Okay so remember a couple of weeks ago when I whined told you about how my blog design was getting tired and busy and how I’d love a new design but that I’m impossible to work with? Remember that? Well how do you like me now? (oops I think I just channeled Jillian Michaels from the 30 Day Shred for a second there :) )
I had a dear sweet reader, Michelle from Cupcake Blog Design, email me to say she was totally up for the challenge. I thought, umm, lady you have no idea what you are getting yourself into because seriously I am what you would call picky, neurotic, crazy, annoying, slightly detail orientated. Just a little. I emailed her back and said well okay but promise you won’t hate me when it’s over. And guess what? She doesn’t! Well at least I don’t think she does :) This girls a saint with some serious patience. SERIOUS! Holy cow….could I have said, “let’s change this and that and then this over here again” any more times! Michelle was so awesome to work with and so friendly and fast too. She’s just starting up her blog design business and most definitely comes highly recommended by me if you are looking for a change. I only got her email two weeks ago and here we are. All fresh and clean and uncluttered. Thanks Michele, I really do love it!
What I love the most about it though is the white space. It’s a far cry from my first blog design back in 2006. I don’t know how many of you have been around since the beginning of Org Junkie but that first design was one you definitely needed sunglasses on to look at. No kidding. Can we say neon green? It was bright and loud and busy just like me at that time. Back in 2006 I was just coming home to stay for the first time after the birth of my youngest and the journey I’ve been on over the past 4 years has been one of growth and simplicity. In 2007 I transitioned to my last blog design and that blog design was considerably toned down and not quite so busy which also reflected who I was at the time. However that was two years ago now and a lot can change in two years. I’ve changed. I really felt like my old blog design no longer reflected who I am. I loved it but I desired even more simplicity, more order. Just like I’ve been striving to achieve in my own life. I still wanted colorful and fun of course…..those things about me will never change :) Not to mention the addiction love I have for containers of all shapes and sizes, I definitely can’t see that changing anytime soon! So what we have here takes all of that into consideration and captures where I’m at right now perfectly. So, please, come on in and make yourself at home. I hope you’ll feel as comfortable here as I do.
I’d love to know, what does your blog design say about you?
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I LOVE IT! It’s so neat and organized!!! LOVE LOVE LOVE IT!
Yea – it looks fabulous and the white space definitely reflects you.
About my blog design? Well, when I first switched, I just loved how everyone immediately says, “it’s so you.” Mosaic, happy, apple green background…probably not much white space, but it reflects both my beauty and my bedlam. :) I love it.
It looks fabulous! Congrats on the new makeover!
Beautiful blog design Laura, I love it! My blog design at Life from my Laptop which I am once again blogging at is “Me” feminine and respectful ( I hope I’m that). Each of my blogs / sites has my “signature” butterfly representing what God does in our lives as he transforms us into what he wants us to be Romans 12:2 reference there.
Awesome! Love it!
It looks great, Laura! I hope my design says both keep it simple AND elegant. :)
Oh, it looks fresh and lovely!! Mine? Um, well, it is a jumble of color and white space. Not sure what that says about me.
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I really like the new look…so crisp and uncluttered. Isn’t that just like you? Thanks for sharing all of your great ideas.
Wow! What a huge change! I absolutely love it, so clean, and fresh!
very nice!! I love how it looks.
Looks very nice!
I love the storage containers and post it in your header! VERY nice!
Lovely!!
It’s definitely easy to read. I need a change for my blog too. Maybe when I get a little extra money I’ll spring forth some money for it. I have never bought a custom made design before, I’ve always just used free templates. I’m ready for a big change over at my blog. Hopefully in the early new year I will do just that.
I am new here so I didn’t see your old desigh, but I really like this design! I also love how you recognize the different phases in your life and want that to be reflected in you blog. I’m feeling like I’m in a blog change right now and really want to move beyond the free templates that I can find online. Maybe I’ll check into your lead. I’m very excited to read your blog, because I could use some organization help!
I love it! Very uncluttered, like you ! I’ll work on my blog after I get my house done… sigh…
I love it. I love the white space. It looks so modern and ORGANIZED and really reflects you. Congrats, Laura!
I love the new look – so clean and classic .
Oh it looks so nice! So clean and clutter free. ;) Congrats on a new design.
