The Pink Roller Coaster Has a New Look!

Check it out, you guys! The Pink Roller Coaster has a new look! Look around. Explore. I can't tell you how excited, how in love I am, with the new look. Like, so much so that I can't stop looking at it. And I can't stop asking my husband to look at how pretty it is. He is soooo over it, though. I am not, so he'll just have to deal with it.

I've been wanting to revamp the site for awhile now, but I was scared. I'm not a person who likes change, and I was also worried that if I found someone to create something for me, I might not like their design, and then how would I possibly tell them that?! I was worried that I'd be like my Mom, when my parents bought their first new vehicle -- a 90's conversion van that my Mom designed from scratch. When my Mom finally saw the finished product -- the seat material she chose, the woodwork, the exterior design -- I remember her saying something along the lines of, "Oh. So that's what it looks like all together." But that is my Mom for ya!

But I also couldn't find any premade blogger templates that I liked either. And then I remembered: ETSY! How could I forget? I thought for sure I'd find some templates on Etsy that I liked. And sure enough, I found Jessa, from CakedDesigns. I loved all of her premade templates, especially one that was very simple, but had lots of color. I knew I wanted a more minimalistic design, but I didn't want to sacrifice color. I think Jessa was able to blend the two together seamlessly. This new design is clean and sleek and simple, but still has plenty of color. And she even managed to add some sparkles to it (and you know this chick LOVES sparkes!). Customizing one of her premade templates to suit my needs really worked for me. And Jessa was so, so easy to work with. Not to mention, how cheap everything was. Like, seriously, the whole new design (and installation) was so cheap that I actually asked her if I could pay more. And when she offered me a discount because she wasn't going to get to my design until after the weekend, I said "NO WAY!" And trust me, I LIVE for a good deal. But, seriously, I would've gladly paid 4x what she charged me (and that's probably what I would've been charged if someone else had designed the blog). When I asked Jessa if I could pay more -- because, seriously, four days of work and going back and forth with me creating a new design and doing all of the installation HAS to be worth more than $69 -- she simply said, "No, no. I do this because I love getting the opportunity to design spaces that make people happy." How cool is that?!

Here are some links to Jessa's sites: Caked Designs on Etsy and her Caked Vintage Blog.
 
Well, friends, what do you think?! It is soooo me, right?!


*Postscript: What my mom actually said upon seeing the van for the first time: "Please don't tell me that's my van." It was worse than I thought.