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July 8, 2012 by Leave a Comment
2 Different Ways to Make a Custom Header and Navbar for Your Blog
June 5, 2012 by 79 Comments
I feel like I’ve been doing a little bit of hopping all over the place with these picmonkey/blog design tutorials. Going from blog post dividers to social media icons to image URLs– I’ve been all over the place. There’s been no method to the madness! So from here on out, I’m going to try and make my posting a little more methodical, a little more A-Z. With blog design, I think it’s best to start at the to…
Tidbits, Tips, and Codes for DIY Blog Designing
June 26, 2012 by 17 Comments
My DIY Blog Design series is coming to a close, and we’ve covered a lot of ground… like headers, social media icons, post dividers, and linking multiple URLs to one image. But I’ve still got all sorts of little tips and tricks that I use all the time, but I haven’t been able to find just the spot in my previous posts to add them to. So this is going to be sort of a random hodge podge of important tidbits you won&…
Image URLs: what they are and how to use them in blog design.
May 17, 2012 by 5 Comments
…you can store a lot of images– which is convenient) and use it in multiple places by simply copying and pasting the URL into an HTML code. That’s how you’re easily able to insert images throughout your blog design. How can I find the URL for my Image? Easiest thing in the world: simply right click on an image, and click on “copy image location.” Ta- da! Hosting Images: how and why? You always, always, always want…
Design Your Own Business Cards using Picmonkey and Vista Print
April 23, 2013 by 7 Comments
I know for us bloggers, conference season is upon us. Which means: it’s time to stock up on business cards! But, of course, you don’t have to be a blogger to need cute, custom, affordable business cards. Every small business owner needs them, and when you’re working with such a small space, it’s important to get everything on it just right! You already know how much I love Picmonkey for photo editing and blog design, but…
How to Create a Custom Blog Background in Picmonkey
January 31, 2013 by 36 Comments
background. Right now, I like polka dots. Chevron is pretty awesome too– there’s so much you can do if you just take the time to play around with the overlays in Picmonkey. Also– don’t worry about the designs going over the white part in the center– we’ll get to that. The easiest way to get straight polka dots is to create a row of periods (I put a space between each one), then duplicate the text for each new…
Design Sponsorship
Do you design blogs? Clip art? Fonts? Other graphics? I am currently accepting sponsorships specifically from designers! I’m heading to SLC in February to speak at the Six Sisters Stuff Build Your Blog Conference about DIY Blog Design! As a self taught blog designer, I don’t do much by way of actually creating graphics. As you know, there’s a lot that goes in to a great blog design. But I’ve found that using graphics des…
Something Swanky Blog Hop #1
September 29, 2011 by 23 Comments
Truthfully, I’ve never been much of a great Blog Hopper. I didn’t really understand what they were for– and after all, don’t link parties pretty much get the job done? And then I joined voiceBoks, which is an online community for mommy bloggers that encourages and enables LOTS of networking. The great thing about voiceBoks is that they really expect full participation from it’s members. So when you agree to join a B…
How to Design a Gallery for your Sidebar using Picmonkey
April 3, 2013 by 32 Comments
o include in your gallery: Save the collage to your desktop. Upload it into your favorite photo hosting service, so that you can create an Image URL for the collage. I like to simply post the image in a dummy blog I use for design purposes: Copy the image location of your gallery collage and head over to Image-maps.com to map your photos to their appropriate post links and get an HTML for the whole thing… If you’re unfamiliar w…
5 More Things I Really Love About Picmonkey.com
January 21, 2013 by 17 Comments
Some of you may have caught the announcement on Facebook or noticed their nifty new ad in my sidebar, but for those of you who haven’t: Something Swanky has officially partnered up with Picmonkey.com to bring you lots of new DIY Blog Design tips this year (both on the blog and at the Build Your Blog Conference in SLC next month)! I wrote a post about Picmonkey when they first made their appearance back in the summer. It was called 5 Reall…
