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February 17, 2006
New! And IMPROVED!
HOLY CRAP! You guys really know how to make a girl feel good! I'm glad you like the new stuff. I like it too - although I'm still tweaking. I think things are good for a bit. I wanted to add too that I found my inspiration for my header at Sydney's. I took out a couple of the lines, but I still like the way they break things up a bit. I think it adds to the abstract nature of many of the photographs.
Thanks again! I'm really touched by all the comments!!!!
Instead of knitting, I played with the blog a bit. Refresh the page a couple of times. ;-) Let me know what you think! Thanks!
Posted by Cara at February 17, 2006 07:58 PM
Topics: blogging stuff
Comments
Wow, that is so neat how the picture changes everytime you refresh it! Your photos are amazing.
Posted by: KnitPastis at February 17, 2006 08:06 PM
Girlfriend, I love it! You have mad skillz.
Posted by: Lolly at February 17, 2006 08:07 PM
Awesome!
Posted by: Mary in Maine at February 17, 2006 08:07 PM
Wow! Frickin' amazing!
Posted by: Norma at February 17, 2006 08:16 PM
Can't stop refreshing...
Posted by: Melanie at February 17, 2006 08:16 PM
Uber cool!
Posted by: Carrie at February 17, 2006 08:21 PM
Beeeyootiful!
Posted by: Chris at February 17, 2006 08:23 PM
oooooh, love it!!!
Posted by: carole at February 17, 2006 08:28 PM
love them all but got a kick out of the jaywalkers!
Posted by: amy at February 17, 2006 08:29 PM
I can't stop refreshing - I'll be here all night ....
Posted by: Lu at February 17, 2006 08:33 PM
I love it!!!!!!
Posted by: Kristin at February 17, 2006 08:33 PM
I think I like the skeins best. All are just lovely though!
Posted by: Jan at February 17, 2006 08:35 PM
Beautiful, Cara! AND, as a bonus, a great way to get pumped stats! hahahaha!
:)
xox
Posted by: sandy at February 17, 2006 08:42 PM
Love. It. All.
But especially the Jaywalkers and the yarn. Your photos are amazing!
Posted by: emmy at February 17, 2006 08:56 PM
love the new banner. so pretty! :)
Posted by: Sandra at February 17, 2006 08:57 PM
Gorgeous! Do the varying widths signify something?
Posted by: Lauren at February 17, 2006 09:07 PM
Awesome pix! I love it!
Posted by: Jen at February 17, 2006 09:09 PM
Gorgeous pics!
Posted by: valentina at February 17, 2006 09:16 PM
That is impressive!
Posted by: Paula at February 17, 2006 09:21 PM
I can't stop! It's beautiful! Is that Manos Wildflowers, my Olympic sweater yarn?
Posted by: Jane at February 17, 2006 09:22 PM
Must keep clicking... Awesome!
Posted by: Beth at February 17, 2006 09:24 PM
I think its yummy looking!
Posted by: Becky at February 17, 2006 09:33 PM
A "couple" of times?!? I think I saw like 20 different variations! They are all gorgeous, especially the yarn shots... and the pretty pink JWs :).
Posted by: grumperina at February 17, 2006 09:35 PM
Cara,
How absolutely wonderful! The pictures are all so beautiful that I too kept on 'refreshing'....this is a keeper!
Posted by: Carmen at February 17, 2006 09:36 PM
WOW, so very cool. I refreshed about 20X. How did you get the banner to do that?
Posted by: Liz at February 17, 2006 09:38 PM
Awesome! I want mine like that tooo :)
Posted by: Isela at February 17, 2006 09:38 PM
Love everything about it...your photographs are beautiful...great work!!!
Posted by: carlotta at February 17, 2006 09:42 PM
Hmm, so there are 36 different pics...it looks so cool, I am going to be hitting refresh all night long
Posted by: Isela at February 17, 2006 09:47 PM
I have always enjoyed your pix -- this is addictive!
Posted by: Meg at February 17, 2006 10:00 PM
Beautiful, I just want to keep hitting refresh over and over. As a matter of fact, I think I'll continue now that I've let you know how cool I think your new banner is.
Posted by: Faith at February 17, 2006 10:01 PM
Wow! How many banner options are there? Will I get a new one each time I enter? Awesome!
Posted by: Johanna at February 17, 2006 10:12 PM
I love the jaywalkers and flowers. The bee is kinda spooky though *shudder*
Posted by: Vicki at February 17, 2006 10:20 PM
Beautiful!
Posted by: Stacey S at February 17, 2006 10:21 PM
Amazing pictures. They're all so beautiful that I can't decide which I like the best and keep hitting refresh.
Posted by: Jocele at February 17, 2006 10:22 PM
So pretty, Cara! I love all the different photos you used.
Posted by: Jackie at February 17, 2006 10:26 PM
Kewl! Cara~~your photographs~~your works of art~~are stunning!
