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Feb 01

Free Seamless Grunge Heart Backgrounds

What would February be like without pretty hearts everywhere? Why not add a few to your blog or website using these FREE seamless heart backgrounds! {click the image to view a larger size} As you can see, the backgrounds come in red and pink colors along with a few additional colors including yellow, blue and green. Here is an example of what a Grunge Heart Background may look like on your site: {click the image to view a larger size} Need help adding this background to your blog? Read this post for detailed directions about How to Add a Background to your Blog. To receive this free download, just enter More »

Jan 04

Super Cute Free Blogger Template

A few weeks ago I made the decision to build an online shop for June Lily that will include cute printables, premade logos and premade templates for Blogger and WordPress. It’s still under construction, but once it’s ready in a few weeks I think it’s going to be pretty amazing. I can’t wait to launch it. Meanwhile, to celebrate the New Year and the New June Lily Shop coming soon, I’ve decided to make one of the Blogger templates available for FREE! {click the image to view a larger size} Let me introduce you to “Hello Cupcake” – I’m pretty sure this Blogger template is perfect inside and out, seriously. More »

Jan 04

How to Remove the Blogger Navigation Bar

The Blogger navigation bar. Why keep it? It helps make editing your Blogger posts a little easier and you may get a little traffic from the “next blog” link. But without it, it gives your blog a more professional look, it frees up unnecessary distraction and it adds a little more space to the top of your blog. If you’re like me and want to remove it, that is easy to do: First sign into your Blogger account. Then click on the “Template Designer” link in the “Design” tab or if you are in the new Blogger interface, click “Customize” to access the Template Designer. Then once you’re in the More »

Dec 03

Free Printable Holiday Gift Tags

Happy Holidays!! I can’t believe that I haven’t posted a freebie on June Lily since Easter! It’s been quite a year, but I certainly couldn’t let Christmas pass by without making another freebie for everyone. {click the image to view a larger size} These printables are lovingly named “Let it Snow!” since I’ve had snow on my mind quite a bit lately. Now that I live in Arizona, I really miss the snow and figured if I couldn’t have it in person, I surely could make some to enjoy. Each little snowflake tag is 2.5 inches by 1.5 inches and this full set of 10 tags will print onto one More »

Dec 31

How to Create a Photo Collage

Now that you have downloaded this FREE set of Photo Collages, you may be wondering how to use them. They are super easy to use in Photoshop or Photoshop Elements, just follow these simple steps and you will be on your way to creating beautiful photo collages in no time! 1. Open a collage template in Photoshop or Photoshop Elements, rotate the template any way that you want (vertical or horizontal). 2. Open the images that you want to use in the collage and edit them as needed. 3. Then, choose the Move tool and drag the images over one at a time to the collage template. 4. Size the More »

Dec 28

How to Find the Right Color For Your Brand

When you envision your website and business logo, what’s one of the first things that comes to mind? Color! Color has the power to calm, comfort, energize and inspire. It is incredibly important to feel good about the colors you are using in your website. There is so much information about color and design that it could easily fill several books. So, what color should your website, blog, and overall branding be? Well, that’s easy, you think to yourself, turquoise is your favorite color! But before you pick up the phone to tell the exciting news to your website or logo designer, consider this: your turquoise may be another person’s aqua, and when More »

Dec 18

How to Add a Background to Your Blog

This post will walk you through step by step how to add Backgrounds to your Blog for Blogger or WordPress! Blogger Background Tutorial 1. If you are using one of the new themes from the Blogger Template Designer, you can click on “Design” from your Dashboard, then click “Template Designer” and choose the “Background” link on the left side. 2. Under “Background Image” when you click on the small background thumbnail image, a box will pop up so that you can select your background. Simply click “Upload Image” then upload the background file and set it to “tile” so that it repeats endlessly. Just save it and you’re done. Super More »