Subjective Beauty Blog Makeover Giveaway! (Ends 6/28)

Back in August 2008, when I started this blog, I was clueless. I had never read a blog before nor had I really done anything as far as building a website since early college. I mean I am pretty efficient at computers and know my way around, but I swear I am losing brain cells each day I am with my kids! Anyways, so when I started this blog, I used a boring old Blogger template. Then I started googling and playing around with different templates, but somehow even if I thought I found a good one, someone else had it. It is funny but I am actually a contributor for Sited and Blogged and amongst that small group of contributors, someone else actually had my same design!

So I decided it was time for a makeover, a blog makeover that is! I scoured the Internet and some sites are so expensive or only offered parts of what I wanted. Since I am still a newbie blogger, I didn’t have a big budget for a makeover and really I just wanted a change. That is when I came across Subjective Beauty and met Sara Bonds. Sara is a Work-From-Home Graphic Designer who has done many of the blog makeovers of your favorite sites and she runs three websites herself: Ordinary and Awesome, Subjective Beauty, and Reviews & Giveaways.

First, off let me say that working with Sara was awesome! She is totally professional, yet friendly, fun, and very patient! Oh and creative! I had some ideas in mind for my blog, but not really so I filled out her Blog Questionnaire for what I wanted and emailed it to her. She immediately replied (I don’t think she sleeps!) and from there on it was like we were old friends. She knew what I wanted and got it going for me. So since March of this year, I have had this awesome web design at Mama’s Money Savers that I say is “very Cher.” (Anything I like or is would be perfect for me, my husband or friends say is “very Cher” as Cher is short for my real name.

Anyways, so the entire blog makeover process went super smooth and left me thrilled and happy with my site. It is nice that I have an original design and I can always go back to Sara if I have a question or want to change or add something. So not only did I get my blog makeover at an extremely reasonable price, but I also made a friend and got everything I wanted in a makeover. With her Custom Blog Makeover package you don’t just get the template, but so much more!

Sara from Subjective Beauty has generously offered up a Custom Blog Makeover for one of my lucly readers! It is a $60 Value and you get the following:

Custom Template (1-6 columns in nearly any order, size, or shape you’d like)
Custom Header & Footer (the sky is the limit with images, text, animation)
Custom background
Navigation image (usually under the header – unlimited links)
Unlimited sidebar images
Unlimited entry/post header images
Social buttons (Twitter, Facebook, BlogHer, Feed, EntreCard, Causes, Events, etc.)
Hosting space via my server (for all images used in your design)
Button for linking (150×150 grab me button)
Post signature (featured at the bottom of every blog entry)
Email image (for your readers to easily contact you)
Post divider (to separate each blog entry)
Favicon (icon shown by url in search box as well as when bookmarked)
1 Rotating tab menu (requires certain space in the columns)
Your choice of digital scrapbook kit(s) from my library are afforded to you for no extra cost.
Installation

Yeah you get all that and she even installs it for you and does it so quickly that you shouldn’t even have any blog downtime!

WIN IT: Visit Subjective Beauty and tell me which of her designs you like the best (other than mine of course!)

Also, if you just put a generic comment like “I want to Win” then I will have to disqualify you. Sorry! Also, This Custom Blog Design giveaway is limited to Blogspot users – If you have a .COM name but still use Google Blogger then you qualify. (Also, the entries below are a little different than usual because this is what the sponsor would like!)

2. For 3 Entries – Blog about the giveaway at their blog linking to www.subjectivebeauty.com at least once (must leave the link to their blog entry in comment).

3. Twitter about the giveaway – (You can Tweet daily for additional entries!): @mamasmoney Win a Custom Blog Makeover from www.subjectivebeauty.com! Lots of ways to enter! (Ends 6/28) http://bit.ly/10MlLF

4. Follow Subjective Beauty through Blogger.

5. Subscribe to Subjective Beauty in reader.

6. Subscribe to Subjective Beauty via email (see right sidebar when you visit site).

7. Add Subjective Beauty’s 150×150 button to sidebar/blogroll.

8. Follow Sara Bonds (sponsor) on Twitter

9. Join Subjective Beauty on Ning.