Hi everyone, I hope you're having a wonderful day!
Today, I'm working on moving my Etsy shop over to my own wix website so I wanted to
do an informal video about my process and how I'm creating my very own dream online
shop.
It won't be a full tutorial because this video would be days long, but I definitely
want to give you a run through and show you the process, in case you guys want a good
website too.
The first thing I am doing is figuring out the feel of my website.
Since I gravitate towards storytelling, I want my homepage to be like the cover of a
book, where you can get an idea of what my story is about, showcasing my style so that
it's the first thing people see.
I want to have a version of my most recent drawing of the two bunnies on the front and
then maybe a link to YouTube and Instagram underneath.
Once I have the idea somewhat planned out, I'll trace my drawing in Procreate to turn
it into a digital drawing.
This way, I'll have so much more freedom to change the colors if I wanted to.
As I am tracing, I want to let you know that I actually started my website with WordPress
about a year ago, but I switched over to Wix a few months ago because of their interface
and capabilities.
With Wix, I have the freedom to create a professional website, a blog, and an online store, all
in one, exactly the way I want it.
Creating this dream central hub for my shop and to start building a brand.
It's been such a huge weight off of my shoulders because I had a very hard time turning a WordPress
template into my vision even after hours of watching tutorials, trying it out, and I just
couldn't wrap my head around it.
So, I'm happy that I can share this process with you and I'm thankful that Wix is willing
to sponsor this video as well, it just worked perfectly.
Just so you know, even if a video is sponsored, I'm still giving you my honest opinions and
tips, and it just simply gives me the means to keep making more content for you, so it's
a good thing!
And I wouldn't do a sponsorship for products or services that I don't recommend.
It really is the perfect way for me to do what I love and share all of the things that
I love with you.
With that said, thank you so much for supporting my work and all that I do!
Okay, this is looking really good and I'm happy with the piece, so I'll export it out
as a layered Photoshop file that way I can still change a few things in Photoshop if
I need to later.
Now onto my desktop, I'm going to log into my account on Wix, and I have the premium
ecommerce plan which includes an online shop, but they do offer a free plan if just want
a nice website without an online store, such as for blogging or your portfolio.
So once you click on the link in my description or if you go to this link on the screen and
hit the "let's get started button" and sign up, you'll end up on this page.
And from there you can choose whichever template you want.
They organize it by type, so if you are a photographer or want an online portfolio,
you have so many options.
Plus, you can repurpose and use any of the templates no matter what category it is and
turn it into something that works for you!
You can also preview them to see how they would function and preview them for mobile
too.
And each website is designed as mobile friendly, so you don't have to worry about that at all.
Before we go any further, I have to apologize for not recording my mouse cursor, I'll remember
that for the future but I think you'll still get an idea of what I'm doing.
Okay now we're in the editor and this is what I have up right now, on my website.
There are three images in a slide, each one with a link to something, I'm going to switch
that out to the new drawing but first I'm going to update my logo to include my name,
that way it's feels more connected to me versus just being a brand.
To do that, all I have to do is click on it and change out the image, which I've already
created in illustrator.
You can create it directly in Wix if you wanted, but since I'm used to Adobe, I have everything
done on that.
For some reason my accent point is in the wrong place, so I figured that out and I had
a problem in my file, so after a few tries, we're good.
I have controls on the right to help align objects and so forth and then on the left
we have so many different options, links, and apps that I can add to my website.
So I'm going to select to add a strip which is kinda like a section and then move it around
to where I want it to sit.
I then switched out the image to my favorite blush color, put in my drawing that I saved
into the Wix editor by dragging and dropping, and that didn't work out.
So I need to fix my file again so that it's a transparent background.
I forgot to mention that in the Wix editor, you can edit the desktop version and the mobile
version of your site so that it looks stunning for both versions, which I fell in love with
immediately!
A little tip if you decide to use Wix, is to be patient because even though it's such
a user friendly interface there is still a learning curve so watch their tutorials, their
help page is fantastic and very useful and just click around and try things out.
Your website is not live until you publish it so you can save your work without publishing
it, which gives you the complete freedom to try everything!
Fast forward a bit and a few changes later, I love it, plain and simple!
After previewing the site, I'm going to add some doodles to my about me photo in procreate,
this way it keeps everything consistent look wise.
And I like that bit of whimsy.
Export, drag and drop that photo in the same way I did the bunny drawing and I like it,
but I might be changing that one later.
Last thing I want to do, since I'm not ready to set up the products in my shop just yet,
is to add my YouTube videos onto my website, The cool thing about this is that I can connect
my YouTube channel to the player so that it automatically plays my current content.
But fast forward again, I didn't like how it looked and since I really didn't know what
I wanted, or if I even wanted my videos there, I'm just going to get rid of it for now.
Finally, I'm double checking my site to make sure it looks good and I'll published it.
So if you go to Blush and May.com right now, this is what you'll see and I am so love with
it!
It's not a shop yet but it will be and this is just the beginning of my dream come true,
built by me, which I definitely didn't think that I could do!
Oh I forgot to show you, that this is the template that I started with, of a kid's online
shop and I turned that into what I have now.
Eventually once I move my products over, I'll have some featured products on the home page
and maybe even add a blog, so connect with me on Instagram, sign up for my newsletter
if you want to do that on my website, I'll start that soon once I complete some other
projects, or stay tuned for my next videos!
I am so excited to keep working on this and I cannot wait to officially launch blush and
may and share everything with you!
Once again, thank you to Wix for sponsoring this video and thank you all for watching,
supporting my work, and just being lovely people!
Wishing you a wonderful day and I'll see you next time! Bye!
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