Last Updated on September 1, 2015 by Babita
After thinking about it for a long time, I finally decided to give my blog a makeover. It was long overdue. After researching on Google and soliciting advice from blogger friends, I decided to re-design the blog myself. I am glad I did it. It was not as difficult as I thought it would be.
I bought Genesis parent theme from StudioPress and used a child theme that I felt would work for my blog. All I had to do was install it and then add additional coding to customize it to my liking. I still have some elements to fix (like get a new header with logo), but I can do that anytime I want.
Honestly, I could have done it in two days, but took two weeks instead. This summer has been great and I did not want to spend all day on my computer. I wanted to spend time with my girls before their school started, so instead of two days I spent two weeks.
I am glad I took my time. I learned a couple of new things, which I would not have done if I had hurried the re-design process. I hope this new design will work well for my blog.
I hope you take the time to explore my newly designed blog and give me some feedback (positive or negative, I don’t mind).
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It looks so lovely! I love the colors!
Well, I’ll say this; the mobile side looks fantastic! Great job!
Congratulations to you on the makeover of your blog. Honestly the looks & feel is simple & great. It is user friendly & I hope it is search engine friendly as well.
Awesome.. life need changes.. blogs do too…
I like the colours and also the layout. Your blog is easy to read. Nice job.
I love it! It’s so neat and your page loads fast.
It looks wonderful! I love giving my blog a new look.i finally found one I will be keeping and not feeling the need to change every few weeks! It’s a great feeling!
First, I would like to congratulate you for the blog makeover. Sometimes I think of re-doing my blog too, but I am not the techy kind and might end up spending money to pay someone to do it for me.
Congrats on doing it all yourself. I am too much of a twit to do my own, so I sought out someone on Etsy to redo mine lol. You did a great job!
I like your new redesign. Good luck with it. Can’t wait to see the logo!
It’s always fun to get a new theme. I chnage my theme earlier this year.
Well I feel right at home with your new design. I really like it. Congratulations and yes, good idea on enjoying the girls as much as possible
Your redesign looks great! This may just inspire me to do a facelift on my blog, too. It definitely needs a little freshening up.
I love the makeover! I think it’s always refreshing to get a new look every once in a while.
This is awesome! You did a great job, it looks really clean and easy to navigate. Redesigning can be fun!
I love the new design. It is fresh and clean and everything is easy to find.
Love the new look! I redesigned mine a couple of times last year. I can never stick with a look.
The time was well spent it looks great. How awesome that you even learned a few things along the way.
I did a redesign after 10 months of blogging and just passed my 5 year mark with it and I’m still not sick of it yet. LOL. I think change is good 🙂
Fabulous job!
It looks GREAT Babita!! I need to do a makeover on my blog… but I probably won’t.
Thanks Terry!