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! :)

[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!