A blog change

I have spent the best part of today, playing around with my blog, and trying to customise it so that it doesnt look so boring.

No one ever told me I needed to be a graphic designer to do it.

My title still does not fit into my banner, and im not too happy with how little of my template shows on each side of my blog (the template is so pretty)

So if anyone is able to help me, it would be much appreciated