To the fancy digs you see around you now:
There are several reasons why I ultimately decided it was time to redesign my blog. First and foremost, I thought the old design was simply too cluttered and busy. There were way too many boxes and widgets that distracted from the food and recipes. I wanted to move to a design that really made my the pictures *pop*. That’s why the new design has an all-white background, complemented only by pastel colors. The austerity of this new blog design is intended to be more of a lightbox that really focuses on the main event; that is, the pictures and recipes.
Adventures in Dressmaking says
Congrats on the new blog design, always so exciting to relaunch/rebrand!! It looks great, although your old one looked nice, too!
It's awesome how design serves many purposes in addition to helping readers find what they're looking for–great that you can make your photography style and blog design work for your message and brand! I'm still working on that for mine… wish I had a graphic designer! 😉
michelle lopez says
Thank you! Oh, I wish I had a graphic designer too. This new redesign took several cups of coffee and much frantic googling of CSS code before I got it down. Have you tried Squarespace? You can make really beautiful websites without needing to know too much CSS/HTML.
Unknown says
Your site was beautiful before but I love the way that it looks now!
OrangeMew says
Love the new design! Like the others I agree your site was already beautiful! But I too think having the navigation at the top makes it very easily findable to visitors who want to look for more, and I really like the cleaner look of the new logo and the way this rustic theme flows throughout aesthetically now. I remember having this design argument with someone just a few days ago- that there is no need to have visual borders around everything. Of course, having that opinion does no good for me because I have no skills with web design, and the fact you put your thoughts into action and did it within a few cups of coffee is impressive!
Unknown says
Ooh I'm so interested in what kind of marketing/graphic design reads you've been reading up on–do you have any good articles or books you'd suggest?
Ack okay so I hate to say it, but when I first visited today I was like EEK WHERE DID HER GORGEOUS WEBSITE GO?! I really loved your unique header/background from your old site, but after reading about why you changed it, I'm starting to feel the new one. Nonetheless, congrats on the switch! That's always exciting. And you've got me seriously considering SquareSpace even though I just took my wordpress blog self-hosted–god, all the coding I've been trying to figure out is seriously bewildering!