The day is here! We've been hard at work over the past few weeks seeking a new look for our blog. When we originally started blogging we went with something that was simplistic and easy to look at. It had to be clean and not too overwhelming so what you've been seeing over the past several months has been what we came up with.
But the longer we've gone, the more followers and and readers we've gathered, and the more we've thought about it we really started to feel like we wanted something that we could call "our own". People talk all the time about taking something and making it your own, and our blog just didn't quite have that feel anymore. So we sat down, talked over a few ideas, and what you see now is the result of all those talks, weeks of tinkering with graphic design and ideas, and spamming our friends for opinions and trying to integrate all of the suggestions they gave us. We're pretty happy with the result!
One of our favorite places to hang out in The Park is Frontierland, so we decided we'd like to have a rustic feeling to the blog, and quite possibly something that might invoke thoughts of the very Land we were thinking of. After the fifth person told us it reminded them of Frontierland, we figured we were on to something. Then it was just down to tinkering with fonts, creating the header and backgrounds, and all that you see here.
We hope that people will really enjoy what we've come up with, and of course we're still open to suggestions! It's definitely more us now, and we hope we've created something that's new and different, and most importantly memorable. We may still tinker a bit here and there, but for the most part this is what it shall be.
We couldn't have done this without a lot of hard work from Stephanie. She doesn't really blog much for us (she's busy with more important things like the education of future generations and helping to raise our own three boys) but she put a lot of hours into this, and put up with a lot of my requests for changes to boot! We couldn't have done it without her and we think she's done a fantastic job!
So there you go. New look, and hopefully a new and re-energized blog to boot! Let us know what you think!
15 comments:
Looks great Chad!! Like the wood on the sides with the Mickey head!! Good call!! :D
Thank you Sarah :)
I definitely took what you and everyone said into consideration. I wasn't able to change or implement EVERYTHING, but I think we did the best job we could.
I'm glad you like it! :)
Thanks Beth!
AWESOME is a good thing :) Yeah, she did an amazing job and worked really hard on it. Between the two of us (her great crafty skills and my techy know-how) we did a pretty good go at it, I think.
Glad you like it :)
It looks great! Awesome job, you guys! I am going right now to put your button up on my blog. :) Congrats on the new look! Once we settle down after our move I might just have to spruce up my blog, too.
Nice job Stephanie! It looks great!
Thank you very much Christina :)
We're glad that you like it!
From what I can see on my android it has a great Frontierland feel! I myself always have a though decision when asked my favorite land in the park, but Frontierland just edges out Tomorrowland.
I Love the new look, it really does have the Frontierland look/feel.
Diane @Can do it MOM
Thanks for stopping by Eric! Glad you like the new look :)
Yeah, it's always a toss up for us too with Frontierland barely edging out some of the others :)
Thanks so much Diane - glad you liked it! :)
It looks awesome!! I liked the look before, now you guys are just so fancy ;-)
Thanks Jenn - glad you liked it :)
This is amazing! I love it great job! I am in awe of it!
I added your new button to my blog!
Thanks very much Casey. We're glad that you like it.
And thank you for adding our button to your blog :)
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