I'd been considering paying someone to design me a background that integrated cookies but they can be kind of pricey! So I just "googled it" and OF COURSE there were step by step instructions online. Now, the really tricky part of the whole deal is getting used to using a graphic editing software like photoshop to actually do the designing. Fortunately, my last 2 jobs were in marketing and design so I was pretty comfortable to begin with, but if you have a couple of hours to spend playing around its definitely not too difficult to figure out.
I started out by looking through online scrap booking papers and whatnot, but couldn't find what I wanted so I literally did this one from the ground up. Like I drew every one of those circles and colored them in Print Shop and then exported everything over to Paint.net so I could make sure the dimensions were correct.
The Cutest Blog on the Block has some good instructions. They worked great for me up until I got to the HTML editing part. I couldn't get that to work, so I had to go another route...
1. Follow the directions above until your background is uploaded into photobucket.
2. Once you are uploaded in photobucket got to Customize your blog, and in the Layout click ADD A GADGET. Choose HTML/JAVA Script.
3. A dialog box like this will pop up.
Enter the following code into the box. You will want to pull the DIRECT LINK info from your photobucket page.
AND Voila! You're Done.
If you're interested in making a background for yourself and have any trouble let me know and I will certainly try to help, but I am by no means an expert!
2 comments:
You're so talented! I had a hard enough time just importing a layout from Cutest Blog on the Block, so I think I will just stick with that for now. If I ever want to get fancier, I will definitely check with you.
My mom loves reading your blog by the way!
This is completely precious Lauren. I love it, and I feel more a part of the blog too since I helped make the cookies. :)
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