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February 26th, 2006
welcome to the new d*s!

i thought the day would never come, but my little facelift is complete! thanks to help from my designer (she rules), coder and kay at site-basics (who stepped in to save the day), we’re finally up and running. i’m sure there will be little glitches here and there, so please stick with us while we work out any problems that may come up. please feel free to send an email if something’s not looking right on your computer. be sure to check out the mini-trends to your left (that will change every week), the new blogroll that will expand as i work on it and the buttons for the d*s shop (coming soon!) , guide and newsletter (all coming soon!).

some faq’s answered: yes, a search option is coming and yes, posts arranged by categories is coming (it takes a long time to go back through all 1,773 posts and do that, but i promise i’m working on it as fast as i can)

so, again, thanks for your patience and enjoy!

[ps: the pics look a little smooshy on my pc this morning so i'm on it]

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47 comments
Jacquelynn said:
February 26th, 2006 - 6:16 pm

It’s wonderful! (And I’m a Safari user–and glad to be your first comment! Thanks for working so hard to be accomodating for us Mac users!)

Kate said:
February 26th, 2006 - 6:22 pm

it looks FANTASTIC!!

rena said:
February 26th, 2006 - 6:27 pm

oh my gosh! wow, congrats!!!!!! looks great! time for a drink :)

Daniel Burns said:
February 26th, 2006 - 6:46 pm

Way to go! The new site design looks great!

Anya said:
February 26th, 2006 - 6:47 pm

Hot.

Love the colour , the theme section on the side bar and the prettyness of it all – well worth the wait.

gretchen said:
February 26th, 2006 - 7:07 pm

GORGEOUS! And worth the wait. Congratulations!

toasted said:
February 26th, 2006 - 7:22 pm

nice new layout! i like the cool color theme! :-)

marbargarbo said:
February 26th, 2006 - 7:46 pm

The colors really aren’t too lovely, you normally have decent taste Grace, but ewwwww.
Sorry love.
MP

joy said:
February 26th, 2006 - 7:48 pm

Looks wonderful! congrats!

Anonymous said:
February 26th, 2006 - 8:29 pm

I love the new layout – fabulous!

ralph said:
February 26th, 2006 - 8:54 pm

Very nice, Grace. Very subtle and refined. Congratulations!

poppy said:
February 26th, 2006 - 9:51 pm

oh congratulatiosn! looks great!

tango! said:
February 26th, 2006 - 10:53 pm

OooooOooo…..nice!

kath red said:
February 26th, 2006 - 11:08 pm

love the facelift – that mint milkshake colour is yummy

tango! said:
February 27th, 2006 - 12:12 am

OOOooooooOOOOO…nice!

A Little Hut said:
February 27th, 2006 - 12:22 am

LOVE it! Congratulations.

karin said:
February 27th, 2006 - 2:04 am

it’s looking great! and it’ll be really exciting to follow all your new endevours!

Husmusen said:
February 27th, 2006 - 4:04 am

Congrats! It looks great! :)

Andreas said:
February 27th, 2006 - 4:54 am

its definitely very pretty and tasteful, and i’m on safari too and it looks perfectly alright, there’s only one thing really – the jpgs you are using are too compressed. do they really need to be this small? it is killing the little patterns with artifacts…

siobhan said:
February 27th, 2006 - 6:49 am

it’s beautiful !!!

Anonymous said:
February 27th, 2006 - 6:57 am

I’m a Mac and Firefox user and the whole page seems to be too smushed in the center of the page. The font is just a tad too small, and the photos not much better. There’s just too much border. I peeked at the site on IE and this doesn’t seem to be a problem. Just an fyi.

Melissa said:
February 27th, 2006 - 7:06 am

Congratulations! It’s beautiful. I especially love the sea sponge and spiney urchin logo. Gorgeous!

One thing though… I liked it when your links opened in new windows (”target=new”)… so we don’t have to back up to get back to you.

