Tutorial: How to post your images in Blogspot Larger than the Default

I made this tutorial, because I really liked being able to changed the size of your image with out having to upload it to Photobucket or some other Picture hosting site. This makes it easy to change the size of your images right in blogger!

This tutorial is so great for photography blogs and just for anytime that you really want your pictures to stand out.

Custom Blog Makeover Winner!!!

And we have a winner!


Thanks to everyone who entered all our giveaways!!

Most Recent Custom Blog Designs

I just wanted to share with everyone my most recent blog designs! I really had a lot of fun with these.

For "Sun Kissed Mama", we did a custom illustration header. Which if I do say so my self turned out awesome. I drew her up to reflect how she looks and surrounded her with the things she loves. We even added a Tattoo that she is getting! It was one of my favorite illustrations that I have done. So go check out her blog: http://sunkissedmama.blogspot.com/

This is what she said about her design: "Carolynn, I LOVE the new look of my blog...you rock!! I loved working with you! You are helpful, polite and promt. You totally got "me" and it reflects on my blog! It is clear, colorful, and very hip, just want I wanted! Thank you so much again!! ~Tab"


"The Red Barn" is just like it sounds a big beautiful Red Barn, so for her, we did a nice red wood for the background. I do a lot of illustrations, so this was fun to be able to get out of Adobe Illustrator and use Photoshop, to manipulate the color of the wood and to play with old paper and fruit. It was a good change from my norm, and I just love the way it turned out! Check out The Red Barn at: http://redbarnblog.blogspot.com/

This is what she said about her design: "Working with Carolynn has been great. While doing my custom blog design, she offered several suggestions and was easy to work with all along the way (even when I made her redesign, and go back to original designs!) Her prices are better than many other competitors, yet her work sticks out among them. I will come back to her with any of my future design needs. - Chelsea"


"Brands 4 Bargain" was another really fun illustration project. We did manikins, and I drew them to wear the type of clothing that she sells. We did something different for her homepage too, which I thought turned out really nice. Made her blog look more like a website by having different blogs for each page, and the homepage, I got rid of everything except links to really direct you right where you need to go. Then when you get into the other pages it looks more like traditional blogs. It was a fun experiment though, something that I hadn't tried before, but I think it turned out really nice. Check her blog/site out here: http://brands4bargainonline.blogspot.com/



If you are thinking about getting a Custom Blog Design, now is your perfect opportunity, I still have 3 openings left for 50% off Custom Blog Design orders. Get all the details here.

Advertising (2 Blog Background Sponsorships) Winners!!

The winner of the "Simply Sweet" Sponsorship is:



and the winner of the "Bzzz" Sponsorship is:



Email me at: carolynn[at]dforte[dot]com to claim your prize!

Sidebar Header Giveaway Winner!

Congrats! Email me at carolynn[at]dforte[dot]com to claim your prize!

Final Website Grand Opening Giveaway!!

I am so excited for our final Giveaway! I am giving away a full "Pro Blog Makeover" package!!!
To enter this giveaway, you MUST:

~ Subscribe to Our Website Feed Via Email (When you do, you will receive a verify email, you must submit that to complete your entry)
~ Then leave a comment that includes the first part of your email address (if you email address was blah1234@soso.com, you only need to comment the blah1234 part, so that I can verify that you subscribed, then I can also contact you if you won!)

***Your entry will NOT count if you do not do these first 2 things.


For 1 additional entry (do the same for our Blog Feed):

~ Subscribe to Our Blog Feed Via Email (When you do, you will receive a verify email, you must submit that to complete your entry)
~ Then leave a comment that includes the first part of your email address (if your email address was blah1234@soso.com, you only need to comment the blah1234 part, so that I can verify that you subscribed, then I can also contact you if you won!)

**** The subscribe via email is located on the left sidebar.

This Giveaway ends Monday, April 19th at Midnight! The winner will be contacted via email.



Reminders: There are still 4 openings for the 50% off Custom Blog Design. Click Here for all the details! Also, Giveaway#2: Set of 6 Custom Sidebar Headers is still open until midnight tonight (Monday, April 12th)! Giveaway#3: Advertising (2 Blog Background Sponsorships) is open until tomorrow at Midnight (Tuesday, April 13th)!

Custom Signature Giveaway Winners!

The winners are......





Winners, please email me by Tuesday at carolynn [at] dforte [dot] com

Giveaway 3: Advertising (2 Blog Background Sponsorships)

Everyone wants more hits on their blog, so I am giving away 2 Blog Background Sponsorships. So what is a Blog Background Sponsorship??? Find out all the details here: http://ilovemyblogmakeover.com/blog-background-sponsorships/

I am giving away these 2 backgrounds ($30 value each!) including an Ad Spot on the website and free ad design for those :

Simply Sweet

Bzzz

To enter:

• Leave a comment

Extra Entries (you must leave an additional comment for each entry):

• Become a Follower
• Follow on Facebook
• Follow on Twitter
  
• Use one of our Free Blog Backgrounds
• Post About Our New Website
  

This giveaway ends on Tuesday, April 13th at Midnight. The winner will be announced on the 14th, and winners will need to contact me by Friday. the 16th, or it will be awarded to someone else.

Reminders: There are still 4 openings for the 50% off Custom Blog Design. Click Here for all the details! Also, Giveaway #1: 3 Custom Signatures is still open until Friday, April 9th and Giveaway#2: Set of 6 Custom Sidebar Headers is still open until Monday, April 12th! There is one more giveaway to come (and it is the biggest one:) ), so keep checking in!

Giveaway #2: Set of 6 Custom Sidebar Headers - Closed

For my 2nd giveaway, I am giving away a set of 6 Custom, Coordinating Sidebar Headers. $34 Value!

**The Sidebar Headers shown below are available free on my website, the ones that I am giving away are completely custom (however you want them!).
To enter:

• Leave a comment

Extra Entries (you must leave an additional comment for each entry):

• Become a Follower
• Follow on Facebook
• Follow on Twitter
  
• Use one of our Free Blog Backgrounds
• Post About Our New Website
  

This giveaway has ENDED.

Giveaway #1: 3 Custom Signatures - Closed

The first Giveaway is going to be 3 Custom Signatures.



To enter:

• Leave a comment

Extra Entries (you must leave an additional comment for each entry):

• Become a Follower
• Follow on Facebook
• Follow on Twitter
  
• Use one of our Free Blog Backgrounds
• Post About Our New Website
  

This giveaway has ENDED.

50% off Custom Blog Design!!!! - NO SPOTS LEFT

You can't get a better deal than this! For the Grand Opening of the new website, I am offering 50% off any Custom Blog Design order of $160 or more! The catch is that I am only offering this to the first 5 orders placed, so don't wait! Go to the website and place your order to reserve this price.

I only have 0 spot left!

It's Here!!!!!

My Website is FINALLY up!!!

http://ilovemyblogmakeover.com/

It has been so much work, but I really hope you like it! There will probably be plenty mistakes, and there are many things that will be coming soon. So please bear with me. Please feel free to give your feedback and let me know what improvements I can make.

I will continue to post new backgrounds, accessories and freebies all next week so stay tuned for that. There will also be giveaways going on all through the end of next week, so keep coming back.

Thank you, Thank you for visiting and making it possible for me to be a Work at Home, Stay at Home Mom! You guys are the best!