Designing a visual appetizing look to my blog

Since I started my blog, it has annoyed me that I haven't found time to give the design a personal touch.
In this update I will explain how I designed my blog and more importantly why I did it the way I did.

If you've read my blog earlier, you know that I'm not exactly a media guru, but I really like coming up with the idea and even though my adobe skills are limited, I am not going to back down for a bit of photoshopping etc.


1. The concept:
2. The tools:
3. The creation:
4. The final result:
5. Trying to combine the my new QR skills with this result:

Before I get started here is a SS of my blog before I made any changes. Simple, functional, unoriginal and boring:

 And here is the after look: