Construction zone!

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Hello lovely blog readers,

I'm going to be trying out different layouts and blog designs as I slowly embark on a DIY blog revamping project. So you might see random buttons or different layouts (hopefully nicer-looking!) in my posts over the next few weeks.

If anyone has any advice for blog designs or revamping their blog, please let me know! I'm using inkscape (an opensource vector graphics program) to design most of my new buttons/headers/etc.

Please excuse the dust as I begin construction~

(look at my shiny new signature!)
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update August 19, 2013  - I have fiddled with the background and the fonts - I like the color scheme but this design will probably change. The things I'm keeping for sure are the social media icons and the snowflakes in the sidebar. Inkscape is so useful for designing things :)

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  1. Laureen @ MsBibliophile.comAugust 18, 2013 at 7:51 PM

    I use wordpress, but if you look on Pinterest there are a lot of amazing tutorials linked for doing blogger layouts. If you do a search for blog design or something like that you can find some great posts and a lot of inspiration.


    And kudos to you for doing a revamp! I dread doing one for my blog because I never quite know what I want to do. I'm one of those people who are all "I'll know it when I see it"!


    Also, your signature is gorgeous. I love the colours!

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  2. KritikaAugust 18, 2013 at 8:59 PM

    Thank you so much! I will take a look - I would never have thought to look on pinterest!

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