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I have been working on a “watercolor” type blog design for one of my favorite clients lately :) and I have found lots of great sites for inspiration. I thought I would share those with you, because I love them!
August Empress | Design by The Darling Tree
The Glossarie | Design by Tabitha Emma
Hue & Hum | Design by Twenty Twenty
Design Lotus | Design by The Darling Tree
re:frame | Header Design by Oana Befort
The Aquarian Twins | Design by The Darling Tree
My inspiration section is SERIOUSLY lacking! So I spent a little bit of time adding some new designs today. I hope to be able to add a lot more, if there are blog designs that inspire you, please comment and let us know about them.
Let Birds Fly designed by Redbud Designs
Erin’s Reel Life designed by Redbud Designs
Drew B Photography design by June Lily Studio
Astrid Muller Exclusive design by Astrid Mueller, web coding by HDcoding.com.
Forever Frazier designed by The Pixelista
Disterlic Embroidery designed by The Pixelista
Blu Door designed by Penny Lane Designs
There are quite a few ways to host your images for use on blogger and other free blog services. I thought that I would show 2 options (my favorite 2) and let you decide which way works best for you.
This is my personal favorite way to host images. Why? Because it is right there on your blog, no additional account needed!
Step #1: The first thing that you need to do when hosting images on Blogger, is to Make a New Post.
Step #2: Add the image(s) that you need to host in your post.
Step #3: Change your Image to Original Size.
Step #4: Now you need to switch the the HTML Mode.
Step #5: Find the direct link to your image in your HTML.
If you would like to check to see if your image is correct. Open a New Window or Tab in your Web Browser, and paste the direct link code there. If it is not appearing, check to make sure that you selected the right url, and make sure that you did NOT select the quote marks.
So that’s it! Now you can just save your post as a Draft, you do NOT need to Post it :)
If hosting your images on Blogger seems a little tedious, or confusing, then I would highly recommend using Photobucket. It is simple, quick and easy to use.
Step #1: Sign up for a FREE account at photobucket.com.
Step #2: Once you are in, click on Upload Now.
Step #3: Before you upload your image, click on “Customize your upload options“. (after you do this step, you will not have to do it again)
Select “Best Possible Quality (while staying 1mb or less)“. The reason that you need to do that, is that if you upload an image that is larger in size than 1024px by 768px, Photobucket will size it down, and it will not appear the right size.
Step #4: Upload your Image and Save it. (You can add a Title, Description, & Tags if you would like, but it is not necessary)
Step #5: To get your Direct Link (Image URL), simply roll your mouse over your image, and click on the text in the the box next to “Direct Link” and it will automatically copy the text, ready for you to paste it.
If you would like to check to see if your image is correct. Open a New Window or Tab in your Web Browser, and paste the direct link code there. If it is not appearing, check to make sure that you selected the right url.
There you go! Happy Image Hosting!
So I was going through some of the new requests submitted, and someone asked for a tutorial on how to add a post divider using the new templates. So I did a little digging looking for a tutorial and I came across Dawn by Design’s Blogwear Tutorials. The tutorials that she had were great, so I went ahead and just listed some of them on my Blogger Tutorial Page.
Here is a list of the tutorials that I added to my directory:
Adding a blog header in Blogger (tutorial by Dawn by Design)
Adding a post divider image in Blogger – New Templates (Tutorial by Dawn by Design)
Customizing template colors in Blogger (tutorial by Dawn by Design)
I LOVE this website! Her header is so cute and unique.