Hey all, just an update. I'll pick the winner sometime on Sunday. If you could, when you leave a comment, make sure that you have a site listed in your blogger profile or mention a specific blog address you want worked on in your comment. That will make it easier for me as I wade through all of the entries.
While you're here, feel free to peruse the rest of the site.
Looking forward to announcing the winner on Sunday! - Brian
My friend Lisa is participating in the Winter '08 Bloggy Giveaway Carnival and I figured that since I just offered a free thing the other day, I should join in as well.
At stake is a free blogger redesign (Nate, you don't qualify. When I get some time you'll get some design time). If you'd like to see some of my work, you can visit my portfolio or view some of these previous entries in my 'Design Class With Brian' series
On average my redesigns take around 5-6 hours, so the value of this prize is in the range of $250-$300. To enter, just leave a comment explaining why your site needs a redesign and what your dream site would look like and I'll pick a winner this weekend. For anyone who doesn't win, I'll give a 25% discount to anyone looking for a blog redesign of their own.
Comment Away!
58 comments:
i think if you look at my site you'll see why it needs a redesign. clearly I've just used the available templates available through blogger because i don't have the brainpower to decipher html code. That's where you come in. I love clean lines and simplicity, but I also like patterns (think scrapbook paper). I don't like bright colors or hard to see colors on too washed out backgrounds. I'm def. in need of your help!
My husband desperately needs a blog redesign so he can get more work! He is a professional violist but his site is in serious need of help! Thank you for you having such a generous giveaway! I would LOVE to win this so he could provide more for our family!
My email is holladayfam(at)gmail(dot)com.
Thanks again!
I acutally just got a new design for my blog that I absolutely love.
I want to win this one for my 19 year old daughter to surprise her for her blog. She is using a common free template and is really wanting something unique to her.
Count me in please.
Thanks for the giveaway!
Stop by my place to win a bath set & candles or one of two copies of a book I'm giving away. Don't miss the daily edition of contests galore that I post on my blog.
Laura @ Laura Williams' Musings
email is in my profile or you can contact me via the contact form on my blog.
I would love this. I really don't know what I am doing and could use the help since this is how I stay connected to my family.
michelle
I'd love to win a nice design for my Stylish Mommy blog that would be very mommy friendly and unique. I think it is very bland right now and I need something that will give me the incentive to post more in that particular blog. Thanks for the wonderful giveaway. Take care and have a wonderful week! :)
Like most others who've already commented, I've just got a generic blogger template. I would LOVE a site with a rugged, vintage feel, scroll work and/or paisely and my fave colors are dark brown, blue and green. Here's hoping I win!
I'm using a boring template right now and could really use something funky and unique like me. Thanks!!
My site needs an overhaul as well. I love anything pink! Pink pink and more pink please! lol!
i need to set up a template for a business site..i haven't even started it yet!
My Blog needs a new look. I only recently started in mid December, using the templates that were available. I did spruce it up a bit with a tag cloud and a few other things, but I think I may have over done it.
My blog should be clean cut and green, yet vintage. It will eventually show many before and after photographs of my new home (going through the loan process now) and details as to how it was done, and the cost.
I'll also add little things through the week just as I said, I'm new to blogging.
Thank you so much for the chance, and good luck to all.
It's so hard to type with my fingers crossed. I'm so hoping I win this one! Thanks for such a great giveaway.
My blog needs a redesign because I just used a free template and have no idea how to make my own. I would love to have two ladies holding books talking and bright classy colors.
I could definitely use a redesign - I just celebrated 2 years of blogging. :) I've messed with the templates to change colors but that's about it.
I like easy to read, good use of space, and great color. I do not like black. I love greens, browns, pinks, and oranges - some pattern. Maybe retro chic
incorporating some photos. Great giveaway!
Come to my website and you'll see that you should pick me!
I need your help. I have challenges in adding things that mess with the html code and then I waste all this time becoming a nasty person, giving myself a time out and then coming back to it.
