Kids Valentine’s Fruit Strip Wrap | Free Printable

Happy Valentine’s Day everyone!! This is the first year of elementary school for my little guy, and with that comes,… Valentine’s Day celebrations! Yay! I didn’t want to just go buy the box of Valentine’s Cards from the store, so I thought I’d design something I can print at home and I’m going to share that with you today! Excited yet?!? Okay, well, take a look at these stinkin’ cute Valentine’s cards,…

I picked up a few boxes of strawberry and mixed berry fruit strips from Target, printed out the printable, cut it, and wrapped each fruit strip. I also had my little guy sign each one. I love that these Valentine’s treats are a healthy snack that both the kiddos and parents will enjoy!

Just right click on the image below, save it to your computer, and then print it. If you can, in your printer settings, print to the edge of the page (borderless 8.5 X 11 paper).

New Items in the Shop

Good Tuesday to y’all!

I wanted to write a quick little something just to let everyone know that we have some new items in our shop.

First, we’ve got a Google+ Header available. The Google+ Header is that little strip of something next to your picture when you look at your profile on Google+.

Google+ Header

Second, you can now add an Instagram Sidebar Widget to your blog that displays your most recent Instagram photos to the sidebar of your blog.

Instagram Sidebar Widget

These are both available in our “Add-On” Shop HERE along with an assortment of other options you can browse through to create the perfect blog for YOU!

INSTAGRAM SIDEBAR WIDGET = $15
Adds a sidebar area to your blog that shows your latest Instagram pictures.

GOOGLE+ HEADER = $25
Adds a custom designed header image to your Google+ page.

Toodles!!

Top 100 Design Blogs To Follow In 2013

Designer Blogs ranks #39 of the top 100 design blogs to follow in 2013. If you’re a designer or a design lover then you should consider following the below design blogs.

Top 100 design blogs to follow
 

An infographic by the team at CouponAudit

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We’ve Partnered with a Custom Illustrator!!

So, today I have some super cool news to share with you! We, at Designer Blogs, are always looking for ways to improve the customer experience and make sure that you get exactly what you are wanting when you order a design from us. Therefore, we have teamed up with an Illustrator that can make you your very own custom illustration for your Custom Blog Design. That’s right folks! Exciting, eh?! I am proud to introduce to you, Miss Pickle of Miss Pickle’s Design Studio!

Miss Pickle

Miss Pickle specializes in creating sweet and fun graphic illustrations that are perfect for blog-sites, personal and professional branding, print design and more! With a University Education in Studio Art, she has worked hard over the past years expanding on her skills in additional media arts, and has fallen head over heals in love with Vector Illustrations! All of her designs are created in CorelDRAW and are 100% editable which makes them a breeze for other blog and web designers to work with! Miss Pickle is positively passionate about her work and is extremely dedicated to pleasing her ever so amazing clientele!

So, what is a Custom Illustration? Well, let’s say you would like an illustration at the top of your custom blog of you, holding a phone, with your two kids, and your hubby. You want the girl to look like you and you want the kids to look like your kids! Miss Pickle can design that for you!!

Below are some examples of her work,…

Mom Blogger

Super Glue

Bookwork Foodie

Family Business

Family Business

Here’s some more info on the ordering process and exactly what you get:

Single Character Illustrations start at $150 and includes:

  • Your custom graphic
  • 3 minor revision rounds
  • a custom 6 color hex code palette (uploaded to http://www.palettes.misspicklesdesignstudio.com/)
  • JPG/PNG/PDF files
  • a Personal Use License.

When requesting your quote on the order form please include the following information.

  • How many characters within the single illustration canvas? (including adults, children, pets, etc…)
  • Do they need any accessory images created within the single illustration canvas? (Example: Does your character need cooking supplies, furniture, coupons, baby stroller, a car, books, laptop, etc. Please be as specific as possible).
  • Need a background? If so, please explain. (Example: sunny sky with clouds, interior of a home, city skyline, etc.)

