Can I call it "Spring Cleaning" when Summer is virtually upon us?

I thought a bit of sprucing up on the old blog was called for. 

SpringCleaning
As you can see, a new header!  I've also moved some stuff around and deleted a lot of extraneous content in order to try and make visiting an easy and intuitive experience.

If you'd like a guided tour of the changes, watch the video below:

Balzer Designs Blog Tour May 2012 from Julie Balzer on Vimeo.

I hope that you like the changes.  Let me know if you have any questions.

Thanks for stopping by!

Julie Fei-Fan Balzer

Based outside of Boston, Julie Fei-Fan Balzer is a mixed-media artist who constructs vibrant compositions. Passionate about connecting with and inspiring other artists, she shares her expertise through in-person workshops, her online classroom www.balzerdesigns.com, and through monthly membership at www.MyArtPractice.com.

85 thoughts on “Spring Cleaning

  • Honestly Julie, you are amazing. (I have to tell you this. when I wrote that first sentence my wordy replace thingy changed “amazing” to “amazon”! How unflattering a way to start a blog comment. Good thing I was paying attention here at 2:32 in the morning!) As usual, I digress… Going back — You truly are amazing. (it tried to do it again!) People change blogs all the time and don’t explain it nor in most cases even acknowledge a difference. You did a video of everything. Bravo to you. I totally learned so many things that I never knew. You rock. Too bad you don’t seem to ever teach near Detroit (pretty much nobody does) which makes coming to a live class would be difficult. But I swear I am going to try to figure out a way. As always thanks for your time and information!

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  • Honestly Julie, you are amazing. (I have to tell you this. when I wrote that first sentence my wordy replace thingy changed “amazing” to “amazon”! How unflattering a way to start a blog comment. Good thing I was paying attention here at 2:32 in the morning!) As usual, I digress… Going back — You truly are amazing. (it tried to do it again!) People change blogs all the time and don’t explain it nor in most cases even acknowledge a difference. You did a video of everything. Bravo to you. I totally learned so many things that I never knew. You rock. Too bad you don’t seem to ever teach near Detroit (pretty much nobody does) which makes coming to a live class would be difficult. But I swear I am going to try to figure out a way. As always thanks for your time and information!

    Reply
  • Honestly Julie, you are amazing. (I have to tell you this. when I wrote that first sentence my wordy replace thingy changed “amazing” to “amazon”! How unflattering a way to start a blog comment. Good thing I was paying attention here at 2:32 in the morning!) As usual, I digress… Going back — You truly are amazing. (it tried to do it again!) People change blogs all the time and don’t explain it nor in most cases even acknowledge a difference. You did a video of everything. Bravo to you. I totally learned so many things that I never knew. You rock. Too bad you don’t seem to ever teach near Detroit (pretty much nobody does) which makes coming to a live class would be difficult. But I swear I am going to try to figure out a way. As always thanks for your time and information!

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  • Honestly Julie, you are amazing. (I have to tell you this. when I wrote that first sentence my wordy replace thingy changed “amazing” to “amazon”! How unflattering a way to start a blog comment. Good thing I was paying attention here at 2:32 in the morning!) As usual, I digress… Going back — You truly are amazing. (it tried to do it again!) People change blogs all the time and don’t explain it nor in most cases even acknowledge a difference. You did a video of everything. Bravo to you. I totally learned so many things that I never knew. You rock. Too bad you don’t seem to ever teach near Detroit (pretty much nobody does) which makes coming to a live class would be difficult. But I swear I am going to try to figure out a way. As always thanks for your time and information!

    Reply
  • Honestly Julie, you are amazing. (I have to tell you this. when I wrote that first sentence my wordy replace thingy changed “amazing” to “amazon”! How unflattering a way to start a blog comment. Good thing I was paying attention here at 2:32 in the morning!) As usual, I digress… Going back — You truly are amazing. (it tried to do it again!) People change blogs all the time and don’t explain it nor in most cases even acknowledge a difference. You did a video of everything. Bravo to you. I totally learned so many things that I never knew. You rock. Too bad you don’t seem to ever teach near Detroit (pretty much nobody does) which makes coming to a live class would be difficult. But I swear I am going to try to figure out a way. As always thanks for your time and information!

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  • I like the fresh look and thanks for the time and energy you put into your blog Julie!

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  • I like the fresh look and thanks for the time and energy you put into your blog Julie!

