What a busy (and fun) week it’s been! On Monday, Angela and I relaunched The Blog Market with a new design that we’ve been working on for months and months. If you don’t already know about The Blog Market, it’s basically my other home. Now that I’ve turned Earl Grey into more of a website and portfolio, The Blog Market is where I share coding tutorials, blogging tips, etc. Angela from If Found, Make. co-runs the site with me and shares wonderful advice for small business owners and bloggers on TBM. This site started out as a small side project and has been growing immensely every month! Who woulda thought. :)

So about the design, we really wanted to make it more interactive than just a list of blog posts. We added three featured posts up top, more sidebar widgets, reader favorites at the bottom, and more! I’m really happy with how it all turned out and I’m especially swooning hard over our new color palette, which includes coral, peach, and the prettiest deep teal. I love coming up with new color schemes! Even if it takes a lifetime to come to a decision.

moodboard images: stationery / kitchen / watercolor / interior / bathtub / felt flowers / tiles

In addition to our main page, we revamped all other pages including the resources directory, the about page, and a newly added archive where you can view all of our posts by category. We also included a new Shop Our Favorites page, where we’re sharing our favorite workspace accessories and tools. Check out the new site and let me know what you think!

Well I’m off to the coast for a girl’s weekend. My 25th birthday is Sunday so I figured the best way to celebrate would be at my favorite foresty beach town in Oregon. We’re staying in a small cottage with a hot tub (!!!) and I’m so flippin’ excited.

Happy weekend!

Over the past month, I’ve been working on a very special project. Like I said, I have been lucky to work with lots of lovely food bloggers this year. It’s wonderful for so many reasons. I love getting to learn about a type of blogging that is pretty unfamiliar to me. Also, it is really inspiring to design around such beautiful, crisp food photographs. Another plus – I always end up with a plethora of tasty recipes to add to my list of things to try.

This past month, I worked with Mary Ann of The Beach House Kitchen to create a clean, fully-customized WordPress blog design. For the blog design, we began with the Genesis Framework and Foodie Pro Theme. We began by creating a color palette of nautical navy and gray hues with the softer addition of pink. I’m still dreaming about this color palette and want to incorporate it into my workspace big time.

Mary Ann worked with Rickety Robot to design her anchor logo. Don’t you love the spoon and knife touch? I’m also so glad we added the sand element to the header! This was Mary Ann’s idea. Love how it ties in the beachy theme.

Take a look at the entire site here! If you’re a fellow foodie, check out my favorite recipes on The Beach House Kitchen:

Bourbon White Peach Popsicles
Berry Cobbler with Sweet Biscuit Topping
The Charleston Fizz
Loaded Berry Smoothie

Perfect for summer get-togethers, huh? Those popsicles are for sure making an appearance at the next BBQ I attend. All of Mary Ann’s recipes are absolutely divine and I would enjoy them beachside any day.

If you’re looking for web design services or theme customizations, send me an email!