I've been meaning to do this for awhile. Get an actual picture of meaningful things to create my header with. My last header was functional and I loved the new layout, but it just didn't fully convey the proper tone that I wanted my readers to get when they first entered my site.
Hence the new header. It's a special one, as everything that appears in it has some special value.
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Bible - this is the ESV Bible my parents bought for me as a teenager. It's a very nice one and is the one I intend to have for the rest of my life.
CS Lewis's "Till we Have Faces" - Lewis is one of my favorite authors, and I love this book. It is so beautiful and filled with layer upon layer of messages and meaning.
"When Knighthood was in Flower" - first of all it is just beautiful, and secondly it is representative of my lifelong fascination for Tudor England. It's also an antique copy of a story I'd looked for over many years unsuccessfully -- you can read the full story at the bottom of this post.
Sense and Sensibility - I love Austen in general, but S&S has some of the most personal meanings to me.
The flowers - I save and dry most of the flowers and all of the roses I receive. It's getting a little hard to keep track of which is which, but I believe this are birthday flowers from my 19th and possibly 21st birthdays.
The teapot - My friendship with Regina Doman produced a real appreciation of tea. To facilitate this, my sister gave me this gorgeous teapot for Christmas two years ago. I could not have picked a pot that suited me better -- even if I could have had it custom made.
The scarf in the background - a design I love picked out by my mother. It's the sort of scarf that dresses up anything elegantly. (And I just love black and white)
You'll notice I dropped the SOTB quote. Sad to do so, but I wanted to make the focus of the blog visible immediately upon entry. Perhaps I'll figure out how to work the quote in somewhere else.
So... thoughts? Does this work? Could I make anything clearer? Are the tabs organized coherently?
11 comments:
It looks wonderful.
I love it!
It looks great Elena!
It looks amazing! So sweet, Elena.
It looks beautiful, Elena!
That header is lovely! Great job.
Very artfully together-composed.
Excellent. It much better conveys the spirit of the blog, I think.
Thank you all! I'm delighted that the new header meets with such approval! :)
And Autumn, I totally agree. :)
Oh, it looks so gorgeous! I love it!
I like it. The colors are gentle on the eyes, and it all flows toward the title. Granted, it's a bit strange that the title is on the side, but I think it works. IMHO, I don't think you should try to put the quote in there, it'll look too "busy" if you do.
Since you brought up tabs, could you help me out a bit and tell me how you make them in Blogger? I can't figure it out for the life of me.
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