In time for the holidays

You may need to hit refresh. A new banner should appear at the top of the page. For those of you who wonder about these things: The font used in the banner is Home Sweet Home, which I downloaded from 1001 Free Fonts. I made the banner this afternoon in Adobe Illustrator and my roommate, L, gave me input which I appreciated. I would like to be an expert at using Illustrator one day but I know it is going to take some time... I need to learn how to draw with a Wacom tablet and I want to create graphics that are more professional and dynamic. Also, a lot of the time I don't know what I'm doing in Illustrator and so knowing more basic skills might be helpful, too.