Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008 « A Mother’s Journal

Blog Theme Decision

By Lynn, on January 22nd, 2008%

Well, I am sticking with the 3-column Cutline theme by Chris Pearson. I love its features. I love the fact that you can insert a little bit of code and have the random headers. Eventually, I will learn to work with the custom CSS sheet to change all the colors and background at will.

So, even though I love the black, I have decided that I will just continue to learn all I can about the Cutline themes (I feel Chris Pearson will certainly continue to make more themes and probably will continue to change Cutline as WordPress changes).

To quench my thirst for a black background — for now, I have designed five random headers on black backgrounds. They all have an ornate, Victorian flair, which I absolutely love, as evidenced by one of my other sites, Innately Gray. I find that I love making headers. (Like I needed anything else to draw me to my computer each day.)

Are these some little sweeties? And isn’t it cool how you can crop them neatly right out of a picture and use them in wonderful graphic projects? Well, I think so anyway.

Lynn

I am the mother of four delightful children: a 23-year-old son, a 20-year-old son, a 17-year-old son, and a bright and bubbly 13-year-old daughter. I share an apartment home with my 17-year-old son and 13-year-old daughter. My little home on the internet is called Rose Cottage because of my love for gardening, roses, and all things romantic and Victorian. Welcome.

I'm a North Carolina girl and I love sharing North Carolina links and information. I do medical transcription from home. My hobbies include making sweet little dolls from clay who are named and have their own stories to tell. I also make old-fashioned brooches. These are for sale in my Etsy shop.

For 13 years continuously, I homeschooled some or all of our four children, but the time came that our homeschool had to be closed. It was the end of a beautiful chapter in my life. I will always be a strong supporter of homeschooling and I will continue to review books and maintain my homeschool website, The Healthy Homeschool.

To live content with small means; to seek elegance rather than luxury, and refinement rather than fashion; to be worthy, not respectable, and wealthy, not rich; to study hard, think quietly, talk gently, act frankly; to listen to stars and birds, to babes and sages, with open heart; to bear all cheerfully, do all bravely, await occasions, hurry never. In a word, to let the spiritual, unbidden and unconscious, grow up through the common. This is to be my symphony.
William Henry Channing
1810-1884