Good morning, all. Yesterday I freshened up the blog with a new header. The old one felt too heavy, so I put this blog on a diet. I plan to do some other trimming this week as well, so pardon any oddities you might notice while I'm ignorantly tinkering.
LOVE it! It's pretty and light and very cool. It's also kind of weird that you're different, but I like it.
ReplyDeleteit looks great!
ReplyDeleteI know. I keep thinking, whose blog is this? What am I looking at? But in a week or two we won't even remember what the old one looked like.
ReplyDeleteI love your new header! Reminds me of this Erin McMorris fabric: http://www.freespiritfabric.com/core-pages/gallery.php?gal_id=144&sw_id=1225
ReplyDeleteyour new header looks so nice!
ReplyDeletelovely.. the flowers are totally cute!!
ReplyDeleteI love it. I also am dying to know how you got all your social networking icons and links on your sidebar so nice and neat.
ReplyDeleteAdorable! I love it!
ReplyDeleteLove the new look!
ReplyDeleteIt is adorable, I love the new look.
ReplyDeleteI like the new!
ReplyDeleteLove it!
ReplyDeleteVery cool design! We'll get used to it soon.
ReplyDeleteLOVE the new look! So cute and clean!
ReplyDeleteLove the new header... and amazingly (even though I've read your blog for years) I just figured out that your icon is JJ for Jessica Jones... with the other header I wasn't able to see it.
ReplyDeleteI think it's totally adorable!!!! Keep it. :D
ReplyDeletelooks great, jessica!
ReplyDeleteCUTE!
ReplyDeleteLovely -- I like the nice clean feel.
ReplyDeleteWell, what a surprise! I thought I'd come to the wrong place! ;)
ReplyDeleteLove your new little favicon, too!
Looking forward to oddities,
Mum
Well, one oddity that I don't know how to fix is that the words in the nav bar at the top are centered vertically in Safari and Firefox, but not in Explorer. In Explorer they sit too close to the baseline. For that reason, I think you all should abandon Explorer and use Firefox instead of me figuring out how to fix it. Okey dokey? Great. Thanks.
ReplyDeletea-dorable new header. just makes me smile!
ReplyDeletecute cute cute
ReplyDeleteThe size is perfect.
ReplyDeleteLike it as well.
ReplyDeleteIt's adorable, love it!
ReplyDeleteLove love love!
ReplyDeleteLooks nice!
ReplyDeleteCute, but I'll miss the old one. *tear*
ReplyDeleteIt's lovely! It reminds me of textiles. So great.
ReplyDeleteSuper cute!
ReplyDeleteVery cute!
ReplyDeletelike the new header!
ReplyDeleteLooks great - it feels good to revamp something you love. =)
ReplyDeleteoh how lovely! definite cutie ;)
ReplyDeleteIt is on a diet! So slim!
ReplyDeleteI hate to be the one of two people commenting to the contrary... but I like the old one. The new one is cute and all, don't get me wrong. It's just not what I associate with How About Orange. Maybe it's the aesthetics, maybe it's just change in general. We all hated "Ba-da-bop-ba-ba... I'm lovin' it" when McDonald's changed their theme. But can any of us name what it was before? (Seriously, can any of us name what it was before? It's been killing me that I can't think of it!)
ReplyDeleteSo, I look forward to getting used to the new as your yummy french fries and filet-o-fish bring me back for more. (That's a messed up metaphor, but meh.)
Love the new fresh look.
ReplyDeleterilojane, I hear ya! Thanks for your comment. I will try to provide you with enough filet-o-fish to keep you enticed. Any kind of change is unsettling, I know! The familiar is nice, no matter what it looks like. Oh, and I also HATE HATE HATE that McDonald's jingle but can't remember what the campaign was before.
ReplyDeleteVery light and refreshing!
ReplyDeleteNow I'm desperately trying to think of the old McDonald's jingle.
ReplyDeleteI loved your old banner and this certainly threw me for a loop. I thought I ended up someplace else, haha. But it's cute and I'm sure we'll all be used to it within a few days. :)
(or throw a coup)
Yes, if the readers revolt, I'll have to revert!
ReplyDeleteHave you had your break today?
ReplyDeleteWas that it?
Sorry... now it's on my brain! I just remember hating them adding all the accents onto words when they started "McCafe" ads. Drove me nuts.