It’s so grown up – clean, organized and bold with all this white space Makes everything pop. Terrific design. I love it.
It looks great!
LOVE the new look! Feels like a nice clean bathtub – all white and inviting – I think I’ll stay awhile and soak in the bubbles! hehehehe… :)
Love the new design!
I love it Laura! And I love the containers on the top. I have no idea what my design says about me but I do love it and haven’t wanted to change it in over a year. I makes me smile when I see it.
I love it – this looks fantastic!!! I am hating the look of my blog at the moment – I really need to pay it some attention but I am far too busy blogging and posting to maintain it… but my goodness this looks so worth the effort!!!
Love the new design!
I love the header, but don’t care for the white.
Love the containers in your header. My blog designs says — I’m cheap (use the freebie backgrounds) and fickle (I change regularly) and not computer savvy (I can’t make my Amanda and hubby fonts work)!
New design looks great! Good job to you and Michelle!
I love it…I like the white space too…makes it much more visually appealing…Michelle did good!!
It’s so cute! I have always had trouble with your site loading on my computer and now It loads this siter perfectly!
Congrats!
I like your new design. It has a nice flow–and I am with you on the white space–I prefer it.
I love the new “you”! It’s clean and neat and reflects you perfectly. I remember the neon blog design. But I loved that too :) My blog design says “scattered and cluttered and the mom of boys”. I guess that’s me :)
Ooh! I love it! Hopefully my blog says clean and simple too! :) I love white space!
Love your new blog design. Don’t really care to much for my design on my blog, but I don’t have the money to spend to change it right now.
Ally
Looks great!!!
It is a lovely design!!!
Thank you for updating your blog design! Its way more user friendly and now I feel like I can get more from it! I like pretty and neat things what can I say! Its beautiful!
LOVE the new look, i am still looking for my perfect design, thnx for the inspiration!! :) take care! :) HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!
It feels so clean here with all the white.
It is great. Thanks for the referral I might be contacting Ms. Cupcake soon :) Goal is 1st of the year.
Love IT!!! What a way to start off the New Year!! Fresh, clean and white!!!
Its great! Nice, clean, and spacey! Love it.
LOVE LOVE LOVE IT!!! (by the way that love love love is in my singing voice…)
Fantastic! Clutter free.
I love the new clean look. I usually read along in Bloglines, but I popped over to see you when you mentioned the look had been updated. :)
My blog is still a baby, and I can’t afford to completely customize it, but I tried to choose things that would reflect the playful feeling I get while I am being creative.
Laura, I love it but mostly, I love your reflection. You know what? I also love all the white space and the simple feel.
I think my blog says sassy but still organised – could always do with a declutter as we could all do :)
BUT I’ve been working on simplifying big time in my life – with the twins, I just don’t have the luxury of lots of stuff going on, so am decluttering my website. The blog will be next :)
It looks lovely my dear!! My blog designs describes me as cheap…it was a free one…haha!!
This looks great!! I know what you know about being slightly picky about your blog. I have been trying to work with a friend on a redesign for Overcoming Busy but I can’t seem to find just the right look. Yours is very inspiring!
I love it too! It looks great. Definitely a clean look. Nice and refreshing! How much did she charge for the redo?
I like it =)
As to what my design says about me….I have no idea, it is one of WP’s preset skins for their bloggers.
I love it! Very easy to read from my phone too, so I can keep up while out and about *blush*
I hope my blog reflects how I used to be, and how I am striving to be again. Cool, calm, collected, and organised! It helps me focus on my goals! xxx
Looks amazing! So clean. . .you’ve done a fantastic job!!
Jen
It looks fantastic, really, truly! I think my site’s current design is starting to tell me “You need to get a re-design”. LOL! I still think it’s pretty, but it’s lacking something. Actually, I would like more white space, for one thing! Anyways, happy for you!
just perfect… it’s a new you!
I really like it!!
My blog? ok I guess. Wish I could get my banner centered but that’s what happens with templates!!
By the way, how does one get a button on their blog?
Wow! I love the new design!
I love your new look! I just redid my blog also and I found exactly what I was looking for. It say that I’m relaxed and going with the flow and enjoying life as it comes to me and my family.
I like the new look… I’ve been following you for quite some time and this is my favorite of your blog designs.
