New Blog Design: Dear WhollyMoe,

I've been working with Gayla and Kelley for the last little while to develop their new blog: Dear WhollyMoe. They were looking for something professional, yet feminine. They were inspired by HowDoesShe's site and I was honored to help them. 

We went with a darker background that would allow the columns to pop and give separation to the different areas of the blog. Having the sidebar gray helps the readers eyes to first focus on the new post and then the information on the right. We added a cursive font in pink to add that feminine detail that they were looking for. Along with the design, I also helped them organize their needs in a way so readers could easily find what they are looking for. I also helped link their site to other networks like facebook and pinterest. 

Gayla has years of experience as a personal trainer and is here to share her tips, tricks, recipes, workouts, and more to help you become your best self! Visit http://www.dearwhollymoe.com/ and give them some love!

Top 3 Paint Colors for the New Place

Alright, here are the final few colors...please tell me what one is your favorite!

a soothing light blue/gray...

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a neutral, warm, brownish gray...

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or a fresh, new, light, pastel, sea-green...

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See more of my ideas for the new place on my new pinterest board:

Wall Color Inspiration

And please...I'm serious about you telling me what one is your favorite.

If you have a favorite inspiration photo, share that too! :)

Blog Redesign Winner: Life in My Heels

I had such a great time working with Sheena to redesign her adorable blog. During the makeover we realized that we both graduated from BYU-Idaho's Interior Design program, just a few years apart! Small world, right? 

Sheena was looking for a simple, 3 column layout with pops of bright colors. I could tell she liked pink from her awesome purse in her family picture, so I added a pop of teal to go with it. I'm so happy that she loved how it turned out! Sheena also runs Queens of Green, a company focused on living healthily! 

Thanks for being so great to work with Sheena!

And thank you to all those who participated in the giveaway! 

A Few CSS Codes to Customize Blogger's New Template

As cool as the Template Designer is...there are still some things you might want change but can't find an easy way to do it. So, I've researched a few and thought I would share them with you so you can make your blog perfect too! Enjoy!

Copy and Paste the code into Template > Customize > Advanced > Add CSS box...*

To center your header:

.Header {

text-align: center;

}

To center your tabs/pages:

.PageList {text-align:center !important;}

.PageList li {display:inline !important; float:none !important;}

To alter tab widths

.tabs-inner .PageList li a {padding-left:15px; padding-right:15px;}

...change the pixel number to make them closer together or further apart

To center your post titles:

.post h3.post-title {text-align:center;} 

To center the date:

h2.date-header

{

text-align: center;

}

To center gadget titles:

.sidebar .widget h2 {

text-align: center;

}

To remove navbar:

#Navbar1 {
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
display: none;
visibility: hidden;
}

*HINTS: To add multiple codes, just double click and add the next one. If you want to right justify any of these, just replace the word "center" with "right". To remove, just delete the code from the box. 

Please share if you have any others!

>> For a tutorial on how to use the new blogger dashboard, click HERE! I've created one just for you!

New Blog Designs! And Why Yellow is Perfect for Your Blog!

Yellow is considered a bright, warm, or cheery color! It is also considered to be an "attention grabbing" color due to the high amount of light that is reflected from it. Gold is a toned version of yellow and is a beautiful complimentary to nearly every other color.

 It's also super trendy...did you know that Honey Gold is one of Pantone's fashion colors for 2012? I can't lie, it's one of my favorites right now, especially for spring and summer!

Check out these recently designed yellow/gold blogs...

Vintage Market is an adorable shop that is open one weekend a year to sell the cutest furniture and decor. My aunt and cousins are very talented ladies! You don't want miss out on this one!

The Benson family was one of two winners of the last blog makeover giveaway. I love how it turned out! Aren't they an adorable family!

>> Does your blog include yellow or gold? If so, I'd love to see how you incorporated it! Please share a link to your blog in the comments! I love discovering new blog friends!

Why GREEN is so cool! Literally.

Green has always been one of my very favorite colors. It's vibrant, fresh, alive, and a neutral. Yep, a neutral. Since St. Patrick's Day is coming up, I wanted to share with you why it deserves to be in at least your top 3 of favorite colors. Click here to read why you should love it in your house, on and in your body, and more!

{Original post at howdoesshe.com. I work and write monthly for them...click here to read all my posts.}

Congratulations to...

Our 2 Blog Makeover Winners!!

The Benson Family said...

#2 Done 
March 3, 2012 1:35 AM

sheena said...
"liked" on facebook! 
February 29, 2012 8:51 PM

Please email me at caleypark @ gmail.com to confirm your prize!

Thank you to everyone who entered! I am offering a redesign to those who did not win at $12/hr...please contact me by March 8th to get lowered rate.


Have a wonderful Monday! Thanks again!