Welcome to the new look of Peanut Butter Fingers! I am so excited about this redesign and though it’s still not 100 percent done, I am thrilled to unveil the new look to you guys today!
I began blogging in September 2009 and throughout the past four years, Peanut Butter Fingers has changed design only a small handful of times.
When I first started blogging, I set up my site using a free WordPress template and a banner I designed myself in Microsoft Paint. (You can see my tips for setting up your own blog in this post: How to Start a Blog, Blog Focus, Self Hosting and More.)
Does anyone out there remember the peanut butter cookie banner!?
Or the creamy peanut butter banner?
Clearly I needed some serious help in the blog design department, but I waited to reach out to a real designer until I was pretty sure that this whole blogging thing might stick.
I fell in love with blogging pretty fast, but still didn’t feel comfortable investing money into a redesign until 2010 when the design you’ve seen on PBF for the past three years was created by Emily White (formerly known as The Blog Fairy).
I loved this look when it was first installed and thought it captured the fun-loving and lighthearted nature of this blog.
Fast forward a few years and I began to feel a little restless and wanted a change. I wanted a cleaner look with more white space, easy navigation, a fun yet slightly more sophisticated font and social media icons that matched.
I owe the BIGGEST thank you to Kendra of Swoon Creative who is the designer behind the new look of Peanut Butter Fingers.
Over the past few months, Kendra and I worked together to create the look you see today. I gave her a lot of feedback, sent her examples of colors, fonts and websites I love and she used her incredible talent and creativity to create the new design.
I have so many fabulous things to say about Kendra but her initiative is something I must highlight. She came up with so many fun new ideas and surprised me more than a few times with various features. She took my feedback to heart, installed the design for me tonight (and didn’t bat an eye as we exchanged emails for hours!) and deserves more praise than I can send her way. I cannot recommend her services enough!
I hope you guys love the new look of Peanut Butter Fingers as much as I do. Again, it’s not entirely finished, as I have a few fun features I hope to install, but I am excited for this change.
Thank you, as always, for joining me on this journey!
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This looks great!
Stopping by the blog tonight was such a fun surprise! It looks wonderful!
Thank you so much!
This looks amazing!! They have done such a great job! I love that you still kept your signature spoon of peanut butter featured in there as I think it does capture the true spirit of your blog 🙂
I may have to look at using Swoon too 🙂
Wow looks great Julie! I’ve been a long time follower of your blog and its so fun to see the way you’ve evolved as a blogger. Hope your having a great time snow boarding!
It looks awesome!! So fun to have a redesign 🙂 It always feels like a fresh start, which is perfect for the new year. Congrats!
Congrats on the redesign! Your blog looks great. Though I do miss the pb cookie banner a little 😉
Looks FANTASTIC, Julie! I love how much open space there is and how easy everything is to navigate :).
I’m looking into getting a new layout change within the next few weeks as well and couldn’t be more excited! Especially now that I’ve seen how awesome yours turned out 🙂
Love the new look! Makes pbfingers even more awesome! Congrats! 🙂
Looking fab! Very sophisticated! 🙂
This looks great!
Congrats on the new look! I almost thought I went to the wrong blog for a second! 🙂
Congratulations! It looks great! Is the font proprietary or can you share any details about it? I’m designing a very small tattoo and LOVE the font of your title. Anything you can share, pretty please?
I will ask and get back to you!
Love the new look! Simple, sophisticated, clean but still fun! I especially love the little bottom widgets below the comment box.
Love it! Especially that the peanut butter is now in one of those fancy tasting spoons – so classy! 😉
Looks perfectly! I still the beginning blogger, therefore I still in search of ideal design… I think, it will take more many time 😉
The new site looks great! Very clean and professional…but still fun 🙂 Great job!
I absolutely adore the new look! Congratulations!
I love the new look! If I had a blog, I would have the same style as you… Clean and easy to navigate.
Love it!
I love the new look! As you said, it’s a cleaner look. Great job both to you and Swoon!
I love it! It’s so clean and fresh looking. Makes me want to do something to mine!
