I finally finished my website re-design. I think it comes a long way from the old one which I threw together pretty quick. Although I can’t help but tinker with tweaking things here and there, I am done and really proud of it. There are many little things that I have added that I feel make the re-design extra cool. First…here is the before and after shots.

Before

After

One of the other things I realized as I was re-designing was that my logo could use an update too.  I felt that I needed more color in both the website and the logo.  I am definitely a color lover and felt my previous website didn’t reflect that.  I began my redesign with a logo makeover.  So the logo changed from this…

To this!

The inspiration for the re-design came when I was playing in photoshop and created this little doo-dad which kind of reminded me of a kaleidoscope.  It’s amazing how a little play time can often be the spark you need to begin.

There are a few little touches that really made me feel that the website was far superior to the old one.  I really wanted to make sure I added lots of flair to each little thing.  I really didn’t care for the fact that I never really styled the comment part of the old blog so I dived in head first and created a much more fun post comments area.  It really helps to differentiate between each comment too.  It is complete to show your own personal gravatar user image if you have an account!  If you don’t…you should set one up.  It’s a great fun and free way to distinguish yourself from the rest.

Twitter is such a fun and popular way to communicate these days and I thought incorporating that into the site would be cool.  So I created myself a little bird complete with his own bubble to display my most current tweets!

All in all I really like how it came out.  It is leaps and bounds better than the previous website.  Most of all I think I am well reflected in it!