Website history

Beer theme
TracyCasebere.com started as nothing more than a one-page blog. The debut design featured Kronenbourg 1664 beer. Why the beer you ask? My surname is pronounced case-beer. Yes, really. I've had many variations of my name over the years and the best way I can explain my name to people is to say, (really slowly) case-beer... as in a case of beer. They'd reply by chuckling, haha, you're name has beer in it. Yes very funny.



Torchwood theme
Stage two of my site reflected my love for Torchwood. For those of you who aren't in the know, Torchwood is a spin-off from the new series (2005+) of Doctor Who. I'm a Torchwood fan. I can't help it. If your respect for me has gone down after this confession, I don't really care. Torchwood rocks!



Night time theme
Version three of my site is probably my favourite. I tried to create a little story. Dark night, scary looking tree, gravesite! What more could you want in a layout? It was deliciously dark and it stayed up the longest of all my layouts.



Think Pink theme
My fourth version was something completely different. Pink and white. The header had a few variations over the time it was used on this site and the screenshot below was the last version on the header used. I liked it. Most other people didn't.



Purple madness theme
Purple madness. My trademark site layout is always purple. I really liked this layout. Looking back, maybe it was a tad too purple, but then I always go to the extreme with things. This was the first layout to use rounded boxes for the content and side menus (and probably the last).



City slicker theme
In version six, I wanted to give my site a city slicker approach. I work in the city and I live in London so why not have a site that reflected that? Pink was used again, although not as bright as previous pink layout (4).



Cow theme
Probably my favourite theme to date. Cows, they hold a special place in my heart. The design has a very cartoon feel about it and thats why it's so fun to look at. However, it was late one night and outside was dark and I thought why is my site all bright with sunshine? So I created a night time version of this theme that would change automatically to once it reached evening. I'd never had a multi-switching theme before to reflect the time and I quite enjoyed it. I may do something like that in future.





Cakes, cakes and more cakes theme
I've never had more fun (or felt more hungry) when creating a new design. Everything from this theme is hand drawn by me and it still retains that cartoon feel I liked from the Cow theme series. It's pink, yes, but then you can't have a cake shop without the fluffy goodness that goes with it.



Reveal the inner bookish
I love reading. Just ask Paul who constantly finds my head stuck in one and who even had to buy a new book cabinet to cater for my growing collection. One of my most enjoyable pastimes is to read with a nice cup of tea to hand. To that end, I created a bookish theme. The woman in the layout was hand drawn by me and then coloured in Photoshop. I miss this layout.



Glowing mass of mess
I love colour. I also love pink. I like things that glow. I also like mess. Ordered mess but mess none the less. I swear that wasn't supposed to rhyme. Anyway, my current theme is this one you see here. I can't really say what inspired me to create this one, only that it started with the colours and went from there. I think it must be my most longest running theme to date, but then that could be because I haven't been bothered to think of something new.