Posted by: Jen at February 17, 2006 10:48 PM
As a designer, I'm curious as to why you chose to use the thick vertical lines as a design element, instead of letting the gorgeous images and typography speak for themselves?
Posted by: KathyB at February 17, 2006 11:01 PM
I like the cool new look but not the pictures with bugs.
Posted by: trek at February 17, 2006 11:05 PM
Color me green with envy!
Posted by: Teresa C at February 17, 2006 11:05 PM
PURDY!
Posted by: Jasmin at February 17, 2006 11:14 PM
Neato!!!
Posted by: Samantha at February 17, 2006 11:16 PM
Hee! I love randomized banners!
Posted by: Noelle at February 17, 2006 11:20 PM
Beautimous! I love macro shots :)
Posted by: Rosemary at February 17, 2006 11:23 PM
I LOVE it... (I love macro shots too... my DH gave me a ring flash for my birthday!)
Posted by: melissa at February 17, 2006 11:27 PM
sooooo pretty, C!
Posted by: Jen at February 17, 2006 11:43 PM
I love the picture, but I use firefox and the picture is running into the writing, so I can't read the first few sentences. I definitely love the change. I'd also love to say I'm surprised at your skill on the computer, but I'm not-I expected you would have talent here too.
Posted by: Kimberly at February 17, 2006 11:59 PM
Just gorgeous!
Posted by: Leah at February 18, 2006 12:09 AM
Pretty pictures! I can't stop refreshing. I like the ones with yarn or knitted items best, especially the one with the yarn that looks like it's probably Manos. And the pink jaywalkers!
Posted by: Courtney at February 18, 2006 12:22 AM
Love it!
Posted by: Renee at February 18, 2006 12:44 AM
Hey, are you working on this right now? I've been refreshing your site to see some of your gorgeous pictures and now it works without running into the writing. I love it!!!
Posted by: Kimberly at February 18, 2006 12:49 AM
I love it!
Posted by: Jen E at February 18, 2006 01:25 AM
Very nice - love the yarn shots and the daisy!
Posted by: Robin at February 18, 2006 01:26 AM
I really like it, but when I clicked over from Bloglines, the banner and the top-of-page links were fighting for space. Just so you know. (Also--I like the bugs.)
Posted by: naomi at February 18, 2006 01:35 AM
Wow it's great! Awesome colors - and talk about ultra macro!!! Sheesh!
Posted by: Laura at February 18, 2006 01:40 AM
pretty! how do you do that? i'm jealous!
Posted by: cori w at February 18, 2006 02:07 AM
It looks great but the giant bugs kind of creep me out. :)I love the photo of the rain on a leaf and the edge of a shawl hanging.
Posted by: Jessica at February 18, 2006 02:51 AM
Hi, you're photos are awesome, I like the change ;-)
Posted by: suegene at February 18, 2006 02:52 AM
The first one I saw was all your STR Jaywalkers... showoff! :) It looks great!
Posted by: jen. at February 18, 2006 04:24 AM
So. Very. Cool. I love it! I think my favorites are the shawl on the chair and the many skanks of what is undoubtedly STR. Though I also love the macrobotanical of the pink flower and the green leaf.
Posted by: Laura at February 18, 2006 06:00 AM
gorgeous.... man I wish I had thought of it cause I am having a hell of a time figuring out how to decorate my place!
Posted by: stinkerbell at February 18, 2006 06:05 AM
beautiful! i love your pictures.
Posted by: kris at February 18, 2006 06:22 AM
YES YES YES! RIGHT ON! ITS PERFECTLY YOU!
Posted by: Kelly at February 18, 2006 07:43 AM
Ooooh, so preeeettttyyyy.... I will be loading and reloading for days... :)
Posted by: Kate at February 18, 2006 07:59 AM
Love them all (except maybe the one with the big beetle - bugs bug me - my phobia)! Awesome concept. I can't even imagine how you do that. You're so talented!
Posted by: Janet at February 18, 2006 08:08 AM
Love! Love! Love! The Jaywalker one!!
Posted by: Kathleen at February 18, 2006 08:12 AM
Oh. My. Goodness. Wowza!
Posted by: Elspeth at February 18, 2006 08:27 AM
So very cool.
Posted by: anne at February 18, 2006 08:39 AM
Slammin'! I love the way the pictures change.
Posted by: Nancy at February 18, 2006 08:44 AM
I hit refresh over and over just to see all the pictures...it's wicked awesome;-)
Posted by: margene at February 18, 2006 08:53 AM
What they said! Breathtaking ... (going back to see them again....)
Posted by: delia at February 18, 2006 09:10 AM
THAT is wonderful. My favorite is the sheep photo and the lace shawl photo. Just gorgeous.
I'm going to have to view source for hours now, to see how you did that...:)
Great job!
Posted by: Liz Cadorette at February 18, 2006 09:17 AM
Very Very Cool!