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  • I like the fresh look and thanks for the time and energy you put into your blog Julie!

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  • I like the fresh look and thanks for the time and energy you put into your blog Julie!

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  • I like the fresh look and thanks for the time and energy you put into your blog Julie!

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  • I’m trying to clean up my Google homepage. Currently I have lots of links, such as a link to your blog. But I also go on FB a lot, and see a lot of duplication. I’m removing things from my Google homepage that I can find on FB. So my question is, will you continue to have a link on FB every time you post on your blog? I don’t want to miss a thing on your blog, but I’d like to have one or the other, not both – FB or Google. If you will always have a link from FB, I’d just as soon find you there.

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  • I’m trying to clean up my Google homepage. Currently I have lots of links, such as a link to your blog. But I also go on FB a lot, and see a lot of duplication. I’m removing things from my Google homepage that I can find on FB. So my question is, will you continue to have a link on FB every time you post on your blog? I don’t want to miss a thing on your blog, but I’d like to have one or the other, not both – FB or Google. If you will always have a link from FB, I’d just as soon find you there.

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  • I’m trying to clean up my Google homepage. Currently I have lots of links, such as a link to your blog. But I also go on FB a lot, and see a lot of duplication. I’m removing things from my Google homepage that I can find on FB. So my question is, will you continue to have a link on FB every time you post on your blog? I don’t want to miss a thing on your blog, but I’d like to have one or the other, not both – FB or Google. If you will always have a link from FB, I’d just as soon find you there.

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  • I’m trying to clean up my Google homepage. Currently I have lots of links, such as a link to your blog. But I also go on FB a lot, and see a lot of duplication. I’m removing things from my Google homepage that I can find on FB. So my question is, will you continue to have a link on FB every time you post on your blog? I don’t want to miss a thing on your blog, but I’d like to have one or the other, not both – FB or Google. If you will always have a link from FB, I’d just as soon find you there.

    Reply
  • I’m trying to clean up my Google homepage. Currently I have lots of links, such as a link to your blog. But I also go on FB a lot, and see a lot of duplication. I’m removing things from my Google homepage that I can find on FB. So my question is, will you continue to have a link on FB every time you post on your blog? I don’t want to miss a thing on your blog, but I’d like to have one or the other, not both – FB or Google. If you will always have a link from FB, I’d just as soon find you there.

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  • Love the look…thanx for the tour. 🙂

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  • Love the look…thanx for the tour. 🙂

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  • Love the look…thanx for the tour. 🙂

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  • Love the look…thanx for the tour. 🙂

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  • Love the look…thanx for the tour. 🙂

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  • The blog tour was really a surprise! I’m glad I watched since I learned so much….thanks for taking the time to do this and your blog is the only one I actually read everyday. Nice job.

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  • The blog tour was really a surprise! I’m glad I watched since I learned so much….thanks for taking the time to do this and your blog is the only one I actually read everyday. Nice job.

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  • The blog tour was really a surprise! I’m glad I watched since I learned so much….thanks for taking the time to do this and your blog is the only one I actually read everyday. Nice job.

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  • The blog tour was really a surprise! I’m glad I watched since I learned so much….thanks for taking the time to do this and your blog is the only one I actually read everyday. Nice job.

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  • The blog tour was really a surprise! I’m glad I watched since I learned so much….thanks for taking the time to do this and your blog is the only one I actually read everyday. Nice job.

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  • What an informative review!!! I loved it. I wish others who blog would do the same. I read your blog every day and now I know how to access all the information I want. Not being a tecki-type it was phenomenal.

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  • What an informative review!!! I loved it. I wish others who blog would do the same. I read your blog every day and now I know how to access all the information I want. Not being a tecki-type it was phenomenal.

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  • What an informative review!!! I loved it. I wish others who blog would do the same. I read your blog every day and now I know how to access all the information I want. Not being a tecki-type it was phenomenal.

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  • What an informative review!!! I loved it. I wish others who blog would do the same. I read your blog every day and now I know how to access all the information I want. Not being a tecki-type it was phenomenal.

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  • What an informative review!!! I loved it. I wish others who blog would do the same. I read your blog every day and now I know how to access all the information I want. Not being a tecki-type it was phenomenal.

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  • As always you provide so much information that is useful to me that isn’t limited just to you – thanks so much for taking the time to give us the vimeo tour. Never miss a day without visiting to see what you are up to!

