The results are in...and my Dandelion theme won the dasBlog Theme Contest!
I'm very pleased (probably moreso than I should be) as I'm not a designer by training but I'm learning as I go. One thing that has kept me back is that I want to produce everything myself. This is good for learning, but not so good for getting things done! For the Dandelion theme, I took the picture of the dandelion (taken with my Canon Digital Rebel and Sigma macro lens), retouched the picture, created my own Photoshop website theme layout, and coded the HTML & CSS to lay out the page. I did borrow CSS styling from a previous theme, but only because I ran out of time before the deadline.
To see the theme, you can look at this blog (at least until I put a new theme up) or see a preview on my previous post.
My next endeavor is entering three images in the Open division for Photography in the Indiana State Fair.
Here are the three images, mounted and in glassine sleeves ready to be taken to the fair. They've since been dropped off and I'm awaiting August 8th when the fair opens! Doubly exciting is that my folks will be visiting for Adam's first birthday during the two weeks the fair runs. We'll not only be able to cruise and eat some fair food, but we can see my exhibits!