Leah came to me with a color palette already picked out.  She wanted something fun, girly, and slightly retro.  Content-wise, she wanted to be able to include her Flickr photostream in her sidebar (along with a bevy of other things!), and have her Twitter feed into the blog somewhere.  I chose some fun fonts with a retro flavor to accompany my custom illustrations for the header, and Leah’s palette did the rest!  I put her Twitter feed front and center at the top, and used a wide sidebar to display her Flickr photostream.  Further down, I divided the sidebar into two to include her archives, categories and links.  Leah loves her super-deluxe, ultra girly, slightly retroish blog!