Showing posts with label Custom Design. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Custom Design. Show all posts

March 18, 2015

Premade Blogger Template
Radiant Orchid

This months featured premade blogger template is Radiant Orchid. I think my favorite part of this design is the color scheme. Purple is just so royal and rich. It's such an amazing color.

Lets dive into the design - Shall we?

Here is a closer look at the header. It's a bold, simple, classic san serif blog title paired with a cursive font.



The color scheme is monochromatic. You have a very deep royal purple, a bright lavender and then the "2014 color of the year" radiant orchid - see where the name comes from?



Here we have another bold but still super simple and oh so classic design. We used the title color for the font and continued the cursive from the header. I love that we incorporated the social media icons into the widget. Makes the sidebar seems less cluttered.




Radiant Orchid Template Features:
  • 2 column layout with right sidebar. 
  • Coordinating color scheme and custom google font pairings.
  • Matching custom header - with and optional tag line. 
  • Social Media Icons
  • Custom Search Widget
  • About Me/Welcome image.
  • Social Media Share widget below ALL posts. 
  • Stylized block quote. 
  • Custom Subscribe widget. 
  • Instagram and Pinterest widgets.  


What do you get when you order a Loving Life Designs premade Blogger template?

For starters this wouldn't be an instant download situation, where you have to install it all on your own. Loving Life Designs will install the template to make sure it turns out perfect and looks professional.

What else would you get with the purchase from Loving Life Designs?
  1. Install within 48 hours of purchase (keep in mind Loving Life Designs does not work on Sundays).
  2. The design exactly as it is shown - sorry no color or font edits. Any customizations (other than the header) will be extra.
  3. A custom edited header - as shown (we can talk about a different look). 
  4. A custom edited about me/profile widget picture. 
  5. Static page content customization - you provide the text and pictures - we'll style and design your static pages. 
  6. ALL widgets you want installed and edited to perfection by Loving Life Designs. (wanna add a Pinterest widget or a Facebook widget? no problem it's part of the design.)
  7. Social Media Icons - Installed and linked to your existing accounts. 
  8. Pretty much any edits that are needed to make this blog perfect for you and your readers. 


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February 18, 2015

Premade blogger template
Modern Chic

Today we want to share with you another one of our pre-made blog templates. I really like how this one looks. Super clean, simple and very "in" right now.  It's called Modern Chic.

It's a monochromatic color scheme of black. I love the black look on blogs right now. I also love the custom sidebar for the social media icons. We can also add pages to that area, if you want. The options are limitless with that code.


My favorite feature on the is blog is the share icons at the bottom of each post.

Elizabeth is a genius and created a code for it. So awesome! All pre-made blogs offer that custom share icon. 

See the demo at: lovinglifemodernchicdemo.blogspot.com

Modern Chic Template features:
  • 2 column layout with right sidebar.
  • Coordinating color scheme and custom font pairings.  
  • Matching social media icons.
  • Search widget with matching submit button.
  • Welcome/About me image.
  • Social Media Share widget below blog posts.
• • •

What do you get when you order a Loving Life Designs premade Blogger template?

For starters this wouldn't be an instant download situation, where you have to install it all on your own. Loving Life Designs will install the template to make sure it turns out perfect and looks professional.

What else would you get with the purchase from Loving Life Designs?
  1. Install within 48 hours of purchase (keep in mind Loving Life Designs does not work on Sundays).
  2. The design exactly as it is shown - sorry no color or font edits. Any customizations (other than the header) will be extra.
  3. A custom edited header - as shown (we can talk about a different look). 
  4. A custom edited about me/profile widget picture. 
  5. Static page content customization - you provide the text and pictures - we'll style and design your static pages. 
  6. ALL widgets you want installed and edited to perfection by Loving Life Designs. (wanna add a Pinterest widget or a Facebook widget? no problem it's part of the design.)
  7. Social Media Icons - Installed and linked to your existing accounts. 
  8. Pretty much any edits that are needed to make this blog perfect for you and your readers. 


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January 12, 2015

Premade Blogger Template
Glitter + Glam

Today I want to share with you a new concept from Loving Life Designs: Premade Blogger Templates. Don't worry our free templates will still be available. In fact I should post a few new ones.

This template is called Glitter + Glam. It's got a pink and goldish color scheme. It's pretty chic - right? I'm kind of in love with it.

Here is a closer look at the header.


A better look at the color scheme.



and a detailed look at the About me/Welcome image



See the DEMO at lovinglifeglitterglamdemo.blogspot.com

Email us at lovinglifedesigns@gmail.com for more information - all transactions will be paid through Etsy.

My favorite part is the about me welcome image. I really like the thin inner border. What's your favorite part of the template?

Thanks for stopping by - Follow us here or like us on Facebook to keep updated on our new designs.



