New Site Layout: Smoke n' Mirrors
Saturday, May 8, 2010 at 11:28PM 
As many of you probably know, I am a glutton for change. I am lucky I can sit through a book without flitting from one to the next. It is a bad habit in many ways, but sometimes it has crazy creative results... like the new layout! I was staring at my shop and rearranging some items and I realized that I have a severe lack of blue and green in my inventory. At that moment I declared to myself that I would make a conscious effort to include more blue in my work...
30 minutes later, the new banner for my Etsy shop was born! And then after some great feedback on the forum, I decided to extend this new blu-evolution to my blog. I think it looks nice! It keeps the "logo" that I worked so hard on, but brings together one of my favorite dolls with my penchant for monochrome and greyscale. The only tinge of blue left in Aoi (whose name, 青い, means "blue" in Japanese) is the bottom layer of his kimono and the pretty cloud design. Please drop a line and let me know what you think (even if your opinion is that you liked the previous version better). It is dark and mysterious... and I dub thee "Smoke n' Mirrors."
You'll notice a few more changes around the site as well. I added more information to the "About" section include a photo of myself despite my better judgment. Some crazy blogger friend of mine said, "Christina, people want to connect with you! Put more personal information on there!" and so I have. I also put links to various sites on which I have been featured and my "Best Of" posts. I have also rearranged the sidebar a bit to take advantage of Squarespace's new social media widgets for Flickr and Twitter. I think they add some extra oomph to the grey-ness of the site.
Off to finish these bookmarks someone commissioned and then onto this paper I have been procrastinating on. Your feedback means the world to me, so please let me know what you think!
Reader Comments (4)
I love your site - found you on SITS! I will have to forward your site to my family. We're Japanese and they would love your stuff. Too bad girls day just passed!
Love the dark, smoky, Japanese layout. It gives a little mystery..... Dropping by from SITS!
This is a great layout, it's clean and it has a cool header. So nice to discover your blog!
Christina I LOVE it! I thought your other layout was great, but this one is just amazing. Its making me jealous LOL. I've been trying to find time to make some changes to mine as well, maybe next week!
I love that you have a photo stream! I'm a fan of greyscale as well - easy to read and look at :)
Kat