What has Double Brush been up to?

Aloha to my dear readers!

I apologize for not posting more in the past 2 months but was very busy with making lots of candles and switching to a new web host for our site DoubleBrush.com because my web host that I had since we started in 1999 completely shut down operations on March 31. They used proprietary software and couldn't work with all of the new Web 2.0 features that were becoming more common place and expected. They also had no export feature so it was a long manual process to redo our site.

Please take a look at our new site when you have some time and tell me what you think of it. There are still many things that need to be added such as the drop down menu on some catalog pages, but the shopping cart works and most of our items are posted. We also now have great features such as free shipping and a search our site bar.

I think it looks a bit sterile but will work on designing a better logo. We also have partnered with several mainland companies to offer more all occasion gift baskets. I will be posting those in the next week in time for Mother's Day.

Things have settled down a bit and I will begin posting regularly to our blog.

Our Hawaii blog will also be taking a little bit of a change in direction. I won't be blogging about Hawaii travel and activities as much, if any, but will still write about living in Hawaii, especially living on the Big Island where we are located. I will be concentrating more on everything related to Hawaiian gifts and gift baskets which is actually quite a lot. I hope I don't lose any of my 40 regular readers, but if I do, I understand, but please stick with us a while and see what we are up to. I will try my best not to make it boring.

I will also still be doing our popular Hawaii Sweepstakes Sunday feature.

A hui hou, or until we meet again,
Cheryl

Comments

[Ken]

Hi Cheryl,
Good to have you back with a personal post. Missed you there, but who am I to talk! I too was among the blog missing. But recently I have been posting more stuff. And as always I do keep up with the menu journal -- now with over a year's worth of evening meals.

Now I am looking for a mac salad recipe. The kind, or should I say "kine?" you get at a locals-only plate lunch place. It seems to me the best are very simple, macaroni and mayo, and perhaps a touch of onion. You got a recipe you can share?

As for your blog posts, IMHO the best ones deal with life in Hawaii and especially yours on the Big Island.

Hey, it's Friday. Take the rest of the day off.

[Sheila]

Yay! Yay! Yay! She's back! I'm so glad!!

[HawaiiVacationGifts]

Ken, thank you for making me feel like I was missed:) I usually just wing it when I make potato salad--like you said, the ingredients are fairly simple--but will keep a look out for a recipe to send to you.

Sheila,
I'm glad to be back too, and you of all people know what I have been going through the past couple of months. Thank you for your patient ear.