I don't want to give you a step by step 'how to'.
I just want to show you how incredibly beautiful muka is.

"ch-ch-ch-ch changes >> turn & face the strange ch-ch-ch-ch changes"

Well it's happened & it was inevitable.
​Instagram was never gonna stay in this magical form that we all know & love (& use for free I might add)
It's a business & it's owned by Facebook          
& that's 'it' in a nutshell.

It's a business. 
A business that wants to make money & that is absolutely OK. 
They can (and will) do whatever they want so that's it team … the honeymoon is over !
Let's just see what the changes are & either accept them & work with them or leave them. 
Seems obvious to me really. 
The only thing we have control over is our choice to use the platform or not. 

So I'm embracing the change, I love change. 
I'm taking the opportunity to set up an email newsletter list which will enable me to stay in touch with those of you who are interested in what we're up to, what's happening in the world we live in & what we're making. 

And you know what ? 
I am really looking forward to sharing with you. 
I love our world. 
I love the thought of being able to connect you to our world through the stories I tell, the photos I share & the things I make.
It's all pretty simple stuff but I think you'll love it too & I hope it makes you smile or peaks your interest or perhaps in a particularly nostalgic way, maybe even makes you cry. 

Let's do this together, let's take our relationship to another level . . . . on another platform ! 
Cross my heart, I'll be committed to you & look after you but rest assured there will be change, that's part of life. 

"Time may change me 
But I can't trace time"

​sign up below & I'll hop over for a chat with you at the end of each month 
talk soon
​Sal xx

On the 9th of February 2016 Instagram made it possible for an individual to have more than one account associated with their login.
Which means now you can have up to 5 accounts that you can easily switch between, without having to log in & out of accounts.

I am delighted !

​I love using Instagram but have always felt like I suffer from some sort of multiple personality syndrome (or need to anyway) when I switch out of diary/journal mode into marketing mode.
These are two distinctly different things for me & I'm so much more comfortable being able to have 2 accounts, each having its own specific purpose.
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'sallyhikaka' will be where I post photos of what I'm up to, what I'm making, where I am; basically anything & everything.
It will continue the same as always, a little bit all over the place, curated but not polished & will honestly show snippets of fibre, art & my life in New Zealand.
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'pirihirajames' will showcase products which are for sale via the Etsy shop.

I'm really looking forward to operating both accounts, quite excited actually.

I already feel comfortable with the Instagram separation: my life is my life, my art is a large part of my life but not everything I create is for sale, some of it is personal, some of it experimental. 

The things for sale I can now share separately & that makes me happy.
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