jenepel

So, over the course of the last twelve hours or so, I have spent a ridiculous amount of time looking through all the design options on LJ and changing my journal over and over. If anyone were actually reading it they would be very confused right now. (Good thing no one is!) Never let it be said that I don't obsess. And the thing is, I still haven't found one I'm okay with. I think I need a list of exactly what I want in the design, and then I can see which fits it the best, particularly since I just realised that you can pick one design and then (duh) change individual things on it like fonts, titles and colours.

Last night I had it narrowed down to these:

bloggish - forest green
3 column - green of envy
expressive - bloom green
component - mellow
expressive - weston blue
opal - under the sea
smooth sailing - toxic teal

but now I have to go back and see how flexible each of them are. I know that I want:

a bluey-green colour
a simple font like Ariel
the title fairly prominent on top, plus the little second line
clean-look
not a white background behind the text
something where my icon doesn't completely blend in
the stupid ads not to take over the whole page
all these to show: links, tags, friends

So watch this space. (It's sure to look different every time you do!)