dub_designer

Nice design. I hold a BFA in graphic design so I know what I'm talking about. I read a few responses and take them all with a grain of salt. In the end it's what your client wants. Here are 3 steps to quickly improve the look:

1. Never never never use the font / style of your logo anywhere else in a design (referring to "occassions" in the logo is the same as the tagline / info line below the logo) The logo type is the logotype....nothing else's. It has a nice lighthearted feel to it and I would keep it if I were you. "Hand made" type is coming back in a big way. I for one am a huge fan because there are thousands of types that are nice, but too perfect if you know what I mean.

2. Spacing - I would shift the entire left side down to align with the top of the T in "Sweet". Put the contact us and about us buttons, with the phrases above them, both below the logo and aligned with the text on the left. Excuse the quick and horrid photoshop....but perhaps a layout like this:



3. Social Media - Your social media icons are HUGE. They stand out way too much when you want to be emphasizing the content of the website.

Good luck and post up anything new that you do!

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PixelPusher

Very good points, especially about keeping the logo type face unique to the logo. I really like the freehand, script like font concept, I just think there are some better ones out there.

Many dislike the brown color, but I like it, reminds me of milk chocolate. Only problem is sweet hearts don't have any...maybe a diff picture?

The re-oragnized mock up from "dub_designer" is nice, with one suggestion...

Being that your main menu and the picture/content is left aligned, you could left align the footer info and add the social media icons to the right of the footer? This allows you to reduce more of the space at the bottom.

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dub_designer

^ Try that too

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mrandrei

Color-wise, there's a lot to improved. Pink and brown don't blend well together. But the layout is good enough. Pretty straightforward. Not bad.

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dub_designer

Why don't they blend well together? That's a pretty subjective statement.

I think they do work well together and here is why: contrast. Not only visually, but in feeling. The brown can represent chocolate, and the pink can represent a tart candy. Therefore, the website offers two forms of contrast. It's also a unique combo. Had it been blue and brown I would have said it works, but it's been done a million times. Pink and brown are not "played".

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computerGeek

i think the space you are referring to is quite ok.. .its a breathing space.. .although you could move the sweet a little bit more downwards.. .and as for the logo of facebook and twitter.. .i think its just too big.. .imho.. .

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