I have been busy this week. I sent the kids away across the country to visit their grandparents for a week and it has been quiet, and we have been missing them (and them us – there has been some teary phone calls), but on the plus side its been a very productive few days. We finished tweaking the new website theme and uploaded it in the wee hours this morning – what do you think? Its a bit cheerful isn’t it? Super easy to customise. Its the Thesis theme and my hubby has been practising how to use it for his work website then applied all his skill and knowledge to update whip up.
You might have heard about the flooding in Australia this past week, I am ok – thanks for all your email enquiries, the floods are in various parts of the country – no rain for years and then it goes crazy. If you want to help out there are ways to donate money – you might like to enter one of the craft raffles – or donate direct to the flood relief. Did you see that Jamie Oliver is cooking for the flood victims – maybe you can help too?
Gifts from me to you: Make a patchwork potholder and fabric fruit bowl and here is a pattern to make my Sleepy time baby with matching doll quilt. Get all the Whip Up tutorials here.
Do you have your 2011 calendar yet?
Consider the whipup calendar – full of excellent contributors and great crafty images, find out more here (only $5).
Reading this week:
The creative advantage book :: Abe’s Peanut.
Loving this week:
Crochet jute :: Making softies :: Paper stars :: crochet candle cosies :: Neckwarmer :: embellished socks.
Crafty resources:
– they have a blog tour going on – you should follow along There are lots of amazing fabric and book giveawaysExtra crafty links:
Happy Crafting Friends!
Kathreen
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Looking good Kathreen! Fresh, and springlike :)
Oh thanks so much Joan – I was going for something fresh and fun!
It looks fantastic!
Oooh doll I had no idea you lived in Australia! I don’t know how I missed that! Where abouts are you? We live in Toowoomba of all places. Absolutely demented what happened but we’re okay thank goodness. Husband has been amongst it down in the Lockyer though :(
Love the new layout!
Hi Max, I am in Canberra – it has been wet but not that wet. Hope you are all ok!
Kathreen
wow, love the updates, very refreshing! :) looks lovely…
Wow… I do like the new layout, but it will take some getting used to. it is very nice, though. :)
I thought it would be good to start the new year with a fresh palette!
Absolutely love the makeover – fresh and crispy and with frosting on the edges :)
Great work on the new layout! I am so grateful to you for having this site, you really provide me with a lot of inspiration!
I love the new layout but I miss the list of other blogs you used to have!
ok I might put this back in – thank you for the feedback :)
I added back the inspiration portal – but I think I will update it and freshen it up a bit more frequently
I love the new layout – so fresh and inviting. Thank you for all your great posts!
I do like the new layout but the colors are extremely hard to differentiate. The links are a pale gray that seem to float on the background making them hazy and the yellow headers blend into the background expecially on smaller fonts.
Is there a way to customize it from my end? I love your blog but can’t read it as-is. :(
What browser are you using? the links are bright orange as far as I can see. The pale grey underneath the heading is just the admin/author info.
Also, many of the links are just plain missing – leaving gaps in the text. I can only see them if I control+a (select all) and then they show up in white on a dark blue background. Suggestions?
What browser are you using? or are you viewing this in your email?
Kelly I honestly am not sure what is wrong at your end. I have checked it in several browsers and it all seems ok – is anyone else having this trouble?
I did make the gold heading font a little darker and the main text font a little bigger.
Let me know if there are any other problems
cheers and enjoy
Kathreen
Seems there might be a problem with viewing in firefox on some computers – if you can you should try Chrome (it also works fine in IE) – but I assure you I will be looking into the problem.
I am using firefox now and everything seems perfect!
Can’t help with the issue. Sorry!!
super duper
Have made a few tweaks so that it is now compatible with IE. If you use windows however the fonts may appear lighter than if you were using a mac.
But the good news is it that it looks pretty good across all platforms – however please do contact me if you are having any problems viewing and I will try to find out what the issue is.
thanks everyone for all your help getting this fixed.
cheers
Kathreen
Thanks! You guessed it – IE. Thanks for tweaking, it looks great now and I can see all the links.