My goal for Adorability Designs is to offer affordable options for bloggers to make their blog design their own. I’m a huge fan of designs that are both clean and simple yet eye-catching at the same time. I strive to work on every aspect of a blogger’s design and to represent what their blog is about through their design.
Adorability Designs offers a numbers of different packages as well as a la carte items, so you can choose exactly what fits your design needs and budget!
– Melanie
Business Tags: blog design, Blogger, Graphic Design, premades
The designer being showcased today is Smitten Blog Designs. This studio is run by Oregon neighbors Kate and Heather and opened for business in August 2008. They design free, modern and original templates to liven up your blog. They have produced several templates that are sold for $10 or less (an incredible deal!) as well as adorable free templates.
They have a nice variety of premade templates for sale, but they are all “limited editions.” Once a design has been purchased a certain number of times, Smitten Blog Designs retires it so that the templates aren’t overused. So, if you see something you like, don’t wait till later because it may not be there. And, to help their clients with the installation and other blog questions, they provide a wonderfully detailed tutorial.
Here are just a couple of their limited edition premade blog templates.
In addition to the premade templates, they have an extensive gallery of free templates. And, right now they have adorable Valentine’s templates (which also work nicely for marriage/relationship blogs).
Now, if you don’t see just what you want among their free and premade templates, Smitten Blog Designs can make you a custom design for your blog for just $30! That is an incredible value!
If you do use one of their free or premade blog templates, don’t forget to add one of their beautiful buttons to your sidebar to show your appreciation for their work.
If you are already using one of their templates, please leave a comment so I can go visit and admire your beautiful blog.
Amanda Carlisle Design is a web & graphic design studio that was launched in June 2011. With a degree in Digital Graphic Design, you can rest assured that you are getting not only a proper design, but the highest knowledge and use of designing programs and formats. I specialize in blog and web design in either Blogger or WordPress, and a plethora of other graphic design services.
My goal is to create a unique brand identity for every client, to help them expand their brand or business in a modern and engaging way. I work closely with each client to capture their vision and go above and beyond to make each client my top priority, no matter how big or small the project is. Let Amanda Carlisle Design hand-craft your next project today- I can’t wait to work with you!
Business Tags: blog design, Blogger, branding, illustrations, marketing, web design, WordPress
If you’re looking for a crisp, beautiful and professional design for your website or blog, contact Laura Jane Designs for a fabulous site and brand renovation. Let us help your blog or business stand out in the proverbial crowd with a custom design that is 100% unique to you and prices that will fit your budget.
Business Tags: blog design, branding, Genesis, web design, WordPress
We just quickly wanted to announce that this will be the last opportunity to take the live four-week workshop that teaches you how to build your own design business from the ground up!
Many students have graduated from our workshop, and we have seen them go on to form businesses and develop their talents in incredible ways. We have something exciting up our sleeve for the coming months, but this will be the last intensive workshop dedicated to helping students start their OWN businesses! Check out the details below, and if you’d like to get up to 40% off, be sure to check out Twitter and Facebook!
Ever wonder how someone was able to center a button or image. Maybe you loved the way their blog looked because all their buttons and images were the same size. Here’s how to do that and make your blog look organized and together.
I will give you an example for a button in your sidebar.
Step 1: When you add a button in your sidebar the HTML Code will look something like this:
Step 2: To have your button centered in the sidebar add the code
at the beginning and
at the end. It should look like this:
Step 3: Now to adjust the size of your button/image you will need to add a code for the height and width.
You can change the width to what ever size you need or like. Change 100 to 125 or 80… whatever works for you!
You can use these same tricks in your posts but you need to be in the “Edit HTML” area. Leave me a comment below if you need more help with this.
May’s featured designer is Lynne at Visual Serendipity!
Here is what some of her former clients had to say in their nominations.
I am nominating Lynne because not only did she create a beautiful blog for me, but she has gone above and beyond with her customer service. She makes sure that everything is perfect for me and that I am happy with anything she does for me at my website. Anytime I have had any sort of question or problem, she has been there. Many times, she has literally been up into the wee hours of the morning working with me, when she did not have to be. She’s kind, she’s creative, and she has become my friend.
Lynne took a few simple words, phrases, and color preferences from me and was able to design a blog that I absolutely love! She drew an avatar based on a photo of me, too. That was really fun to see. Her work is amazing. – Nicole, Mom Always Finds Out
Lynne was a pleasure to work with, I love the header that she designed for me and how great she is at communicating with me what’s going on. Nothing better than a designer who communicates with her customers! — Christa, Little BGCG
She rocks! She had this done in a day and made it like I imagined it. She is a really good designer. — Blue Monkeys, She Calls Me Yiyah!
Here are some examples of Lynne’s work:
You can follow Lynne on Facebook and Twitter. Be sure to check out Visual Serendipity!
The Blog Designer Network is so excited to announce that we are planning to hold our first conference in late Fall 2013! We want this conference to be beneficial for new & experienced designers, as well as anyone interested in learning more about design, development, business management, social media, and so much more. To aid us in planning the conference, we have created a short survey to hear more about what you are interested in.
The survey should only take 5-10 minutes to complete, and we will choose 3 participants at random to win one-month of free standard advertising space on TheBDN.com (a $25 value)*. We appreciate your honest opinions!
*Survey and content close Friday, November 9, 2012.
Update 11/11/12: Congratulations to Stephanie, Amber, and Shan for winning the giveaway. Please check your email for instructions.
I am very excited to tell you about an online blog design course that is being offered for those interested in learning about blog design.No, not from me, because remember, I’m not a blog designer, just a design lover. The course is taught by Amy Bayliss, an amazing speaker, writer, blogger and designer.
The price for the course is amazingly wallet-friendly – only $29. She doesn’t get into in depth graphic design, but will definitely get you started in the right direction. Don’t have Photoshop? No problem, she will show you how to use free online editing programs to create your graphics.
There are several sessions available and she’s keeping the class sign down so that she can effectively help those who attend. Interested? Head over to her site to see how to sign up.
