I'm Julie, and I live with my husband and three young daughters in New South Wales suburbia, Australia. This is the online journal I kept until recently, of how we are trying to live more simply & sustainably in suburbia.

This blog is on indefinite hiatus but please feel free to look around my archives for some inspiration in your own journey to living more lightly and sustainably.


Saturday, December 27, 2008

Guess what I got for Christmas?

Yup. My very own domain name :-)

Which, of course, I felt deserved a makeover for my blog layout ;-)

Do you like it? The new banner reminds me of summer and makes me smile every time I see it; I hope it makes you smile too!

I may not be be blogging this week but there are other changes afoot around here in preparation for a new-look New Year. I can't help myself - once I started tinkering, there was no going back!

I hope everyone is having a wonderful and relaxing break :-) See you again soon! Until then, you might like to update your links:

My blog is now at www.towards-sustainability.com.

27 comments:

rhonda jean said...

It looks great, Julie. It's something I've made moves towards too. I'm not sure how to transfer my archives over. Do you know how to do that?

Gavin said...

Love the new look Julie. How much did the domain name cost you?

Keep up the great work.

Gav

Lis said...

Well done Julie! One day soon I will start blogging again. Maybe I need a new blog header to inspire me too! Not sure I am ready for the domain name yet though! I look forward to seeing what you have in store for 2009.

Salihan said...

Looks fantastic! Happy holidays and a great new year!

Susan said...

looks really great!

jaki said...

Wow! love the new banner, it makes me smile too :)
Looking forward to sharing 2009 with you!!

Garden4Life said...

Congratulations Julie :)

It looks wonderful!

Kel said...

whoohoo! now thats a pressie!

Sadge said...

Very nice, very impressive, and so bright and cheery too.

Anonymous said...

good for you! it looks awesome. hapy writing here with the new digs. :)
heather
beautythatmoves

goingferal(ish) said...

It's so pretty :) Great present. I look forward to enjoying it with you LOL.

Julie said...

Hi everyone,

Thanks for the positive feedback! I'm glad you like it too :-)

Rhonda,
I've emailed you :-)

Gavin,
We went all out and splurged - the domain name costs US$10 a year ;-)

Cheers all,
Julie

TheCrone said...

Love the new look Julie!

Rinelle said...

Love the new banner! So peaceful.

I'm just wondering how you managed to direct us over here from your old blog address? I have a domain name, but wasn't sure how to get everyone to change over?

belinda said...

Wow Lucky girl..

Hope you and your family have a wonderful 2009.

Kind Regards
Belinda

Rose said...

Delurking to tell you it looks great!

Rose

Stewart said...

I'm with everyone else. Looks great.
Happy new year

Melinda said...

Lovely! I wouldn't go back to having my blog hosted elsewhere ever again. There's so much more control over your site when you own it!

I personally love using wordpress software on my sites, and (for Rhonda) you can usually transfer your entire site over quite easily.

Cee said...

Looks absolutely fabulous Julie.

Looking forward to keeping up with you in 2009.

Cee said...

Looks absolutely fabulous Julie.

Looking forward to keeping up with you in 2009.

Wife to 1, Mom to 5 said...

GORGEOUS! I almost thought I had hit a weird link - I didn't recognize your blog! But, lovely photo!

Tammy James said...

Hi Julie,
Love the new look very fresh and makes me feel think of freedom. beautiful!

littlefarminthecity said...

What a fabulous new look! I have followed your blog from almost the start, and you always continue to impress me!
I am in the process of doing the same thing to my blog. They get a bit tired after awhile and need a face lift ;-)
Again its looking great.
Emily

Anonymous said...

Congratulations on your new domain name Julie, that's fantastic!

Love your new banner with the gorgeous new growth on the grapevine. It's lovely to revamp for the new year isn't it - we're updating our website page too :-)

We look forward to regularly checking your blog in 2009 and being inspired by your amazing work on your journey towards sustainability!

Cheers,

Ally and Rich
www.happyearth.com.au

Julie said...

Hi guys,

Thank you to you all for your positive comments :-) Best wishes for 2009 to you all!

Rinelle,
I set it up so that Blogger automatically redirects everyone from my old blog address - you use Blogger too don't you? You should be able to do the same if so - check out the 'Publishing' tab and the 'Custom Domain' section.

Cheers, Julie

littleecofootprints said...

Looks gorgeous! Very inspirational. I have been reading your blog for ages..(Love it!) but this is my first comment as i only just started my blog today. Looking forward to commenting more regularly..Cheers, Tricia

Rinelle said...

Thanks Julie. Definately something I'll look into in the new year.

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