I think I literally said, “Whoa!” out loud when I saw this beautiful new layout! I absolutely love the clean, classy feel. But I still get the fun vibe that we love about you! 🙂
I am so glad to hear you say this!!! Thank you, Alison!
Love the new look! It’s more polished and mature! Sounds like the blog is simply evolving with you! I’ve been reading religiously for almost 3 years now! Keep up the good work, you are my favorite blogger 🙂
Thank you for reading for so many year, Gabrielle! It means a lot. 🙂
I love it. So clean and organized : )
Wow! I love the new look. It’s very professional-looking and easy to navigate. I just started my own blog and I am still working on finding a good layout that fits with my style and needs.
i love it! very clean and DELICIOUS! hehe
Love the new look, especially the new header and font. It feels clean, sleek, and minimalist in the best way. Very nice!
It looks great! Much more modern. Great job! I’ve been reading since you and Ryan got married – love your blog! Keep at it =)
Thanks so much for reading for so long, Sarah Elizabeth. I truly appreciate it!!
I love it! looks great. 🙂
Ooooh PBF is growing up! 🙂 I love it Julie – looks gorgeous!
Love, love the new design!
I love the new look although I was a major fan of the spoon of peanut butter on the side 🙂 this looks super classy! Congrats!
Julie, Congratulations on the redesign of Peanut Butter Fingers!! It looks fantastic. I have been following your blog for a few years now. I really appreciate your hard work and dedication. Spectacular!! All my best, Robyn from Atlanta, GA
I have been following you for a about a year now and I really love this change. So fresh, so clean 🙂
I LOVE it!!! <3
Love it! Looks great!
looks fabulous!!
the new design is beautiful, congrats!!!
Love it!! So happy 🙂 And so glad to be reading along!
LOVE it Julie! Looks great, and YES, I do remember the cookie banner & PB banner 😀
Thank you, Holly!! And I love the new look of your blog/the new site name, too!!
Thank you, Julie! Means a lot to me <3
Love!!!!!!! So clean and fun. Swoon indeed 🙂
I LOVE THIS LOOK! I am all about clean and simple and this nails it (:
It looks so chic and put together! Love your new design!
The new look is amazing Julie! I love it ! 🙂
Hi, Julie! I’ve been a reader for a few years now, and I love the new look!! It is so clean and sophisticated. Way to go!
My only question: do you have any advice about how to navigate your recipes? I liked that I used to be able to see the names of your recipes under each category, and now there’s just the titles of your blog posts – it’s hard to find the recipe I’m looking for. Any suggestions? Thank you!
Thank you for reading, Susie! And I would love to help you, but I am not sure what you mean exactly. The Recipe page hasn’t changed – you can still find my recipes by clicking on the category you choose at the top of the blog under “Recipes.” I hope this helps!
Moving forward, the recipes section of the blog is actually the section that will see a BIG change. I’m working to implement Recipage, a service that allows you to search for recipes MUCH easier. I hope to have it up soon! I know searching for recipes on this blog is currently a pain!
Thanks, Julie! I just meant that when I go to your Recipes page and click a Category, like Breakfast, the results that come up are the titles of the blog posts that include breakfast recipes rather than a list of recipes like it used to be. For example, when I clicked on Breakfast this morning to find one of your oatmeal recipes that I love, the first thing I saw was ‘Packing for Park City” and then a list of other blog posts rather than a list of recipes titles. There’s no way to tell what recipe is in each blog post just by the title. I was just wondering if there was a better way to search!! Sorry for being a pain :). I really do love the design, though!!
Nevermind!! I see what you mean. Disregard 🙂
Julie!!! The blog design is so different, but it really does look great 🙂 What a good way to ring in 2014!!
Julie, it looks fantastic!! I love how clean and sharp it is. Very pleasing to the eye.
I love the new layout!
It looks so great! I loved the surprise of a new design this morning. Checking your blog every morning is one of the highlights of my day! Thanks for sharing your life with us 🙂
It looks great! I love it! The graphic designer in me is absolutely thrilled!
Coming from a graphic designer, this means a lot! Thank you, Chelsea!