Ever since starting my blog I have wanted to be able to make a header in a collage format, and this month for my Christmas postings I was finally able to accomplish making one that I was satisfied with, up to now they have only been what I would call messy disasters. My Daughter at,
http://loveandlifeatleadora.blogspot.com/ made an absolutely beautiful new header using Picnik and in the future, depending on what I want to do, I will definitely be using their program, but I made the header you see here with Picasa; their program allowed me to have a larger center picture and two smaller side pictures. These are both easy to use...especially Picnik...Picasa takes a little more work. You can find the tutorial I used for Picasa at:
http://memoriesoncloverlane.blogspot.com/2009/08/tutorial-on-how-to-make-blog-banner.html and the Picnik tutorial at:
http://blogguidebook.com./2010/10/how-to-make-header-using-picnik.html. Now watch out because I just might become a little header obsessed!
A side note - I wanted a wider header and my new width is 1000, but by doing this I messed up some of my older postings and and blogger won't let me edit out of it, I somehow also lost a post,
Folded Elegance I know that for the future I want the wider header so I guess it is the price to pay.
C'est la Vie
Thank you for the tutorial. GOOD WEEK END, Catherine
ReplyDeleteSorry, i forgot your header is just beautiful!
ReplyDeleteThat looks gorgeous, Adrienne. I love it.
ReplyDeleteI have tried unsuccessfully to change my header many times and even thought about paying someone to help me do it. But now, I'm going to take tips from you and try it myself again.
Thank you for sharing this with us. I thought I was the only one who had problems trying to do nifty stuff to my blog.
I hope you had a great Thanksgiving.
Adrienne
Looks fabulous. I'm totally in love with Picnik. I'm constantly changing my blog header. It's addictive. In fact, I stayed up late last night giving my blog a Christmas makeover. Can't wait to see your Christmas decorations.
ReplyDeleteIt looks mahvelous!
ReplyDeleteLooks very nice!! ~ Great Header!! ~Love Heather :)
ReplyDeleteLooks lovely and congrats on the new skill set!
ReplyDeleteOh the joy of technology! I have tried to revise mine so many times and have come up short. So frustrating! I hate admitting there are things I can't do, but computers, well, they just arent my thing. Working on it though. Your header is so pretty, but I liked the original, too. Good luck as you go forward!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on having become so tech savvy! Your new header is beautiful! Thanks for sharing the links.
ReplyDeleteAdrienne!!! I found you. Your daughter came by and told me that her Mom sent her over to my blog. I emailed her to find out who Mom was and it is YOU!! Thankyou,thankyou!!! What a love you are and so is your sweet daughter. I really appreciate you and her supporting my blog. I recently have been thinking about doing something with my header so this post is timely. thanks for sharing and again, thanks for your sweet comments and support. Have a wonderful weekend,Kathysue
ReplyDeleteAdrienne,
ReplyDeleteThank you for doing this post and sharing such valuable tools with us bloggers. With your helpful links and advice, I was able to change the header on my blog successfully! And it wasn't that difficult. It was actually a fun way to be creative.
Love your new digs. I'm checking out the tutorials too. I've used picasa but I've haven't done anything like this before. Thanks for the info!
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you finally got it to work out for you! I know you've been trying to do this for awhile. It's very 'you'! :)
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