Web page experiments and ideas

Here are some images of my process of creating my final homepage.

I quite like the above image, although it could be improved as it is too bland for what I was aiming for, still I like the layout and composition.

Above I was simply experimenting with type, layout and WORDS.

Here is my almost completed Homepage, this is my preferred one. Although the tree is looking pretty festive with the way I've placed the tabs.