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Well, I’ve been very busy on some projects recently as well as other “life” stuff that have kept me from being able to post as much as I’d like to. I just completed a full WordPress website for a company that I did a WP blog for several months ago. They wanted their whole site transformed and consolidated into one WordPress Site. It was a huge process as I had to set up WordPress in their current hosting location, transfer the old blog over to it, and completely design and add content to their site from top to bottom.

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I’ve been working on several different projects which have kept me from being able to post as regularly as normal. One of these projects has been the complete blog theme redesign and reorganization for Health, Home, & Happiness.

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This blue and brown binder graphic set pictured on the right includes individual graphics designed to be printed and inserted into a 1″ half sheet sized 3 ring binder. These images were created to be printed easily to a home computer on standard 8.5″ x 11″ paper. Printing on photo paper or card stock is recommended.

Simply print, cut out the graphics along the edges, and hole punch as necessary. Note: I’ve included two separate versions. One includes text that matches the free prayer journal I’ve made available on this site, and one has no text so that you can add your own as desired. Hint: You can easily open these graphics in a Word Document, add your own text, and print to your own printer if desired. These would be ideal for a special event or as gifts. Each down-loadable graphic pack comes with the following: Read the rest of this entry »

This beautiful binder graphic set pictured on the right includes individual graphics designed to be printed and inserted into a 1″  half sheet sized 3 ring binder with clear cover pockets. These images were created to be printed easily to a home computer on standard 8.5″ x 11″ paper. Printing on photo paper or card stock is recommended.

Simply print, cut out the graphics along the edges, and hole punch as necessary. Note: I’ve included two separate versions. One includes text that matches the free prayer journal I’ve made available on this site, and one has no text so that you can add your own as desired. Hint: You can easily open these graphics in a Word Document, add your own text, and print to your own printer if desired. These would be ideal for a special event or as gifts. Each down-loadable graphic pack comes with the following:

• One high resolution cover graphic (dimensions 8.5″ x 6.75″)
• Four high resolution tab insert graphics (dimensions 8.5″ x 5.75″)
• One high resolution binder graphic (dimensions 8.5″ x 1″)

Click this button below if you would like to purchase and download the full text version to match the free prayer journal. After clicking on Buy Now and entering in your payment information, you will be able to download the zip folder containing all of the graphics. You can print these graphics as much as desired, but please do not alter the images in any way.

Binder Graphics Pack With Text Included – $10

Click the button below if you would like to purchase and download the text free version to edit yourself. Again, while you are free to add your own text into the blank fields, please do not edit or alter the image itself in anyway.

Binder Graphics Pack Without Text – $10

Please contact me if you need customized binder graphics for a business or ministry event. I offer exceptional prices and very quick turn around, and would be happy to discuss your graphics needs.

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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Well, as you can see if you’ve visited my site before, I’ve just updated the theme again. I like to create new design themes for my own site both for variety as well as to demonstrate some nice Artisteer, Photoshop, and WP tweaking techniques. I’ll list a few of those techniques in this post.

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Here is another Christmas card that was a “spur-of-the-moment” job. I’m posting this one to demonstrate a few simple Photoshop tips that can help you turn around designs quicker for customers just like this one. As the title suggests, there is great advantage in using many layers in Photoshop. I’m just going to focus on the background of this card itself. There are 3 separate layers used just for the green background.

The bottom layer is actually a black and white plaid I found online and turned into a pattern. Need a refresher on creating your own patterns? (NOTE: if you are using Artisteer and want to know how you can make your own textures, this is it!) Read the rest of this entry »

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.

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This was another Christmas card I just did for a family who wanted a very customized look. They also needed a few different versions of the same card for their business, close family and friends, and others on their Christmas card list.

The image to the right is the family version, but you can view their business version in my gallery.

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This was a project for a family who wanted to send out a family Christmas Card but in a 5×7 size to easily fit into a frame. They also wanted a theme that was more of a wintertime feel rather than strictly Christmas and wanted to include their family picture as well as individual pictures of their kids. And, of course, they wanted the original snapshots edited to remove red eye, the background, touch up the coloring, etc. Try finding a template online to do all of that! However, just using Photoshop, I was able to take all 5 snapshots they sent me and turn them into a fun winter card that can be printed out as a photo or as an actual card. I used some of the elements from the previous Christmas card I made, so the design work was quick and easy to do, and fit all of their specifications.

Let me know if you are interested in a personalized Christmas card that is not just the run of the mill template you see everyday. I can usually turn a project around like this within a day, so shoot me an email to get started!