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We have a new blog design! And it's so pretty!
Well, I think so. Mari thinks so. We hope you enjoy it too.
Our vision was to have a design that was very visual and clean. We thought our old design was clunky, and being unusable for us. We wanted something that would fit with more futuristic looks, but also work with portraying that this was a book blog, and featuring that. We went with a design where book covers, some of our favourite things, are highlighted on the main page.
We stuck to our traditional purple, and the same comment system. We have most of the same sidebar widgets, but it's just cleaner. We also have a "related posts" section and easier sharing options.
Our stunning blog background is created by Snackles from Deviant Art and the template comes from Themexpose.
Anyway, I'm curious to see what you guys think of it!
What a great professional looking design! I love the background colors and it definitely fits in with your intention of looking futuristic and yet visual and clean! I love it!
ReplyDeleteYay! We tried so many backgrounds and we settled on this one when we both said "wow". We wanted to keep our distinctive TSC purpleness! ;)
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I really like the design that you've gone for, the colours fit in so well, and the design is simple yet very pretty! Great job guys!
ReplyDeleteThank you! Simple & pretty is definitely what we were going for!
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I likey! I love that the sharing buttons are so handy on the side and you don't have to scroll for them and it looks sleek and not cluttered! *pets the blog* Pretty!
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DeleteThe sharing buttons are from AddThis I think. They're on the side because we couldn't get them on the bottom of the post, and the side ended up actually working even better!
-P.E.
It's so nice you guys! It's sleek and professional and your background is gorgeous! Love it! :)
ReplyDeleteThe background just ended up working so well with everything. Tbh, it kind of reminds me of Goddess by Josephine Angelini, which is probably my favourite book cover ever.
DeleteGlad you love it!
-P.E.
I love the new design! That background is especially gorgeous. I've been trying to fix my design recently, too. It's a pain, but hopefully something good will come of it. You guys did a fantastic job!
ReplyDeleteThanks! I think it's important, for me at least, to change things up eventually. It just feels like everything is new and nice again, and that excitement is so important for me as a mood-blogger. Also, I know what you mean by pain. Our previous design had a new hiccup daily. This one, although seemingly more advanced, actually requires less work by Mari and I.
DeleteStill, I'm glad the HTML & CSS workshop I took a year ago is still paying off!
Good luck with your design!
-P.E.
The new design is amazing! It is definitely very pretty :) I've been thinking about changing my design or hiring somebody to help me with it but I keep putting it off... Someday though!
ReplyDeleteThanks, glad you like it! I think if you find the right design free, it's not that hard to customize it for yourself. But, if you have a vision that you can't seem to find, I think getting help is the way to go.
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Lovely! We're always fans of clean design. :)
ReplyDeleteGlad you guys approve!
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I love the new blog design, it is so incredibly clean and still recognisable as your blog!
ReplyDeleteIt's definitely clean and incredibly low maintenance too, which makes life easier for us. Plus, there's our signature purple everywhere!
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I like it. It's great that you kept some signature items but freshened everything up!
ReplyDeleteJen @ YA Romantics
Yup! We tried to think about it from a marketing perspective and kind of expand our 'brand'. ;)
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Oh it's beautiful and amazing and I love it! I love the homepage too with the pinterest-style look! XD
ReplyDeleteThe homepage is one of my favourite parts. I looked at the template and thought, "this would look amazing with book covers" and we tested it and it ended up working out!
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I'm so in love with your design!! <3 It's beautiful! :D
ReplyDeleteEm @ Books & Cleverness
Thanks Em! I'm still in the honeymoon phase with it as well! ;P
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I LOVE your new design! The colors are simply amazing. Congrats on the great new look :)
ReplyDeleteGlad you like it! I've always been a fan of the cool purple colour scheme. :)
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It's a brilliant design and it looks really professional! I LOVE IT :)
ReplyDeleteGlad you think so!
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Love it... it's a lot of work to make one so good job!
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