welcome friends
The pineapple was a originally used as a symbol of hospitality when Christopher Columbus returned to Europe bearing the fruit from his travels to the New World. In Colonial America, where visiting was the primary means of entertainment and cultural enlightenment, the pineapple became a symbol of the warmest of welcomes.
Served as a decadent dessert, the pineapple displayed the dedication a hostess felt to her guests. Overnight visitors were shown to bedrooms with pineapples carved on bedposts, and in seaside towns, sea captians would impale a fresh pineapple on their porch railing to show that they were home and receiving visitors.
So, in the spirit of hospitality, I say to you, Welcome Friends! Welcome to the new and improved Still + Life. Things are a little different around here, but the essence is the same. It's still me. It's still us. It's still our lives and the things that catch my eye.
We'll be doing some things differently, in the hopes of encouraging you to stop by more often. In the mornings, with your coffee (if I may be so bold to suggest...it's what I would do), stop by for a daily photo. The still. Come back later in the day for more photos and the story behind the photo. The life. If you're rushed for time, it'll all be there in the afternoon sometime.
I still have some tweaks to work out and some loose ends to clip, but come on in and stay awhile. If you're missing something from the old blog, click on the Archives tab at the top of the page, and it'll take you to where you need to go. In the meantime, take a look around the new space, and tell me what you think. I hope you like it and come back often.
Reader Comments (24)
I like the new Still + Life. Love the new masthead and fonts. Hard to believe it was established in 2007! The pineaple photos were an appropriate relaunch theme.
You're so creative! I love the new site and the new plans:)) ~ Barefoot mama
Wow! It's beautiful. I especially love the new masthead. And I echo Alfie in saying the pineapple theme is perfect to introduce the new project. Looking forward to checking in again this afternoon. Congratulations sweetie!
Awesome! Very genuine and clean; I love it.
It's beautiful! I love it (and feel so welcomed)! :) Congrats! I know you put a lot of time and thought and work into this, and it has clearly paid off. Can't wait to see what comes next!
You took the time to catch up on my posts that you missed. You are officially the BEST blogging friend EVER. Thank you soooo much! You are such a good friend:)) ~ Barefoot Mama
Beautiful my dear. So, so proud of you!!! Love the photo index.
Lauren this is gorgeous! Love the update and I especially love the one column set up. It's so clean! Well done and I will be stopping by with my coffee lots...I'll wear cozy slippers too! I love love love the photography page! Congrats and all the best! xo
Oh my goodness, this was SO worth the wait! You really outdid yourself, L. It's all so beautiful and you. Really looking forward to clicking around and checking everything out. So, so happy we found each other and are now on this blogging journey together. YOU inspire me...
Beautiful blog, I look forward to read more of it.
WOW! Lauren! This is fantastic! So clean & elegant! I'm loving this new design :-)
Congratulations on a lovely transformation!!!
Congrats on the relaunch!! I'm joining you via Theresa's Inspiration Cooperative blog. I'm so glad I did!
Your photographs are beautiful!! I look forward to seeing and hearing more in the coming year!!
Welcome back :)
~Liz
wow what a great surprise, you did work in thanksgiving weekend!!!! I love your new look. And your welcome post I adore it and photos are beautiful.
Lauren such a pleasure to have you as my first virtual friend
xxooxo
Val
Lauren your new blog looks fantastic. The post about the pineapple was so interesting
and loved the pics! I was disappointed in my food styling, photography course the tutor
put no effort into it at all : (
Lauren, this is so beautiful. I love the single columm. It feels so clean and easy to navigate, such an awesome job! I will be joining you from my verandah in Australia, cup of tea in hand. I love visiting you, and when you visit me i feel so blessed. Glad to have you in my life xxx
Love your new blog, Lauren! Beautiful photo styling, and wonderful way to kick off your new blog.
Have you really been blogging since 2007? And your blog is fresh and beautiful. I'm so happy to have met you. Now, how about some pineapple for dessert? Joy to you and your family!
Well, my only complaint about Squarespace so far (and they've been awesome!) is that I can't respond to each of your wonderful comments individually. Boo. And I have a lot to say! I may implement a new commenting platform, but it'll erase all your sweet words, so I'm torn. But mostly, thank you thank you, from the bottom of my heart for stopping by and for all your support. Your comments mean the world to me, especially today. Big fat kisses to all of you.
Love, Love, LOVE it!!!! You couldn't have waited to launch this until after I finished my paper??!!! It's never getting done now! :o) I keep finding myself wandering back to the photography page... and to the about page... and rereading articles in the archives. It looks great, Lauren! Bravo!!!
Lauren, it looks fantastic! Three cheers for you!
Yeay it look awesome! It look amazing before but it looks so slick now. I wish I could photograph like you, you have such a good eye for it. And with all the apples and pumpkins around in blogs at the moment it's surprisingly refreshing on the eye to see a pineapple! One of my favourite visual things.
That's such a cool idea, to post a photo as a teaser and then the story later on, that's unique, I wish I could think of something like that!
Your blog is amazing and I'm really enjoying it. Well done on all your hard work xx
lauren,
loving this! fantastic new look. great idea >> still + life. love. it! just gorgeous. you are inspiring me to make some major changes over at my place!
I love the site and I especially love your idea of the STILL post and the LIFE post! For some reason, I am not getting your RSS feed anymore since the switch. Did it change? Maybe I just need to resubscribe?
HI Heather I was having the same problem too. I deleted the RSS and then took it again from the subscribe page. For some reason it wasn't working for me from the browser bar. Hope that helps!