Click Through! Click Through!
Posted By Kristabella on October 26, 2009
As a lot of you had already noticed, Kristabella got a new design! (And if you’re reading this through your reader and didn’t realize this, click through! Say hello! And tell me how much you love my new digs! Flattery will get you everywhere!)
I’ve been thinking about a re-design for awhile. I’ve always used one of WordPress’s free themes and I’ve been itching to have something that is mine, that no one else has. But I didn’t really know any designers, so it was just something I was tossing around. Because as President of The Lazy Club, I’m all about ideas and NO FOLLOW THROUGH.
So one drunken Friday night, Nap Warden mentioned on Twitter that she does designs and we got the ball rolling. She does all the illustrations by hand. I can’t even wear matching socks, so I’m mad impressed with her skills.
She asked me what I was looking for. And I gave her some vague things like “clean” and “not pink” and this is what she came up with! I’m so not creative design-wise (I have learned this through my jobs), but I know when I like something. And thankfully Nap Warden was patient and put up with my constant nitpicking because I liked most of the options, but didn’t love them. Suffice to say, I LOVE this!
So if you’re looking for an original blog design, check out Nap Warden!
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I had planned to tell you all about this on Sunday night, since I was so excited. But I decided to go to a bar for the majority of Sunday to watch football and drink beer. And you would think, at 32 years of age, that I would have figured out by now that day drinking = unproductive evening.
My friends Melissa and Jayme do this every Sunday. After what I went through yesterday, I’m not sure how they don’t call in sick every Monday. They are Queens of Drinking and I am a mere peon when stacked up against them!
I ended up drinking for 7 hours and got home a little after 6 PM (after a cab driver who looked 30, but was really 60, laughed at all my drunk, witty comments) (but didn’t ask for my phone number, thankfully). It was useless to try and get anything done, so I went to bed. At 7 PM. On a Sunday night.
Around midnight I woke up because I was pretty sure my tongue had dried out and that one of the cats had shit in my mouth. Since I went to bed without a) drinking any water or b) brushing my teeth, it was not pretty. I tossed and turned, hoping to get back to bed, but I knew I would be better off if I had some H2O. So I got up, got some water, ate a string cheese, munched on some chips, made my lunch for work and had a glass of milk.
And still didn’t brush my teeth.
So around 4 AM, I had this horrible dream where there was this horrible stench in the air in my apartment. Even in my dream, plugging my nose wouldn’t make it go away. Until I finally woke up and figured I was probably smelling my own stanky breath. And that I had singed all the hair off of Kitty Kitty’s back with my potent halitosis.
One of these days, I will act my age. Or at least learn to PACE myself.
So internet, how was your weekend? Do you like the new look around here?
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LOVE the re-design! I’ve been working on converting to wordpress from blogger myself and after 1 industrious evening copying over a few months of archives…I sorta dropped the ball. This inspires me to get back on track, um tomorrow. Maybe. Because I want a cute theme too!
.-= Suz´s last blog ..My Personality According to Twitter =-.
LOVE the new look! So. Very. Kick. Ass.
.-= Jen on the Edge´s last blog ..Oink oink-ish =-.
Looks great, that header especially is just gorgeous!
.-= Lauren´s last blog ..All on the hips =-.
Gotta admit, I’m a Google Reader who clicked through. Nice digs — I like the moon in the background up there. It sort of has a 3-D effect.
.-= cardiogirl´s last blog ..Iano-pay an-fay needs to chillax, big time =-.
Supah Swanky Pants Digs!
.-= Raven´s last blog ..happy places ala She Likes Purple =-.
Love the new look! Love the Chicago sky line! I don’t get to see it enough!
.-= Bren´s last blog ..Tutu in size 2 =-.
I love the swish new digs, and your Sunday night sounds classay! I would have been a mess the next day for sure after 7 hrs of drinking. I’m surprised that the cab driver did not profess his love to you as well!
Love it!!!!!!
Sooo jealous! I’ve got “custom domain and redesign” on my list for Santa Claus. We’ll see if he pulls thoruhg for me. If not, I’ll have to check out Nap Warden.
.-= Missy´s last blog ..Off With Their Heads! =-.
Love the new look. That header is awesome.
.-= C @ Kid Things´s last blog ..100 =-.
LOVE the new design!
The cat down at the bottom is awesome. Love.
.-= Just Shireen´s last blog ..What Are You? HE’S A VAMPIRE! DEAR GOD HE’S A VAMPIRE! =-.
Isn’t Nap Warden just the best? She did mine, too, and I just love it. And, no, she doesn’t pay me to advertise for her. That cityscape header is fabulous.
.-= Sarah´s last blog ..Umm, Missouri, that hasn’t been a chargeable offense for 20 years =-.