Hmm, maybe that was it. I just learned from Wikipedia that the vocals on the I'm Lovin It jingle are by Justin Timberlake. What?! Did everyone else know that?
ReplyDeleteI really love the flowers. Very cute and modern.
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I love your new header. So slim and lovely.
ReplyDeletelove the new look, very fresh! :)
ReplyDeleteLooks just great!
ReplyDeletemmmhmm love it. so clean. so spare. so you. but so little orange.
ReplyDeleteWell, I like your new header. I've been reading for a while, but never commented.
ReplyDeleteAnd wasn't "we love to see you smile" a slogan or jingle for McDonald's at one point? : )
Love it!!
ReplyDeleteSo perfect!
ReplyDeleteI love the change! So clean and pretty. I just gave my office a major freshen up as well - and it features a lot of orange and aqua http://littleredroost.blogspot.com/2010/08/office-360.html
ReplyDeleteThanks for giving me a healthy dose of orange every few days!
I love the new header. It's nice and clean, while still being colorful.
ReplyDeleteHi Jess, I have been reading your blog for some time now (and loving it!). I was wondering whether you would be able to provide some inspiration...I have a function to go to this Saturday night (it's a trivia night fundraiser for my daughter's kindergarten). Each table at the function has been allocated a colour, and we need to decorate our table using that colour. I've just found out that our table's colour is ORANGE and of course I thought of you straight away ;-) Do you have any ideas for orange-themed table centrepieces or decorations?
ReplyDeletevery nice! i love the colors :)
ReplyDeletelove the new look! it's darling! :)
ReplyDeletelove the new look! it's darling!
ReplyDeleteThanks, everybody!
ReplyDeleteKate, you might browse around here at Hostess with the Mostess.
There are lots of centerpiece / table decoration ideas, some with orange themes and others that maybe you could do an orange version of?
Love it!
ReplyDeletePure cuteness!
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Really love it! It's super cute and fresh! :)
ReplyDeleteLooks great. I keep thinking I need to freshen up my blog a little. I just don't know where to start.
ReplyDeleteSo cute!! Love it!
ReplyDeleteJust found your blog, and i love it! btw...orange is my favorite color :)
ReplyDeleteSo cute!
ReplyDeleteIt's nice to change things up every now and then! Looks great!!
ReplyDeletei like it! :)
ReplyDeletewhere's the "like" button around here?!
ReplyDeleteFABuLOUs!
ReplyDeleteHas anyone pointed out this sighting of your fabric over at corporette.com yet? Great job!
ReplyDeleteNope! Fun, thanks for letting me know!
ReplyDeleteI think it looks fab. I'm doing the same on mine, as in having a tidy up. Just trying to decide on a new header too but can't come to a decision on images that represent all the things I make and do :o)
ReplyDeleteI really like the new header. It is light and refreshing, not in your face type. I enjoy your blog.
ReplyDeleteI LOVE it so much. You inspire me!
ReplyDeleteI really like the new header too, so fresh and fun!
ReplyDeleteLOVE IT.
ReplyDeleteAnd I use Firefox, so we're good there.
I like very much!!!!!
ReplyDeleteLove the new design!
ReplyDeleteLove it - Looks fantastic!
ReplyDeleteIt seems a tiny bit precious to me. I'm sure I'll get used to it. I liked aspects of the old one, but the new one has a nice fresh vibe and lighter is better. I tend to prefer clean over cute. Enjoy the tinkering, your content always rocks!
ReplyDeleteI like the new header - it's pretty. However, as I read this blog on the feed, I had to go to the Wayback machine to remind myself of what the old one looked like! And I liked that one too....
ReplyDeletevery nice!
ReplyDeletesuper pretty header! I love it!
ReplyDeletemust say i miss the old one :( it was bold and had a strong design. it doesn't seem balanced to me...graphics too small? too little orange? however, I LOVE THE CONTENT, so i won't quibble, even if you were to put a big brown mud puddle as a header lol
ReplyDelete"We love to see you smile"!! LAURA- thank you!
ReplyDeleteI saw an AT&T location painting blue over all their old orange Cingular Wireless awnings.
I'm upset. And I'm also learning that I don't handle change well.
love it, it's very cute :)
ReplyDeleteIt looks great! (Love your tinkering... ha ha!)
ReplyDeleteIt's lovely!
ReplyDeleteI've been following your blog for a while now and I LOVE it.
ReplyDeleteThe new header looks fantabulous.
Isabel