Style Editor said:
February 27th, 2006 - 7:39 am

Gorgeous. Well done with your blogger hacks and tweaks. Pretty pretty.

Anonymous said:
February 27th, 2006 - 8:23 am

omg i love it! how adorable

Ms Megan said:
February 27th, 2006 - 8:25 am

Three cheers for your new efforts to satisfy our design thirst!!!

design*sponge said:
February 27th, 2006 - 8:30 am

thanks guys, im so glad you like it. :) it feels much more ME, so i’m happy. still working out the kinks, so thanks for your patience. i know it looks a little squishy on a pc, so i’m working on that, and some of the odd code errors here and there.

xo
d*s

Lena said:
February 27th, 2006 - 8:48 am

c*o*n*g*r*a*t*s- the new site looks wonderful!

hi-d said:
February 27th, 2006 - 9:33 am

Looks great!

Scott said:
February 27th, 2006 - 9:39 am

hey grace the new design is beautiful… clean, fresh, nice font, LOVE the green, the mini-trends, the “masthead”… yeah, pretty much a home run!

hi-d said:
February 27th, 2006 - 9:49 am

I really enjoy check out your site and now its that much more fun! I hope Im not double posting…Im having problems signing on

Sharp Lily said:
February 27th, 2006 - 10:30 am

WOW. It’s gorgeous, I love the colors and delicate design at the title. Congrats!

Angelune said:
February 27th, 2006 - 11:42 am

Oh MY!
the new site is amazing! how inspiring.

Anonymous said:
February 27th, 2006 - 1:44 pm

love the new look. wish the type were a smiggin bigger though. congratulations.

steve said:
February 27th, 2006 - 2:38 pm

love the new look d*s!

what a highlight this morning to see that soothing color when i logged on!

keep up the great work and best of luck in the new launch!

DB said:
February 27th, 2006 - 2:40 pm

Looks very nice. Professional yet still inviting. Good work!

Sabine said:
February 27th, 2006 - 2:43 pm

Oh WOW!! It looks wonderful!! Well done and thank you for putting in all that work!

d said:
February 27th, 2006 - 4:00 pm

very, very nice. great to see this come together.

Vajra said:
February 27th, 2006 - 4:11 pm

Grace, I love the new look too much! It’s working great on my mac and all’s well with the world. Congratulations.

Anonymous said:
February 27th, 2006 - 6:06 pm

Hi Grace,
The face lift looks GREAT, love the colour, love the squircle’s love the mini trend feature! And I can’t wait to see the shop, guide and newsletter! You’re an inspiration to us all!

Anonymous said:
February 27th, 2006 - 6:09 pm

yay! i love it. the layout is a hundred times better. :)

IMEDAGOZE said:
February 27th, 2006 - 6:57 pm

congratulations! I love the new look! ;-)

Stereoette said:
February 27th, 2006 - 8:01 pm

SO CUTE! Love the new look

indigo said:
February 28th, 2006 - 4:23 am

Lovely site…Well done!

Design & Space said:
February 28th, 2006 - 6:44 am

I just loooooove it!!!

modmom said:
February 28th, 2006 - 6:56 pm

I’ll miss seeing your picture Grace!

mod*mom
http://modmom.blogspot.com

Giuliano said:
March 1st, 2006 - 5:12 am

Great “facelift”!

Loved the new design.

Congrats.

Anonymous said:
March 3rd, 2006 - 2:14 pm

Wonderful redesign — Congratulations! But I miss the dots… I know it wasn’t your intention, but it became synonymous with your brand. And YES YOU ARE A BRAND NOW. Good lord woman, you’ve been named one of the most innovative young people in the country! And for good reason — you have impecible taste. I can see you easily spinning this baby into a magazine! You are destined to be a mogul…

And so… I’m a bit hesitant to mention also that while the new header is beautiful… it really is… I have to tell you (please don’t get mad because I do think it’s just lovely) but it seems off brand — it doesn’t seem very “modern” to me.

Other than that, I love the new direction, you are a star!

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