My designer, the wonderful Colleen, and I, are still tweaking some things, but since we're already almost halfway through the year, I thought it was high time to go ahead and get the 2014 design out here. (You know, I only change things up once a year around here, so ... time's a' wastin'.)
Speaking of, if you weren't aware of the meaning of "irony," I believe it can be summed up with the following: The new design featuring photos taken six months ago went live during the EXACT SAME HOUR that Nathaniel's braces were being removed yesterday morning.
To sum it up, I can't win.
I do love the new design, but as soon as Colleen told me she'd started the install, I came over to take a peek and knew right away that the body text likely wasn't going to work. I mean, granted, I'm legally blind -- BY A MILE -- without corrective lenses, but even with them in, I kind of had to squint to read it. So even though I think it's CUTE AS A FREAKING BUTTON, I'm already talking to Colleen about an alternative. I'm keeping the headline typeface, but the body typeface is on its way out.
On Twitter, a couple of you also mentioned the background design (in the "gutters" on the left and right sides), that it makes you a little dizzy. I'm on the fence about that. I'm wondering if we lowered the opacity to about 50 percent if that would make it work a little better ... that's what I did with the chevron on the last version. I think I took it down to about 30-percent opacity so it wasn't as obvious.
Anyway, I'm listening to your feedback! I'm rarely actually ON my own blog ... I'm usually on the dashboard, behind-the-scenes, so I don't see the design elements as often as you do. Let me know what you think!
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