Fiddler's Folly Goes Custom

Now that I have a few posts under my belt, I'm starting to think that my blog could use a bit more color and pizzazz - stylistically speaking. I liked the old-timey, nostalgic look of my modified Blogger template called 'Scribe', but it was a bit bland and I was beginning to tire of all that brown. So, over the course of the next few days (ie, this weekend, lol) I will hopefully transition into something a little more fun, that will still retain a somewhat nostalgic feel.

However, I'm no master designer by any means, so feel free to let me know what you think as this progresses. Hopefully, nothing will go horribly wrong. Although I'm not one to backup stuff ahead time (and have lived to regret it more than once) I did have the foresight to download a copy of my template before beginning to cannabalize it this time. It seems the less confidence I have in doing something, the more likely I am to do a backup. Funny how that works, huh? Anyway, wish me luck.