Posted by: Rachel H at February 18, 2006 09:20 AM
Beautiful! I could stay here all day refreshing... but I need to knit! (I wish my blog was this pretty... :( )
Posted by: tgz at February 18, 2006 09:53 AM
OMG this is like crack! I keep refreshing and refreshing and SOMEBODY STOP ME!!!! Gorgeous photos Cara :O)
Posted by: amanda at February 18, 2006 09:53 AM
Ooooh, that's so pretty. Love me some hydrangeas.
Posted by: Karma at February 18, 2006 10:13 AM
Beautiful. :)
Posted by: Jennifer at February 18, 2006 10:26 AM
*Sniff* It's gorgeous, Cara. I just changed my screen saver at home to a slide show from My Pictures and I'm always getting sucked in watching the pics fly by, not wanting to end it (it's thrilling when a pic from NYC or Rhinebeck pops up!) -- now I'll be refreshing your page 20 times a day, too!!
Posted by: Vicki at February 18, 2006 10:56 AM
I like the new look — bright, sophisticated, clean, nice choice of type for the heading . I much prefer the knitting photos for this use. I think some of the botanicals suffer from being chopped up, while the knitting ones are more abstract and work better. The picture of holiday lights is my favourite of the non-knitting photos, and is a nice reference back to your old banner.
Posted by: B. at February 18, 2006 11:30 AM
Beautiful!! Love the skyline pic.
Posted by: Meg at February 18, 2006 11:57 AM
Freakin' gorgeous!
Posted by: Rebecca at February 18, 2006 01:12 PM
Gorgeous!
Posted by: diana at February 18, 2006 01:19 PM
Geeze, i think by the 82nd comment you KNOW it's good.
Lovely Cara!
Posted by: margaux at February 18, 2006 02:52 PM
Everyone has already said it all! Stunning photos and a fun way to keep the blog fresh :)
Posted by: Kristina at February 18, 2006 03:02 PM
I love the new pictures... am I supposed to ge the white lines running through them though? I want to see the WHOLE picture. Am I just being greedy?
Posted by: Laura at February 18, 2006 03:55 PM
I don't know how you did it, but I love it. Especially the Jaywalker shot. :)
Posted by: Julie H. at February 18, 2006 04:08 PM
It's so beautiful Cara! May I ask how you did the random image thing? I'd love to put a random header on the new webpage I'm building.
Posted by: Miriam at February 18, 2006 05:03 PM
Absolutely outstanding!!! Love it.
Posted by: Kim at February 18, 2006 06:04 PM
love it!
Posted by: may at February 18, 2006 07:10 PM
Dude! That is so awesome! Can't stop refreshing...
Posted by: Carla at February 18, 2006 09:55 PM
That's so clever! I love the different pix each time, but now I keep hitting refresh everywhere else...
Posted by: Carrie K at February 18, 2006 10:25 PM
Heh, now you're going to need a feature where we can click to order the picture currently being displayed. :)
Posted by: Chris at February 19, 2006 12:56 AM
oooh girl totally off topic - did you hear billy book cases are on sale at ikea - 25% off...to make room for new items...i wonder WHAT the new ones are???
Posted by: Julsey at February 19, 2006 01:00 AM
Honey, I'm bowing to your talent!!! I will worship you as my blog god. It looks fab.
Posted by: Kimberly at February 19, 2006 01:14 AM
That. Is. The. Coolest. Banner. I've ever seen. Duuuude.
I just want to sit and clickity-click! Gorgeous photos, too!
Posted by: jillian at February 19, 2006 01:38 AM
i just killed like half and hour by hitting refresh!
totally cool banner! love it!
Posted by: jacqueline at February 19, 2006 03:27 AM
The new look is great! You are a truly talented photographer. You found a way to share that with us as well as your knitting...very cool!
Posted by: Annie at February 19, 2006 06:51 AM
You are having way too much fun on your blog! Beautiful pictures.
Posted by: Cathy at February 19, 2006 09:56 AM
I've always loved your photographs, but it looks much better with some of the lines removed! Less distracting.
Posted by: Manise at February 19, 2006 10:23 AM
Cara, I just love the festive lights...and the snowy firs, and the flowers...and the bugs, and the sheep...and...and...and.... WOW!
Posted by: Carmen at February 19, 2006 11:06 AM
Thanks for the droplets of beauty in my day, Cara.
Posted by: DebbieB at February 19, 2006 12:28 PM
how cool is this?!?!?! how cool are you!?!?!?!
Posted by: mrspilkington at February 19, 2006 12:33 PM
unbelievable!! i love every single one of them!!
Posted by: michelle at February 19, 2006 03:26 PM
Gorgeous! I can't stop hitting the "Refresh" button!
Posted by: parikha at February 19, 2006 06:37 PM
Ooooo... I just love the pictures - all of them. I could sit here hitting refresh all night.
Posted by: hillary at February 19, 2006 08:29 PM
Duh, I just caught on! Love it, the pictures are so pretty!
Posted by: Donna at February 19, 2006 10:16 PM
Gorgeous! Very Georgia.
Is it warm in here? ;)
Posted by: mamacate at February 20, 2006 10:19 AM