Looking to do a blog redesign

I recently re-did my blog as a hub for my online activity – home page as lifestream, blog page for my own writing, and a clipblog page for interesting things I see around the web.

The overall content is right, but the look is awful. So I’m looking for some redesign help.

I would probably do it myself – I’ve done every iteration of every blog I’ve ever done personally, including one that I rolled my own content management system – but I have literally almost no time right now. And, amazingly enough, I’m not a designer.

Here’s an overview of what I’m looking for … if you think you can help, please contact me!

General:

• WordPress theme (can customize an existing WordPress theme)
• 2 column
• Main column at least 550 px wide
• simple and “web 2.0” looking (this covers a LOT of territory, I know)
• blue sky and cloud background (for example, Glenn Hilton’s site looks great)
• background stays stable, page scrolls over it

Top navigation

• Lifestream (home page)
• Blog (all categories)
• Clipblog (only Clipblog category)

Note: navigation is smart … knows what page/section it’s in and highlights that part of the nav

Also:

• Search
• Subscribe (RSS)
• Portfolio (link to johnkoetsier.com)

Home page (Lifestream)

• Lifestream … use the Lifestream WP plugin (I’ll enable all sources)
• Sidebar on right
• Personal info (I’ll edit) with photo
• tag cloud
• button links to my primary social networks
• text link ads (I’ll enable)

Blog

• same as home page, plus …
• links to archives (can be drop-down, doesn’t have to show all months)
• last 10 posts on Twitter

Clipblog

• same as Blog