New, Sleek And Sweet: My Makeover

  • by Marisa
  • October 6, 2008

Notice anything different? Why, of course you do! My dark header and lone dandelion are gone, my sidebars are cleaned up and slimmed down and I’m sporting an entirely new look. So tell me, what do you think?

Christopher Schmitt was asked by the good folks at Izea to make over my blog for the Izeafest Conference last month. What you’re seeing now is the result - a slimmed down and much more appropriate look for My Dandelion Patch.

I must say, I panicked a little over the thought of losing one of my sidebars. I’d become attached to all my “stuff” that I stored there. How in the world would I pare it all down to fit in one narrow space? This was worse than the time I cleaned out my makeup and gave almost everything to my daughter.

The panic lasted about a minute before I realized that most of the stuff on my sidebars was outdated and useless. I could probably tidy it even more but for now, I’ll leave it as is. One little step at a time, as my friend Deb tells me.

So, what do you all think? You can see the original at Christopher’s flickr account, if you don’t remember how it used to look. Better yet, here’s a screenshot that I didn’t know I had.

Old Layout

Can’t wait to hear if you guys like it!

What Others Like You Have Said

5 Responses to “New, Sleek And Sweet: My Makeover”

  • It looks wonderful, I love it!! I just switched to a one sidebar theme myself– I lost all the content in my sidebars when Bluehost tried to blow up my account and never bothered to put it back. By the time I got around to it I realized most of it didn’t matter anyways.

    only background Jennifer (24 comments.)October 6,. 2008 in the in the early evening
  • Oh, I agree. I was really freaking out about not having enough room in one sidebar but you’re absolutely right. Most of the stuff I had there didn’t matter and didn’t belong there. I’m so grateful to Izea and Christopher Schmitt for this.

    only background Marisa (0 comments.)October 6,. 2008 in the in the early evening
  • All pretty and cleaned up. It looks great Marisa!

    only background Jules (15 comments.)October 6,. 2008 in the at around evening time
  • i loves it! gorgeous. ;D great job!!!

    only background suni (38 comments.)October 6,. 2008 in the in the late evening
  • Love it, love it, love it! I’m happy you’re pleased with it as well!

    only background Ashley K. Edwards (1 comments.)October 17,. 2008 in the mid-afternoon

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