09 Jun
A New Look for That Wife!
Google Reader users it’s time to click over because That Wife has a new look today!
I don’t know if there are words in English language to describe how I feel about Joy, of How Joyful, for putting together such a beautiful yet professional look for That Wife. I love her. Adore her. Admire her. Think she is brilliant and deserves great success and happiness in life. Fingers crossed we get to meet in person someday!
As if this day could get any sweeter, Joy is offering to give away one of the newest items in her Etsy shop, HowJoyful. She recently unveiled three different handcrafted handbag styles Red and Brown, Aqua and Brown, and Green and Brown.
To enter to win one of these fabulous bags you need to comment below and say something nice about my new site design. Or you can tell Joy how incredibly awesome she is. Either one will work. Entries close at 11:59 pm CST on Friday, June 11th and I’ll announce the winner on Saturday. I think we’re going to let T1 pick the winner this time! I’ll come up with a little video to show you how. 
I'm a farm-raised almost-crunchy stroller-pushing picture-taking lifestyle-blog-writing gastronomy-obsessed divine-seeking thrift-store-combing cheese-inhaling pavement-pounding laughter-sprinkling lover of individuality and taking chances.
I love how sleek your blog looks now and the green font as I type my comment! What a lovely surprise!
The red and brown and aqua and brown look so sweet!
bloop. Doubt this matters but I can’t check e-mail 2 weeks after you announce…
I think if anything, this is the best type of advertising. Giveaways!
I might just peek over there if I don’t win.:P
1Love it. However, it’s now too wide on my laptop and I have to scroll over. But I’ll live!
2Lovely redesign, Joy!
3Love the new look. It is clean and simple (and what new Mom doesn’t need some simplicity in her life, ha!) yet still attractive and colorful. Oh, and having T1′s piccies on it…well that just about makes it perfect! As for the bags. OMG I LOVE them. I was so, “I’m all about the red” (my favorite color) then I scrolled down and loved all 3! Very talented lady! I like that they don’t have long straps either. I am in an electric wheelchair (affectionaly call my “legs”) and need a bag with short handles. hard to find one in stores that is also cute! love it! congrats on T1. what a doll baby he is! keep the photos and stories coming!
4oh very nice!
it’s so organized!
the aqua and brown bag is adorable!
5It looks beautiful & so fresh! I’m such a fan of green. It’s one of those beautiful designs that will never go out of style! And those bags are so beautiful if I don’t win I’ll just have to buy one myself I think.
6Hi Jenna, long time lurker, first time commenter! I really like the new design, it’s much more streamlined I think. I’m a fan of the 2-column layout, sometimes that column on the left could be a bit clunky, and now it’s just so lovely and organised
And Joy, I’m loving the bags!! Such beautiful colours…mmmmmn
7It’s also just a bit wide for my screen as well, but looks so nice and fresh!
I love the red bag!
8i love the criss-cross background. So pretty!
9Very cute! Green is my favorite color, so I love it!
10Wow, the site looks fantastic! Sleek and organized, but still maintains the “feel” of the old design. Excellent job!
Green/brown and aqua/brown - love them too!
11The site looks great! Subtle changes, but organized and sleek. Great job, Joy! Also, those bags are FANTASTIC, I love them all!!
12Love the new design. Also love the green words when I type.
13I LOVE the new look. It’s great! And those bags!!!! Amazing. My jaw dropped when I saw them!
14The posts pop out much more, when they’re on the side - I like it! One small problem (and maybe my computer?), but the header is cut off vertically for me.
And the bags are beautiful. Such talent - bags and blogs!
15Love the new look - so crisp and clean!!
16And I love, love, love that red and brown bag. Such cute stuff that Etsy shop has!
The new website is great - green is my most favorite color of them all. The pics of your little one on the left side is just precious!
17LOVE the new layout, Jenna! Green is my favorite color, and you picked an awesome shade. And Joy’s bags are BEAUTIFUL!!!
18I am loving the banner at the top of the page. It kinda looks like one of those belts with a flower.
ALSO — on an unrelated note — I am loving the latest series of T1 pics on your flickr sidebar. He is so freakin cute!
19LOVE LOVE LOVE the new site! I might have to pop over from Google Reader more often. And those bags! oh! I adore them!!!!!
20I’m really liking the polished look of the site re-design! I’m also really liking the aqua and blue design!
21This is really beautiful! So fresh and clean and OH LOOK, my comment is in green font! Wonderful!
22Those bags are so cute and the site looks great- very clean and fresh.
23The site looks so sleek now, I love it. And…the aqua and brown bag is GORGEOUS!
24I love the new look, much cleaner! And green is my favorite color!
25Much more professional looking! I like typing the comments in green!
26The redesign looks great! And the bags are so cute.
27Super adorable website! I love how sleek it looks and really appreciate how clean the lines are! Also, I love that when I type my comments, they appear green as I’m typing…a sweet, unexpected surprise! Well done on all fronts!
28I love it! I love how everything is color coordinated now. It looks so clean and pretty. You’re making me want to redesign my blog again…
29I love the changes to the site. It’s not a complete overhaul, to where I can still recognize this is your blog, yet it looks cleaner and, well, a little greener!
30I really like how the straps wrap around the bag, makes it seem as though they’re really part of the bag, not just attached as a handle.
And I love the sleeker site design!
31Love it! Love the green. Beautiful.
32What a great layout!! Love it!!!
33Both the new site and those bags are fabulous!!
34I love the redesign. And these bags are too cute! They would be awesome for summer vacation!
35I enjoy this blog inspite of the fact I’m old enough to be Jenna’s mother(!) but it gives me great insights into my own daughters who are about her age. I am beginning to think of them in terms of being young mothers like yourself and this is great preparation.
36The new design: much easier on the eyes, my middle age eyes like the larger type. It is fresh and clean, tho I do have to scroll to the side to view the full page.
The bags: What to say but what a talented lady and I admire her colour sense. I love them all. Best wishes to you and thank you
What do you think it says about me that I get as excited about seeing blog redesigns as I do about wedding dress reveals on bridal blogs??
This is WONDERFUL, Jenna! Great work, JOY!!
(and thos bags! Holy Majoly- how cute!)
37Love the new background - the header is adorable! I also love the green and brown bag
38I love the design, especially the diamonds in the background. They’re so cute!
39Love the new look and love the bags!
40I love the greens that you’re using - they’re earthy and natural, but not drab
The Twitter feed on the side is great, too! Dunno if you had that over there before or not…
41I generally hate any and all change until I can get used to it, but the new design looked great right away!
42I like the space off to the side for TW sponsors.
43Ohh…wow. I’m a big fan of change (hence paiting my bedroom for the 5th time in 4 years) and JOY you made a great change to That Wife!
44The site looks great!!!! Very impressive work!!!
The brown and aqua bag is so adorable. She is a very talented lady!
45The site is very nice, and the bags are beautiful! I love the red and brown, especially!
46Jenna the update is fabulous!! It looks so seamless now- I LOVE it!
47love that red one… and your new look! it’ll blend well with your new packaging materials, etc. nice!
48I love your new layout and Joy is amazing, she’s redone all of my favorite blogs! =)
49I love it! The reading area is narrower than it was before, making it a lot easier to read through the posts. And I like that the photos in the posts are now a bit smaller as well, so they don’t disrupt the flow. Great job, Joy!
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