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Blog rebranding

July 30th  •  Posted in Blogging

You may have noticed from my tweets or just visiting my blog the last few days, that Miel Cafè had a complete makeover and it’s now all changed and prettier. I was planning to redesign my blog completely for a few months now, but I had no clue what to change for a while since I actually decided to sit down and concretely do something.

This wasn’t my original project by any means, I actually didn’t have a real original project if not some ideas and HTML codes and JavaScripts I wanted to use. Thanks to my boyfriend which had the major idea for this beautiful blog design, I was actually able to put together the blog design I’m most proud of and, yes, I’m super proud of myself for being able to do such things without any external help if not my boyfriend always suggesting lovely ideas to make it better. I can actually say this is the result of everything I learned during these past few months of designing other bloggers blogs, and it’s so nice to see I could put every beautiful thing I learned into one blog design. I know, it feels like I’m talking of my wedding dress, but if you can get the most beautiful design you can put together it must be special and need to be the one. I don’t think I would ever had asked something more or different to a more professional web designer than myself, so I’m super happy about it!

Up to the actually blog design, it was definitely inspired by the idea behind my blog of being a safe and comfy place that reflects my personality and the contents I like to produce. It wants to recreate a comfy Café’s atmosphere and it’s really personal being that every illustration and picture you can see in the design were photos taken by me of things I own and live with everyday. My primary requirement was to achieve an easier and nicer navigation experience, and I think the sticky navigation bar as well as the new pages appearance and the neat disposition of every gadget really make it so simple to find anything a reader might need.

I wanted my blog to have a face you can remember and enjoy, something that made it really special and different from any other, and the only solution I find was to actually inspire the design to myself as an individual different to any other one, with things I like and colors I love. Hopefully this will give its very own vibe to Miel Cafè, which is what I always look for.

You might want to take a look to my new Archive, the redesigned About Me & Miel Cafè page, the quicker Contact Form to ask me any questions you may have, as well as the new responsive and mobile friendly appearance of my blog (check it out here!).

Hope you enjoy the new Miel Café’s interface!

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  • I love the new design! And I know just what you mean, I just did a complete rebranding too and I was so happy when it felt like ‘the one’ for me! x

    • It makes you want to blog every minute of your days when you find the perfect design! x

  • Love your new design! It’s really pretty 🙂

    xx Mimmi, Muted Mornings

    • Thank you Mimmi! Glad you like it x

  • The new design looks absolutely lovely! It really gives me these coffeeshop vibes!
    Elina | missblueeyes.com

    • It was definitely our idea and I’m glad you can feel it! x

  • Love your new design, very unique! x

    A Little Treat | Beauty & Lifestyle Blog

  • daisy walters

    yayy gorgeous!! <3

    xxx | daisydaisyxxo

    Enter my giveaway here!!

    • Glad you like it! x

  • Very pretty! Love it 🙂

    • Thank you Sharon! x

  • I love your new design! Simple, unique and cozy! 😀

    http://cups-and-roses.blogspot.gr/

    • Everything I wanted it to be! Glad you can feel it 🙂 x

  • It’s such a lovely design. I’ve had a look at your boyfriend’s Etsy shop too. I’ll make sure to have a look at your recommendations and others posts! Thank you for linking this to me on Twitter!

    Average Adventures

    • Thank you so much! x

  • I love the new design, I loved the old design but it’s always nice to change it up a bit!

    Hayley-Eszti
    http://www.hayleyeszti.blogspot.com

    • I loved the old one too, but I wanted something more unique! x

  • I just went through a rebranding myself! I love yours!

    Gwenayfer | PeacockBeauty.net

  • Your new design s simply beautiful!

    • Oh thank you Peggy! x

  • Such a pretty new design, I like it a lot 🙂

    • Thank you, glad you like it! x

  • I absolutely love the new design! It’s so beautiful and different from what I’ve seen from other bloggers! xx

    Celina | The Celution | Bloglovin’

    • I wanted it to be more unique! Glad you like it x

  • Questo nuovo design è veramente carino!
    Io ho sempre amato il blog design 🙂 purtroppo non posso dedicarmici a tempo pieno attualmente!
    Però il tuo blog mi ha fatto voglia di tornare al mio progetto originale per So Colorful, ossia spaziare oltre il make up e parlare di tutte le cose che mi piacciono!

    • Grazie!
      Quando parlavo solo di beauty e makeup mi iniziavo a sentire un po’ costretta, ed è stato bello tornare all’idea originale del blog! 🙂

  • Arianne

    your blog is beautiful, I wish I could design like you!

    Arianne | http://ariannecruz07.blogspot.com

    • Thank you Arianne! x

  • Annie Mac

    I love your blog design! Wish I had that talent haha 🙂 also what filters do you put on your images? They look beautiful ♡

    Anna from http://www.annieemac.blogspot.co.uk

  • Love the design and the colours. I just complete redesigned my blog for the first time and did it all myself (with some help from the boyfriend on the graphics side) but Im so proud of it, and I’m happy I did it myself without help.

    Emma x
    Writing Essays With Wine

  • Be

    Your new design is absolutely flawless!

    xx, Be || lovefrombe