Blog Update: Picking a Theme

What I Did: I picked a theme to apply to my blog. Why I Did It: I like minimalist themes. The Minnow theme is one of the plainest ones I could find while still looking appealing. It starts out all white, but I changed the color pallet to a grayish-blue background with white font. I think it […]

Setting Up My Blog

What I did I made the name of my blog just my actual name, Lauren. I also don’t have a tagline yet. I’m hoping to come up with more creative name and tagline in the future because, obviously, I’m sticking with the most boring, uncreative option right now. I also picked a very standard theme for […]

1. Decisions, Decisions

WHAT I DID Today I created my blog on WordPress. I picked a URL, blog name, and tagline. I picked the eighties theme and I am writing my first post. I changed some settings for email and updated my profile for WordPress. I uploaded an image for my gravatar to be connected to my profile. […]

What I did and Why?

What I did? I chose a theme that contained neutral colors but also included vivid colors around the edges and background. The font was also interesting, and I may change it, but for now, it’s the font I think will best describe myself and the purpose of my blog. Why I did it? I chose […]

What’s in a Name?

What I did I’ll be the first to admit that I hate coming up with titles. A title needs to represent the work it’s introducing and to me, a forced title cheapens the text. For the sake of making the blog, I picked a title, but I can’t say I’m satisfied with it. Even though […]