Blog Design {NEW!}

I am taking a quick break from recipes today so that I can say thanks to a number of bloggers for helping me with my blog re-design. I've enjoyed the standard template that I had been using from Designer Blogs but was ready to customize my blog.  I spent time playing around with graphics and fonts for a header and then jumped into the world of online tutorials to help bring the design to life. I would suggest having a "practice blog"-- a blog that only you can see which you can see-- to implement any changes BEFORE trying them live on your public blog.

My blog is a work-in-progress. Check back to see more changes in the coming weeks.


Thanks to Ashton at Something Swanky for her straight-forward and informative tutorials on these topics:

• Using Image Maps to Link Multiple URLs
• Different Ways to Make Custom Headers
• How to Create your Own Social Media Buttons (soon to come to my blog)

Thank you to Kevin and Amanda for their tutorial on how to add the "Pin It" button.

Thanks to Kate for a tutorial that I've used time and time again: How to Make a Blog Button with a Grab Box.

I appreciated this tutorial from Teaching My Calling regarding How to Remove the Shadows Around Blogger Pictures.

And I look forward to using this tutorial that I recently came across: How to Add Styles and Effects to your Images in Blogger.

I am hoping that having access to these links all in one location will help someone else work on their blog design in Blogger. Do you have any other tutorials that have shown you the way to success in creating your custom blog? I'd love to hear about them!
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