i finally made a real header for my blog! what do you think? did you like the old, simple one? or do you think the new one should stay? i'd love everyone's honest opinion!
today i actually got to sit down on my plush sofa, enjoy a cup of hot coffee (i drink mine black), and flip through my new better homes and gardens magazine and the latest j.crew catalog. this moment of bliss only lasted about 20 minutes, but hey - i couldn't have hoped for any more time than that! it's things like this that keep me from feeling like someone who's only purpose is to cook, clean, change poopy diapers, and deal with tantrums and crying. writing my blog is also therapeutic like that!
anyway...
how cute are these books? my mother in-law made them for the kids and even bought the real paper-paged little golden books too! this way Finn's not trying to grab at the pages and annoying his big sister while i'm reading :) thanks grandma!
so many kitchen temptations...
ReplyDeletei just looked at both of those catalogs today too!
and i love your header. very clever.
I love the new header, it's really cute! I want one of those little monsters so badly but my Anthros don't have them. Grr.
ReplyDeleteAshlee - i agree about the kitchen temptations! it took me a while to narrow my list down to 4 of my favorites! and thanks for your input on the header, i wasn't sure if i should try something else out.
ReplyDeleteLC - thank you! i actually got my monster from my dad in november... the little guy was trying to eat my birthday giftcard! haha!
Aimee, I absolutely LOVE the new header!!! Seriously perfect - great thinking! :) I'll have to work on finding my own little monster because that thing is just too cute.
ReplyDeleteLove the new header! LOVE LOVE LOVE the cloth Little Golden Books!
ReplyDeleteLove the header and those books! So precious! I want to order that fabric, even though I don't have kids, LOL.
ReplyDeleteErin - thank you! i think anthro is still giving these out when you buy a giftcard. not sure though, seeing as how i haven't been to a store in forfreakingever!
ReplyDeleteSam - aren't they awesome? my MIL said she found the fabric to make a Corduroy book too! i LOVE Corduroy!
Chrissy - you can never start buying things too soon for your kids! trust me. :)
Love this post and love the header. It's sooo cute and from the pictures I"ve seen so far on your blog, looks like you have some picture taking and retouching talent. Those books are also darling!
ReplyDeleteI love your header! It's super cute :)
ReplyDeleteCindi - thanks! i actually do have to edit pictures a ton - mostly because of lighting and my camera isn't the greatest so i have to adjust the contrast a lot.
ReplyDeleteEm - thanks! i think i'm going to keep it :)
I love your header!! Makes me think that maybe I should consider putting a real header on my blog. To be honest, I'm not really sure how to do it. :P Did you just take a picture and format it a certain way?
ReplyDeleteI actually have some loose shadow pigments that I don't really like because they're too glittery, and I bet I could mess around with those and come up with cool picture or something.
Leah - all i did was take a picture of the little monster guy with the paper in his zippy mouth, then i uploaded it into Picassa and cropped it the way i wanted and when i edited my header on the dashboard all i did was click "shrink to fit" and wah-la! :) it's pretty simple. if you want help in yours i'd be more than willing to do whatever! i think the loose shadow pigments could work really well... maybe on a stark white backround?
ReplyDeletesorry about the crazy run-on sentence btw... :/
ReplyDeleteI love your header! It's so cute!!!!!
ReplyDeleteGosh!! I love your new header. That's so cute and creative!! I like the way you think! There is so much stimulus in this post. I wan't it all, even those cloth books. I'm with you on the belt. I ordered the neon orange one ;)
ReplyDeleteoh... and I just added you to my blog roll. I didn't even realize you weren't on there!!
ReplyDeleteEven 20 minutes of bliss is better than nothing! The fabric Golden books are darling - what a lovely idea!
ReplyDelete(Your new header is so cute!)
Pam - thanks for the input! i really appreciate it :)
ReplyDeleteCat -thanks girl! i originally wanted the orange belt, but decided to go with a medium so i could do fancy things with it and the only color left was pink, so i bit anyway because lets face it, my wardrobe is lacking serious accessories! and thanks for adding me to your blog roll - that's so sweet of you :)
Jessica - so true! these days i'll take any time to myself to sit back and just breathe! my mother in-law is very talented at sewing and my husband and i are the only ones with grandchildren (on both sides) so they get spoiled rotten with these types of things. And my mother... well, she loves to buy clothes for them (like mother like daughter!).
the new header is adorable! i'm glad you got in some relaxing time, even if it was only for 20 mins! i hope all is going well!
ReplyDeleteLove your blog header (though since this is my first time stopping by, I can't compare to the old one :)). I am also swooning over your new pink belt!!!! LOVE, LOVE, LOVE it!!!!
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