There are so many kinds of templates out there... some with one sidebars, other with little boxes instead of columns. As a blogger what kind of template is more useful to you? Feel free to tell me why in the comments after you voted!
I only made 2 designs in a little over a week, which isn't much compared to my normal 3 or 4. It all began in the beginning of last week when summer hit the skies abruptly and the sun called and took me prisoner and gave me an awful sunburn (regardless of the ton of sunscreen I had on). I couldn't keep still long enough to sit at my desk, my thighs burnt so bad :( so I've been bathing in moisturizer for the past week or so. It's pretty much the only thing I could do. Just when I started feeling better I went out to do the mandatory chore of grocery shopping. I pack all the bags in the car. My glasses where annoying (they kept falling off my face) so I place them on the hood while checking the grocery bags and making sure they do not tilt over while I'm driving. I get in the car and drive off.... forgetting my glasses on the top of the car... %$%@!@#... sigh! Yup no more glasses... I'm half blind without them! The next day, I visit the optometrist to buy a new pair 500$!!! and 10 to 14 days wait to get them done... Thank god for my semi decent old pair of glasses at least I can somewhat see with them. It's just been one of those weeks that never seem to get any better!!!
But I have managed to create 2 new customs worth seeing.
 The first was for the Phyllis Bourne, a romance author, her stories are filled with heart-stopping heroes and happy endings. Phyllis is a 2001 and 2005 RWA Golden Heart finalist. When she’s not writing, she can usually be found at a make-up counter feeding her lipstick addiction! |
 It's the cutest design I've ever created with flowers, rainbows and a lovely mom and her little boy. I also had to draw an Hijab, which was the first time I attempted to do so. It was a fun challenge and I believe it turned out alright! |
Theme: mother, little boy, walking, garden, family
Primary Colors: pink, green, blue
Type: Custom
Layout: 2 column, fixed width, centered, horizontal navigational menu, selective expendable posts, author highlighted comments.
Package: 1 header (title clickable),1 icon set, sidebar rounded corners, 2 background tiles, 1 sidebar title set.
Platform: New Blogger (widget friendly)
Created: June 2009
Status: Sold
well i took off the entrecard widget for the moment... it was preventing my blog from loading. I also cannot receive any of your emails right now, Yahoo seems down! I can't even access facebook... or amazon....
only twitter seems like its working ok so if you absolutely need to contact me tonight and maybe even tomorrow go through twitter or leave a comment here. I'll try to check often!
*************UPDATE**************
well everything is back to normal this morning... email is working, the entrecard is loading... that was weird last night!!!!!
Theme: romance, writer, bath, bedroom, reading, book
Primary Colors: green, lilac, pink
Type: Custom
Layout: 3 column, fixed width, centered, horizontal navigational menu, selective expendable posts, author highlighted comments.
Package: 1 header (title clickable),1 small icon set, posts& comments rounded corners, 2 background tiles, 1 sidebar titles set.
Platform: New Blogger (widget friendly)
Created: June 2009
Status: Sold
Here's a cute pink and blue set of icons to use as decoration on your sidebars!
Read how to install them here with my useful tips. Please leave a comment if you use any of these icons so we can go visit your blog!!! :-)
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These tutorials are written for the blogger premade template and more specifically the minima design but should be valid for all templates except the names might differ.
This week I created 4 designs: 1 custom and 3 brand new premades.
The custom I made was for Stinkee Pinkee a blog of 2 women sharing their uncensored opinion about the world and everything in it. They'd like it to become a community and are thus accepting guest writers! It was a fun project because it was a group blog and there's neat things one can do with blogger in those case like different colored posts and icons for each author plus it was a really fun color scheme with hot pinks, greens and purples, all my fav colors!!! I also had to draw dogs something I'm not that great at but the challenge was interesting!
I also made 3 premades this week. The first for mommies and daughters. I've had the idea of drawing a cute little girl hiding behind bushes and playing for a while now but I wasn't quite sure how to express it. I think it's turned out quite cute! She playing hide and seek with her mother. I'm especially proud of their expressions mainly on the mother. She winking and smiling pretending she didn't notice the whereabouts of her daughter who is trying to sneak up on her!
