Tuesday, June 22, 2010

Blog Makeover!


I am almost done making over my blog!

I added a left side column, added the background wallpaper and the black background behind the posts, fixed the sizing of my banner, etc. (my blog was waaaay to wide before), Changed the "About Me" section to a cute Polaroid picture of me, added some new graphics and I added the blog buttons of a lot of awesome bloggers that I follow.

Now all that I need to do is make cute custom headers for a few different sections and create better graphics for my email and my pandaslovesurprises info and I'll be all done!

Then after that I need to figure out how to go about getting more followers :P

I would love to know what you think, and if you have any suggestions!

24 comments:

  1. Jealous that you live in Ballard! We lived in Wallingford and Queen Anne for a short time and loved both but always said we'd move to Ballard or Green Lake if we were to go back.

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  2. very cute! i love your blog & all the blogs in your sidebar too. XXOOO

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  3. Oh, Rachel, I WISH I lived in Ballard!! I actually live in Tacoma, I just spend a lot of my time in Ballard :P

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  4. i like your makeover! Thanks for sharing.

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  5. I love the way it looks! The items you make are adorable!

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  6. Hi,

    The blog looks nice and of course that a third column comes always handy, especially for advertising.
    Of course that in terms of layout, one has to be careful as not to clutter it with ads.
    I'd like to see some more development on your articles.
    I'm sure that this blog makeover will get you more visits, but it's a hard world out there "competing" with other bloggers.

    Best regards,

    José

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  7. I always have a hard time with light text on black, but that just may be my eyes. I think it is cute overall, I dig the color simplicity of the background making pics and links pop out.

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  8. Nice blog. Love "we are taking over the world and making it so cute!!". Besides followers, you have to add a lot of tags to the blog/site, using keywords that describe the site, like "panda", "alix womack", "crotchet", etc. so that you show up in people's searches. the tool you used to make the blogsite should let you do that.

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  9. By tags do you just mean the words that I use to tag each individual post? I didn't know those came up in searches! Good to know.

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  10. Cute blog redo Alix! I love it. Thanks for the comment yes I will stop being lazy and do pictures thanks for the kick in the butt ;)

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  11. I don't know what it looked like before, but I like how it looks!

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  12. Blog looks classy! Love the wallpaper!

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  13. I really love the background you've chosen, and the color scheme. I really like light colored fonts against black :)

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  14. The things I love:
    -Your background! It looks like wallpaper but at the same time its unique.
    -The blog suggestions on your sidebar. I'm always looking for something new to read.

    My suggestions:
    -Try adding a new variety of posts.
    -Make your posts more consistent. I noticed that some months had drastically more posts than others.

    I am an extremely new blogger but I hope this helps you out!

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  15. It's interesting that a number of you have said that I should "have more variety" but on this page alone I did a blog about cool Etsy Finds, a post about a Giveaway, a "My Life As..." which is an imagery heavy inspiration post, a "Panda Love" all about cute panda finds all over the internet, a "Me Today" about my personal life including recipes and music and reading suggestions, so how does that not have variety?

    This is an Etsy/Craft/Fashion/Kawaii blog, so I am not going to start blogging about technology or something. Books, TV shows, movies, recipes and noteworthy personal stuff are pretty much the only things I am going to talk about besides cute clothes and crafts. Because a blog needs a focus, right?

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  16. I really enjoyed looking at your blog. I just started one, so I'm always on the lookout for ideas. Yours has a lot of different interesting elements, not just about etsy.

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  17. Great blog - love the layout!!! The wallpaper is really cool.

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  18. Great Blog! I love black backgrounds on blogs, I think it makes colors pop. I did not see it before,but it looks great now!

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  19. It's looking great, love polaroid pic of you in the 'about me' section.

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