Thursday, July 30, 2009

Who Doesn't Love a Good Makeover?

I've had this here blog for about 2 years now and it's gone from a place to mainly host my scrapbooking, when I was okay with posting once or twice a week to my own little obsession. Friends and family know that most social activities will end up on here and my best friend is always letting me know what I should and shouldn't blog about. There have been times when I've written a post, only to immediately regret it so I've began scheduling them for months in advance so I can think it over and choose what I think is blog-worthy. I've gone from wondering how the hell to get more readers and why people weren't commenting although I know they lurk around here and there, to feeling ok with what I have here.
Don't get me wrong, I love comments and I love knowing that people have some small interest in the crap that I post, or at least that they take a minute or two out of their day to check it out. But there have been so many times when I just sit on my own blog and go through my history, cracking up at myself or wincing at the nonsense I've put out their for the world to read, yet all in all, it's for me. I like seeing what I'm interested in at any particular time, or remembering what my friends and I did that one summer night or whatever.

So anyway, I've never put out there why I'm here and what my purpose, or lackthere of, is. This little blog makes me happy, it's my own little on-going project. So this is the reason behind it's makeover, it deserves to look purty. Well that and the fact that I'm tired of googling things like "how to widen sidebars in blogger" and "how to make blog pretty". So I got the lovely Char to make me up a little piece of yellow and gray loveliness and it has made me a happy girl. So thank you Char & thank you my little readers out there, thanks for being a part of this.

8 comments:

Isrut said...

Love it! very sophisticated and professional-looking!

But have you considered giant purple gorilla balloons from car dealerships?

Carrie said...

So nice!!!! I love it!! I am still in my "to Blogger or not to Blogger" debate :(
I love the customization idea - very cool. Maybe I'll look into that too and see if I can spruce up Blogger a little more.

Cheers!

LizzieBeth said...

Oooo. Love the new look.
Don't.Ever.Change.It.

Well I can't speak for anyone else (mostly cause I don't know them) but I have truely enjoyed reading your blog. You are totally hysterical and it is interesting to see you talk about things and places that are so common in my life as well.

Keep up the good work, Neighbor!

shimmr19 said...

Love the newest look you have going on Shannon. It does make the cut, at least in my book. Keep up the work, I am enjoying it for the most part......

bethany said...

AH! The yellow and grey is beyond fabulous...so fresh and cheerful.

Also, thanks for the tip on the Gap tank top. As soon as you let me know where your grey one was from, I made a trip to Gap and bought a grey and a purple. So sorry to copy, but I absolutely couldn't live without that shirt!

And finally (this is a long one!), thanks so much for your comment over on my little post. Everyone in Blogland has been so sweet and encouraging. It sounds silly, especially since in reality I don't know so many of those who left comments, but it all made me feel 100% better!

Thanks for being so flippin' fabulous :)

Sarah Mahalo said...

It looks really clean and catchy at the same time- sort of like it's a shiny silver on the yellow.

Nice work.

Lyn said...

Your new look is fab-oo-luss. It's perfectly you, I can tell. I love visiting here!
Wishing you much luck with your open houses!!

But call me Carrie. said...

Ok so I am officially sick of blogger templates and really want to have a custom design made. How did you go about doing this? I have ZERO skillz when it comes to html/template design, so I need to hire a pro :)

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