I’ve been blogging here at n00bcakes since May of 2010. Baking started as a hobby I muddled around with, but over time it has morphed into a real skill that both I and others are confident in. I love having built a set of baking tools over the years, being able to make recommendations and offer advice to friends, and being the person who’s always going to bring a tasty dessert. And I’ve made two wedding cakes for friends and family I care for. Who would have thought I’d get that far??
Over the last year, though, my posting has slowed down and the quality – compared to how I used to write – has been slipping; I just don’t have the time to devote to blogging and chronicling my baking exploits that I used to. Not being able to post good content consistently also means that n00bcakes readership has dropped, so except for a few friends the blog is mostly me talking to myself. Which is fine! …just a little bit of a bummer. 
But recently it occurred to me that my good friend Emily of Spatialdrift, of whom I’ve spoken on multiple occasions, had recently taken on several contributing writers and perhaps n00bcakes would be a nice addition? I brought up the idea with her and she was very receptive, even to the point of allowing me to keep my “n00bcakes” brand. Being a contributor to a larger blog takes the pressure off of having to post with a weekly regularity to keep up readership, but still allows me to talk about what I’ve been baking and enjoy the creative process of taking pictures and writing about it. It also gives Emily another contributor, allowing her to expand her content and get more hits. Everyone wins!
Packin’ up, Movin’ out!
So n00bcakes is packing up its boxes and moving in with Spatialdrift, and I have full confidence we’ll be awesome room mates. Over the next month we’ll be polishing up some branding and finishing the move to completion. Spatialdrift will be hosting all of n00bcakes’ (and !Blog’s) old content, all of which will go live sometime in June. I’ll be setting up redirects for some of the more popular posts here, but in August this URL will go down completely, and any links you haven’t yet updated will be dead – so make sure you fix them by August!
All that to say, thank you for being a n00bcakes reader! And I hope that you’ll continue following my exploits over at Spatialdrift.
Ta!