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Bit the bullet: moved blog to the home directory

2 October 2007 by kristarella

Today I performed the daunting task of moving my blog from www.kristarella.com/blog/ to www.kristarella.com. I’d been thinking about doing this for a little while. There’s lots of good blogs that use their home directory. There’s lots of blogs that don’t use the home directory, often with hope that they’ll use their home directory for something […]

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Pink for October

1 October 2007 by kristarella

As you can see this site is going Pink for October. October is Breast Cancer (BC) awareness month, pretty soon I’m going to have some links up to places that you can donate to BC research, buy pink stuff that supports BC research and support, and read more about BC. BC affects a lot of […]

Filed Under: Blogging, Breast Cancer Awareness, Design Tagged With: breast cancer, websites

Killed my blog

28 September 2007 by kristarella

Sorry if you’ve tried to visit my blog in the last few hours. I began to upgrade to WP2.3 and went about it the wrong way. I didn’t finish the upload before I came home, then it didn’t finish properly, then a plugin was causing an error… no, I didn’t disable all the plugins first. […]

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Burning my feed

27 September 2007 by kristarella

I decided that it would be a good idea to use FeedBurner to publish my RSS feed. It will allow me to keep track of subscriptions and it will allow you add the subscription more directly from my page – straight into your feed reader of choice. If there are other benefits, let me know […]

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Did he notice I was tardy?

25 September 2007 by kristarella

“I think the word you’re searching for is absent. Tardy people show…” 1 Yes, I’ve been slightly absent from my blog, but not from blogs in general! I haven’t been writing much because I’ve been reading much. Pro Blog Design is one of my new favourite blogs. Michael writes really well and promotes extensive discussion. […]

Filed Under: Blogging, Design Tagged With: Buffy, quotations, university, websites

Personalising the Copyblogger theme

20 September 2007 by kristarella

The Copyblogger theme by Chris Pearson is an elegant and simple template that is really easy to personalise to suit your blog. The theme is a “digitally remastered” version of what was in use at Copyblogger, which as you can see has undergone a makeover. Not plastic surgery, because it already had such a lovely […]

Filed Under: Blogging, Design, Graphics, Tutorials, WordPress

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A triptych of baubles. These are very satisfying t A triptych of baubles. These are very satisfying to paint ❤️💚💙

#watercolor #watercolour #christmas
I have really enjoyed this Christmassy painting! S I have really enjoyed this Christmassy painting! So glad my friend asked me to make some cards for our church helpers, because it set me on a roll!
#watercolor #watercolour #christmas #christmascards #watercolorcards
Had a great Saturday at the GKR Karate State Title Had a great Saturday at the GKR Karate State Titles! I was a sub for @jamesxuereb.me in the Blue Flame Dragons thanks to his sprained ankle; we won first round and came fourth overall!
I did a bunch of judging and officiating, which was really good.
I didn’t place in my individual events, but had a very fun final round of kumite (sparring).

#gkrkarate #karate
More stamping tonight. Even better than last night More stamping tonight. Even better than last night’s!
Did some stamping this evening. Love it! I wish I’d done some pages in other ink colours before I dismantled the stamps 😂
Had an appointment in the city, so I got to visit Had an appointment in the city, so I got to visit the @legocertifiedstores_anz Wicked display!
#wicked #lego #afol #sydney
A little book I made from Bunnings paint sample ca A little book I made from Bunnings paint sample cards. It’s going to be for mini paintings and collages. Sometimes it’s nice to start with a colour rather than a blank white page!
A little while ago I did some swatching of Daniel A little while ago I did some swatching of Daniel Smith and Schminke Horodam watercolours. So soothing! I love some of the granulating colours!
#watercolours
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