Blog Design Complete (+ New Laptop)

I put my heart and soul into creating a new design for my blog...and even though I might still add other things in the future, I think it's safe to call it finished now. I'm not sure yet if I will be changing the "explore more of my blog" icon.
So, what do you think of the new design? I'll be putting up a poll today and you can vote whether you preferred this design or the old one. I personally prefer this one. :) Blue and purple are my two favorite colors. Oh, and don't even get me started on how much I love watercolor paint. (Hence the watercolor theme)
If you have any questions about or on how I did the blog design, feel free to ask.

But now...time for exciting news.

Some of you may know that I sell products online and earn money that way.

Well, recently, I reached my goal and earned enough to buy a laptop. I can't tell you how happy and blessed I am! My parents put some money towards the price even though I did have enough - so I am very thankful to them. ♥

I'm going to be able to do a lot more online now, since I'm not always competing with my many siblings for one of the two computers we have...in fact, I redesigned my whole blog using this wonderful Lenovo laptop.

{this is the only photo I have of it at the moment, taken with my iPhone}

All I can say, really, is thank you, God. Wow, He is generous.

{via}

It's true. Everything screams, "He loves me!" when I look at my life. And so I must be thankful, and grateful and generous because He is generous.

And then, though, although I am so happy with my laptop, I remember something else-

{this one was made by me, feel free to pin or use}

So. I can be overjoyed with my laptop. Or with my iPhone. Or with my hair iron. Or so on. But I have to, have to, remember to set my mind on  things above, and not on these earthly and completely perishable things, when there are so many imperishable things to think of in heaven.

I believe that God loves to give, and He is happy when we ask. But I also feel like He is reminding me gently to set my mind on those things- by bringing up the verse over and over again.

I've resolved to do that.

first post on my new blog (happy!)

Just like that, I've moved blogs and now I have a brand new blog. I've come from here and now I'm here. I've waded through codes, worked in photoshop, followed tutorials, done everything I could to make my 'fresh start' work out right. 
It's so good to be back to posting. I know it was barely a while since I was regularly posting on my 'old' blog (it's sad and at the same time nice to be referring to it in that way), but it feels like ages. I felt quite- disconnected...
I'm happy with the way my blog looks/is now. Well, almost. I think I still have a few changes I think I'd like to make. But what do you think? Do you like the design? I was going for a sort of clean, professional (but at the same time pretty) blog design. Tell me if I succeeded. (at least a little?) And do you have any suggestions for anything on my blog? I still want to add a button.
I hope to get most of my followers back. Would you mind spreading the news a little, telling people that I need some more followers now that I've just lost a whole bunch on my 'old' blog? Haha...that would be nice. Looking forward to doing more on this blog.
Thanks so much to everyone who has followed me so far, and thank you to the others who have followed my 'old' blog quite a way back. I've had lots of adventures in blogging there, and all together I had posted 187 posts. Wow. And now it will be inactive. But I had so much fun there. And like I think I said sometime before, I might post some of my old posts here once in a while. Some of the ones I like.
Thank you for reading this first post of my new blog. (Not including the test post. That was meant to be deleted from the beginning...sorry to all who commented. I appreciated it.)