Oooohhhh Pretty...Come and See....

...my new look.  Not me, me (no purple hair...yet!), but my blog.  My fabulous, talented, sweet friend Sarah put this together for me.  I love it - it includes many of my favorite things.  Travel, writing and tea!  I'm sipping some now - English Breakfast decaf ;>

Sooooo...... What do you think?

I'm hoping the new look will help motivate me to blog more - I do have ideas and posts ready to be assembled (pictures uploaded, links found, etc...).  Time will tell :)

Comments

  1. AnonymousSeptember 12, 2012 at 11:35 PM

    It's so pretty! I love the new look. :)

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  2. HeatherSeptember 12, 2012 at 11:40 PM

    Seen the testing and looks great!

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  3. Maureen McGowanSeptember 13, 2012 at 12:45 AM

    Very nice, Maria!

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  4. AletheaSeptember 13, 2012 at 1:01 AM

    Yay, how great!!! It looks fabulous :D

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  5. Hannah93September 13, 2012 at 1:51 AM

    Amazing :D

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  6. Ruby97September 13, 2012 at 2:48 AM

    Its really cool! :)

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  7. mikiSeptember 13, 2012 at 5:08 AM

    clear and inviting^^ i like it

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  8. Jessica @ a GREAT readSeptember 13, 2012 at 7:08 AM

    OOh it looks nice!

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  9. starryeyedjenSeptember 13, 2012 at 8:03 AM

    It looks great! And I can't wait for more posts...I love hearing what my favorite author is up to! :D

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  10. LRAtRandomSeptember 13, 2012 at 8:47 AM

    Love the make over!!

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  11. LexieSeptember 13, 2012 at 9:15 AM

    looks great!!

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  12. JessicaSeptember 13, 2012 at 10:52 AM

    Great new look!! So clean and inviting. :)

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  13. ChrissySeptember 13, 2012 at 1:49 PM

    Love the new look; it looks much better than the other one!

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  14. Summer FitzwilliamSeptember 13, 2012 at 2:35 PM

    its really neat!! I love it and i hope you get some inspiration soon. Its a hard task to just write something ,however when you least expect it...something will. Maybe it'll be a person you meet or a event that happens . Being the amazing author you are ,you'll find something. Live long and prosper.

    -Summer

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  15. IrelynkissSeptember 14, 2012 at 9:28 AM

    Great new look!

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  16. AngelaSeptember 14, 2012 at 5:07 PM

    I love this new look! The background with the map looks awesome! And I really like the font of the title of your blog Maria :) More tea for you too! Hopefully it will get you motivated haha~

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  17. Myrna FosterSeptember 15, 2012 at 1:30 PM

    Love it!

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  18. Amy PayneSeptember 15, 2012 at 11:04 PM

    I love the look. It's very beautiful!!! :)

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  19. JessicaSeptember 16, 2012 at 11:35 AM

    I love the new look!!

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  20. Sarah WeirSeptember 17, 2012 at 12:02 PM

    :) Awww! Thank you Maria!!!
    I'm glad everyone likes it!!

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  21. RywnSeptember 17, 2012 at 5:10 PM

    Oh I'm totally going to be the Scrooge here - I really like it (I do!), but it also really bothers me when text overflows outside of a design and there's no way to get back to the main blog page from a post.

    I definitely have the urge to start writing all over the pages however and take notes in the margins. :D

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    1. Sarah WeirSeptember 23, 2012 at 10:57 PM

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    2. Sarah WeirSeptember 24, 2012 at 8:34 AM

      Hi Rywn! :)
      I've noticed it, and had the issue of not having a way to get back to the main page on my list for a while now. It worked fine on the main page (not so helpful there!) but not on the individual post pages. The coding for blogger is like a hybrid html. Some things are the same and some are slightly different. :) With some help from my amazing and awesome husband, who knows coding better than I do, there are now a couple of links back to the Main Page. You can click the "Home" text link, or on the main banner at the top.
      I'm not sure what you mean by text overflowing outside the margins of the design. I'm only noticing it when I shrink the browser down to less than 800px wide - which is a lot smaller than the monitor sizes typically used now. Perhaps your screen is smaller, or you keep your browser window small? It may also depend on your browser as they all react to the code slightly different.
      I hope that helps! :) Thanks for the feedback!

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  22. KristinaSeptember 22, 2012 at 10:02 AM

    Love the new look, especially the background!

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  23. Stewart and Clarissa FossSeptember 24, 2012 at 10:35 PM

    Have you ever tried a wordpress blog? You'd still have the ease of blogspot but you'd have more control over the template. Perhaps you could get a web designer to help you out.

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