A style that I have come across quite alot as well recently is blogs who have been themed quite extremley and they usually look more like a online scrapbook. I like how it looks, but would not be sure if I would design something like that myself as well.
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But I think in this case for example the design blends in very well with the actual site content and that is also quite difficult to get right. The site has to give a certain 'feel' the user when they look at the design.