I love neutral with chocolate brown accented by either limes, pinks and blues. I love the blogs that are easy to read but have a catchy banner and their links are well defined.
And... I'm a really nice person when someone helps me out with tech stuff. Help me, help me.
This would be really nice! I have a new weight loss blog that I am interested in redoing!
I would love to have a new blog design.
That would be great :) Thanks so much!!
I am just using the free blogger template and... BORING!!! I would really like something that is fun and unique! Very pink also!
Wonderful! I am clueless and have a basic, boring template. This would be great! Please enter me.
I've been using the same free template since I started blogging. I'd like to think I have more personality and pizazz (I can't believe I just used that word to refer to myself!) than the design indicates. Besides, I have 4 (almost 5) kids, so redecorating anything is rare in these parts--no time, no money. If I were to win, I know I would want some combination of pink, brown, teal/blue, cream and purple colors (is that nauseating?). Perhaps stripes. And a really cool header, although I've no idea what that might be. Oh I hope I win.
Too, too cool! I loved looking around your blog. Thank you for your great offer!
I need a blog redesign because I am using the boring blogger templates. My husband won't let me spend the money to get a custom blog design. I would love something in browns and pinks or teal and brown. Maybe stripes? I would have to think about it.
Actually, I'm very happy with my juggling girl. However, I'm entering because I'd like to gift a friend with this prize package. She has a design that she doesn't fit her and I know she can't afford to pay to have a new one done.
I desperately need a new look. Please, please, please pick me!!!
I have three ideas for new blogs and would love a design for any of them. In one I will be blogging about selling my house and downsizing. Now I just ned the house to sell!
Mine is nothing but the template..so I'd love a spruce!
Enter me, please!
Mine is boring and ugly...we have lots of family and friends out-of-town that surely want to see something more eyepleasing! Thanks for the chance!
I'm using a free template because I'm a blogtard! I love Mary Engelbreit because of her skewed view of fun. That would describe me entirely.
WOW I could use a redesign, such a generous offer. email is in my profile or on my blogs.
Your design is RIGHT UP MY ALLEY!!! Could I possibly get you to contact me about designing mine even if I don't win (though I hope I do ;)!!!). Thanks for this great prize!
wow, that is a big giveaway!
Hope I win! Cool!!! Thanks!
i would love to win!
My blog is so boring! Just a generic template that I see used all the time on other blogs. I'd really like something thats a bit more sophisticated and that lets me show off pictures of my sons.
What a neat contest!
This is SUCH a great giveaway and as a new blogger I would love to have something to make my blog unique and special. Thanks for the giveaway!
julieahudson[at]hotmail[.]com
I could use this!
well, i like my blog design and i have fun doing my own, but i want to give one to my hubby for his blog....see, he asked me to design one for him and I have tried twice, but he is not happy...says my stuff is too girly....so i'm hoping a guy could do a design for him that would be more....well....guy'ish. anyways, hope i win. thanks!
Please enter me! I would like a redesign because I want something that is uniquely mine. I do play around a bit with html, but I am not smart enough to get real fancy. My dream blog would be very feminine, but clean looking. Kind of Shabby Chic. Though I don't know if you know what that looks like.;-) Thank you for giving away such a nice prize. :)
PLease include me. I have no idea how to design my blog and I want something that represents our family!! I get so tired of going to pyzam to find a generic layout!! We are a military family and have been all over but we will always call Arkansas home!! HELP!!!
Me me! I'm just restarting up blogging and will be soooo much more inspired if my blog has a super cool design!
Oh, please enter me! I have two blogs. One that I maintain for family members in other parts of the country and another that is more for my personal use. My family blog is on Blogger and I have downloaded a template from someplace. I like it okay but it has an obnoxious orange bar across the top that serves as an advertisement and cannot be removed. My other blog, the one that really needs help, is actually on Wordpress. I love Wordpress for various reasons. However, I have heard that it is almost impossible to change your theme unless know CSS, which I do not. The name of that blog is Milk in the Closet. I would love to have a simple design that includes a picture of the top of a glass of milk. I know it probably sounds so odd. You'll have to stop by and read the story behind the name.
