the design!

    21. I feel like this is an episode of TLC’s Whlie You Were Out! It’s like being in a newly remodelled home! Love the work you put into this!! Congrats… and look forwarded directing traffic to the new domain!

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