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I’ve finally gotten around to posting another free theme! This one is a theme I just did for someone, so it’s WP 3.0 compliant. The image below is a screen shot of the working theme, and has the following features:

• Two Column Design
• One Column Page Template also included as a check box option for each page.
• Sidebars include right sidebar, top sidebar, bottom sidebar, and dynamically widgetized footer
• Valid XTML
• Horizontal Menu (works great with new customizable menu found in WP)
• Vertical Menu also available if desired within the theme
• Built in Social Icons
• Built in div for Header Logo or Graphic

Let me show you what you’ll need to know in order to download this theme and edit the Header and personalize your social icons. Read the rest of this entry »

Here’s a brand new theme with some extra goodies thrown in. It is a widget ready theme that includes a top menu and a fun scrolling brick wall background. Click here to download this theme. The first screen shot pictures exactly what the theme looks like. Notice that there is plenty of space in the header for you to add your own png or gif to personalize this WordPress theme to fit you. Please see my post on how to add images or buttons to your header for simple instructions on how to do this. Note: instructions are at the bottom of the post.

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These are some buttons I designed for a Western themed sites I did recently (email me if you are interested in seeing the working site), and I wanted to make the buttons available to you for FREE for all 4 button images. I offer more free buttons (and will continue to add to this collection) on my Blogger Scrapbook Site. These, however, are a very special design with a rustic wooden feel and are perfect for a Western Themed or Rustic Themed blog or site design. The image on the right depicts all of the buttons as they are displayed on a site that features a wood background. These images were designed to be scrolling images on the side of the screen, but they can be incorporated anywhere you desire to put them on your site.

How to Download these Buttons:

Simply click on the picture to the right, and you’ll be directed to a zip folder containing the buttons that you can download to your computer.

How to add these as scrolling buttons to your WordPress Site: Read the rest of this entry »

Yes, I’ve finally gotten another theme up! I’ve been too busy working on other projects to put more out, but here’s a cute, traditional Christmas theme to put you in the holiday spirit!

This is a widget ready, 3 column design with a top menu, footer, and built in rss image in the footer.

Click here to download this free theme!

As always, feel free to contact me if you are interested in a completely personalized and customized WordPress or Blogger theme.

Please note that I just updated this file! It’s completely print ready right now, or you can edit and print it. This is a customizable Prayer Journal in a Word Document. It includes a daily prayer schedule set up, places to include unsaved friends and family members, missionaries, ministries, as well as personal prayer requests and praises. It also contains a daily Bible reading calendar, a way to keep track of Scripture memory, and some additional resources and scriptures. As a note, the scripture passages are from the ESV. I might be adding a KJV version, and I’ll also upload an older version of Word if there are requests for it.

The formatting is designed to be printed and put into a half inch, half sheet three ring binder. Simply download the zip folder, extract the file, and edit the document however you choose. Here’s what you’ll need:

1. Access to a printer (it is formatted already for two pages per sheet, so just print on plain 8.5 x 11 paper)
2. Access to a paper cutter (unless you want to free-hand it with scissors…not recommended)
3. A three ring hole puncher
4. A 1/2″ three ring binder designed for 5.5″ x 8.5″ pages (half sheets)

Click Here to Download this File

I hope you enjoy, and please leave comments on what you like or dislike about the set up.

Hafa adai from Guam! This tropical paradise WordPress theme was inspired from my time here on the beautiful island of Guam. This is a simple two column theme that makes the most out of Artisteer’s built in textures, as well as the ability Artisteer gives you to add your own background and header glare images in order to create a seamless blend of header and background.

So, enjoy this new theme, and Contact me if you are interested in a completely customized and personalized WordPress or Blogger theme.  Click here to download this theme.

Yes, I finally got another blog theme done. This has a little bit of a western, rustic feel to it with the wood background and old linen paper. This would look great personalized with a picture of the author done in a sepia, old photo style as well as the header in a fun Western font.

Please contact me if you are interested in a personalized blog theme design. As always, I include set up with plugins and one week of support for a one time, low flat rate.

Click on the picture to view a larger image of the screen shot.

Click here to download this fresh, new, and free WordPress theme.

A screen shot of this fun, rustic blog theme design

I found this site just today and downloaded one of their free icon sets. These are some very clean and professional looking icons that I’m going to start implementing. They have tons of icons that you can pay for, but the free ones are definitely must haves if you don’t want to take the time to always create your own generic ones. You should check them out.

Here is the latest WordPress theme download that I’ve designed. Yes, I know that it’s been two feminine designs in a row. I’ll work on a more masculine or neutral theme for my next one. I do love blue and brown together, though, and I just couldn’t resist making this one. As always, feel free to contact me for info. on a personalized and customized theme complete with an abundance of great plug-ins. This template will allow you to add multiple pages and sub-pages, and you will need to edit the footer in order to activate the links for your contact info, terms of use, and privacy statement. Let me know if you are unsure of how to do this, and I’ll be glad to send you a step-by-step.

Remember, I charge less for customization of any designs previewed on my site, but I’m always happy to create something completely new for you, as well.  Click on the images to see a larger view. Click here to download this WordPress Theme.

Here is the matching twitter background. Contact me if you would like a customized or personalized version of this, as well.

Click on the image to see a larger version, and click here to download this Twitter background.

I was feeling in a springy mood, and I also wanted to try out some ideas that I’ve had for creating a different style of template using Artisteer. This particular theme has several different features I’d like to point out, especially if you use Artisteer or are interested in it.

False Transparent Header: First of all, this design makes it appear as if there is no header image but only a background image. This can easily be achieved by creating your background image in Photoshop or Illustrator that you want to use for the background and header. Save the image as a jpg or png for your background, then crop out the area where the header will be and save that as your header image. Your header will then flow seamlessly into your background.

Header Text: Secondly, while it appears that their is no header or slogan text, they are actually there. You could go into the style sheet and get rid of them, but that wouldn’t be good for SEO. However, what I’ve done here is to simply make them the color of your background and use either the header background image to house your visible text with the font you prefer or a png of the text for the foreground image. Search engines will still find the actual text, and you can have the font that you want visible on page.

Background Image Basics: Finally, as a note on background images. You should make sure to create your image so that it can flow seamlessly onto any computer screen size. You don’t want images cut off or colors to start and stop abruptly. This can be achieved by making sure that the edges of your jpg match the color of the background color you have chosen or create a png. My background image appears to be cut off, but it actually continues beyond the average computer screen to be able to fit on wider screens.

Ok, down to business. I’ve included a link, as usual, to the free theme download. There are a lot of personalized features in this theme including the little flower icons beside each widget title. You can actually upload your own created icons for any of the icons shown which is a nice feature in Artisteer.

I’ve included a footer screen shot to show the fixed position you can choose for the background as well as the nice footer links and rss button included in Artisteer templates. Of course, these are all completely editable as well. This also demonstrates the transparency settings you can use in Artisteer and the fixed background image position. I could have chosen to let the image scroll, but I like having my flowers and the fun background show on each part of the page rather than just the top.

This time, I thought it would be good to actually show a screen shot of a personalized version of this theme to give you an idea of what I mean by offering personalized blog themes not only in plug-ins and features but also in the look itself. This could be transformed into any look desired, but this was a quick and easy personalization just to give an example.

Click here to download the free template (as depicted in the first two screen shots above.) Make sure to contact me if you are interested in a personalized version of this theme. I will give price reductions on personalized versions of any of the themes I offer on this site as the basic design work has already been completed. The background image, header image and flower buttons were all created individually and are not stock images. Click on the link below to find out more information on Artisteer.

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