Website history

Beer theme
TracyCasebere.com started as nothing more than a one-page blog. The debut design featured a Kronenbourg 1664 beer design. 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.

Beer layout

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!

Torchwood layout

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.

Night time layout

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.

Think Pink layout

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).

Purple madness layout

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).

City slicker layout

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.

Moo daytime layout

Moo night time layout

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.

Cupcake layout

To date ( August 2008 ), TracyCasebere.com has been running for over two years. It has grown from a one page blog to a mulitpage site featuring such famous sections as Word of the Week and the McDonalds costumes. It's ultimately an outlet for my muse and keeps friends and old colleagues up to date with my life.