SO MUCH NEW!

Published: Wed, 08/01/18

Hi there!

This summer marks the TENTH year of us starting our blog over at Food Storage Made Easy. You can check out a screenshot of our very first blog post here where we pointed out that we were "dummies" about all things food storage related. lol. We've come a long way since then, even publishing our own BOOK about food storage! Thanks to all of you who have supported us and cheered us along on this crazy journey.

We wanted to take this chance to let you know about a few changes that have occurred in our lives this year too. Jodi has gone through a divorce and recently changed her last name so if you see her on social media as Jodi Weiss now, don't worry, it's still the same person! Julie has had some extra responsibilities come up with her family and church life that are causing her to take a step back and leave the running of Food Storage Made Easy to Jodi. All is well with us both, we just wanted to let you know you will be hearing JUST from Jodi from now on.

To celebrate this important 10 year blogiversary and have some fun with all the life changes, I'm inviting you to a week long PARTY that I will be holding online. I'll be adding my own little flare to things on the blog and I can't wait to show you. Here is your official invitation! And make sure to read all the way to the bottom of this email for a GIVEAWAY!

Blogiversary Party Day 1

To celebrate on Day 1, I'm introducing a few fun new things. Over the years we have changed our look, changed our fonts, changed our colors, changed our newsletter templates, etc. You go through a lot of changes in ten years! So I have spent this summer working on a plan for getting things standardized and also having a fresh look that fits with my goals for what I want to do with the blog going forward. So here is what I'm excited to show you today!

BRAND NEW LOGO

You may see different variations of this around depending on the size and shape of logo needed. I love the fonts and how it represents sort of a modern spin on the lost arts of self reliance.

NEW TAG LINE

I wanted to be crystal clear on what the purpose of the blog is for new people who come to visit. For a long time it was just a diary of what we were doing to learn preparedness skills, but it's evolved into quite an in depth resource for people looking to be more prepared. I came up with this tagline so that I can focus everything I do on the blog, in newsletters, and on social media to achieve this purpose, hopefully becoming an even better resource for all of you!

Helping families prepare for life's emergencies big and small.

NEW LOGO GIRL

For ten years we've had the cute cartoon Jodi and Julie images representing us. Many people recognize the cartoon girls before our own faces. More recently we have tried to use more real pictures so you can get to know us as real people better. However, there are a few instances where it's still fun to have a cartoon representation and I wanted one that matches the new vintage logo look and feel. Plus it's a little sad to only have one girl now so I wanted to mix it up a little with something new! Here she is, she's pretty cute huh?

GIVEAWAY

Every day of the Blogiversary Party I'm going to do a giveaway of something fun and relevant to food storage. To enter today's giveaway all you have to do is reply to this email and say a kind word to Julie wishing her the best in her future endeavors. I'd love to surprise her with a flood of email forwards from all of our readers. I think she would love that! The giveaway will close at 11 pm MST tonight (Wednesday) so I can have time to pick a winner and announce it in tomorrow's email! Winner will receive a copy of the book we wrote together "Food Storage Made Easy". Good luck and I can't wait to see your entries :)

Watch your inbox tomorrow for DAY 2 of the Blogiversary Party. Hope you have a wonderful day and enjoy all the changes :)

--Jodi W.
http://FoodStorageMadeEasy.NET