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  • As always you provide so much information that is useful to me that isn’t limited just to you – thanks so much for taking the time to give us the vimeo tour. Never miss a day without visiting to see what you are up to!

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  • As always you provide so much information that is useful to me that isn’t limited just to you – thanks so much for taking the time to give us the vimeo tour. Never miss a day without visiting to see what you are up to!

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  • As always you provide so much information that is useful to me that isn’t limited just to you – thanks so much for taking the time to give us the vimeo tour. Never miss a day without visiting to see what you are up to!

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  • As always you provide so much information that is useful to me that isn’t limited just to you – thanks so much for taking the time to give us the vimeo tour. Never miss a day without visiting to see what you are up to!

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  • Love the changes…much more tidy and organized:)

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  • Love the changes…much more tidy and organized:)

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  • Love the changes…much more tidy and organized:)

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  • Love the changes…much more tidy and organized:)

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  • Love the changes…much more tidy and organized:)

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  • Even funner looking than before. Great job!

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  • Even funner looking than before. Great job!

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  • Even funner looking than before. Great job!

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  • Even funner looking than before. Great job!

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  • Even funner looking than before. Great job!

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  • Thank you for the awesome blog tour–it’s so obvious that you really care about your readers. I get an e-mail every time you post and I love that because I don’t want to miss a post. You always have something of interest to share and I just wanted to say your efforts are appreciated!!

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  • Thank you for the awesome blog tour–it’s so obvious that you really care about your readers. I get an e-mail every time you post and I love that because I don’t want to miss a post. You always have something of interest to share and I just wanted to say your efforts are appreciated!!

    Reply
  • Thank you for the awesome blog tour–it’s so obvious that you really care about your readers. I get an e-mail every time you post and I love that because I don’t want to miss a post. You always have something of interest to share and I just wanted to say your efforts are appreciated!!

    Reply
  • Thank you for the awesome blog tour–it’s so obvious that you really care about your readers. I get an e-mail every time you post and I love that because I don’t want to miss a post. You always have something of interest to share and I just wanted to say your efforts are appreciated!!

    Reply
  • Thank you for the awesome blog tour–it’s so obvious that you really care about your readers. I get an e-mail every time you post and I love that because I don’t want to miss a post. You always have something of interest to share and I just wanted to say your efforts are appreciated!!

    Reply
  • Not having a blog, I can only imagine the time you have invested in re-doing everything. I watched the video and learned a couple new tricks to find things. Thank you so much for taking the time to “film” the tour!!
    Off to explore places I didn’t know existed.

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  • Not having a blog, I can only imagine the time you have invested in re-doing everything. I watched the video and learned a couple new tricks to find things. Thank you so much for taking the time to “film” the tour!!
    Off to explore places I didn’t know existed.

    Reply
  • Not having a blog, I can only imagine the time you have invested in re-doing everything. I watched the video and learned a couple new tricks to find things. Thank you so much for taking the time to “film” the tour!!
    Off to explore places I didn’t know existed.

    Reply
  • Not having a blog, I can only imagine the time you have invested in re-doing everything. I watched the video and learned a couple new tricks to find things. Thank you so much for taking the time to “film” the tour!!
    Off to explore places I didn’t know existed.

    Reply
  • Not having a blog, I can only imagine the time you have invested in re-doing everything. I watched the video and learned a couple new tricks to find things. Thank you so much for taking the time to “film” the tour!!
    Off to explore places I didn’t know existed.

    Reply
  • Do you ever rest? I love that you’re always looking for new creative outlets. Your blog is awesome.

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  • Do you ever rest? I love that you’re always looking for new creative outlets. Your blog is awesome.

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  • Do you ever rest? I love that you’re always looking for new creative outlets. Your blog is awesome.

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  • Do you ever rest? I love that you’re always looking for new creative outlets. Your blog is awesome.

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  • Do you ever rest? I love that you’re always looking for new creative outlets. Your blog is awesome.

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  • That seems like a great idea. I always love the idea of spring cleaning though. There’s nothing like it.

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  • That seems like a great idea. I always love the idea of spring cleaning though. There’s nothing like it.

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  • That seems like a great idea. I always love the idea of spring cleaning though. There’s nothing like it.

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  • That seems like a great idea. I always love the idea of spring cleaning though. There’s nothing like it.

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  • That seems like a great idea. I always love the idea of spring cleaning though. There’s nothing like it.

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