Glitter + Glam Template features:
  • 2 column layout with right sidebar.
  • Coordinating color scheme and custom font pairings. 
  • Matching custom designed header - with an optional tag line. 
  • Matching social media icons.
  • Search widget with matching submit button.
  • Welcome/About me image.
  • Social Media Share widget below blog posts.
  • Stylized block quote to match blog design.
• • •

What do you get when you order a Loving Life Designs premade Blogger template?

For starters this wouldn't be an instant download situation, where you have to install it all on your own. Loving Life Designs will install the template to make sure it turns out perfect and looks professional.

What else would you get with the purchase from Loving Life Designs?
  1. Install within 48 hours of purchase (keep in mind Loving Life Designs does not work on Sundays).
  2. The design exactly as it is shown - sorry no color or font edits. Any customizations (other than the header) will be extra.
  3. A custom edited header - as shown (we can talk about a different look). 
  4. A custom edited about me/profile widget picture. 
  5. Static page content customization - you provide the text and pictures - we'll style and design your static pages. 
  6. ALL widgets you want installed and edited to perfection by Loving Life Designs. (wanna add a Pinterest widget or a Facebook widget? no problem it's part of the design.)
  7. Social Media Icons - Installed and linked to your existing accounts. 
  8. Pretty much any edits that are needed to make this blog perfect for you and your readers. 

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December 29, 2014

Loving Life Designs Announcement
Custom Blogger Designs


Today we would like to take a moment and tell you about a new design service that we are bringing back. Okay, so it's an old service that we have not done it a while, how can it possibly be new? So it's not new but it's new again. I should stop.

The starting price is $100 and goes up from there. It most likely would never go above $175 or $200 it all depends on what you want.

What do you get for $100?
  • Custom Header
  • Background
  • Menu Bar
  • Three (3) Styled Stand Alone Pages
  • Social Media Icons
  • Coordinating Colors and Fonts Throughout
  • Custom About Me/Welcome Image
  • Total Install and Troubleshooting support FOREVER! Seriously. We don't want to leave anyone in a pickle. 
$35 Deposit will be required before any designs will be started - Paid through ETSY. 

If you have any questions about the process feel free to email us at lovinglifedesigns@gmail.com. 

Take a look at our most recent blog redesigns (Revision Fitness, Vegas Fitness and NutritionA Heart Willing to Follow and Michelle Morgan Photography) and you'll get a good idea of what you can expect from us. 

Thanks for Reading - Seriously take advantage of this service. We kind of ROCK! :)


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December 16, 2014

How to make Blogger Comments Avatar Image Round
{Blogger Tutorial}

Last week I showed you how to turn your Blogger About Me widget image from square to round. This week I am showing you how to make your commentors avatar image round. Again, just like last week, this update will take you about 30 seconds.

How to Make Blogger Comments Avatar Image Round: A Blogspot Tutorial

1. Go to Dashboard > Template > Edit HTML.
2. A few lines down you'll find <b:skin>--</b:skin>



3. Click the arrow next to it to expand your blogs template code.
4. Scroll down until you find #comments .avatar-image-container img
5. Just after the { but before the closing } you will need to add the following code.
-webkit-border-radius: 50em; 
-moz-border-radius: 50em; 
border-radius: 50em;
6. And change the border width from 1px to 0px.
7. Save your template.

Viola you are done! Again bask in the awesomeness of your round avatar.

If you have any questions feel free to leave a comment and I will be happy to answer them. If you apply this update to your blog, I would love to see it in action. Leave a comment and post a link to your blog.

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December 12, 2014

How to make blogger 'about me' profile picture round
{Blogger Tutorial}


Tonight (yes tonight! I blog when I can. Kiddos are asleep!) I have a really simple update you can make to your blog in about 30 seconds. Circles and triangles are all the rage right now in the design world. And thats fine with me. I'm a minimalist and I LOVE minimalist designs and the simple circle is the best form of minimal design.

Seriously, this is the fastest update ever. I think it would take you longer to read this then it would to implement this.

How to Make Blogger "About Me" Profile Picture Round: A Blogspot Tutorial

1. Go to Dashboard > Template > Edit HTML.
2. A few lines down you'll find <b:skin>--</b:skin>


3. Click the arrow next to it to expand your blogs template code.
4. Scroll down and find ]]></b:skin> copy and paste the following code just ABOVE it.
.profile-img { margin:0 auto 0; -webkit-border-radius: 50em; -moz-border-radius: 50em; border-radius: 50em; }
5. Preview your template - make sure it worked.
6. Save your template.

Viola, you are done! Now bask the awesomeness of your round profile avatar.

The border-radius property is a shorthand property for setting the four border properties. This property allows you to add rounded borders to elements. You can learn more about the border-radius property here.

If you have any questions feel free to leave a comment and I will be happy to answer them. If you apply this update to your blog, I would love to see it in action. Leave a comment and post a link to your blog.

Wanna know how to make your commenters profile picture a circle, like here on Loving Life Designs, to match your new and improved profile about me avatar? (like pictured below?)


Sorry. You'll have to read about it next week - shameless plug, I know.

