new look for new year

I long planned to change my blog's look but was too lazy to get it done, so today I finally did.  The older version was sweet and demure looking, this time it was all vintage. Love it!

old template

I played around with Photoshop and manipulated some pictures, combine and arranged them to fit into a tiny space called banner. I do not own any of those pictures. 

first attempt (too crowded)

second attempt (too empty)

After third attempt, I came up with this:

I like the blue bird addition.