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Week 1B: Comments

Divinere, Luciano "I really like the background color of your blog ! It works really well with the light color in the trees of your header photo and really pulls your blog together. I also appreciate your humor, I was having the same thoughts abo ut the feel of the themes and the throwback to 2005."   Brady, Christina "I like that the photo you added is simple and blurred. Sometimes photos and graphics are very distracting and take away from the content of a blog, your header avoids that problem and adds a personal flair that relates to your endeavors. Nice and clean!" Draper, Angelina  "I enjoy how you either found a photo to pull all your color choices together, or found a photo to pull your color inspiration from. It looks seamless and no color seems out place. I think a subtle pull from the blood orange could also add a nice touch. It looks great!"

Week 1: Themes

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While browsing templates, I struggled to find one that spoke to me. I made a list and prioritized the things I wanted. I wanted a clean design and I wanted the colors to speak to me. To help me decide what colors to use, I decided to go through my photos for inspiration. I found a photo I took and created a color story from the photo. I pulled dark greens form the greenhouse, light grays from the gravel, and used a shade of brown for highlight. Throughout my blog I used a few variations of greens to try and provide a little depth. Next, to help create a clean design, I decided to focus on the font. I wanted all my fonts to reflect the same style with slight variation to highlight levels of importance. I have always been a fan of the high contrast of Didot. Limited by the fonts Blogspot provides, I simply varied the fonts by bolding titles and paired Didot with another serif font. Didot is a modern font that creates a sleek and streamlined look. Fun fact, Didot is popular in the f