New start... new ideas.. new blog name... new logo...& lots more!

Hi all, 

So I haven't posted in a while and as it is a lovely sunny day to be sitting in the conversatory; what better way to be writing up a blog post about the rebranding of my new blog.

I have so many ideas and things on the go at the moment so there is lots of exciting thing yet to come! 

One thing I definately wanted to change was the name of my page and as I really liked what I had before I thought it would be good idea to keep it and just add 'By Anna' at the end. So therefore I wanted to give my name a little logo and me being me I wanted to make it myself. As I have been a bit addicted to cross stitch lately after making a couple of projects, I thought it was the perfect opportunity for me to get a bit creative. 

Here is the logo I have come up with; 

I wanted to encorporate both of my interests into the logo and as I have recently purchased a piece of software called PC Stitch which allows me to design my own cross stitch patterns. It was the perfect excuse to use this to get creative on it.  It has also given me a whole new concept of creating my own patterns that will be different to any other patterns out there. :)  

This is what it looks like on PC Stitch. I am still learning how to use this, there is so much you can do with it. 

So for my logo, I wanted to combine the love of crafts as well as my interest in animals, in particular my cat, Mary.

I mean how can you resist this cute little face....

And as for the crafty side to my logo, I thought buttons was a good one to include.. something simple and yet effective as a logo. 

 

This is what I came up with..

...before I played around with the composition... I came up with this...

So will all that, I have also been working behind the scenes on my facebook and instagram account. 

So if you haven't already come and follow me.. 

I generally post more regualarly on instagram but I have now linked the two accounts so everything is the same from now on. 

https://www.instagram.com/abcraftsbyanna/

https://www.facebook.com/ABcraftsbyanna  

The main thing I have been working on is my new online shop.  I have a lot of things that I have made over the years and therefore I thought it was time I started my etsy shop properly. 

at the same time, I have a few new projects which are going into the shop very soon so keep your eye out on it! But I will be updating you regularly with shop news on my instagram stories. 

Here is the link to that as well.. 

https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/ABCraftsByAnna

xxxxx