Website To-Do's

A great friend of mine, Sarah McKenzie, told me about www.showitfast.com, which is what she used to create her website. I downloaded the free trial, and was amazed at how easy it is to use, so I signed up (after playing with my site for two weeks, of course).

With the new line coming out soon, I wanted a fresher, cleaner look for the site, so I changed templates and started playing around. Then I changed templates again. What I've come up with, is what you see when you go to the site currently. I'm very happy with how it's turning out. I still have so many things to fine tune, so I thought I'd write them out here to help me wrap me head around it.

1) Add "add to cart" buttons, sync with the shopping cart page (hopefully paypal will work this time around)

2) Add pop out galleries for every sash (I did this once before, and am hoping I'll remember how to do it again)

3) Add pictures of new sashes

4) Create look book (print look book as well, but that has nothing to do with the website)

And I think that's it. Keep in mind, there are 20 new sashes for the Spring 2012 line. So it may not seem like a whole lot, but it is going to be pretty time consuming. If anyone has worked with Showit before and has any tips, I'm all ears!

Hello bloggers!

So I have tried this blogging thing several times before. I started two different ones when I was engaged, and I thought that I was going to be so on top of it. I didn't finish either blog. So, I have been meaning to do this for awhile and I am really hoping that I can actually stay on top of this! And actually post on a regular basis.

With all of that said, let me take a minute to introduce myself. My name is Amanda Taft. I am 20-something, and am the designer, owner, and creator of Fit to be Tied Bridal. I run a one woman show, and do all of the sewing myself, the marketing, advertising, facebook, website, twitter, you name it. But I wouldn't change a thing. I've learned so much over the past two years since I started the line, and am so grateful for all of the support I've received! I recently got married in June to my wonderful husband, Wil, and we live in Houston with our cat Minxy. I like to be busy. I love fashion, photography, design, and home decor. If I'm not working on an order for Fit to be Tied, I'm working on a project for our apartment. I hope to be able to share a lot with you here, including other projects I'm working and one of a kind pieces.

It may take me awhile to get this thing started up, so please bear with me! I hope to share lots of goodies with you all!