BACK IN THE GROOVE

It has been quite some months since I did my last blog. So many unforeseeable things getting in the way, but now I'm back, and well and truly in the groove!

 

I am in the final stages of building my new website for www.leruleoriginals.co.uk which will be going live within the next 7 days. I will announce it on Facebook and Twitter when the new website goes live.

 

I have had to do this because I have had a parting of the ways with my previous hosting provider and web-designer, and actually this has given me the opportunity to build a site that I alone control. So if it goes wrong, it's down to me, and if it goes well, then I remain a happy person. The process has been both an anxious and enjoyable one, and has given me such a steep learning curve, that I can now notch this up as another skill that I own, and that's always a good thing.

 

So, down to business...Le Rule Originals still offers my hand-crafted items, the Anglican and Catholic Rosaries, the Prayer Ropes, Chotki, and the cards for religious occasions; Baptism, Christening, First Holy Communion, Confirmation, and Sympathy. I have now decided, however, that I will also be offering cards for occasions other than religious. I have had beautiful comments regarding my cards. I have also had customers asking if I would also consider making birthday cards for them, which I have done.

 



On Your Confirmation Card in Parchment

After receiving requests for birthday cards with Braille, I have decided to go ahead with my speciality cards for all occasions, which will, of course, encompass the BRAILLE. I normally only do Braille to order, however, I feel that as there are so few sites out there that offer a Braille service that I will have a selection of ready-made cards which already have a generic Braille message incorporated.

This is my Braille Writer

 

I started doing Braille cards after I learned how to do Braille for my own needs. I will explain...I am gradually losing the sight in my left eye due to glaucoma and a retinal haemorrhage. I will eventually lose sight completely in that eye, however, the sight in my right eye is fine, and the preventative treatment for the right eye is, so far, a success. Learning Braille was my way of coming to terms with the possibility of complete blindness. On the positive side, it has given me...please excuse the pun...an insight into a genuine problem, that of cards for the blind, or the partially sighted. My cards for the blind always have texture, together with the message(s) in print as well as Braille. I do this so that the sighted person can enjoy the card also. I feel that it is so important to have texture on the cards for the blind as their sense of touch is so much more heightened than that of the sighted person, and it is another way that they 'see' the world around them.

 

I can personalise any card that I make, whether it be in a printed format, hand written ornate calligraphy, or in Braille.

 

 

Baby's Christening

 

I really enjoy doing parchment work, as with the first card (On Your Confirmation). Although it is time-consuming, it is very rewarding. Some parchment cards are colour printed, then worked in the parching style, while others are hand painted, sometimes in water colour, pastels, Dorso chalks, or Indian ink. All styles give totally different effects, and it really does depend on the style of card as to which method I use.

 

 

Christening Card for Twins with hand-painted parchment

This card, for example, has been hand painted in water-colour pencils on the reverse, and gives a more delicate appearance. The sentiment down the left-hand side is printed, and then painted on the reverse with the water-colour pencils.

 

I would appreciate it if you would log onto my new website www.leruleoriginals.co.uk and leave a comment, to let me know what you think of it; likewise, please feel free to leave a comment about my blogs.

 

Well, I think I will finish there, and I wish all who read this Blog, a very Happy and Peaceful Easter.

 

 

Best Wishes,

Louise