Notice anything different?
To the right?
To the left?
Up?
Down?
I know! I know! I am in love with my new place. It has the right balance between color and black and white, retro and today, perkiness and angst (OK, it might be a little light on the angst, but who needs a whole bunch of angst anyway?).
Can I just say that Nap Warden is the most patient, long-suffering, capable, level-headed, creative person I have worked with in a very long time.
And NICE. So NICE. Probably too NICE. She could write a giant essay…maybe even a book about what a pain I have been about this.
Here is my side of the story. I love my blog. I loved the way it looked but wanted to make a change. I wanted my blog to scream “HOLLY!”.
Nap Warden did an amazing job. She designed a fabulous look that I ALMOST had her install last week. Then at the last minute I changed my mind…
And then started at square one again. She was so sweet that her obvious head banging and cursing in the general direction of Texas did not translate in her emails.
After another week of emails, scans, links and marker drawings, this is what we came up with.
I love it.
This is what a visual scream “HOLLY!” looks like (today).
Thank you Nap Warden. I will release you from any designer-client privilege to tell your tale of woe. You might even want to develop some sort of screening process to assure you never have another high-maintenance-like-Holly client.
-I will be all official at my very own .com address
-I will have Feedburner installed properly (unlike the unsuccessful attempts of my past)
-I will have email subscriptions available (mom)
-I am changing to Haloscan for comments so that I can more easily track you down
-and a few more things that hopefully will make things easier
Please hang in there while the kinks are worked out.
And go visit Nap Warden who will be very available in a few days. After me, you will be a breeze…
I’m next up for the redesign. I LOVE how it looks.
It’s gorgeous, just like your fab new haircut. 🙂
I love it! Love it. Love it. What a great surprise, Miss Holly!
Didn’t I tell you how great Cynthia is? How patient? Didn’t I tell you? Huh? Huh? (Okay, now I’m just being annoying). She’s awesome, and so are you.
You both rock. And so does this look.
It looks awesome! Anxious to hear what you think of Haloscan – I’m scared to pull that trigger. I’m also thinking of converting to .com but wasn’t sure what all it involved!
Congrats on your new look!
Love, love, love it!!
I love it! I swear my grandma had the same pattern on her kitchen countertops in light blue!
OK-I have no clue about any of the other stuff you mentioned is–I really need a class 😉
And it screams June Cleaver! Although I don’t think June Cleaver was ever out checking beaver traps in shortie PJs.
I’ll say it again…I love the new design! Great ideas all around 🙂
I love the new digs. It makes me all jealous n’stuff and reaffirms my desire to spiff up my place.
I will have to save my pennies to have it done, though. Whenever I tinker I end up shutting down the power grid to the western United States and Dick Cheney’s toilet starts flushing randomly.
Sigh.
ooooo this is all Googie Style at its best for certain. AND it is clear, high contrast making it easy to read. I only wish I had the funds to have all the fancy doo-dads you are going to add to your blog….I have blog envy I think!