Saturday, January 14, 2012

Blood, Sweat and Tears

No, I have not drowned in the duck water, 
fallen ill with the flu 
or acquired a life.  

What I have done is
worried my mother/faithful follower, 
ate a ton of dark chocolate 
and published a website.

Finally.

There will be no personal photos of me for awhile 
as I have torn out nearly all of my hair in this
sadistic  challenging process.
It is amazing what length folks like me
will go to, to avoid paying to 
have something done for them.

Without further ado
I give you
(drum roll inserted here)


The site will require more tweaking 
and more products will be added in the future.
What I would like to know is if any of you
had trouble opening the site, scrolling or seeing the photos.
Please, please don't think of this as an 
invitation to buy.  
I just want your opinion if it appears user friendly.
 I will add a link somewhere on my sidebar soon
for anyone wanting to visit the site in the future.

Now for the real news.
We have 3 winners.


Rikki drew the winners last night.
Congratulations go to
rkbsnana@ Nana's Memories
Happier Than A Pig In Mud
and
Rain@My Farm On The Hill

These gals have won their very own bar of
felted goat's milk soap.

Please email me with your address ladies
and I will get these shipped out to you.

I will be back to catch up on all of your blogs
but for now
I am off to buy a wig.

.

32 comments:

Lisa @ Two Bears Farm said...

Congrats to the winners! I love your new site - the picture is just perfect :-)

Annette said...

Your site is very easy to navigate and you do an excellent job of describing and listing your products. I hope you do put a link on your sidebar. The body butter lasts for ever and feels like heaven. When my current jar (that I won!) is gone, I will be back to buy more...

TexWisGirl said...

so cool! i actually know all 3 of your winners! yay for them!

i will peruse your site now...

dr momi said...

Very nice website! I will be ordering soon. ....and now I'm really jealous of the winners :-)

Charlotte said...

Boo Whoo I didn't win--but I must be a good sport. Congrats. I love your 5 Sisters website. Everything worked just fine. I will be placing an order for Valentines Day. I didn't expect so many different fragrances to choose from. It may take me a while to decide which ones. Very excited about them. I am still getting praise for the ones I gave away for Christmas and some that didn't get any because I didn't buy enough--oh well, maybe Valentines Day they will get lucky.

GardenofDaisies said...

Congrats to the winners!

Michaele, your new web page looks really FANTASTIC!! I had no problems getting pics to load. This is a very timely post, because I was online just this morning trying to find you on etsy and finally found you through the NE co-op... Long story... Anyway, I need to contact you this week... as soon as I get my act together and know what i'm going for sure.

Jeannelle said...

Looks good!

Jill said...

Congrats to your lucky winners!

I think you're site is just beautiful and worked well for me. Congratulations on another well done job!

Alla said...

Congratulations!! Very nice site! I'm working on one too. Hopefully It'll be done soon. I love your picture.

Chickadee said...

Yayayayaya!!!! Which means I will be buying your products soon. I've secretly hoped you would be doing this soon <3

Angela said...

Congratulations on your new site! It looks wonderful to me! I didn't have any problems opening anything up at all. Everything looked great!

Madge @ The View From Right Here said...

SO awesome for your family business! Do you have a blog button, or website button for your new site? I'll upload one in my side bar for you. Also, you asked how I find myself in this or that place... well, most Saturday mornings I get up at the same time I do on work days (0415) and take my camera and head off someplace around town and just shoot until I'm ready to head home, fill a memory card or some other reason. Often I go shoot for four or five hours, not putting more than 20 miles on my car, walking a lot and setting up/taking down my tripod... that's the skinny on that!

Sharon said...

Michaele!

Your website is fantastic! You did a great job.

I'm sure I'll be ordering as soon as I use all of my body butter.

Gail said...

Your site looks great, had no trouble with the links.

I, however, am in tears since I did not win! Kidding, congratulations to all the lucky winners.

Deb said...

you did a great job....cool site...

Chatty Crone said...

Congrats to your 3 winners and let me say your website is perfect - very nice. sandie

Sonya @ Under the Desert Sky said...

The website looks great!

One comment, though, on the "How to Order" page: when I'm using my tablet, your e-mail overlaps some text in the last paragraph, making both the e-mail and text illegible. It may be just fine when I use my desktop, though . . .(I have yet to check).

Otherwise it looks awesome! Yay!

Paula said...

Oooh~ I'm headed that way to check it out! Hang in there girl, that hair will grow back.... ;)

Randy said...

You should be very proud of you self putting that website together. I applaud you. I would not have the patience. Congrats to your winners!

Julie said...

Congrats to the lucky winners!

Your website looks great, well done!

Happier Than a Pig in Mud said...

Congrats to the winners! I can't wait to try the soap, thanks so much for the fun give-away! Off to check out your new site:@)

Nancy @ A Rural Journal said...

Michaele -- I visited your site and all of the pages and everything looked and worked great.

Congratulations to the winners -- I know they will love your soap.! :)

Jocelyn said...

I think it looks great! Congratulations on getting it done. It's wonderful!

Varenikje said...

Hi! Your new website looks great! I think I sent you a message about the issues with the home page of the site (right?). Anyway, I tried to send this message a couple of times last night, so I guess we will see if it "goes" today.

Your products (soaps, lotions, etc) are great. I really like them and you do a fantastic job!

Varenikje said...

Ha! I talked with a friend who has a house "outside of town" here in SW Nebraska, and she says that I can keep chickens on their land! Woo Hoo!

Okay, this doesn't have anything to do with your new site or how it works, but I am thrilled!

Rain said...

Oh my goodness! oh my goodness!! I cant believe I won!! When I got to your blog from mine I still didnt really get it-cause i never win!! Im so excited!! Emailing u my address and then need to check your new website!! THANK YOU!!!!~~Rain :)

Rain said...

Your website is fabulous! Easy to get around on and totally clear! Love it! Congrats-you all should do well!!
~~Rain :)

Deb said...

the website looks great--I had no problem opening it.

Jennifer said...

Love the new website... Great job girl.

Jennifer said...

ps I'm gonna pin it ;)

Jennifer said...

Well poop! It wont let me Pin It.

Buttons said...

Great professional site it loaded very quickly and I had no problems at all. Good luck with it.It should work. B