I finally did it.

I changed the look of my blog, as I have been threatening.  This is the result. 

I was planning on making everything myself but I do have to confess to some help.  I traced the flower design in the background to make a brush, so that I could make both backgrounds.  And the jewel peice is one that I got off of DigitalScrapbookPlace.com  and is from a minikit called Burgandy Forest Freebie Kit by Stacey Stehley.  I would  have prefered to design the entire thing myself, but my software wouldn't let me.

The green was pretty, it just wasn't me.  This one is me.