I’m about 98% settled on a new blog name and I’m getting really excited about it. I’m going to sit on it a few more days before purchasing the domain and moving the blog over to the new address. Stay tuned!
Julie
November 1, 2010
Blog Name
I’ve been slow to buy the domain majolievie.com for this blog because I’m not 100% in love with the name. I’m kinda liking La Jolie Vie, but not 100% on that one either. I keep waiting for the lightbulb to go off with the perfect name that describes me, what I do, what I love and what I like to write about it. Until then you can find me at juliedanieldesign.wordpress.com.
I will keep you posted with a name change!
xoxo,
Julie
October 25, 2010
Le Whoops
So, apparently Ma Vie Jolie is not grammatically correct; Ma Jolie Vie makes sense, which means I am changing the name of the blog, and my twitter will now be @majolievie. This Saturday I will be switching the domain to be majolievie.com, and I am not sure if juliedanieldesign.com or juliedanieldesign.wordpress.com will work or not SO, please check majolievie.com starting this Saturday.
September 26, 2010
Changes Are A Comin’…
In case you missed it…
I am going to be letting the domain juliedanieldesign.com expire soon and after that you will only be able to get to the blog via juliedanieldesign.wordpress.com. Eventually I will be changing the name to majolie.com. I’m not quite sure how this will affect email subscriptions or google reader subscriptions.
I bought the domain juliedanieldesign.com while I was in design school, and seeing as I mostly blog about cooking not design these days and I don’t want to pay for the domain anymore, it will be going bye bye.
Just a head’s up- you heard it here first!
September 3, 2010
Important Updates
My oh my it was been a busy summer- I feel like I haven’t gotten a chance to experience it yet. Thankfully I am going to the Outer Banks next week, so that takes care of that!
Once I return from the beach I am going to be doing some major downgrading of the blog. Right now I use wordpress.org and Blue Host to run the blog. Seeing as I don’t post all too often, and I don’t know how to utilize all the fancy things you can do with self hosting, I think it is just a waste of money to keep it this way. Sooo, I am going to be switching back to wordpress hosted wordpress.com in the next few weeks. Juliedanieldesign.com is going away, since I started this blog while I was in Design school, and now I think I want to take this blog in more of a cooking direction. The new url will either be juliedanieldesign.wordpress.com. I am hoping that juliedanieldesign.com will take you over to the new site automatically until I let the domain expire, but that is beyond me. Thankfully I have found a blog designer who will be able to magically do this for me, since I have no idea what I am doing.
Well I started this post as ‘My Kitchen Wish List September 2010′ but somehow it ended up as an update post. Kitchen Wish List coming soon!
January 1, 2010
New Years Resolutions
One goal I have for 2010 is to scan all my mom’s old recipes, translate them (most are in French) and make them into a cookbook. I was hoping to make the book through one of those companies that let’s you self publish photo books like kodak.com or shutterfly.com. However I just stumbled upon lulu.com which has photobooks that don’t look so generic… maybe it is the option to do soft cover books, but I like what they have to offer better.
Lulu 8.5 x 8.5 square photo book:
My other major goal for 2010 is this website. Branding, a new name, a new domain, a logo, etc. I have been trying to think of a new name since I started in November 2008 and I finally know what direction I want to go with the blog, I just need to narrow it down to a specific name, make a new header and buy a new domain! I am very happy, I lose sleep over the generic-ness of this blog.
Stay tuned!!
September 8, 2009
No I Haven't Died
I’m still here! I just started a full time job at my church (aka not design related at all) which has kept me pretty busy. I also have withdrawn from the Corcoran indefinitely where I was getting my MA in Interior Design. I was accepted to Marymount for their MA program and have deferred the start date. I’m not sure when I will be going back, I’d just like to take the next year or so to work and make some money- just two semesters at the Corcoran set me back a pretty penny!
June 22, 2009
Busy Busy
I wasn’t expecting this summer to be so busy! It’s been hard to find time to write write. Posts to come soon I promise!
May 27, 2009
PCs = Ew
I just looked at the main page of my blog from a PC (instead of a Mac which I use). Yuck. It doesn’t look so hot on a PC…. the fonts are weird and blurry. Oh well, what can you do…
April 27, 2009
Interior Decorators vs. Interior Designers
I wanted to briefly (or not so briefly) mention the difference between an Interior Decorator and an Interior Designer because people often think the terms are interchangeable when in fact they are two very different occupations.
First and foremost, if someone is calling themselves an Interior Designer and they don’t have an Interior Design degree from an accredited school they are WRONG. It is even illegal in some states.
Any old person can call themselves an Interior Decorator. Interior Decorators do just that… decorate interiors.
Often Interior Designers go into business doing the design and decoration of interiors. I am in school for Interior Design and I know some people think I am in school learning how to plump pillows and pick wall colors all day and this is a very wrong misconception.
What Interior Designers learn in Design school: Think ARCHITECTURE. Architecture and Interior Design go hand in hand. Architects design the bones of the building and Designers are the interior architects & designers. In a way designers are more well-rounded (in my humble opinion) because they can draft the blueprint for the building, do the electrical and plumbing plan, and decorate, design and furnish the whole place. SHIZAM!
Most architectural firms employ Interior Designers.
What we learn in Interior Design school: Programs like AutoCad and Revit, the computer programs Architects and Designers use to draft (draw) floor plans, elevations and sections of buildings. And of course before we can learn these programs we must learn how to draft by hand like they did in the old days. Hand Drafting is a pain in the toucous, FYI. We learn color theory, lighting design, interior and architectural building codes, electrical and plumbing systems, construction, etc etc and on and on…. Basically how to build a house from the ground up.
Now like I mentioned before, many designers go into business once they have graduated doing the interior decoration, design and furniture placement for residential and commercial spaces. This is what most people think of when they here “interior designer” because it is what they often see in the decorating and design magazines (“the room was designed by Jane Doe…”). There are about a million other things you can do with the degree that don’t include decorating other people’s homes. My goal is to write about decorating & organization for a magazine or newspaper and flip houses someday. And maybe get my General Contractor’s license because I love everything remodeling and renovation.
While I love decorating (and I write about it often here on my blog) I would have a hard time decorating people’s houses for them as my full-time job. Decorating is such an expression of who a person is and I believe every thing you bring into your house should have meaning (this is the professional organizer in me). My mantra is: if you don’t love it, use it or need it, why do you have it? This is why I would rather teach and write about decorating and design than do it for someone.
A few words on Interior Design organizations. I am a student member of the American Society of Interior Designers (ASID). Members that have graduated with their Interior Design degrees can go on to become Allied members of ASID. Once a designer has taken the NCIDQ (National Council for Interior Design Qualification), they become a full member of ASID. For example, you many see someone’s name as “Jane Doe, ASID.” This means she has her Interior Design Degree and has passed the NCIDQ. The IIDA (International Interior Design Association) is another organization.
