Monday, October 08, 2012

Blog Makeover & Giveaway!


Today is a super exciting day as I get to show off my new blog design which was done by the amazing photoshop wizard Giselle from Xpresso Design. In case you have been living under a rock the last month, Giselle from Xpresso Reads who does all of my wicked tour banners has opened up shop and she is now doing blog designs and banners and she is taking the blogging world by storm! She has done a bunch of designs and every single one is kick-ass.  I love her style and each design is unique and stands out in its own way. To see her portfolio and check out her prices click here.

So to celebrate the pretty-fication of my blog and help spread the word about Xpresso Design, I'm holding a Pretty Covers Blog Makeover giveaway! I asked around on twitter and got some input of some pretties everyone is anxiously awaiting and made up a list.  This is an international giveaway and there will be two (2) winners. Each winner will get to choose one book from the list below.  Of course if you haven't read the first book in any of the series you are more than welcome to choose the first book.  If the book is not yet released at the time the giveaway ends the prize will be a pre-order and I will send you the confirmation number.

Don't forget to add the giveaway button to your blog for extra entries!
Alluring Reads
Pretties to choose from:
a Rafflecopter giveaway

136 comments:

  1. I love the new design! Pretty simplistic but in a good way! ^.^

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  2. Love love love that header! It's gorgeous!

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  3. LOVE the new design, girl! It's so elegant and gorgeous! Giselle truly is, as you put it, a wizard! And an amazing giveaway to celebrate!

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  4. Gorgeous! Love the colors! That's it! Giselle is hired!

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  5. I absolutely love it! I love how the post background sits still, but on the side it scrolls along the page! And personally I find this header just so amazingly gorgeous! Giselle is an absolute genius!

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  6. I like how it's darker, very nice. :)

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  7. I really like it! The white background is really slow to load though, so at first I couldn't read anything because it was the dark font color on a black background.

    Otherwise, I think it's truly gorgeous!

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  8. I like it a lot! It's not crowded and the flowers and butterflies are very pretty :)
    Thanks for the giveaway, awesome selection of books!

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  9. Oh. My. GAWD. *prissy fangirl scream* I think I'm in love with your new blog! EEEEEEEEEE! The transparent background brings out the parchment background and LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE *fangirls again* *goes off to update your blog button*

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  10. Love the background and the Alluring Reads font! You're so fancy!

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  11. I love the new design, it's beautiful!

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  12. I like the new design it is very very pretty.

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  13. The blog looks great!

    I adore the background!

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  14. I love the new design, Giselle is soooo talented !! The butterflies are oh so cute and I absolutely love these colours !! Great job :)
    Thanks for the awesome giveaway Jenni, I want to read most of these books sooo badly !!

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  15. I love it! It's a lot different from the last design, but I'm really liking it!

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  16. I love it! Especially the color scheme and the header :)

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  17. I love it just in time for fall! I love the warm color scheme; I'm really thinking about doing a redesign and having Giselle do it!!

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  18. I love your new design!! It's so pretty!! Thank you for the awesome giveaway!!!

    A Sprinkle of Books

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  19. I like the new look, it's very appealing to the eye. In my browser the background could be slightly lighter in color.

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  20. LOVE THE NEW DESIGN! This is awesome, Jenni! I love the colours and the darker feel to it all. Beautiful!!

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  21. I love it! So cool to see all the new designs out there.

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  22. I love love love the new design. Especially the writing on the border of the page and the color choice is just really great. :)

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  23. I love the header! And the chocolate brown and parchment white look awesome together and you can still read what the blog say!!! Nice work!

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  24. I absolutely love your new design. I love the silloutte of the girl with the flower in her hair, all the varying shades of brown, and the whole flower motif. This is my favorite out of all of your redesigns and all the designs that xpresso designs has done! Congrats!!!