New Designs in the Shop

Have you noticed all of the wonderful new designs we have available in the shop? Well, if you haven’t, … you gotta go over and check them out! They’re so awesome! Here are just a few, as a little teaser,….


Pre-Made Designs

Oakley Available for Blogger

Bella Available for Blogger

Jade & Avery Available for Blogger

Hazel Available for Blogger and WordPress

Kate Available for Blogger

Emerson Available for Blogger and WordPress


$15 Blogger Templates

Adelaide

Phillip Rivers

Shannon

Jamie Lee

Harper

Abigail

Landree

Penelope

Logan

How to Disable Comments for Specific Posts

Happy 2013!! I love the start of the new year! It’s so refreshing and I love the possibilities that each year holds! It’s like opening up a gift every 1st of the year! I love it! Anywho, I’ve got some great video tutorials coming your way! First, is this super easy, tutorial that shows you how to disable comments for a blog post. There are lots of reasons why you might want to disable your comments. Maybe you’ve got a poll going, or it’s your about-me page, or you’ve had a contest and now the contest is over, so on and so on. So, here it is,… Have fun!!

December’s Exclusive Giveaway Winner

The winner of December’s exclusive giveaway (for Google+ AND Facebook followers) is:

Cheryl Boglioli of Cheryl’s Window!

Cheryl has won a $15 Blogger Template of her choice!! Congratulations!!
Please email us at info@designerblogs.com by the end of December to claim your prize!!

Do you want to win a free Blogger template?

To enter, simply add Designer Blogs to one of your Google+ circles and/or like us on Facebook (see sidebar) and you’ll be automatically entered to win!

Good Luck!

FREE Printable Holiday Photo Card **PLUS** Pixlr Video Tutorial

Happy Holidays!! Tis’ the time of the season to start sending out your holiday cards! In case you’re stressing, I thought I’d design a free photo card that you can download and use with Pixlr to create a no-hassle, free card that everyone will love. Here it is with my kiddos pic in the square. Scroll down for the template you’ll want to download.

All you do, is save the below image to your desktop (or wherever you like on your computer), then head on over to Pixlr. I created a VIDEO TUTORIAL (scroll down) for you as well, just to make it a little easier on you to figure out how to insert your photo in to the card.

Just right click on the image below and save it! Super easy!

AND here is the video tutorial! Woot-woot! Enjoy!

November’s Exclusive Giveaway Winner

The winner of November’s exclusive giveaway (for Google+ AND Facebook followers) is:

Lauren Elizabeth Beltz of Lauren Elizabeth’s Excellent Adventures!

Lauren has won a $15 Blogger Template of her choice!! Congratulations!!
Please email us at info@designerblogs.com by the end of December to claim your prize!!

Do you want to win a free Blogger template?

To enter, simply add Designer Blogs to one of your Google+ circles and/or like us on Facebook (see sidebar) and you’ll be automatically entered to win!

Good Luck!

Exciting New Item in Shop

Hi Everyone! I have a super exciting announcement! Are you savvy with designing in Photoshop, but don’t have any experience with HTML coding? Well, then this is going to be perfect for you! We just added a new item to our shop that allows you to design all the PSD files, and then we just assist you with the coding for your site and help put all the puzzle pieces together (so to speak). You can find this in our add-on section in our shop:

BLOGGER DESIGN INSTALLATION = $100
Codes your existing PSD design files into a Blogger blog design (NOTE: we will not do any design work with this option–coding only). Additional fees may apply.

WORDPRESS DESIGN INSTALLATION = $200
Codes your existing PSD design files into a WordPress blog design. (NOTE: we will not do any design work with this option–coding only). Additional fees may apply.

Super cool!! Right?!? Okay, as always, if you have any questions you can email us at info@designerblogs.com and we would be happy to help!

Toodles!