Header Image

I wanted to create a texture for the fill in my font so I chose a wider font that would show this better than a thin one. The font I used is PT Sans Caption. I actually created this in Illustrator. I drew a colored background then put the text on top of it. I decided on the texture fill first and then played with the background rectangle color to find a nice contrast. I also added a slight drop shadow to give it a little pop.

Image Examples

JPG Example
This flower seed store uses JPG thumbnails in the same size to showcase a variety of flowers to purchase.

GIF Example
The logo for the California Strawberry Commission is a GIF on this website.

PNG Example
The English garden photos on this site are in PNG format.

For this photo I optimized as PNG and cropped as a tall vertical image.

GIF

For the Yay graphic I optimized as a 4 color GIF with a transparent background.

I optimized this photograph of some beets from the garden as a JPG at 72 resolution.

Blog design 2

I downloaded this energetic template from eblogger.com. I searched for paper textures and pulled up quite a few. I had to reformat the font size of the blog title. Many of the design editing features were locked or not applicable on this template so I had to hunt down the elements in HTML. I made the blog title a smaller font so it would fit. The template has a larger header image and a brown background color that contrasts nicely with the white area where all of the content is. I find it much easier on the eyes to read text on a white background vs a dark background.

Blog design 1

I liked the paper texture in the header of this template to go along with "Paper Jammin'" the title of my blog. I changed the page text color to a grey green, changed the blog title font to something more playful - Cherry Cream Soda. I like the two column layout on the 3 column grid. It's already balanced so I did not edit it.