, , ,

um - hello - i built this website!!!?!

, , ,

this is seriously such a big deal for me!! i am not tech savvy. i repeat - I AM NOT TECH SAVVY!!! between my four kids, they probably showed me how to copy and paste a hundred times before i got that move down. now these days, i feel like a pretty smart chick, who can google search with the best of them, but build a website? let's just say, i had my doubts... 

i really needed a website for the calligraphy and lettering i've been doing lately, but i wasn't ready to make the plunge and hire someone to build a website just yet. i heard great things about squarespace and i decided to give it my best shot! i decided i would spend all afternoon seeing if i could figure this thing out. i wish i could say it was soooo easy and i had this thing done in an hour or two...

but the truth is it took me over 10 hours and i felt like hurling my computer against the wall a couple of times an hour!! i didn't though. even when i deleted the page i had spent hours working on. i kept my cool. well, i might've mumbled a few inappropriate words that i won't repeat here since hopefully my mom and dad are reading this! after a few minutes of sheer terror and panic and frantically googling what to do if you delete a page you didn't want to delete - i found out there's a deleted page folder just for the not so tech savvy people like me. and i went to it and i found my deleted page and i added it back. phew!!

i got the page back and then i googled how to attach my domain name to my new website and a few hours later - boom - a website was born. after i finish writing this blog post, i'll figure out how to add it to my blog page and then hopefully everyone will read it!! well, at least my mom and dad! 

it's been a loooong day but i am so happy to say - no experts were called in, no computers were hurled, no tears were even shed. now i didn't swim or run a single lap today, never even left my apartment, but i am telling you people - i feel like i brought home the gold!!! 

i'll be adding more to the site now that i'm kind of getting the hang of things. take a look around, let me know if you have any questions and please, check back often! next up, i'm planning to learn photoshop and illustrator, watch out world...!!! 

blissfully - tetia

View fullsize love this from @bychenelle - and i’ll be sharing her post in my stories so be sure and check out the other beautiful color ways and read her full post. important excerpt from her post here - Keep donating, keep signing petitions, keep protesti
View fullsize i beg you - please please PLEEEAAASE watch @whentheyseeus on @netflix!! and the @oprah special after with @ava the director, and the cast and the now grown men - who are now the exonerated 5. they were 14, 15 and 16 years old when this happened. i ca
View fullsize muted. in support. for justice. anti racism. listen and read and learn. love. #blackouttuesday #blackoutday
View fullsize what is peace when the only people who get to rest in it are those with white skin? - rachel cargle @rachel.cargle please read posts from @rachel.cargle @mspackyetti and others you can find in my stories and watch @lightwatkins daily igtv videos. e
View fullsize have you baked banana bread during the last 2 months? i did!! and i drew this pic too! i wanted to do a little sketch to go with the recipe and 5-6 hours later - i made myself stop tweaking this drawing!! 💛 the banana bread was so good! and easy!! i
View fullsize this. meanwhile the world goes on. i keep finding myself saying or texting the phrase ‘during this unusual time’ because i don’t know how else to describe exactly what we’re going through. for me - being aware in the moment,
View fullsize i had a friend who was feeling stressed out by everything and after thinking about it for awhile i knew if i was watching as much news and listening to as much feedback as her, i’d be stressed out too. so maybe take care of yourself. take care
View fullsize earth day and every day - it’s a good day to have a good day!! as my dad always says, “make it a great day!” remember we get to choose. choose good. choose great. and then make it so. 🌈 #todayisagooddaytohaveagoodday #makeitagreatd
View fullsize sharing this post back from when people could get together and celebrate - you know - a month ago!!?! i got to do some fun calligraphy for a fun leap year birthday!! @msjeanne29 - glad you got to celebrate your birthday before things got crazy and gl
View fullsize who needs a word -or words- of encouragement right now? let me know what words of encouragement i can write for you and mail to you. free. just because. i want to brighten your day. or who can i mail one to from you. or from a secret admirer. let