Blog facelift!

[Former_Member]

What do you think?! Be honest! I don't know if I am crazy about the banner.

www.invitesbymelanie.blogspot.com

[Former_Member]

I like how easy it is to find things. The navigation bar at the top and the boxes on the right are great! The only thing I'd recommend (not that I'm an expert by any means) is to put some of your personality into it... maybe showcase some of your work in the banner? But I definitely think you have a great thing going, though I didn't see the "before". =)

[Former_Member]

Thank you! I am going to take some pictures today to add to the banner.

Anyone else?

[RebeccasSoapDeli]

I'm not real fond of the banner. Too much white space. I also think the purple in your banner should match the purple you use for your post backgrounds. Not really crazy about that shade of orange/peach in the sidebar background either. Why not use your logo colors as the bg colors for brand consistency? Match your blog banner and etsy banner?

I also think the about me should be above the blog followers.

I like the clean, simple design though.

[Former_Member]

Purple and orange are my colors - I am just having a hard time matching the exact purple and orange. The colors offered on blogger are coded (not sure if that's the right word) differently. I have to google and find the exact numbers! :)

[Former_Member]

Ok, how about this??

http://invitesbymelanie.blogspot.com/

[RebeccasSoapDeli]

InvitesByMelanie says

Purple and orange are my colors - I am just having a hard time matching the exact purple and orange. The colors offered on blogger are coded (not sure if that's the right word) differently. I have to google and find the exact numbers! :)
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If you open your logo.jpg in a program like Gimp - gimp.org - you can use the dropper to pick your color and then see the color code used to create it.

[Former_Member]

I'm not crazy about the purple background. I think it takes away from the purple in your logo. Perhaps you can try to "fade" it, like not make it so vibrant. It can still be your colours but look a little washed out so that it sinks more to the background.

I do like the ribbon under the banner with all the links. That's a keeper!