Friday 9 April 2010

Web designers!!!

This post is a bit of a rant. For the past 18 months, I've tried to get someone to update my website. The first web designer I engaged (who I thought was a good friend) let me down badly despite all the work I passed on to him!!

12 months later, at the end of last year, I held a competitive bid process to try and find someone else. I selected someone who seemed the most professional (he had done a lot of competitor analysis and had lots of suggestions on how I can improve my current website etc).

He said the work will be done in four weeks and I paid a deposit. Guess what? No website!! Four months later after lots of promises and a half completed website (how hard can it be to include a photo gallery???) and unmet deadlines (the final one being 9am this morning) I've had to engage someone else and quite frankly, I am pissed off!!

I have no faith anything will be done till I see it. In the meantime, watch this space...................

Sunday 4 April 2010

Absence makes the heart grow fonder?


I've not blogged for a while, despite my best intentions to do so. I do have a good excuse though. I was away on holiday and now that I am back I feel energised and very refreshed (NOT!).
I decided to go the the US (as always) and decided to visit the South. I chose to go to Savannah, Georgia so I can take a cake decorating class at Savannah Custom Cakes which is owned by the very warm, kind and generous Minette Rushing.
I met a group of wonderful women who include Jackie Butler of the Petal Sweet blog fame (amazing sugar artist and teacher) and Kate Essenberg who apart from being a talented opera singer, cake decorator AND photographer is also a great mum.
The class was taught by the king of cakes, the maestro that is Ron Ben-Israel. Some of the techniques I learnt can be seen on the cake above and over the next few months, I hope to have the opportunity to showcase more cake designs!