New (personal) layout., Made a new layout for my site! Options

[tehmiminator]

Hey everyone! I am pretty new to the CB community, but it is just absolutely inspiring and stunning! :) I worked really hard the last couple of weeks on a new design for my site and I think it looks so much nicer than before.

Just a little note, I worked really hard on validating everything... but then a certain Wordpress plugin that I use keeps messing up validation on the comments page. Grr.

So please let me know what you think, what you think should be changed... but please don't be *too* mean! I am a gentle soul, ha ha! I would be more than happy to hear if something looks messed up, or if you think I should change some colors... fonts... etc.

http://www.mimi-goodies.com

And for heaven's sake, if something is all messed up, please let me know so I can fix it! :D Thank you in advance! :)

[manic]

Wow, I haven't seen a site like your's in a long time. It's cute and easy to navigate through, so I think its a good layout.

I don't know much about wordpress, but the website is usually pretty good with giving instruction on how to fix things.

[none345678]

Wow I really like this. Especially the bottom bit. Great job! :D

[synatribe]

hi affie :] I love your site like always :]

[tehmiminator]

Thanks, everyone! :D I worked really hard on it :S It was painful, ha ha! Next job is my Quilting Bee layout! :x

[theerinkal]

I love your site! I will add you as an affiliate as soon as my site is up!

[schizo]

It's adorable. I've always loved those cute pixel sites. :)

[Smarmosaur]

i like it, but it seems...busy. like there's all the flashy stuff on the left side. i think you have too many patterns/colors, though. you have such a simple/unique layout, but there's too much. >_<

[tehmiminator]

i like it, but it seems...busy. like there's all the flashy stuff on the left side. i think you have too many patterns/colors, though. you have such a simple/unique layout, but there's too much. >_<

Oiy, I forgot completely to remove the rotations. In all honesty, I got a "review" of sorts from some peers on another site and this is something I promised to do! Thanks for the input, I like to work on my sites to be pleasing to everyone and not just myself! :)

[technicolour]

The ONLY thing that irks me the slightest bit, is the font's you used for 'Mimi'. They just don't flow well. At all. It took me a sec to see the last 'i'. I think that if the fonts were a bit more cohesive then everything would be awesome.

But other than that, I love it! It's very cool.

[jqdunn]

i like it aswell except for the black and white gradient... not a fan of that

[Smarmosaur]

i like it aswell except for the black and white gradient... not a fan of that

agreed.

after looking at it again, i think the business is because of the different colors you have. like you have a light brown and a dark brown of a different tone. same with the green. use the same color, but use shades and tints. :]
also, i like the headers at the very bottom. there are a lot of elements that are blocky and just "there". if you carry those throughout your whole site, it would definitely work better than the headers you have now.

[edit] one more thing! have you thought about using a frame for your main area? the footer, navigation table, and header don't change, so it could help to cut back load time!