This post is a compilation of this blog’s collective history. Instead of keeping that history in posts that don’t fit my blog anymore, that I don’t care to keep and would just delete, I’ve compiled them here.
So, Lemon & Lively pop culture, basically.
February 2010
![Screenshot 6birds from 2010](https://cdn.lemonandlively.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/screenshot-6birds-2010.png)
3birds.net
was taken, so I registered6birds.net
instead. Back then, numbers in your domain name was this oddball, kind of elitist thing. A part of me wanted to fit in with the popular sites, even if the system collectively lacked the maturity required.6birds.net
was registered with a prepaid VISA gift card from my dad, as I didn’t have a bank account at the time and was not allowed to manage my money on my own — even though I was almost 19.
2011
- My photography was more the face of my blog, and I was obsessed with trees.
2012
![6birds, 2012 utilized a dark background and more depressive elements](https://cdn.lemonandlively.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/screenshot-6birds-2012-effy-theme.png)
- Posts turned more depression in 2012.
- Effy is one of the first WordPress themes I designed for myself.
- I loved the “fake snow” look and used it a lot on my blog
- Not all of my custom WordPress themes were recorded by the Web Archive.
2013
- Georgie designed for me a super blue theme. I’d wanted a full-width layout that felt soft.
- This theme was originally on
seekliza.me
. Back in the day, designs weren’t usually accessible. This theme would never pass accessibility standards of today. Fonts used were Delicious Roman and Nadia Serif.
- I’d switch to Something Fishy by Caroline Moore when I felt especially dissociative. Its most notable feature was a worm on a hook when you scrolled down the page. Hovering it would display a “Take me out of here!” speech bubble, and clicking it took you back to the top.
- Freaked out a lot of readers.
2014
![Cream and green-colored theme](https://cdn.lemonandlively.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/screenshot-6birds-2014-parsley-spheme.png)
- Georgie designed a lot of my themes, okay.
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