Monday, February 15, 2010

How To Add A Picture To Your Header

One of the questions I get asked the most is how to customize a Shabby Blogs header by adding a photo to it. It's a tricky question because everyone uses different programs on their computers...and some people don't use any photo-editing software at all. So, for those of you who are already pros, rock on. For the rest of you, check out the video tutorial I just added to our FAQ page and you'll be sporting a super swanky custom header in no time! I can't wait to see it!

*We're working on a site redesign that will include several video tutorials. If there is something in particular you would love a little help with, please let me know!

Hope you had an awesome Valentine's Day! I know I did! :)
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  1. Megan, thank you, that was a great tutorial!! Very easy to understand. If you get a chance, can you please let me know if you have any idea how some people have multiple pictures in their headers? After watching the video I have a hunch the process is similar. Thanks much, Erin

    http://homeswheremyheartis.blogspot.com/

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  2. Thank you very much! I found this to be very helpful. However, when following the directions my image was quite distorted. Any suggestions on how to fix this.

    www.emilydevor.blogspot.com

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  3. Thanks Megan! This is what I've been waiting for.

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  4. a great post and the tutorial was very helpful. looking forward to seeing the new site.

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  5. Finally....some help for this computer ding-a-ling!! Thank you thank you!!!

    BIG hugs,
    Regi

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  6. A tutuorial on how to make a "button" would be great!

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  7. Awesome vid, Megan! I look forward to your other tutorials. Especially, one showing how to get a super cool header that links to other static pages like yours( hint, hint*).

    Fotoflexer is wonderful! My only qualm is that you are limited to the font choices that are already on fotoflexer < booooo> The Pixlr Editor is a lot better as far as font choices goes but I have my qualms about Pixlr as well {I know... I'm so hard to please}! To please picky 'ole me, I had to get a phd just to use a fancy shmancy editor {gimp pleases ALL of my needs}

    Beginners should check out:
    Photoscape.org (its awesome! but you have to download)
    Pixlr.com
    Fotoflexer.com ( if you don't mind the fonts on there)
    Lunapic

    For the more adventurous:
    Paint.net (is super cool)

    For those needing a serious editor that has close to all of the benefits of photoshop:
    Gimp.org ( warning, it is quite difficult to use but if you are up for the challenge, by all means...)

    Hope this Helps!!!!!

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  8. Hi Megan,

    Thanks for the video tutorials. Should be good. I love using things from your website, and I would really love a tutorial that shows how to make a link that leads to a different part on your blog.
    Such as: A link (or button) on the sidebar titled 'book reviews' that you can click and it will take you to a new page with all book reviews.
    Thanks,
    J. Haase
    http://jrebekkah-itslife97.blogspot.com/

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  9. Thank you! I am so excited! I do not have a program on our laptop at the moment I can do any of this with. I am happy I can put more than just words on the header now. :)

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  10. Hey Megan,

    It was really helpful & use friendly......

    I have a not so exactly a query.... but How can I make a 3D object like u.... all those beautiful objects, like a frame or beautiful backgrounds, or a simple flower or girl.... for my blog buttons or blinkies..... If u could help in a similar manner like your video tutorial... I would be grateful to you...ever.....

    Ash....
    (http://asha-oceanichope.blogspot.com/)

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  11. Your Background are so gorgeous!!!!
    So sweet and so lovely....

    Many thanks for your work!!!!!!!!

    Hugs Ivi

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  12. Awesome video! Very helpful. Could you do another that explains things like changing margin width? (Is it even possible without a fluid-width template?) That has been really frustrating me. :P Aaand, like Nickie said, I'd love to learn how to link to static pages from a homepage, like you do! :D

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  13. hi thats a nicce tutoral , if you could help me to add dividers it would be really great..plsss help

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  14. HI Shabby Ladies! Thanks so much for the tutorial, and I think I will sign-up for and use that website for editing pictures, although I do have an editing program that I could probably use on my puter,the one on the web looks a lot easier.

    But, I do have another question. When you have the time. I wanted to use the cute little "Twitter follow me" button, but I can't figure out how to actually link it with my twitter account?? Maybe I'm just being dense, but I am asking anyway.

    My very first "Boss" told me that "No question is dumb unless it is NOT asked." Soooo.........I'm asking! ((rolling my eyes))

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  15. I agree on the "how to make a button" tutorial. I cannot figure it out. I am so computer illiterate!
    But I did just grab your button! Love Love Love my pink polka dot shabby blog background :)
    Prudence
    www.avintagemom.blogspot.com

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  16. Disculpas, no sé inglés. Sólo quiero decirte ¡gracias! Con las explicaciones y el tutorial que has subido, aprendí mucho. Eres fenomenal. Ahora me queda ponerme a practicar. En cualquier momento uso una de tus plantillas. Me gustan mucho. Mi blog:http://cotivivencias.blogspot.com

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  17. Great video, I will try it ! When I found the good picture.
    Thanks.

