October’s Exclusive Giveaway Winner

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

Chrissy of And Over It!

Chrissy has won a $15 Blogger Template of her choice!! Congratulations!!
Please email us at info@designerblogs.com by the end of November 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!

New Items in Our Shop

Hi All! We have some super cool new items in our shop and I’m here to tell you all about a few of them! Woot-woot!

Okay, so first off, Twitter has this new thing where you can add a “header” to your profile page. Super awesome! Here are a few Twitter headers from some people that you may know. ;)

And here are some more,… The first one belongs to our amazing designer, Monica, and the last one is mine.

The Twitter header is displayed at the top of your profile page and it shows your Twitter handle, your profile pic, and a little about you.

Also, in honor of our new YouTube channel, where we share amazing video tutorials (gotta go check it out-super cool!), we are now offering YouTube backgrounds! Oh yeah! So, if you wanna coordinate your YouTube channel to match your blog, you finally can! Here are some really awesome examples:

Last, but certainly not least, we can now install a “print friendly” button to your blog, so if your readers would like to print a specific page or post of yours, they can easily do this without printing all of your sidebar stuff, header, and so on. The print button optimizes the page, so your reader only gets what they want. This is especially handy if you share tutorials and/or recipes on your site.

So, there you have it. Even more fun ways to make your blog/website reader friendly! If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to email info@designerblogs.com with any inquiries you may have. Thanks for tuning in and I’ll see ya next time! :)

Halloween Bag Toppers | Free Printable

Happy Haunting everyone! Well, Halloween is fast-approaching and I wanted to make my kiddos a cute little treat bag to give to some of their closest friends. I went over to Avery.com to see what I could find in the way of a cute template and I found something better than I had imagined. Avery has these adorable bag toppers that you can print anything you want on AND, the best part, the bag toppers also come with their very own little baggies! Isn’t that awesome!!

I filled my baggies with Reese’s Puffs. Hmmmm,… hmm. So, I designed these super cute bag toppers to be printed on this template: >>>>>>

I got mine at Staples, but they’re also on Avery.com for around $20. In case you can’t see the template code on that image, it’s: 22801

Just right click on the image below, save it, and follow the directions on the bag toppers package to print!

Enjoy and I hope you have a happy and safe Halloween!!

How to Grab a Direct URL from a Web Page

Happy day to you! I put together a super quick tutorial that shows you how to grab the direct URL from a web page. This is something your designer will need from you if you’d like to link your social sites to your blog. Happy viewing!

If you have any questions, you can email info@designerblogs.com for more help and if you have a suggestion for a tutorial you’d like to see, please leave it in the comments section.

Feautured Client: Styled Chaos

Hi y’all! I’m very happy to introduce you to our Featured Client this month: Chrissi from Styled Chaos

How long have you been blogging?: I have been blogging for about 5 months. I started June of this year

 

What made you decide to start a blog/site?: I had just started my design business, Chrissi Shields Interiors, and wanted a place to share my passion for design. I needed a place to get inspired, somewhere I could share my creative eye, for all the world to see…Styled Chaos was born.

 

What was the biggest unexpected perk or bonus of your site and being online?: First off, how many people were viewing the blog. It’s really cool to know a creative outlet for me is being enjoyed by others. 2nd off, building relationships with women all over that share the same passions as I.

What other blogs or sites inspire you?: I would have to say #1, Tobi Fairley Interior Design Blog. Tobi has truly been an inspiration in my whole career. She is such a wonderful motivator and shares her success with open arms. I am so grateful to be apart of the Tobi Fairley family circle.

#2 Cup of Te. This is Roxy Owens blog from Society Social… everything about her blog and product line inspires me.. I had the privilege of being apart of her Manifest Magalog this summer. If you haven’t seen it you have got to check it out.. Roxy’s motto is live sparkly…right off the bat she was a girl after my own heart..It has been awesome growing a relationship with real women trying to make it in our beautiful industry.


Tell us about the design makeover process? How did you choose the colors, fonts and ideas that inspire your personal brand?: At first I had no idea what I wanted. I knew I wanted something simple and colorful. To be honest the font choice was overwhelming, there were so many to choose from..but Courtney was amazing. After only two emails she had it nailed..it was absolutely perfect. The Designer Blogs website was super helpful. I shared with Courtney different things from samples that I liked and she pulled all those together and gave Styled Chaos a serious face lift!!!

