Jessica's Thoughts

My favorite Blogs…
— Oscar Wilde.

One of my favorite blogs that I have just started to read is, “a day in my dreams”. https://dayinmydreams.com

This is a fashion/lifestyle blog which I tend to find myself gravitating to. This blog does a lot of things well in my opinion. For one they have a cohesive estethically pleasing theme throughout all their posts. They also share consistant content that is all cohesive in nature. Their titles are brief but interesting and truly give you an insight on to what the post is about. Their posts are consistent but not too much where it will overwhelm the reader.

The only detail I have really seen them falter in is sometimes that have too long of quotes randomly placed on their page. In instances like this I think if they want to keep these quotes that need to make them smaller and in less awkward places. Overall I think this blog can become very successful if they keep working at it in the future.

Another blog I really enjoy is the lifestyle blog “Dancing for Donuts.” http://www.dancingfordonuts.com

This is a healthy lifestyle blog that focuses on health on a budget. They post about anything from travel to fitness. They also share many healthy vegan/ gluten free recipes as well. This blog exceeds in it content. It is well thought out with every post and it is obvious that the writer knows what she is talking about. There are tabs for different categories and the pictures on the site are all stunning and interesting to look at. Although I do enjoy the content this blog puts out I am very overwhelmed by the layout of this blog.

There seems to be no order and things are very scattered and difficult for the eye to follow. It would be beneficial for the author to use different size fonts for headings and paragraphs and maybe split the pages up a bit more. Overall I think this blog is full of rich content but needs some structure rework.

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