If you can't remember what it used to look like (I already have forgotten...), here's a little reminder:
It wasn't particularly offensive but it hardly set the world on fire and it just didn't feel like it somewhere where you might actually want to hang out for a while.
I was so excited to be working with the incredibly talented Shay Bocks on the site. Shay has designed some of my favourite blogs and is so super-nice, especially when dealing with someone like me who has an endless stock of stupid questions.
One of my main problems was that I didn't really know what I wanted in terms of design, I just knew the feeling that I wanted to evoke in people when they visited they site. Shay took my ridiculously wide brief (I want urban! And pretty! And vintage! And modern! And simple!) and managed to condense it down into something that I love. I love the little touches of colour against the fairly neutral colour palate, I love the clever touches of a bakery chalkboard in the header and I really love that the site now has its own identity.
Huge thanks must go to Shay - this whole process has been so easy and so painless (for me at least...) and I'm so excited about the new design. I hope you all like it too!
(PS, I know there are a couple of glitches that I'm still ironing out especially with some of the old posts and their weirdly sized pictures but please bear with me!)
11 comments:
I absolutely LOVE it!!! It feels so you and your posts....what a beautiful site my dear! I'm so pleased for you, congratulations on the new site! x
Shay did my blog design too ! I love yours so simPle and elegant!
How exciting!! I loved your simple old layout... but this is just so awesome. Haha and I might have to go and talk to this Shay guy. Like you I have no idea what my blog should/would look like but I know the "feeling" I want to get from it.
Congratulations Kathryn! It looks so cool.
I likelikelike. No, I lurrrrrrrrrrrrrrve.
The stripes remind me of that really gorgeous parchment-esque paper in horribly expensive notebooks with gorgeous covers that should only be used to write world changing novels on... disappointingly, when I stroked the screen to see if it transferred it just felt like my screen. Could you fix that? ;)
*strokestroke*
New look is lovely! I liked the old site anyway, but this new version is gorgeous and love all the little personal touches. Looking forward to reading lots more lovely recipes on this new look site :-)
I LOVE IT!!!!!!
So much more modern and cute and just YOU. GREAT JOB!!
All these changes take so much time and effort but your hard work paid off :)
LOVE IT! Still simple and inviting!
How fun! I love new blog designs! :)
The old design was pretty, but this new one is gorgeous!
Love the new design! Congrats! :)
I'm so happy that you all like it so much, I'm absolutely thrilled!
@Nellie - The inspiration for the stripes was actually some really adorable packaging so I know exactly what you mean about parchment notebooks!
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