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  25. I love it!!! It looks freaking awesome!! Giselle is amazeballs with her design skills. I need to grab your new blog button. I will do it tomorrow when I am working on blog stuff. :)

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  26. I like it. Love the font. :D

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  27. It's a gorgeous design. I hope you enjoy it. Getting a new blog design can always be so much fun. =D

    Thanks for the generous giveaway.

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  28. I love the new design. It's beautiful. And thank you for the lovely giveaway! :)

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  29. It's so pretty! Looks awesome :) Thanks for the awesome giveaway!

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  30. I love the new design. Its gorgeous!

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  31. I like the new design, very nice and everything is easy to find and scroll through :)

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  32. GAAAH!! Thsi is SOOOO gorgeous! Really love the dark and warm tones of it, and the smudged background's really pretty too!

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  33. Great Idea, I will spread the word. Oh, by the way, Elixer is going to be a free download, its a short Novella, I got this info from the publisher, they tell me at the release there will be a free download, just like with Daimon for the Covenant series, same deal.
    I was happy they are sending me a early link to download for review. Anyway, thought I would mention that. Since its free, might not be much of a prize. :) Deity would be though, lol, (i can't wait for that one, full size book)
    and for you blog, I do love the design. Very cool

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  34. Looks AWESOME! Love the colour scheme.

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  35. LOVE the new design! Giselle did a wonderful job!

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  36. Congrats on the design, Jenni! It looks awesome.

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  37. I think it looks great! It is beautifully done and has a nice calm look. Not too in your face, but still very striking. Love it!

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  38. Awesome!
    I love the header and the colors :)

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  39. This is so gorgeous! *o* LOVE IT! xD

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  40. I like this design. It is so nice

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  41. Honestly? I love it! Way to go!!! I think it looks beautiful :D

    Alaiel

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  42. Love the new design! It's so pretty!!

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  43. I love the new design. It's way cooler than the previous one. The color is absolutely beautiful. :)

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  44. i love it...sweet and eye catching ...

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  45. iT'S ABSO-FREAKING-LUTELY GORGEOUS!
    Love the profile of the girl on the title, LOVE the fonts
    GREAt giveaway, Jenni
    Your constant reader,
    Soma

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  46. The legend that is Giselle & her designs just keeps growing doesn't it. SPECTACULAR new look Jenni & fantastic giveway :D

    Micheline @ Lunar Rainbows

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  47. I love it! It is a great new look : )

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  48. I think that's amazing! I only saw the old design just one day. But I really prefer this one.

    Greetings!

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  49. It's SOOOOO pretty! It's kind of more feminine and mature, even though I really enjoyed your previous look as well :) Congrats to Giselle for being awesome and making these gorgeous designs and congrats to you, Jenny, for the blog makeover!

    Siiri

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  50. I fall in love with the new desing!
    It's completely awesome!

    Congrats!

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  51. I love the new design! The background colors and design makes it feel kind of antique and the header is so pretty!

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  52. I love it! I especially like the flowers in the header behind the name of the blog

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  53. Your new design is fabulous. I'm loving the mocha coffee color.

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  54. i love the header and the color, and it not hurt my eyes

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  55. The new design is gorgeous! Love it!

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  56. The designs is beautiful! Giselle did an awesome job.

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  57. Love the new design, Jenni! :D Giselle did a gorgeous job! I love how elegant it looks, and I think the aged paper and ink look around the edge of your post section is so pretty! :D Love it! :D Thanks for sharing and for this fabulous giveaway. :)

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  58. Oh how fabulous! Giselle did an awesome job - she is one clever lady!

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  59. Love the new look! I'm a sucker for all things polka dot! :-)

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  60. Love the new design and love the darker colors!!

    Jolene A

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  61. It's gorgeous! I loved your old design but I really like this one too. It definitely feels 'alluring'. :")

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  62. I love the color and the layout. Simple and classy. And I envy yours! :D Congratulations!

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  63. The new design is beautiful, love the colors and the aged vintage feel. Great job!

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  64. Oh my goody goodness! The new design is lovely and so different from your last one, very pretty ^^

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  65. I love it. The header and the color,It's very gorgeous!!

