Showing posts with label aesthetics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label aesthetics. Show all posts
Friday, March 19, 2010
A Spring Clean for NaVe's Nutshell!
I want to thank my dear friend Plaidy over at PlaiduhPus
Not only for her invaluable friendship, support, humour and all-round great camaraderie, but also for designing this ÜBER-COOL new blog layout for me! (oh, and please accept this as my form of Follow Friday today! I was slightly lazy this week but I still <3 you all!)
I was thinking that I needed a little spring spruce and I think it did just the trick!
I've been feeling lack-luster lately in terms of my blog, but now....
I love it! I think it's gorgeous! It makes me feel like I'm camping!
What do y'all think?
Labels:
aesthetics,
new friends,
templates,
tree-hugging,
twitter,
webdesign
Thursday, January 28, 2010
Being a blogette is hard work! Belated Wordless Wednesday...
I finally got my page looking more the way I want it to.
Geez! Who knew it could take this long?
But I am finding a strange (albeit familiar) sense of accomplishment and satisfaction arising from my newly completed look.
It's a feeling that I haven't felt since my drafting days (for my Interior Decorating Certificate)
Since I'm in that frame of mind, I thought I'd post a late Wordless Wednesday. (In my books it's still Wednesday, even though it's way after midnight... I haven't gone to bed yet, so it must still be the same day!)
Here are some pics of some of the drafting I did in college.
Geez! Who knew it could take this long?
But I am finding a strange (albeit familiar) sense of accomplishment and satisfaction arising from my newly completed look.
It's a feeling that I haven't felt since my drafting days (for my Interior Decorating Certificate)
Since I'm in that frame of mind, I thought I'd post a late Wordless Wednesday. (In my books it's still Wednesday, even though it's way after midnight... I haven't gone to bed yet, so it must still be the same day!)
Here are some pics of some of the drafting I did in college.
The last image is the one that I use on all my company letterhead and invoices. It is an image I came up with, initially for school, but I got such a good response with it I decided to use it as my logo for my business (on my business cards etc.) as well.
Work is slow right now in the design/decorating world, but I'm hoping to slowly but surely rise in my niche. With global awareness rising exponentially and trends surrounding eco-friendly lifestyles on the upswing, I'm confident that my earth-friendly, power-saving (read: money-saving!) natural and organic designs will take flight!
At least in the meantime while I wait for the market to improve, I have my writing, and my newfound obsession of perfecting my blogette stylz!
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
YAY! PRIZES :)
This is a bit belated... OK A LOT. But hey - I had a good reason! Trying to use a laptop who's keys don't work makes typing not so fun.
But I'm going to catch up now, I promise.
First order of business? Accepting my blog award from Roxy!
Until now I didn't even know there was such thing - but I'm thrilled & honoured to receive it! Roxy is an amazing woman - so supportive and caring! Thank you for being a friend!
So... I'm told this is how it works:
I am a lover of anonymity :p
1. TTC_Queen
2. Fertilitychick
3. Ahmymarriedlife
4. exceptformonday
5. iwillbeatpcos
6. thehoneyb
7. PCOSChick
And Now... 7 interesting (?) things about me....
1. I am a musician of sorts - mainly a singer at this point (as you know, and SHOULD VOTE FOR YOUR FAVOURITE NAVE SONG!) but I started off on the piano - got up to grade 8 and then switched to Viola. I played the viola all though high school and into university, but gave it up (though I still regret totally giving it up, and still own my instrument so I'll probably go back sometime soon). My real desire was to play the cello but my high school music teacher told me my hands were too small - I kinda proved her wrong though, in my final year of high school I taught myself to play. Couldn't afford to buy an instrument though :( I also taught myself to play the guitar - but that's purely for fun - I pretty much suck, but I enjoy it so I figure it doesn't matter.
2. I am trained as an interior decorator, but work as a receptionist DH & my home maintenance company (his father started it and left it to him, so I had to quit my other book-keeping/reception job to help him run it), and I dream (DREAM!) of being a writer... Blogging is helping a bit with that dream. At least I'm not getting rustier & mustier as days go by.
3. DH and I have a small zoo in our 2 bedroom apartment. Here's a list of what we currently have (we have been considerably downsizing since starting our TTC journey...)
AHEM....
- 2 dogs (one rottie/sheppard, one rottie/sheppard/pit)
- 2 cats (one is a flame-point siamese, the other I call "sweetcat cutecaticus")
- 1 iguana
- 1 chinese water dragon
- 1 mali euromastyx
- 2 chinese fire-belly toads
- 170 gallon salt water fishtank (used to have over 100 species in it, but again, we're downscaling, so now theres 3 fish and a shrimp in it :p)
4. I have been diagnosed with 4 different mental illnesses.
I don't think I have any of them.
5. I can read very very fast - but that means that I don't always retain everything the first time round, so I wind up having to re-read things a lot.
6. I have lived in Toronto, Ontario (or subburbs of) my whole life.... but I am pretty much sick of it here and can't wait to move further North ( Fertility Chick - you live in my dream spot, pretty much :P) I dream of big open spaces, trees, clean air, nicer people, slower pace.
