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I did it! It’s been percolating for many years in my mind, about a decade. I finally decided on a platform to license our designs and jumped in. I’ve loaded in a half dozen photographs and watercolors and curated the best products according to the designs. I’ve got a million more ideas, and I already enjoy finding and being inspired by all the other talented artists.

There’s still time to shop for the holidays and with Society6’s Holiday Flash Deals, you can save up to 40% off everything.

Check out our shop. Expect more posts as new designs are released or follow @SubalpineDesign on Society6 to stay up to date.

Next post, I’ll catch you up on all the new textile projects and behind the scenes of my latest watercolor, The View from Our Place.

Amazon Services

In the last update about Subalpine Design’s projects, I briefly touched on the Amazon content that has become a large part or our current workload. Here we’ll expand on that with some direct links to examples.

Photo Editing

Using photographs from Lukas Schulz, Subalpine Design added a banner and tips on how to apply and use essential oils.

It’s difficult to make a blanket statement about the photographs used for Red Silk Essentials (RSE). We use a wide range from taking photographs ourselves, working with talented photographers, and using royalty free images from unsplash and pixabay to purchasing images.

Enhanced Product Description

Once a brand has been registered and approved with Amazon, the brand can start generating A+ content, basically space to tell their brand story. This was also recently called Enhanced Brand Content (EBC)s. Working with the product owners, we’ve designed templates for Red Silk Essentials, VitaJuwel and their new line inu! Occasionally I write or edit copy, mostly, I choose the modules to use and format photos and text.

View RSE’s peppermint roll-on product page on Amazon.

The comparison module is handy for directed cross-product references.

VitaJuwel

RSE is an Authorized Distributor of VitaJuwel (VJ) products, so Subalpine Design has created A+ Content for some of their products as well.

Stores

Subalpine Design has also been designing stores on Amazon.

Overhaul

I can never keep up but don’t stand still.

About the time I was ready to launch my last custom theme, Google started penalizing for mobile compatibility, and I wasn’t designing for mobile. That’s probably why I tend more towards creating child themes of core WordPress themes these days.  When I saw the new twentyseventeen, I thought, “Finally! A theme I can work with.”

I converted the ole website over last weekend, and am currently updating content. Already added new examples for Red Silk Essentials, Alpine Leadership, and FUSJR.

And the sun sets on another design…

Oops, Did it Again

So I have this bad habit of neglecting my website. If you read through my posts, you’ll see the trend. I get a bit done during the winter, but once spring arrives any extra time in front of the computer goes out the window—replaced mostly by gardening and travel.

I started writing this post last fall with a great idea to re-vamp my WordPress theme. Now it’s spring again,  the revamp is still on the list, and I’ve trashed the original concept and am going in another new direction. Here’s a sneak peek into what’s on the drawing board:

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In the meantime there have been a few client projects that are definitely overdue to get mentioned. I plan to add them to the portfolio and talk more about the designs with the launch of the new theme. Below are screenshots of websites created by Subalpine Design.

Ziggy Marley Organics

Sonrisas Foreign Language

Cindy Raleigh Fine Art

Fall

It’s fall, and even though it has seemed a bit slow to peak this year, in the right places, you can catch some spectacular color. So it’s also time for the most colorful background of the seasons.

Fall around here also means lots of things to do. Things to put away in the yard and on the deck that will be covered in snow before we like it. Deciding which plants can be transplanted indoors, while the rest are sacrificed to the frost. Time to gather firewood, call the chimney sweep, clear out the clutter around the woodstove, etc. etc. It’s a busy time. The summer was busy too. We spent a lot of time traveling around and celebrating outdoor time.

And work has been busy. I’m so excited to report that it has been work that has really kept me away from this blog. It was still spring when I last made  a post to this site and so much has happened since then. I decided I should blog about my to-do list for this website (kinda like the one I’ve got going for my fall chores). Here’s the short list:

I completed two new projects and have at least two more in the pipeline (and that’s just the work that’s related to Subalpine that’s worth talking about—I’ve been doing my usual wearing all the hats I can get. I like hats.). In July I published a site for a For Sale By Owner home.

Single Cab in New Mexico
A new play on an old subject, has been the landscape with our VW Single Cab in it. I’m looking forward to sharing some galleries from our trips.

I also plan on adding a Photo Gallery section to my Services page. I’ve always wanted to add my candid photos of landscapes, dogs, etc.; but have also recently been hired for some product and real estate photography and would like to share some snippets of those photo-shoots. I know a lot about photography and editing photography, but I consider myself an amateur photographer and am often surprised what comes through the lens.

…And actually the list is much longer than that, but I think I’ll start with baby steps. My best idea is to stockpile content through the winter so when I start spending a little less time around the computer in the summer, I’ll have basic stories collected and almost ready to go. See it all comes full circle back to the season. Fall. Enjoy it while it lasts; and gather and stockpile everything you need for the winter to settle in.

East Fork colors 2005
Another Fun Fall Foliage from the Archives is this one from 2005 on the East Fork which is also featured on PagosaEstates.com homepage.