How did you find / hear about Designer Blogs?: I have to give Google all the credit…i Googled blog designers and Designer blogs popped up, I didn’t even look further, after seeing the samples I knew that this would be a great choice and my vision could be achieved.


Anything else you want people to know about you or your blog?: I love design, love fashion and all things beautiful. I share a seasonal fashion Lookbook. My first issue will be out in October..Please come over and see. I am truly passionate about living a crazy beautiful life, sharing my journeys, my creativity and my world on Styled Chaos has been more rewarding than I had ever imagined!! And thanks so much to Designer Blogs for making my world just a little more beautiful.

Thank you for sharing, Chrissi!
It was such a pleasure working with you and getting to know you better.

You can visit Chrissi at her blog, Styled Chaos or follower her on

Twitter and/or Pinterest.

Introducing Holiday Pre-Mades

Well, hello again! I have some fabulous news to share! At Designer Blogs we are rolling out Holiday Pre-made templates for Blogger! We are so excited about this new addition and I know you’re going to love it too! If you’re like me, I love to soak up every holiday and this is a great way to do that. They are so affordable, super easy, and best of all, — festive!!

Below are some of the things that make our holiday pre-mades so awesome:

  • The design is installed by us. So, you don’t have to worry about any coding. Yay!
  • We (the designer) will save your current template/design and send you the file so that you can easily re-install it when you are done with the holiday premade
  • Each template comes with a $5 off coupon that can be used on any future custom, premade or add-on order
  • We will continually be adding new designs for the upcoming holidays,– so check back often!
  • Each design comes with coordinating social media buttons.

Okay, enough jibber jabber. Take a look at some of our designs for Halloween, but to view all of them head on over to the Holiday Pre-Made shop HERE.

Haddie’s Haunts

Creepy Crystal

Sophie’s Spooks

Witchy Wendy

Spooky Bou

September’s Exclusive Giveaway Winner

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

Lindy of Itsy Bitsy Paper!

Lindy has won a $15 Blogger Template of her choice!! Congratulations!!
Please email us at info@designerblogs.com by the end of October 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!

New Pre-Made Ordering Process PLUS a ton of new designs!!

Hi everyone! So, I have some beyond exciting news to share! We, over at Designer Blogs, have been working diligently for the release of our new Pre-made ordering system and I’m here today to tell you all about it!
 
As you may know, we used to have designs ranging in price from $30 – $80, each including different add-ons. However, let’s say you really liked an $80 deign, but didn’t want some of the add-ons it included — you were stuck with add-ons you didn’t want. Now, with our new ordering system, you have total control over what your pre-made design includes or doesn’t include.
 
All of our Blogger pre-made designs start at $50 and our WordPress designs start at $100 and both include a favicon and (up to four) social media buttons. Then, you can build your design, by adding a nav bar, a post signature or whatever else your heart desires. This new ordering process, makes it so much easier for you to achieve exactly the look you’re going for. Our pre-mades are installed by us within one week of paid order (exception: if you add numerous add-ons it may take longer) and are a quick way to achieve a super professional look with out a huge expense and/or wait time. Awesome! — Right?!?! Ugh, I am SUPER excited! Hard to tell, I know. ;)
 

Okay, I wanna share some of our new designs, but to see all of them, you gotta head over to our

Bogger pre-made shop HERE

and our

WordPress Pre-made shop HERE.


Take a look at these beauties!

Max + Mindy Available for Blogger and WordPress

Ellery Available for Blogger

Annabelle Available for Blogger

Emma & Paul Available for Blogger

Cassandra Available for Blogger and WordPress

Hazel Available for Blogger and WordPress

Miss Marley Available for Blogger and WordPress

Eve and Me Available for Blogger

Quinn Perkins Available for Blogger

Tiffany Marie Available for Blogger

News Nellie Available for Blogger and WordPress

I hope you enjoy all the new designs and happy browsing!! :D

Welcome Baby Lilly!

Owner/designer Erin was blessed to adopt beautiful baby girl a few weeks ago!

Lilly

Born September 7th at 1:39pm.
6 pounds 15 ounces, 19 inches long.

We’re happy to share this beautiful video documenting Lilly’s courageous birth mother’s adoption journey:

Welcome Lilly!

How to Create a New Post

G’day everyone! Today, I have a post for you today that is a video tutorial. It just walks you through how to create a new post in Blogger. Super basic, but useful for bloggers out there who are just starting out. I hope you enjoy it and if you have any suggestions for future tutorials, let me know in the comments section.

As always, if you have any questions, you can email info@designerblogs.com for more help.