A New Look @ Thirsty for Tea

Welcome to the new face of Thirsty for Tea!

After what seems like an endless slew of edits, mood boards, and color changes it’s officially done: Thirsty for Tea has graduated to the next level. With my updated design, I’m hoping to take my blogging journey to new heights: more recipes, more crafts, more reviews—a virtual tea break whenever you need it the most!

From a functional perspective, there are a few changes that you’ll want to note about the new site:

  • ♥ The Recipe tab has now been streamlined to list my recipes in sub-categories. The recipes are listed alongside their photos for an easier, image driven search.

♥ The Steeps tab has also been broken down into sub-categories. This is where you’ll find my Tea of the Week posts. If you have a specific tea preference (like green tea), you can now access it directly.

♥ Recipe posts now include a print button, which enables you to print all or part of a recipe post.

♥ The biggest change you’ll notice is that I finally have social media buttons. Even though I officially reached my 1000th follower as of this past weekend (yay!), my social media sites are a different story. Facebook, Pinterest, Twitter, Instagram…these are a few of the other ways that we can keep in touch!

I can’t begin to express how thankful I am to the brilliant Canadian web designing duo, Ashley and Dallas of Ashley & Malone. Blog redesign can be a seriously intimidating process, and they’ve graciously held my hand through every step of the way.

I’d also like to thank lifestyle photographer, Stephanie Trendocher of the gorgeous blog Beaux Mondes. If you love the header photo as much as I do, then all the credit goes to her.

The final thank you goes to you, my readers who love tea. I started this blog 2 years ago to share my passion for all things tea inspired, and can’t believe how many wonderful people I’ve met along the way. I have many exciting plans for Thirsty for Tea and hope you’ll stick around for what comes next!

***Please excuse any glitches over the next few days…rest assure, we are working on it! 

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Lu Ann

Bonnie, I love the feel of your blog! The new look is wonderful and very well organized. I can’t wait to follow along! 🙂

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Bonnie Eng

You are so sweet Lu Ann! Thank you so much! Sorry to have missed you at the Tea Expo this year (I know you were nominated for “Best Tea Blog!” Did you also attend!?) Now you know what my money went towards instead. 🙂

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Name

I am LOVING the new look! Your photography is so bright and airy, so this design iis perfect! 🙂

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Bonnie Eng

So happy to see you here Daisy! I’m so pleased to hear that you love the design…light and bright was precisely the look I was going for! 🙂 How was your last tea room visit!? I’m not sure where exactly it was?

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Bea

I love the look of your new site and the extra helpful features!
Going to add you on Instagram immediately 😉

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Bonnie Eng

Yay! I finally added you on Instagram too! Even more pretty pictures of Austria to enjoy now. 🙂 Thanks B!

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Chi

Hey Bonnie, I love this new look !!! The pastel colors are so pleasing to look at and matches your tea concept really well. Can’t wait for new recipes 🙂

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Bonnie Eng

Thanks so much Chi!! Yes, happy to be back to regular posting soon! 😉

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Chi

Bonnie, why aren’t you using recipe plug-ins? I want to download/print all of this yumminess !!!!

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marta@platedujour.com

Bonnie you just did something I’ve been thinking of for a long time! The blog looks amazing, and I love the colors!! Another reason to for to keep coming back here 🙂 xx

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Bonnie Eng

Marta!!! So happy to see you here! 🙂 I’m glad the redesign is coming to a close and now I can get back to blogging. 🙂 Hope all is well! 😉

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Olga

Bonnie, the new site looks amazing! It’s simple and elegant at the same time. Very easy to browse and the colors looks great! Good job! Did you move to a self hosted site?

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Bonnie Eng

Thank you so much Olga! Yes, I finally moved to self-hosted. Actually, I have the team over at Ashley & Malone helping me host. So it’s kind of like semi self-hosted. Lots more to learn… 😉

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Angie

Congratulations, Bonnie! The new site is absolutely beautiful!! Maybe I should hire your design team 🙂

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Bonnie Eng

You are so sweet Angie! Thanks so much! I am currently perusing through The Dinner Party Collective…I didn’t realize the spin off site until last night! 🙂

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