I’m with you on the white and simple blogs. My blog isn’t fully designed yet but for now it’s perfect. Simple. Focus on Family. Easy to navigate. Free of clutter.
Glad you found what you were looking for!
Love the new look! And I love white space!
I hope my blog looks uncluttered and organized, yet simple and attractive. I think white space goes a long way in achieving an organized and clean look.
Looks like your day just got a little brighter and praying your hubby finds a job! Check out PW’s mixer winners:) Congrats!
Congratulations on winning the mixer, I was so excited when I saw your name! :)
Congrats on the win at PW! What a wonderful early Merry Christmas for you!
Looks great! I Just came over to congratulate you (I assumed it was you anyway) on the PW win! I am SOOOO jealous – no clue why I never registered for one of those when I got married
Wow! This is so much better – I have always loved the information but been a little distracted. This is wonderful!!!
Oh my goodness ladies, I had no idea I’d won until I saw the emails and comments start coming in. Woohoo, what great news! So excited, I’ll have to blog about it because I just can’t contain myself :)
And thanks everyone for all your nice words on the new design. Really appreciate it!!
Laura
YAY! I lovvve it. Of course I also have a blog with a white background and I’m with you, clean just feels better. I obsess about things being too busy looking and with ad content on my page I have to balance that all and sometime get frustrated. But I think it’s the right way to go. I think your page is really beautiful and it’s really easy to view everything. Great work!
Great design, Laura! I love the 2 column look.
Congrats on your PW mixer win!
My blog design says: I only have boy children and picked the pinkest free template I could find!
Yeah Yeah Yeah! Doing the happy dance for you – and I can’t wait to try something you’ve made (and baked:) with your new KitchenAid Mixer!!! Thou shalt not covet….thou shalt not covet….thou shalt not covet….okay I’m over it – I hope!!
Congrats on your win and I hope your wish comes true!
This is my first time on your site, and it is impressive! I’m using a pre-fab design by WordPress on my blog because I have no budget, but some day I will have to start investing more into it…
Congratulations on winning the mixer! It sounds like you really needed that kind of pick-me-up (and I completely understand since my husband was laid off for a good chunk of this year, too). Best of luck to him in his search!
Love the clean new look Laura! When I recently redid my blog the most important thing to me weas that it was pretty because I do love Finding the Pretty!!
Congrats on winning the mixer! I was so excited when I saw your name as a winner! It will be nice bright spot (literally!) for you. :)
I love the new clean look :)
I love the new clean look :)
I love your blog design. As for mine. I used a fab designers products and designed my own.
Wow, the place looks great. I can’t beleive how fast it happened!
I paid my deposit back in APRIL of 2009 for my blog design and am still waiting. I should have asked for a referral.
The sad thing? She only does blogger blogs and I’ve been thinking about switching to wordpress. I’ll have to find someone else when I go that route.
Ugh. Sorry, I actually just meant to say that I like your new look!!
Love the new site!
I loved your last blog design, but this one IS probably more of who you are–which is important! And it is a great look. I remember working with a designer last year. I actually had to draw my own picture since I knew no one else could read my mind. Blog designers are not paid enough, are they?
I love the new design! I am just moving to Wordpress this week (maybe tomorrow if it’s ready). I simply love the way your site looks. I am keeping my fingers crossed about my own. If it looks half as good as you, I’ll be good!
Nice! But I wasn’t around in the very beginning so I’d love to see your transition. I’m preparing to make mega changes on mine as well. As of now, mine says, “she’s a busy lady who loves purple!” and that would be correct. But I’m also a little more anal about the way things flow so it’ll be a lot neater and connecting to all aspects of my life after I get it redone which was planned for this month but it waiting until January instead. Can’t wait. I love to change things!
Love the redesign. Suits your blog’s theme much better! ;)
Isn’t the Thesis WordPress Theme just wonderful! I’m thinking it’s about time I invest in it for my own blog…
I love your new diggs! I changed my design a bit to a more “homey” feel after a while with a white-conservative look. I like my new “home” better with an ecru background, some browns, natural greens, and rust tones. I think it makes me feel a bit more grounded. :) It will change soon again.
Ugh, I hate to be the Debbie Downer, but I LOVED your old banner! I really miss it :(