May 12, 2009

Makeover Revealed

Dear Blog Readers,

Check out the new look for Savvy Verse & Wit. I had a great collaborative experience with Doodlebug Designs.

Judi at Doodlebug Designs is fantastic, very hands on, and creative. I just hope my inexperience with HTML and other design elements didn't drive her too batty.

I'm excited about my new navigation bar and the links to my Interviews, Awards, and the coming soon "Poetry: Verse Reviewers" page.

Check out this fantastic blog button she made as well:

Savvy Verse and Wit


Just a quick note that if you don't have Lucida Calligraphy font on your system, you may have to download it to see the headers and navigation bar as they were designed to look; otherwise, the font will be plain. I'm not sure the reasoning for this, but I discovered this when I was viewing my new blog look at work and discovered that it looked wrong.

Feel free to drop me a note about what you think and if I'm missing any of those loved elements I had on here that may have disappeared in the transition.

Don't forget my giveaways:

1 copy of Rubber Side Down Edited by Jose Gouveia, here; Deadline is May 15 at 11:59 PM EST

2 copies of The Last Queen by C.W. Gortner, here; Deadline is May 22 at 11:59 PM EST

19 comments:

bermudaonion said...

Your new look is fabulous!

Anonymous said...

I love your new look Serena!:) Congrats! and the font is really very pretty!

Florinda said...

It looks great - very well-designed!

Lenore Appelhans said...

Love the navigation bar especially. I need to get one!

Blodeuedd said...

It looks great :)
Aye, html, couldn't do it either

Anonymous said...

I can't see anything. I'll have to downlaod the font which I'll do at home. But the color combinations is fab.

Sandy Nawrot said...

I'm loving it! I'm very impressed. Maybe I can treat myself to some professional help someday!

Serena said...

Thanks everyone! It was a fun process.

Anna said...

I think it looks great and totally you. I'd love to have a navigation bar, too.

--Anna
Diary of an Eccentric

Serena said...

It was really inexpensive considering some of the other vendors I had checked out and Judi does a fantastic job...making sure you love your new design and that you are happy with it.

Unknown said...

I love the new look, especially the scroll pattern behind your posts!

Sage Ravenwood said...

Gorgeous Layout hon! (Hugs)Indigo

ANovelMenagerie said...

Congrats on the upgrade! I used Judi, as well

Serena said...

Thanks Sheri! I think Judi does a great job.

Darlene said...

Looks really great Serena! I love the colors. Did you buy your own blog domain and from where if you did? I'm really thinking of getting my own too.

Dawn- She is Too Fond of Books said...

The makeover looks great! You made several subtle changes and improvements to navigation. I knew I was in the right place, just with a little more jazz!

Bonnie said...

Your new look is beautiful!!

Serena said...

Dawn: I'm glad the makeover didn't confuse you.

Bonnie: Thanks for checking out the new look

Ladytink_534 said...

Wow! It looks great! :)