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July 23, 2014

The New and Improved
Loving Life Designs

For the past month or so, Michelle and I have been working A LOT in order to update/relaunch Loving Life Designs. We haven't been very active on the site for over a year and we are wanting to start working again. We both thought that a redesign/relaunch of the site and brand would help our activity (at least we are hoping it helps). A fresh start is always great.

We both really enjoyed our last look and thought we hit a home run with it. It was modern and fun and eye catching. We also thought that we would like the website look. Turns out we didn't.  Because of how the site was coded we couldn't preview posts and see mistakes that would be made which meant re-writing posts and updating after they had been published. I really HATED it. I can't say the same for Michelle.

With the redesign/relaunch of the site we are going to be offering some new services. We'll still offer our free designs and printables, but we'll also be opening two new shops.  A premium design and print shop. More information to follow on those two new services. We'll keep you updated.



Lets take a tour of the new look!

First thing we did was make it a traditional blog again.


Old Look


New Look



Like I said before we felt we hit a home run with our last relaunch so most of the elements and colors will remain the same. We did redesign the header.


The sidebar is a little different too. We made a new profile image, added slide show feeds to our Instagram pages,  created links to our design pages, and created some social media icons for our new twitter, instagram and pinterest pages.



What do you think?  It's always really scary to do a redesign. We think it's clean, modern and easy to navigate. We hope everyone likes it. Hopefully this new look will bring new life to our designs and light a fire under our rear ends.

Thanks for reading. Enjoy.


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April 17, 2013

Revision Fitness Blog Redesign

After I finished Lindsey's blog a few weeks ago, Mindy, one of Lindsey's beachbody friends asked about a design for her site Revision Fitness. I was happy to design one for her.

Mindy wanted something similar to Vegas Fitness, Nutrition and Fashion - "Simple and to the point!" 

Mindy already had a header created all I needed to do was create the sites design and some blogger elements.

This was the final design we came up with.


I created several elements for her: 
  • A Meet Revision Fitness banner 
  • Stylized about me photos
  • Social Media Banners
  • A Join my Team beachbody image
  • CSS Stylizing of the search and submit buttons for the search and follow by email widgets.


Using my handy dandy HTML and CSS skills I also created a center aligned navigation bar. With a border on top and bottom to distinguish it from the rest of the page. 


And last but not least using the magic of Snap Widget I made two Instagram widgets. A gallery style banner at the top of the post section and a slideshow in the sidebar. 


Go and take a look. Mindy and Chris have an amazing story and are awesome at motivating their readers and were amazing clients to work with. Thank you Mindy and Chris.  

If you would like a blog design email me at lovinglifedesigns@gmail.com.

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March 6, 2013

Vegas Fitness & Nutrition Blog Redesign

A few weeks ago my sister in law, Lindsey, posted on facebook that she was wanting a new design for her fitness blog, Vegas Fitness and Nutrition and she didn't know what to do. Naturally, I offered to help.

She didn't want anything too fancy. Just simple and to the point. She showed me a few fitness blogs to use as inspiration and then we were off.

I first designed a new header for her. It went through a couple revisions and this is where we landed.


Next I created some custom blog elements for her. I built her a new about me graphic, a join my beach body team graphic, a what am I doing widget graphic and a buy Shakeology now graphic link. Michelle built the social media icons and the go icons for the blogger search widget and the follow by email widget. *Tutorials on how to implement that on your blog later.



I also coded custom HTML for her recipes. All she needs to do is post the HTML to the blog post, input the new recipe information and publish the post.  I think it makes the recipe stand out from the post and makes it easier to find and read.


This is the final look we came up with. I think my favorite part is the blue striped background. I think it creates just enough class and elegance and is not over bearing like some backgrounds can be.



Well Lindsey, I hope you love your new look. I certainly had fun creating it and working with you.

What do you think?

February 20, 2013

Custom Design - {Baby Shower Invitation}

One of my office co-workers is having a sweet baby boy at the end of this month and I was asked by the person hosting the shower to create an invitation for her. I was excited cause it meant I had some pretty free rein over what the invitation would ultimately look like.


You like? I love!

They don't even know that I have this side hobby of mine. When they hired me they noticed that I had a degree in art. After I was hired they asked me to update a flyer for an event that they were hosting. It was pretty awful and I asked them if I could make a few tweaks to it. I didn't even have my Illustrator or Photoshop on the computer yet, cause they didn't know my background and after I made the few tweaks/ totally revamped it, with publisher! (Publisher can do lots, but not what I want and needed it to do. Super great for someone who does not have a art background) Now, I've been asked to do several different things for our office and other publicity events. It's been fun to use my abilities in a setting that I most likely would not have. So note to everyone, let people know what you can do. It will open up many doors for many opportunities.

Sorry for my soapbox. Now, if you ever would like a custom design by us, please feel free to shoot us an email at lovinglifedesigns@gmail.com to get some more information.

Michelle 



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