Today's Modern Mama: Leelou Blogs

This week alone I have come across so many wonderful blogs that I have never seen before. I immediately began following, subscribing and blog listing them all so that I would remember to keep coming back. I have to admit, what has drawn me to so many of them is their blog design. So, I figured what better way to kick off our "Today's Modern Mama: A Tribute to a Fabulous Mom" than to feature a very unique and creative blog called Leelou Blogs.

Leelou Blogs is run by 2 fabulous moms, Julie and Nicole. At their blog you will find FREE layouts that are just perfect. Every one is cuter and sassier than the last.

For just $15 you can get a pre-made layout and here's just a few samples of those:

If you get bored easy and like to change your blog template often (like me) they offer memberships for $65 in which you get to pick 5 pre-made layouts at any time during the year for your blog. You can get a different look for each season or holiday and have your header customized with your family name/saying and picture! In addition to their current pre-made headers, they will put up at least 3-5 new pre-made headers a month for you to chose from. Now that's a bargain and we all love a good sale!

Want to stand out from the rest? Leelou's custom blog design is the way to go. :)

So, Leelou Blogs, today we are celebrating you and all the work you do for the blog community. Congratulations on being "Today's Modern Mama"!

My Bloggy Makeover Experience

I'm a woman of change. I don't like things to stay the same for very long. I'm forever changing my hairstyle and color. I like to rearrange furniture. I like to change up my Myspace profile and layout. The same goes for my Cafemom page. So, of course I wanted to change my blog layout.

I'm not the greatest when it comes to computers, but I'm not horrible either. I can do photo editing, digital scrapbooking and a few techy type things but html is definitely not one of them. I can't figure it out. It may as well be written in a foreign language because it's all gibberish to me.

When I started this blog I searched for HOURS looking for the right template. The one I had before was great but I wanted something a little more personal. So, fully accepting that html and coding is not my forte, I went on a treck to find someone who could make me a new page. I searched far and wide on the internet looking for blog designers but I came up sort of empty handed. Maybe I was not using the right keywords, I don't know but I was starting to feel a little hopeless. THEN.......I found it. What did I find, you ask? This.

This is what I found. And I found it while wandering around An Island Review , which, by the way is a fabulous blog. :) I absolutely love the name and the cow. I knew that I had found the right designer. I was so excited! And I was even more excited when I saw that the price was only $20 for a new blogger template. $20! Now, that's what I'm talking about. :)

So, I contacted Heather, Goofy Girl, to create my blog. The header is my doing but she did the rest. And what you see is the end result. I LOVE it! And the whole thing was completed in 2-3 days. Can't beat that.

Oh, and to make things even more unbelieveable, she is a med student and STILL found time to do this. That's pretty amazing. She's still accepting clients through Mid-February so act fast.