7. I tend to do what I can to make sure I don't hurt anyone's feelings. This means that my feelings tend to get hurt a lot, because of being uber-flexible. But this is something I am trying to work on. So if I become a bitch suddenly then ya'll know why :p
Ok - so I got more brief as I went on, but you are all welcome to post questions, comments, whatever your hearts desire.
I am an open book :)
But I'm going to catch up now, I promise.
First order of business? Accepting my blog award from Roxy!
Until now I didn't even know there was such thing - but I'm thrilled & honoured to receive it! Roxy is an amazing woman - so supportive and caring! Thank you for being a friend!
- Thank the person who nominated you for this award. - check!
- Copy the award and place it in your blog. - check!
- Link the person who nominated you for this award. - HEY! didn't know how to do this before either! learning so much stuff tonight! check!
- Tell us 7 interesting things about you. - below...
- Nominate 7 bloggers.
- Post the links to the 7 bloggers you nominate. - um... .below!
I am a lover of anonymity :p
1. TTC_Queen
2. Fertilitychick
3. Ahmymarriedlife
4. exceptformonday
5. iwillbeatpcos
6. thehoneyb
7. PCOSChick
And Now... 7 interesting (?) things about me....
1. I am a musician of sorts - mainly a singer at this point (as you know, and SHOULD VOTE FOR YOUR FAVOURITE NAVE SONG!) but I started off on the piano - got up to grade 8 and then switched to Viola. I played the viola all though high school and into university, but gave it up (though I still regret totally giving it up, and still own my instrument so I'll probably go back sometime soon). My real desire was to play the cello but my high school music teacher told me my hands were too small - I kinda proved her wrong though, in my final year of high school I taught myself to play. Couldn't afford to buy an instrument though :( I also taught myself to play the guitar - but that's purely for fun - I pretty much suck, but I enjoy it so I figure it doesn't matter.
2. I am trained as an interior decorator, but work as a receptionist DH & my home maintenance company (his father started it and left it to him, so I had to quit my other book-keeping/reception job to help him run it), and I dream (DREAM!) of being a writer... Blogging is helping a bit with that dream. At least I'm not getting rustier & mustier as days go by.
3. DH and I have a small zoo in our 2 bedroom apartment. Here's a list of what we currently have (we have been considerably downsizing since starting our TTC journey...)
AHEM....
- 2 dogs (one rottie/sheppard, one rottie/sheppard/pit)
- 2 cats (one is a flame-point siamese, the other I call "sweetcat cutecaticus")
- 1 iguana
- 1 chinese water dragon
- 1 mali euromastyx
- 2 chinese fire-belly toads
- 170 gallon salt water fishtank (used to have over 100 species in it, but again, we're downscaling, so now theres 3 fish and a shrimp in it :p)
4. I have been diagnosed with 4 different mental illnesses.
I don't think I have any of them.
5. I can read very very fast - but that means that I don't always retain everything the first time round, so I wind up having to re-read things a lot.
6. I have lived in Toronto, Ontario (or subburbs of) my whole life.... but I am pretty much sick of it here and can't wait to move further North ( Fertility Chick - you live in my dream spot, pretty much :P) I dream of big open spaces, trees, clean air, nicer people, slower pace.
7. I tend to do what I can to make sure I don't hurt anyone's feelings. This means that my feelings tend to get hurt a lot, because of being uber-flexible. But this is something I am trying to work on. So if I become a bitch suddenly then ya'll know why :p
Ok - so I got more brief as I went on, but you are all welcome to post questions, comments, whatever your hearts desire.
I am an open book :)
Monday, January 11, 2010
holyshitthattookforever......
Ok.
So I am officially done fucking around with my blog layout.
If you don't like it then.... DON'T READ ME.
Ahem.
I think I feel better now...
Phew ... Just spent the last 4 + ???? hours working on this thing.
I think I finally like it.
After deleting it like 3 times by mistake.
Oh dear - I love computers!
This was SOOOO not the blog I had planned for tonight but I have the WORST migraine now.
By the way - I was not serious above. If you don't like something about the new layout, esp. the colours (ie. if it is hard to read, hard on the eyes, etc etc) please feel free to comment below. I'm not officially done, just done for tonight ;)
Thx for sticking around to read this empty & meaningless post! :)
So I am officially done fucking around with my blog layout.
If you don't like it then.... DON'T READ ME.
Ahem.
I think I feel better now...
Phew ... Just spent the last 4 + ???? hours working on this thing.
I think I finally like it.
After deleting it like 3 times by mistake.
Oh dear - I love computers!
This was SOOOO not the blog I had planned for tonight but I have the WORST migraine now.
By the way - I was not serious above. If you don't like something about the new layout, esp. the colours (ie. if it is hard to read, hard on the eyes, etc etc) please feel free to comment below. I'm not officially done, just done for tonight ;)
Thx for sticking around to read this empty & meaningless post! :)
Labels:
aesthetics,
computers sucks,
design,
templates,
venting,
webdesign
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