Notice anything different???

I've been wanting a redesign pretty much since I implemented the too-cutesy polka dot theme a year or so ago...on my own.  It's cute, but it just wasn't me, even if half my wardrobe does incorporate polka dots. ;0) It took me forever to put that together because I am so not a designer.

So, when I saw that Stephanie over at Hopeless Romantics was offering up her services as a design guru, I decided to contact her.  I'd seen her work on one of my favorite blogs, and I knew that I'd finally found the designer I'd been looking for.

Stephanie was such a pleasure to work with, and even though she said it might take some time to put it together because of what I was looking for, it ended up only taking a couple of weeks...and it probably wouldn't have even taken that long if I'd kept up with my emails.  D'oh!  I gave her some somewhat specific requests and within days she had a design for me.  We only had to tweak it just a bit, and it was ready for the world to see.  And I couldn't be happier!

Look at those adorable menu icons!  And my new follow/contact buttons!  I absolutely love my redesign!  =) I hope to go back and fix some of the formatting issues on my older posts since they don't exactly mesh with this new design, but that's not really a priority at this point.

I believe Stephanie is closed to new requests as she's been inundated with them -- which just goes to show that everyone else thinks her designs are pretty fabulous, too -- but you should definitely keep her in my for a future redesign!  I could never have come up with a design this awesome on my own, and that's the truth.