Before you all decide to mutiny and never come back here again, let me explain. If you aren’t sure what I am talking about I am certain you will notice the color change (it started weeks ago.) For those of you who are new everything used to be purple. Purple is one of my favorite colors and I loved having it here. Back in January I came across the colors you now see in some clip art.

There was something about the clip art that I loved. So I purchased it and then thought I would use it here and there whenever I could. No big deal.  It would be something fun for when I needed it. I was over on Etsy one day looking for a couple of things for Lenore when I came across some other clip art that I loved. It was a truck with some letters. I contacted the designer who told me she didn’t do custom work.

So I went on a search, there was just something about that design that screamed “YOU NEED ME!” at me. So ended up at MLADesigns who had a similar truck in some of her designs. She had no problem doing the custom work I wanted and I knew right away that I wanted to use the colors I had found previously. The end result is the new logo (shown above.) The truck reminds me of one my father had when I was young and it represents my life perfectly. I am as country and southern as you can get. The “RITA” in the back perfectly represents everything I do all crammed into one basket, so to speak.  I haven’t been all that sure where Rita Reviews was heading in the last few years. I have wondered if I still wanted to go forward. I love the work but have felt more than a little burnt out more than once.  For me a new design is sometimes the best way to give myself the kick in the butt I need. One that makes me plan and see a future.

All in all I was very happy with the way things turned out. I have spent the last month and a half prepping the blog, redoing pages when no one was paying attention and generally making the change. I didn’t make a big deal about it (like I have in the past) and you will notice today that all social media has been updated. It took a lot of coordination for me to get it all done today but I could not be happier.

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