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I’ve recently revised a couple of Wordpress.com blogs. Originally, Ellen B. from Happy Wonderer contacted me to widen her template and give her a background that fit the theme of her blog, which I did below:

Wordpress.com template revision

When Bernideen of Bernideen’s Tea Time Blog saw Ellen’s template, she had to have one as well – after purchasing the $15 CSS upgrade for Wordpress, she told me that she wanted lavender or purple lace for the background and her template widened as with Ellen’s. Here’s the outcome of that blog:

Wordpress.com template revision

When Melissa contacted me about doing her blog design, I went to her blog and began to read through it to get a feel for her style and was hooked. I think I might have stayed for an hour reading – she’s got a wickedly superb sense of humor and her family has some pretty interesting adventures in the inner city where they live and minister.

She wanted something that married who she is and where she lives. When I asked her what she thought would describe her surroundings – she said “graffiti and gunfire”. I thought to myself, “oh goodness.” But then she added, “skinny white girl and shopping”, so we were in business once again and this is what I came up with for Melissa:

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How to Make a Banner for Your Blog using Gimp (for free!)

A few weeks ago, I blogged about a program I discovered quite by accident, called Gimp. It’s a free and versatile graphics manipulation package that is quite handy if you want to create your blog banner – and I’ll be showing you how to do just that today. Read more.. »