Anyway, I like your work. Great giveaway! Thanks!
http://milkinthecloset.wordpress.com/
I would like my blog to be redesign by you (the expert) because I am not one. I want so much more for my blog and for
it to look different and
apart from the other blogs. I have high hopes for it.
HELP ME!!
Check out my blog and you will see how in need of your services I am!
I've just started a new blog, about my adventures re-entering the dating world after many, many years. While a lot of people seem to be enjoying it, I ended up with a sad template, because I have no idea how to design my own.
I'd want something fresh & flirty.
My blog desperately needs help. I keep thinking I'll play around with it sometime, but well, that just never happens. I'd love something that reflects the antics of 3 boys...growing and playing together. And oh yeah, the fighting!
Please pick me. I need something a little bit different as I've got the basic template that blogger lets you choose! I really like playful and fun designs with a lot of color.
well, I'd love a redesign for my new weight loss blog. It could use some pizzaz and I have no idea how to do it(I paid someone to design my other two sites and I simply have no money to do that again). Thanks for your consideration!
www.bwwi.blogspot.com
My blog is in DESPERATE need of a makeover! There's so much I want to do with it, but can never get to!
We just started a blog and used a nice blogger template. I'd love to have something that says more about who we are and what our blog will be about. Thanks for the offer!
I've been blogging for almost 2 years and I'm *still* with the design that came with blogger. I just can't seem to get the hang of it myself (and really don't have the time in this season of my life to learn). I'm in *desperate* need. No. Really. Just look.
I think my blog speaks for itself in terms of the dire need of a redesign... I've tried to play with some CSS templates to get a more customized look, but I always end up with a bloody forehead and a headache (due to all the brick walls I slam headfirst into).
I'd like something clean, mostly white background, and possibly with a few banners that I can rotate through as the whim strikes me. If I had a start of a design with one banner, I might be able to become proficient enough with a PhotoShop-like tool to make a few more.
Oh, I am in desperate need of a makeover. Oh, and so is my blog. You may not be able to offer much assistance with my makeover but I think you could work wonders with my boring blog template!!! I have so many ideas for my blog but every time I attempt to make changes I lose alot of my info and start from scratch-ugh!
Thank you for this very generous giveawy!
lmfamilo[at]hotmail[dot]com
www.familosinsweethomealabama.blogspot.com
I desperately need a redesign for my blog. I am brand spanking new to blogging and of course I know nearly nothing about webdesign. I would like to be able to have my blog be visually appealing rather than the simple template that I chose. Thanks so much for the great giveaway!
I hesitate to want a new design because I just got one and it is lovely. But it is barely useable. Switched to the old blogger, I can't link to the direct post easily, I have no idea how to do html, so adding pics and links to the sidebar has become nearly impossible for me. I love the look, but it is too hard to use.
www.qtpies7.com
I like my desing now. The key word there is "like." I'd rather have something more professional and polished, something I'd LOVE!
I'm entering on behalf of my husband, who is setting up a photography business. His site isn't yet launched, but you can see what we've go so far here:
http://shanesmartphotography.blogspot.com/
He likes the black background we have but would love a professional to work over it and make it 'commercially-ready' - we hope to put up a shopping cart and photo gallery (rather than just a blog-post style gallery like we have at the moment) soon. We're a bit lost on all of that!
Thanks for hosting the giveaway!
Cheers,
Lizzie
My site: http://lizzieshome.blogspot.com/
My email:
lizzies-home(at)hotmail(dot)com
I'd like to have my blog redesigned. I should do it myself but I haven't even put a title banner up. I suck!
I love your retro comic header. I need a blog design that isn't too "mommy" for essentially being a mommy blog, if that makes any sense. Take a look:
http://superdumbsupervillain.blogspot.com
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