1. Thank you so much. That's the theme I was going for. You have no idea how much I hoped that my idea came across, so I'm glad to hear that it made someone else think of the same thing.

2. I've done many banners/graphics for folks, and I've helped many of them apply it to their journals as well. That being said, I've never created an entire layout from scratch for anyone. Technically, this one is doctored up from Flexible Squares, so... still not entirely from scratch.