Announcing the launch of the new HappilyCandied.com!

February 24, 2015 at 9:58 pm

I’m extremely proud to announce the launch of the all new HappilyCandied.com! After years of dreaming and a full year of production, the freshly designed site is open to the world for viewing.

Happily Candied is no longer just a blog; it’s a full-fledged website with all the trimmings. As you navigate through the site you’ll find a plethora of new features.

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A walkthrough of the new site

The Home page details Featured Articles on the site that I think viewers, both new and old, may find extra interesting or helpful. Below that section lies the Downloadable Freebies section where I give away fun wallpapers. I may provide other types of freebies in the future!

Currently, Home is the only page where the search bar on the site is located, so make sure to browse to that page if you would like to do a site search. In the future I hope to include a search bar on every page to make browsing easier for everyone.

My Blog is an “oldie but a goodie” in every way possible! Once the only feature offered on my main website, the Blog has become more of an equal within the new HappilyCandied.com lineup. It’s the one place where I’ll be sharing more personal thoughts and experiences from my life. I plan to keep my Blog mostly G-rated since I know a wide age range accesses it regularly. So parents can rest assured that no inappropriate content will ever fall on that page, or the site, while I’m in charge! On that note, I should point out that I am 30 years old, and I tend to talk about life events that adults may relate to more, but I will always keep my language and content appropriate for those of all ages.

The Shop is one of my favorite new additions, and it’s something I’ve been striving to offer my viewers for a very long time. It will be providing people with a wide range of creative products that are created from the inner most depths of my imagination, as well as collaborative pieces that are constructed by myself and other artists from all over the world. There will be a few staple items, like the Roslin Pinkinshire Paper Doll and the Uglydoll Postcard (that are currently displayed in the Shop), and there will also be a number of one-of-a-kind custom pieces offered only for a limited time. Custom and vintage dolls and toys will flow in and out of the lineup, all of which will be announced on several Happily Candied media sources. I’ll do my best to keep everyone informed about the latest products in the Shop!

The News page is also an important new feature that should come in handy for anyone interested in staying as up-to-date as possible with Shop updates, Happily Candied announcements and giveaways/contests hosted through the site. Announcements will also be made on the official Happily Candied Facebook page on a regular basis, so feel free to like the page to receive the latest news about the most recent happenings.

I’m very excited to also announce that the new site has its very own Reviews page. Reviews contains a multitude of fun and creative topics that I’ve taken a personal interest in. The topics will mostly include dolls, toys, art and the artists themselves. Over the course of the next year or so, I’ll be taking some time to write articles about some of my favorite artists. I like knowing I can spread the word about their incredible talents to others! Also, due to current viewers’ interest in my thoughts on games, I am (for the time being) including game reviews on the page.

The Portfolio is still in production at the moment. Eventually, I hope to showcase the different types of photography I specialize in professionally by sorting them into a few categories. I’ll elaborate on that at a later time when I have more information to share!

The Home page blurb points to About, a page that I hope will help newcomers get to know me and my site better. I go through the reasoning behind the Happily Candied name, give a brief idea of what content lies within the new site, and I share some details about my life that I hope will help people feel that they know me– as a unique individual– better.

Reaching me will be easier now that the site has its own Contact page! Whether you have feedback about the site, or you just want to say hello, feel free to use the form on the Contact page to do it.

Taking sweetness to the next level

I’d like to thank everyone who has taken the time to explore the new world of Happily Candied. I am so, so, so thrilled to finally share this new experience with others! Keeping all this news so secret was very difficult, but the wait really was worth it.

I have a lot of really sugary sweet plans in the works for the future, so stay tuned for updates!


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