My friend Dee awarded me with a beautiful Girl Power badge! Thanks, sis!
This is an honor.

Now, I need to pass this to someone else who deserves it. Berryblitz and Yrose, this award goes to you both because you’re great!

Undergoing MyBlogLog Verification

Modidying this theme was not easy. I saw the original template at Blogger University and I exclaimed “This is it! This is the blogger theme that I need to make my blogspot blog look like it’s in Wordpress!”

Ripping apart the theme and getting the effect I want took longer than I thought. Then, I decided that I needed a better background image.

Repeating patterns are images that when repeated horizontally and vertically form a very nice backdrop for your site. When I started blogging, i discovered Squidfingers and the patterns he created there are just awesome. Here are some of the patterns I considered as backdrop for this site:

This one finally made the cut. I wanted something bluish, but not totally blue like it’s a guy’s blog. I glossed over the fact that it has elements of yellow in it. I managed to convince myself that it’s peach.

This one’s retro and I love it! However, I found that the circles and the color combination make me dizzy.

This is in a shade of blue that I would love to wear. As in, clothes. But sadly, it does not give me the vibe I need for this site.

I initially planned to intersperse earth colors with blue on this blog, just because browns and maroons calm me somewhat. I’d love the contrast and was undecided for hours. I still am. Hmmm…..