A Different Look for 2008

I started this blog in January of 2006; two years later, it’s time for a fresh look.

I've always loved painting a room and switching all the artwork around, and it suddenly occurred to me that I could do the same thing with my blog. Why did I wait so long?!

Here are some of the thoughts & inspirations behind the new look:

A fresh take on categories. I’ve decided to organize my content into six categories: people, places, things, methods, experiments and reflections. These categories represent everything that inspires me (people, places and things) and my response to it (methods, experiments and reflections).  I’ll write more about the thoughts behind these categories as the year unfolds.

A fabulous old typewriter. I use this typewriter (in the new banner) as an icon on my business cards and all the collateral I send out to prospective clients; I’ve grown fond of it, and wanted to incorporate it here. I love seeing this old-fashioned hunk of iron and round-topped keys in a digital medium.

Color! For an accent color, I chose Pantone’s “Color of the Year” for 2008, Blue Iris. I have always loved this color. Deep and dramatic, this is the color of a summer sky at midnight; the color of a drapery panel in Marie Antoinette’s bedchamber. In my daydreams, I’m wearing a dress made from yards and yards of inky purple-blue silk, accessorized with an enormous sapphire ring.

Play. This year, I’m giving myself permission to take things less seriously. To explore the world, indulge in bouts of daydreaming and fits of silliness, meander without purpose, seek art in every day, and say “yes” more often. Wanna play?

I have a lot more tweaks to make, and so you'll see little things shifting around over the next few days... oh, and I'll be posting, too. Really & truly.

Comments

[sam]

Yay - it's playtime at jennifer Jeffrey's blog. Very classy. I love it! Congratulations. This post made me smile from inside as well as out.

[alison]

yay - you're back! love the new look!

[Tea]

I LOVE it! Yay for the new doo, and for fits of silliness too. I have a feeling it's going to be fun around here.

ps. I have an old typewriter image on my (so old and dated that it hurts) professional site too. Love 'em.

[Tom]

I love old typewriters and fonts that imitate them - it always brings to mind (somewhat bittersweetly, I suppose) of the difference between new digital media and being a 'real' writer. I think of hack writers, churning out the next installment of their horror story for their penny dreadful, the sports writer trying to get Joe DiMaggio's latest achievement done by the 3pm metro deadline, and Jack Kerouac feeding the beginning of a huge scroll of taped together sheets into the back to try and capture the feel of a stream-of-conciousness in random prose. The image seems somehow more urban, grittier, "realer" (yes, I know that's not a word ;) than the slick skin of a blog. Kudos!

[rachelk]

Yay! Do you have a tan ;) Do recipes go under the thing category?
xo

[Moose in the Kitchen]

Love the new look!

[anita]

gorgeous!

Love the Steadman-esque typewriter

[Jennifer Jeffrey]

Hey, I'm so glad you're all liking it! And especially the typewriter... looks like we have a typewriter fan club.

Aren't blogs fun?!

[Barbara]

Fabulous new look Jennifer. I like it.

[Laurie Gauguin]

Beautiful new color scheme and logo. What a perfect way to bring in the new year!

[susanna]

I like your new look, Jennifer! It looks so fresh and that logo of the typepwriter is wonderful. I didn't know that Pantone had a colour of the year...hmmm...I learned something new this morning. :)

[jen maiser]

LOVE the new look my dear. New year, new look. Time to play.