Make Over Me – Guide to DIY blog design

If you’re a regular reader of A Juggling Mom, you would have noticed that I’ve given my blog a make over.

So how do you like it?

I’ve been contemplating revamping my blog a for some time. While I took pride at the previous header where I personalized it to represent who I am as a juggling mom, I thought that it fell short on the aesthetics  department. You know a more chic, clean and modern look that would be more timeless.

Since my blog has passed the one year mark last week, I decided that perhaps it was time for a change.

I made a list of the elements I wanted to change after going through the thought process that Ann shared about. What you see is the fruit of toiling over the weekend.

Background for blog

One of the best sites to draw inspirations for background design is Colour Lovers. Not only can you customise your own background, it’s also a great place to get ideas for colors and patterns.

Not a creative person? No worries. You can browse through the thousands of patters and colors created by the more artsy folks. The only problem you may face, is trying to nail down your favorite look.

Here are some tips to get you started.

As mentioned, you may select a pattern and let your creativity take over.

 

If you feel like you’re not the creative sort, then you may want to get inspirations from ready made patterns by clicking the Browse drop down list and select a pattern. There is bound to be a style for everyone from floral to grids, plaids to graphics. I personally prefer simple backgrounds as it makes reading easy on the eye.

 

After you have chosen a pattern, you may choose it view in different color schemes by clicking on, browse similar pattern, below the preview image.

 

Once you have decided on the color scheme, you may save it by clicking on the highest resolution option marked by the arrow, in the picture below.

After that, all you got to do is to apply the new background for a fresh look on your blog. Easy peasy right?  🙂

 

I’m still undecided on the final design and color scheme for my blog and have posted them here for a vote. Do let me know which catches your fancy 🙂

Option 1 (current background)

 Option 2

 Option 3

 Option 4

 

There are still a couple of things that I’m planning to tweak. Next up, I’ll be updating my header, fonts and social media buttons (if I do get them figured out). So if you’re interested to update your blog as well, do check back for more tips.

 

Don’t forget to link up on my Merry Mondays linky party tomorrow if something over the weekends made you happy, merry or it was down right , funny.

Have a fantastic week ahead!

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