Thursday, September 22, 2011

currently . . .

I'm taking a break from orders. My dad isn't around & I have to help out with the kids. No orders will be accepted until I say so. I might also change the site & make the designs not free (yeah, I know --- it's horrible -- I don't want to do this but it's just too much) but then make it cheap, like $5 -- and the money will go to missions. Still pondering.

Check out my main blog for other updates. 

Tuesday, September 13, 2011

portfolio - early September


Maddie asked for a blue & green design with a sidebar header (lots of those going around these days!). She was really happy with her design and I'm glad she liked it. Here's her button if you want to see it live.









I also helped Mrs. Ours with her blog design. She wanted something more modern and that matched more, so that's what I tried to give her. I really liked how hers turned out and it wasn't that much work! 

Go visit her blog --- I really like it!


Yes They're All Ours




Lastly I helped Lucia with her blog design. She actually did the header & colors by herself. Don't you like the header? All I did was change the code around a bit so her header would go on the sidebar and her sidebar wouldn't go to the bottom of the page. 




Dianna, I have not forgotten you. ;) I just had these lovely ladies in front of you so I finished their designs first. But I've got some good ideas up my sleeves for yours, and be prepared for a new makeover!  

Well friends, which design was your favorite from this post? 

how to download & install fonts (in windows)

Arianna requested this tutorial, and to be honest, before I really started blog designing I had a ton of trouble with downloading fonts. Mostly because our internet was terrible, and I just didn't have a good tutorial to use.

First, find a font that you want to download & download it. Dafont.com and fonsty.com have some good fonts.



Once you have that downloaded, go to your documents and click on downloads. Find the font that you downloaded.


Now, double click on the file & open it. On the top left hand side you should see a link that says "extract all files".


Click on that. A small window should pop up. Click on next, then it should bring you to the another screen on the page. Click browse>my computer> (the name/brand of your computer, mine is acer) acer> windows> fonts. Click on fonts and click OK. You might have to do a bit of scrolling and searching, but make sure the file does end up in the fonts file. The fonts file was at the bottom of mine.


There are some easier ways to do this, like just click on the download on you internet browser instead of going to documents, and you can just copy and paste the url to the fonts if you want to download more than one. I figured I'd leave it how it is though, I figured out how to do those little easy tricks by myself, so it shouldn't be that hard to figure out.


Once you're done with that, finish, and you should have a new font! Wasn't too hard, right? It might take a bit to install your font, like you may have to re-start your computer before it shows up, but it should be there.

Let me know if you have any questions by leaving a comment. 

Friday, September 2, 2011

portfolio august + new design


First, I finally re-designed KLS, like I've wanted to do for a long time, but was too busy doing other orders. How do you like the new design? Do you like the other one more? 

Don't forget to grab the new button. {sidebar, share the love}


I also designed Eden's blog. She wanted at first a silver and grey design, but in the end it ended up like this. Funny, eh? ;) Here is her button if you want to see the blog live. 







(Finally) I designed my awesome friend Hannah's blog, she wanted the header on the sidebar. I tried to surprise her, but I'm not sure it worked. Long story. 



Here's her button in case you want to check out her blog too. 



Arianna wanted me to make her a header and button to match her blog, so I did so. Doesn't she have a cool name? ;) 

So -- do you like the new design or what?