What a Year…

It’s been far too long since we updated our blog, so I thought I’d better see to it. In all honesty, it’s been hard to muster much enthusiasm for things like blogging this year, which we’ve officially named the Cursed Year. It got off to a devastating start with the death of David Bowie in January. He’s always been my biggest musical love, and the shock of it knocked me for six. And from there, things seemed to continue in the same vein – Alan Rickman, Victoria Wood, Prince, Gene Wilder, Caroline Aherne…

And all this against a backdrop of the most miserable weather you could imagine. The only thing that distinguished January from June here in the Dordogne was the spelling. From the moment the clocks chimed in the New Year, it went grey and rainy and it’s only been in last couple weeks that – we hope! – it’s finally improved…

And then there was Brexit. As Brits living in France, we obviously had a vested interest in the UK referendum resulting in a Remain victory. On a more general note, we’re of the view that the world needs more international cooperation and fewer barriers, and we’ve always seen the EU as a step in the right direction. So June wasn’t a great time for us either. Still, we’re British and that means we mustn’t grumble!

We’ve had a lot of new projects to get our teeth into so far this year, which we look forward to getting live over the coming weeks. It’s perhaps one of the best things about this line of work that your clients can come from all different kinds of industries and backgrounds. Current projects include an English butcher based in France, a wedding planner, an oil painter, a logistics specialist, and a drone photography service!

One that has just gone live deserves a special mention: Sharks’ Ink. This is an established print studio in Colorado, USA. They had an existing website that was built in the 90s, so needed modernising. Their new version is a WordPress site containing a searchable database of all the artists and their work. Take a tour!

We look forward to telling you more about all our projects as they develop. In the meantime, we’ll try and do better at keeping our spirits up and our blog updated. Au revoir from us.