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Version 1.8: Purple Dreams

Getting this new layout implemented took much longer than I thought. And it’s not even fully finished yet. There are some more changes I have to make. But for now, I shall present to you version 8 of Sparklette, titled “purple dreams“.

Again, this is another personal layout. The background depicts the famous big Ben of london. This is one place I would really like to visit when I have the means to. It’s supposed to be dusk, but I decided to sprinkle stars all over the sky anyway, just for fun! I do love stars a lot.

in the top left hand corner is the twinkling constellation, the orion. It holds a lot of meaning for me. A friend taught me how to spot the orion in the night sky — just look out for the three stars in a straight row. That’s something I’ll never forget.

Just for fun again, I put in a couple more twinkling stars elsewhere. Try spotting those.

The lyrics featured are from “if I ain’t got you“, a terrific song by the very beautiful and talented alicia keys.

hand me the world on a silver platter
And what good would it be?
No one to share
No one who truly cares for me

Well as you all know, I’ve been extremely busy with work lately, and because of that, my personal life has been left in shambles. It led me to wonder, what’s the point of doing so much work at the expense of losing ourselves, when it all doesn’t hold much meaning at the end of the day? We just die and fade away. Maybe slowly, but surely.

this is my charm bracelet from tiffany & co, designed by elsa peretti, and I wear it quite a lot. Going in the clockwise direction from the top, the charms are “bean”, “eternal circle”, “starfish”, “teardrop” and “open heart”. The bracelet holds special memories for me, which is why I included it in this layout.

For this layout, I decided to expand this frame so that more text can be visible on the screen to ease reading, and that I may post images with bigger dimensions. For my previous layouts, in order to accommodate people using 800×600 screen resolutions, I had always designed this frame to be pretty narrow, and hence too small to post clear images. This time round hopefully things would look better on the more common 1024×768 screen resolution.

I also decided to revamp the sidebar. Previously I had been too lazy to make changes there, so layout after layout, it was always full of junk text which I doubt anyone bothers to read. So now instead of blocks of text, I substituted with images instead. That would surely cost a lot of loading time though, but once loaded, things should look better than before.

The layout’s not fully finished yet. Some links are not working still, and I haven’t finished adding quite a lot of stuff. Do let me know what you guys think, okay?

Much love,
Veron

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About the Editor

Veron Ang is the Founder and Chief Editor of Sparklette, a Singapore restaurants guide, lifestyle and travel blog. She graduated with a bachelor's degree in computer science from the National University of Singapore and runs a web design firm at Sparklette Studio. To get in touch, head on over to the contact page or follow @Sparklette and @VeronSG on Twitter.

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Minyan

hey babe this layout if beautiful!! tink its e nicest layout so far.. n i tink ur roxy bag’s v nice.. n its oni 9.90!! newae take care babe.. diana n my exams will end on e 20th & 18th.. den we can all go jb together!! gd luck for ur exams :)
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Posted October 24, 2004 at 12:22 pm
alwyn

this is a very beautiful layout! the colours..t he layout .. simply WOW!!!!
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Posted October 24, 2004 at 12:22 pm
alwyn

come to think of it.. i wouldn’t be surprised if you went to art school and did really really well there.. its like.. you just have this visual creativity that is seldom seen in people.
I really like the way the picture of big ben is done.. its like.. half photograph.. half hand drawn and has the beautiful photographic blur typical of all those very expensive camera lenses…
hmmm… its very nice… i don’t know what else to say….
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Posted October 24, 2004 at 12:26 pm
thor

beautiful layout
and guns ‘n roses rock!
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Posted October 24, 2004 at 1:08 pm
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Orion… The hunter…. Perhaps it suits you… As a hunter of an unfulfilled dream, it would best be used to describe you… Stay hearty and hale girl!! Your life is full of unexpected pitfalls that set you back alot….. Have fun and live on…. And watch out for that scorpio that felled mighty Orion!!!
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Posted October 24, 2004 at 6:59 pm
sepps

hey I just popped by from somewhere, and I must say.. your layout is just so pretty!! love the stars esp. :)
and oh yeah, love your new tote too; great bargain!
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Posted October 24, 2004 at 10:29 pm
ry

really beautiful layout. can see the effort you spent in creating this. :)
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Posted October 25, 2004 at 12:06 pm
Veron
3439 comments

phew! i’m glad you guys like this layout! :D
i DID spend quite a lot of effort on it. really happy that my effort paid off :).
thanks for all the wonderful compliments! it’s really encouraging for me.
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Posted October 25, 2004 at 2:40 am
Mandy
42 comments

Omg! I love this layout. you did a wonderful job on it. :D
are the other stars tiny and on the bracelet cause I swear I keep seeing it twinkle. …or I’ve gone crazy.. COOL either way. :)
good job ;)
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Posted October 25, 2004 at 3:56 am
Veron
3439 comments

thank mandy! lol the stars ARE tiny but they aren’t on the bracelet ;).
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Posted October 25, 2004 at 6:46 am
VoeD

its purple!!!!!!!!
im luvin it… lol
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Posted October 25, 2004 at 1:30 pm
Kai
2 comments

I must say this is a very beautiful design!! keep up the good work!!
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Posted October 25, 2004 at 8:14 pm
brieanne
1 comment

nice website, i really like it. mine is not done yet
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