Archive for the ‘Design’ Category

We’ve Gone Floral
Posted by DDS on 15 Jan. Categories: Announcements, Design, Projects | 10 Comments

**UPDATE!!** This design is now available for sale in our blog templates shop!
I could have told you that the last design wasn’t here to stay, but it would have ruined the surprise ;) This latest floral design has been in the works for a few months. I have only been able to work on it [...]

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Ready-Mades Galore!
Posted by DDS on 01 Nov. Categories: Blog Posts, Design, Ready-Mades | 1 Comment

I had a little bit of downtime this weekend to finally upload the ready-mades that I’ve been working on for a few weeks. I wanted to offer more of a variety in the shop for those who want a design the same day. The response has been wonderful and I appreciate that greatly. Below are [...]

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Butterfly 2 Column
Posted by DDS on 29 Oct. Categories: Blog Posts, Design, Ready-Mades | 2 Comments

I had a client who sent me a color swatch of her favorite colors. I instantly fell in love. When she decided later on to go with a more softer tone for her design, I couldn’t pass up the opportunity to use these colors.

Inspired by a tag on my daughter’s bedding, I came up with [...]

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New Ready-Made Photoblog Design
Posted by DDS on 19 Oct. Categories: Blog Posts, Design, Ready-Mades | 2 Comments

I’ve recently received a lot of requests for a ready-made photoblog design. Something that is easily customizable and widget ready. I had a little time today to come up with something. I love it! It has footer bars, a navigation menu and the colors can be changed through the color options page of blogger.

Available in [...]

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A few reasons why I use G-mail.
Posted by DDS on 26 Sep. Categories: Blog Posts, Design, Freebies, Information, Useful Tools | 1 Comment

You are looking for an e-mail address. Something easy to use and not very complicated, not to mention free. I’ve tried them all. I had hotmail back in the day, and everyone knows, if you don’t log in within a 30 day period, bye bye e-mail and e-mail address. Hotmail is not very reliable not [...]

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What’s your blog design style? Take the quiz!
Posted by DDS on 26 Sep. Categories: Blog Posts, Design | 3 Comments

We have come up with a quiz to help you discover your blog design style. See what you are, below!
Quizzes by Quibblo.com

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Color Lover
Posted by DDS on 27 Aug. Categories: Blog Posts, Design | 3 Comments

Had a client come to me and ask for something fall related. I was in the mood for some color and came up with this:

I got lost somewhere between the rainbow of colors and the chocolate brown background, I was mesmerized. I can’t think of a better way to bring on the autumn weather than [...]

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My Little Monsters
Posted by DDS on 20 Aug. Categories: Blog Posts, Design | No Comments

A previous client came to me about a quote, and it was only then that I realized since we last spoke.. something major was about to happen. She was going to have triplets! Amazed and picking my jaw up off the computer desk, I gladly accepted and created my little monsters. Love it <3.

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Finding Inspiration in Design Books
Posted by DDS on 12 Aug. Categories: Blog Posts, Design, Inspiration | 2 Comments

I recently bought ‘The New Decorating Book’ from Better Homes & Gardens and as soon as I opened the cover I was inspired by color ideas. Here are a few of my favorite color schemes:

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Free Blog Headers
Posted by DDS on 30 Jul. Categories: Blog Posts, Design, Freebies | 67 Comments

Here we will offer blog headers for FREE! You will have to put your own title in them however. If you use them, let us know! We want to see them in action :) Click the headers for the blank version. Once you see the blank version, right click and save to your computer.

Click to [...]

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