I started with WordPress’s theme “Misty Look” (gagging on name), and then played around using the WordPress “edit CSS” feature. The problem is that I have no idea what I’m doing. Nonetheless, I think it looks okay (pats self on back), except for a couple of things that I cannot figure out how to fix. They are:
1. See the lists of links to other sites, over on the right? There is way too much space between each one.
2. That goes for the “Archive” list too.
3. That little calendar thing? I cannot get it to budge off the left side of the sidebar, to which it clings like a barnacle.
Yoo hoo! Does anyone ever read this but me? Anyone who knows someone who knows how to fix these things?? Hello?
And now I’ve lost the header image! First you crop it and then it says “go look at your site and you’ll see it” but it isn’t there because I have to insert in into the CSS that, as discussed above, I am flailing around blindly in.
Many Happy Returns 
Hey, you figured out how to change the background color!! I just upgraded to custom CSS today and doing just that is my number one thing to accomplish. Any idea how you did it?
Thanks,
Ellen
Oops, here’s a link to me:
Nouveau Stitch