TOTALLY rocks! 🙂
.-= Liz J in Central Illinois´s last blog ..Okay, First Things First . . . =-.
It’s AWESOME around here now. And about time too…the kitty vomit on the carpets was really getting to me.
.-= Candy´s last blog ..Classmates?? =-.
Very cool new look – It’s you all the way!
very cool! I need friends like yours 🙂
.-= paperdiva´s last blog ..moving at the speed of sludge =-.
Love it! It looks great!
love the new look!!
i had a simliar saturday evening, but have somehow managed to ensnare a very nice young man into repeatedly following me home these days, and he GOT UP at 8am and BROUGHT ME WATER. it was magical.
.-= Alice´s last blog ..tuesday: OVER IT. =-.
SWEET design, girl! I love it. That banner is awesome defined.
.-= Angella´s last blog ..Happy Is As Happy Does =-.
Gorgeous! Love the colours! 🙂
.-= Chibi Jeebs´s last blog ..Odds & Sods =-.
Love the new design! I just noticed the bottom “One cat shy of Crazy Cat Lady!” Freakin Awesome!
I seriously love this. The Bewitched/I Dream of Jeannie aesthetic references are my favorite!
.-= Kerri Anne´s last blog ..This Is Something; This Is Nothing =-.
LOVE the new design! And I adore drinking on Sundays! Until Monday.
I really like the new design.
The thing about the cat shitting in your mouth… um, not so much.
.-= tmc´s last blog ..Twelve Wishes: an intro to things not done =-.
Love the new design!
I’m going to say what everyone else has also said: LOVE IT! and the header is FABU! (especially love that Shedd is there. You never really see that many pics of the skyline with it there. Nice touch!)
I didn’t know you were bank geek. Woot Woot! Ex-band geeks unite!
.-= Yv-´s last blog ..The Drought =-.
Love the design! Reminds me of Bewitchted for some reason. Some GOOD reason. It is adorable!!
.-= HollyLynne´s last blog ..I Cooked Something! =-.
Love it! She did you a great job 🙂
.-= Amber´s last blog ..At least I won’t need a Halloween costume this year =-.
You know, asking me to click through from my feed reader is a little like making me get out of jammies to go to the grocery store when there’s still a pantry full of beans I could eat off of for a month. But in this case, it was well worth it.
Ooooh! Ahhhhhh! Nice digs!!! Very nicely done, Nap Warden, art-directed by the very capable KJ. Love the moonrise over Chitown, that’s My Town!
It’s all ghosty! Very timely for Halloween. Love the font!
i love it! it looks FANTASTIC! very bewitching writing font.. dig!
.-= jennster´s last blog ..ghost stories =-.
I LOVE the design and the colors are great!
My weekend was good as I went to a birthday thing and then had my orchestra concert, but, as is my life, I had to deal with CRAZY, ANNOYING people. I should be used to it now, no?
.-= Scarlet´s last blog ..Art =-.
The new design is snazzy! Once upon a time I waited tables on the weekends from 8 am to 3’ish pm. We had a tendancy to drink after work. Usually it was “just a few” but there was one night that lasted until 11 pm and involved kissing boys I didn’t know and literally dancing on tables.
Le sigh.
It’s so purdy, I love it!
Oops, I should check to make sure I spell my blog name right next time.
.-= Kristie´s last blog ..Finding that balance =-.
love the new look!
.-= hillary´s last blog ..When That Blue Heartache Starts Hurtin’ =-.
Awesome design Tina! LOVE it!!!
seriously rad. 🙂
.-= Deidre´s last blog ..A sentence I never thought I’d write in an academic paper =-.
This place looks awesome! Very nice!
.-= Sensibly Sassy´s last blog ..I Believe I Can Fly =-.
Wait, you got an awesome new design from someone named NAP WARDEN? Did you just explode from the awesomeness? And did I just use the word awesome twice in two sentences?
.-= Moose´s last blog ..Electronic Equivalent of Cleaning the Shower Drain. You’re Welcome. =-.
I really dig the new look!
.-= Kristan´s last blog ..The pros and cons of womanhood =-.
It’s beautiful. Absolutely gorgeous. And I think I see my office! 😉
.-= Ree´s last blog ..TGFM* =-.
AWESOME new design!! And yes, after 7 hours of day drinking – I would have been in bed too!! Too funny girl!!
.-= Shopgirl´s last blog ..Manic Monday =-.
I like it! I’ve been too lazy for my own design as well. But then again, also too lazy to blog lately.
.-= Noelle´s last blog ..Sorry, Mr. Sousa =-.
cute design!
.-= michele´s last blog ..June is for Camping =-.
Love the design!
i dig the digs! i’ve been meaning to get a new design myself instead of one of the templates i can choose from. i might wait until i get back into the habit of blogging though….
.-= stef´s last blog ..facebook fun. =-.
I like it!