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New Blog Header Revealed

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I am back home in New Zealand! The flight and airport waits were long and tiring but almost two days later we are ensconced in our house in Auckland. Before now, when we went on holiday, we have always had a house sitter look after our place because of our darling cat but he has passed on and this time we left the house empty. Well, it seems that there is no point in cleaning before going on holiday because dust accumulates even in the silent absence of a living soul and it all has to be done again when you get back. My advice is to get wise and do it once only.

Anyway, you have hopefully noticed the big change to my blog – the header! My son, Dario and I have been working on this for quite some time, trying to get several elements into one image and I think I have finally managed it. I wanted the idea of strands because of my blog name hence the vines; I obviously wanted food involved and also the photography element of the blog since I have discovered this has become a great passion. I found a Shutterstock image of the girl with the camera and bought it then proceeded to subtract and add until it was telling the story my way. I changed her clothes, her make up, I cut her hair and added the food and extra vines. I actually launched the new Header from our layover in Bangkok Airport yesterday on my laptop with a very slow internet connection. I thought it looked great but when I got home a few hours ago, I saw it on my normal screen and, horror of horrors, it was bright yellow. I have since changed it with drooping, jetlagged eyelids and a slow brain. I hope I don’t check it again in a few hours and be horrified anew.

I have also added a Grab My Blog Button in the sidebar with the code beneath it for anyone interested.

Here’s the finished image but you can also see it above, of course.

Strands of My Life Header Image

 

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    • admin says

      I loved the previous one too but I needed to work on an image of what I am as a blog and I realised it was about the photography as well as the food. I’ll see how it goes.
      Suzanne

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  5. kitchenriffs says

    Welcome home! I like the new header – very nice. I’ve been horrified more than once when I see how things look on different monitors. I’m now running dual monitors. One is color corrected; the other has the brightness turned up way high, the way an awful lot of people have their monitors set. So I at least have an idea of how pictures look on different monitors – and I’ve sometimes gone back into Photoshop to do a few tweaks because I didn’t like the way they looked on the 2nd monitor.

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    • admin says

      Thanks. But the colour is even different between the actual header and my inserted photo above, yet they are exactly the same. It is a worry!
      Suzanne

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  8. thyme (sarah) says

    It looks absolutely wonderful! I love the entire woven quality about it. When I’ve played around with my blog, I feel like I am taking my life in my hands…I get so nervous, so I understand your hesitation. Enjoying following your trip and glad you had a wonderful time. I can imagine those were some very LONG flights!

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    • admin says

      Thanks so much, Sarah. It is nerve-wracking to make changes but I also like playing around with things to hopefully improve the blog. It’s a fun, creative process.
      The flights were very long but we got here in the end, a little the worse for wear.
      Suzanne

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