new layout

so while i had a beautiful blog design before, i didn't do it myself. i had found it on a fabulous website called girliebits, and i had adapted it a little bit.

but i wasn't content with that. i wanted to learn how to really do it... so i started playing around and reading source code for lots and lots of blogs. this is my first attempt at really playing with it on my own. it's still based off of minima, as many blogs seem to be, but in the upcoming weeks, watch for this to be tweaked and tweaked until i get it just the way i want it. while i loved the way this used to look, i felt like i was cheating. who knows, i may end up having something very similar to that design, but i'll be proud that i came up with it on my own as opposed to using someone else's design.