Jan 21, 2009
New Blog Design Debut + Blog Candy
Good morning! I’m so excited to unveil my new blog design today! What do you think!? There were only a few things I knew when I decided I wanted to change my blog design. I knew I wanted the design to be simple and I wanted the colors to match the Taylored Expressions store logo. I also knew that I couldn’t do it myself. I just don’t have the time (or the skill!) to create a whole new design. So… what to do?
Well, I came across Karen Motz’ blog in December when she began participating in the Cupcake Sketch Challenge. Not only did I notice Karen’s beautiful cards, but I also noticed her wonderful blog banner! I read along Karen’s sidebar that her friend Nancy had created the banner for her. So I followed the link to Nancy’s blog and discovered that she is a freelance graphic designer. Her blog didn’t say anything about banner design services, but I figured it couldn’t hurt to send her an email and see if she’d consider doing my new blog design. She said yes and we collectively arrived at this design in early January. Nancy was such a pleasure to work with and the whole thing came together so quickly!
Nancy has decided that she’d like to continue creating blog banners, sidebar labels, and watermarks, but with a little twist! Instead of the standard payment for services rendered, she will design your blog banner and a watermark in exchange for a minimum $50 donation to Sick Kids, Canadian Immunodeficiency Society, Starlight Foundation, or a children’s hospital in your area. Nancy’s son, Henri, made an amazing recovery from a bone marrow transplant and an underlying immune disease with much thanks to Sick Kids. Now that Henri is better, Nancy is hoping to be able to raise some money for Sick Kids and other organizations who help children with similar diseases. If you’d like to contact Nancy about helping you with a new blog design, leave a comment on her blog or email her at nancy.mckinney3@gmail.com.
Check out more of Nancy’s banner designs on these blogs:
Card Worthy (Nancy’s blog)
The Paper Playhouse
Dana’s House of Cards
Willow and Paisley
To make this debut even more *sweet* Nancy has agreed to design a blog banner, 3-5 sidebar labels, and watermark FREE for one lucky reader of my blog. If you’d like to be entered into the drawing, just leave a comment on this post by Thursday at 9pm PST and I’ll announce the winner on Cupcake Friday.
Thanks for stopping by today! Hope you all have a wonderful day!