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  66. I love the new design! the bakground gives the blog a mysterious look which is awesome

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  67. The new design is very pretty. Giselle did an awesome job!

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  68. The new design is beautiful. Awesome<3

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  69. I love it and brown is my favourite colour! Your blog would certainly appeal to your target audience. :)

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  70. It looks great-very chocolate-ish! :D
    Thanks for the giveaway!

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  71. I love it. I really do. It is absolutely beautiful. One of my favorite log designs. It is simple and clean, and the colors are subdued but gorgeous. Perfection!

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  72. It looks awesome! I was just clicking onto your blog to check out your latest posts when I saw this new look and I was like: "Wait, that looks different! Did I have the right URL?" It's stunning, I really like your header :)

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  73. Love the New design, Love the Colors! Thanks for the giveaway! gootsie_2004@hotmail.com

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  74. I love the parchment older writing style, it's classy and awesome.

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  75. Giselle is doing a great job, I love her designs. Your header and background are drop-dead gorgeous!

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  76. I honestly love it! I think it's the prettiest from all of Giselle's designs! i LOVE simple blogs, and especially all shades of brown! so pretty!

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  77. I really like it, the colors are great.

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  78. Lovely! I love the flowers and the background with the inscription! It'a awesome, congrats for this makeover and thanks for this giveaway!

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  79. I love this desingn and the header is soo pretty

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  80. I love this design. Colours, background and so on ;) I think it's so better :))

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  81. The new design is gorgeous and I really really love how your blog looks!

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  82. I really like the new design! :)

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  83. The new design is lovely, most importantly you are happy!

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  84. Thanks :) The design is beautiful. And very original.

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  85. The new design is beautiful. Thanks for the giveaway!

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  86. I love the new design its amazing. Thanks for the giveaway. :)

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  87. It looks amazing. It's very pretty! Thank you for the great giveaway and for making it international!

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  88. I love the design. The colors and especially the gorgeous header graphic really work well with your blog name.

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  89. I love the design. The colours are very beautiful

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  90. I like the new design very old fashion feel!

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  91. I like the design, creative and girly.
    I'm new to this site and I love a reliable place to go to for a new read. It's always tough making the decisions hard and fast!!

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  92. I love the new design! The color scheme is so pretty.

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  93. Love, Love, LOVE the new design. Very chic I love it!

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  94. i absolutely love love love the design. it's fabulous!
    xo

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  95. I think it looks awesome. I love the colors.

    -Amber Terry-

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  96. It's awesome for words!! COOL! :D

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  97. I really like the silhouette of the girl, and all of the flowers in her hair. Looks lovely!

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  98. It looks beautiful! The colors are all very pleasing to the eye. :)

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  99. The design? It's beautiful-I really like it.
    The colors are amazing!
    Thanks for the giveaway!
    Hikma

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  100. Love the new design! The colors are perfect.
    Thanks for the giveaway!

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  101. I think it`s perfect, Xpresso Design did a very good job. I usually don`t like brown tons, but this just looks great!

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  102. I like the new design. Nice choices!

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  103. I really like it because it has this vintage-y feeling to it!

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  104. I love Giselle's designs! I love how yours is not overdone, it's lovely.

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  105. The new design is lovely - really pretty!

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  106. Love the design. I think it might be my favourite one she's done.

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  107. I love the new design!! Giselle really is a wizard with designs.

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  108. i like the colors combinationa and the header its beautiful!!
    thanks for this!

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  109. It's awesome.It's look a little old but still retro, I like it.

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  110. To be honest, I don't know how the old design looked, but I can tell I love this one<3 :D

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  111. Wow love it, Giselle is amazing at this stuff!!!

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  112. Love the new design and the header looks amazing!

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  113. I think that the design is very soothing. The various tones of brown, with white in the center, creates a rich spectrum of color that is eye pleasing and yet not an eye strain. Very nice!

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  114. I love the new design, it has a vintage feel to it.

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  115. I love the header. I also love the brown hues.

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