The second premade is a travel themed design for those who are about to go on vacation and would like to keep in touch with their friends and family through their blog. I made it to have a very summery feel with turquoise blues and bright palm green. She's also wearing very fashionable clothes: a tank top, a cute skirt and knee high boots. The character is smiling while walking away from her plane into the land of vacation!
Finally, my latest design, which I am totally proud of! It's totally chic and sassy! It's the second in my series of cosmetics templates where the characters are the same size as the makeup products. In this case it's all about mascara. The reason I like it so much is because I inspired myself of Radim Malinic's art for the background. There's was an article on him in one of my photoshop magazine where he talked about the various techniques he uses to create his fabulous colorful art. I thought it be perfect for a new summer makeup design! It was actually harder than I thought it would be to create such a look. I had to restart many times to achieve the right feeling!!! The difficulty was in placing all the different elements to make it look good as an ensemble!
Theme: mascara, makeup, cosmetics, beauty, fashion, summer, flower
Primary Colors: pink, purple, green, blue, yellow, white, gray
Type: Premade
Layout: 3 column, fixed width, centered, horizontal navigation menu, selective expandable posts, label cloud, tabbed content box, author highlighted comments, spot for 125x125 ads.
Package: 1 header (title clickable),1 icon set, 1 divider , 3 rounded corners, 1 background tiles
Platform: New Blogger (widget friendly)
Created: June 2009
Status: Sold
I've updated my "Link Me" page with some new things.
I've added a summer button for those who would like to link me. I've also added a twitter update widget so you can now follow my update straight from the site instead of visiting my twitter page (you can still access my twitter page through the icon below my menu). I figured it was a good addition since I do not update my blog very often unlike my twitter where I post what I am currently up to in designer and drawing. It's a great way to see if I am currently busy or not!
I also added along with the followers widget, at the bottom of all pages, a search by theme and color label cloud to help you navigate through the templates. I've only added so far the labels for the templates created within the past 6 months.... I'll slowly add the rest as free time allows! I hope you find this new search method useful!!! Do not hesitate to share your thoughts to help me improve this site!
Theme: travel, south, tropical, suitcase, plane, palm, vacation
Primary Colors: turquoise, blue, green, tan, brown
Type: Premade
Layout: 3 column, fixed width, centered, selective expandable posts, label cloud, tabbed content box, author highlighted comments, spot for 125x125 ads.
Package: 1 header (title clickable),1 icon set, 1 divider set, 2 rounded corners, 2 background tiles
Platform: New Blogger (widget friendly)
Created: June 2009
Status: Available for 55$
Theme: beach, blogging, wine, women, dogs
Primary Colors: pink, purple, green
Type: Custom
Layout: 2 column, fixed width, centered, selective expendable posts, author highlighted comments.
Package: 1 header (title clickable),1 small icon set, sidebar& comments rounded corners, 2 background tiles.
Platform: New Blogger (widget friendly)
Created: June 2009
Status: Sold
Theme: mom, daughter, family, hide and seek, play, fun, shopping
Primary Colors: pink, blue, green, white
Type: Premade
Layout: 3 column, fixed width, centered, horizontal navigation menu, selective expandable posts, label cloud, tabbed content box, author highlighted comments, spot for 125x125 ads.
Package: 1 header (title clickable),1 icon set, 1 divider, 2 rounded corners, 2 background tiles, 1 page footer
Platform: New Blogger (widget friendly)
Created: June 2009
Status: Available for 50$
* The title "Hide and Seek Mommy" will be modified to suit your needs.
Here's the last 3 designs I have made...
The first is for Diva's Closet a blog for women to hang out and discuss fashion, finance and travel. So go check out what's in her a true Diva's closet!
The second is the summer design for Musings of a Muse
The third design is for the author of Dork Diaries a brand new tween book for girls aged 9 to 14 all about school, friends and enemies as well as boys!!! I made the design to match in style the book cover as well as to give a feeling of a written journal with many scribbles and lined paper!!!
Theme: dork, diary, girls, teens, highschool, book
Primary Colors: fuschia, pink, yellow, purple
Type: Custom
Layout: 2 column, fixed width, centered, horizontal navigation menu, author highlighted comments.
Package: 1 header, rounded corner set, 1 icon set, 1 divider set, 2 background tile, 8 word titles.
Platform: New Blogger (widget friendly)
Created: May 2009
Status: Sold
