Bear with me...

Ok, so this wouldn't be the first time I've made a change on a whim, but trust me when I say I think I'm in it for the long haul!

And by "it" I mean my blog design.

I started taking this e-course, which I'll admit started out slow because I thought that I had myself all figured out. It's hard to reinvent yourself when you think what you have is working pretty well, but when I took a second look at my blog, there were some things I could admit I wanted to change. So, I dove in, and using some of the tips I learned for the course, I think I've got a design that really works well and is closer to me than any of the last four designs I've had since I started. Lucky for me, I don't think I have many consistent readers yet, so maybe no one has even noticed!

One of the hardest things, so far, about trying to teach yourself about design (web design in this case) is the tendency to test things out on yourself. I'm trying to learn more about HTML and CSS, so who better to try things out on than myself, right? I'd love to design other people's blogs or websites someday, so learning about the things that are important when having a blog is huge when I [hopefully] get jobs in the future.

Another hard thing about being a blogger, budding designer, and a person in general is learning what is "you" and what isn't quite there.

In the e-class I mentioned above, one of our first tasks was to create some moodboards and cut out all of the things that don't "go". I reluctantly completed that assignment, thinking it was silly along the way because I thought I had a clear vision of what my style is. It turns out that my first redesign was soooo off. It was cute, but wasn't me. I revisited my moodboards and it was even more clear that if I didn't fix things right away, I would be kicking myself in the butt until I had time to change it again.

So, I think I got it and I hope this is more permanent! Take a look at the progression of this blog that has taken place between Thursday night and tonight.

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

It's safe to say that my boyfriend and child have felt neglected the last day or so.

Besides working on my blog design, I've been working hard to plan some good posts, so hopefully they will be coming this week! I'm trying to get serious about this blogging thing, so bear with me!

Happy Weekend Everyone!