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  18. Hi! I absolutely love your designs! Have them all over my blog. I tried to contact you via email but there was an error about something not being installed right.

    Anywho, may I suggest a tutorial on turning your blog into a 3 columns. I already use one that supports 3 columns but have no idea how to change it. Have found lots of instructions to do it in the blogger generic templates. Do I switch to one of those, make it 3 column and then reinstall my cute shappy background?

    If anyone else knows I'd appreciate your help. I'm new to this bloggy stuff.

    Thanks in advance! :)

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  19. I tried posting instructions on how to create a button, but ran into some HTML issue when I tried posting them here. So, just for you guys & to help Megan out ( because I know you are super busy) I posted directions here : http://mommimemoirs.blogspot.com/2010/02/how-to-make-clickable-button.html.
    Copy and paste ladies!

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  20. Thank you!!

    Now, how do you create the actual header? I'd love to be able to make my own! :)

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  21. So happy to have stumbled upon your site - Thanks for a super cute concept! xx Emelie

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  22. You are a superstar- thank you!!! :)

    My blog is now looking very very swish.

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  23. I just found your site, it is so awesome!I love the backgrounds, and anticipate changing mine often now that I have cute, easy to use backgrounds to pick from!

    Thanks!
    Emma

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  24. Just found your site! Tank you so much for the backgrounds...I found one that was perfect for my blog. Your stuff rocks:)

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  25. just got my shabbyblog header set up today. thanks so much for putting the tutorial out there, great info.

    i will definitely come back to this wonderful site!

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  27. What a great blog you have here! I am very new to the blogging world but anticipate good things to come, and look forward to meeting interesting people like yourself.
    Darlene

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  28. hey! i absolutly love all your works! I took some things to my blog ;D keep it working :)

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  29. Thanks for the tutorials. tey are very helpful. I really love the backgrounds.

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  30. Wow, that was so helpful! I am pretty good with photoshop, but that fotoflexer was EASY! Thank you so much for the help!

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  31. this is a great tutorial, I've change mine but I use photoshop it is so easy to have a cute blog thanks to you!!

    http://bluesconfidential.blogspot.com/

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  32. Thank you, thank you, thank you! You have made my blog BEA U T FUL!!!!! I am definitely keeping up with you!

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  33. thank you for teaching me that! i have been wondering for the longest time and now i can do it! now i am wondering how at the bottom of your posts you put the cute divider with your name? can you teach me how to do that?

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  34. I join the "thank you-choir" and am very grateful<3
    Have the nicest evening :)
    Hugs from Norway

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  35. AWESOME tutorial!!! You made my life so easy!!! THANK YOU!!!

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  36. Thank you! This blog post will be advertised on CraftCrave in the Layout category today (look for timestamp: [19 Feb 01:00pm GMT]).

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  38. Can I please thank you for your wonderful tutorials! My blog has been transformed from bleurgh to wow!!

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  39. thank you very much! I would appreciate something about how to put dividers between posts.. I still can't figure that out. Thanks!

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  40. Fantastic tutorial! I feel so fortunate to have come across this site and that video otherwise my blog would have been quite the bore.

    I agree with chloe as well in regards to explaining how to place dividers between posts. Thanks!

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  41. Your tutorials are great & so easy! Can you do one explaining how you change your headers to cool fonts?

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  42. Thanks for this, and for the other nifty tutorials and downloads. I discovered your site only a few days ago, and already my blog has been visually enhanced by a wondrous Shabby Blog background, and a clever side bar message about leaving comments that provided immediate results.

    With best wishes,

    Selma

    www.knittingnewengland.blogspot.com

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  43. Tutorial request: How do you add a "grab this button" html thingie, like the one that you have, to a Blogger sidebar? I'm stumped!

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  44. Lovely blog!

    colormenana.blogspot.com

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  45. WOW! What a find!

    I am new to blogging and I can't believe how helpful everyone is. Thank you so much for making my new hobby so much better.

    I have had so much fun tonight using all your free 'Lovelies' that I think I have brain overload, so I will leave all the requests to you well seasoned Bloggers to ask for.
    Love C. x

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  46. Just wanted to say a big THANK YOU! I come to Shabby Blogs every few months and download beautiful things to make my blog pretty! My blog changes with my mood/season and you help make it easy to update. Thanks so much!

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  47. Hi, I just installed Loving Lindsey - it´s perfect for my blog about My Fabulous Life in Greece!
    I think I´ve tried about a hundred different background before I found your site. finally one that fitted. Thanks a lot - keep up your good work!

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  48. Oh thank you so very much! My blog is now faboulus indeed!
    All the best,
    Annika from 'A Swede Abroad'

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  49. Just a question.. The title of your blog... "how to add a picture to you header" how do you get such a cute font... I really need to learn how to make my blog cute.. I just don't know how.. I'm glad there's someone like you to teach us how to do these things!

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  50. I agree with Lexa! I've been wondering how to get the cute fonts!!! Please, please tell!
    Thanks!
    Briana

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  51. Thank you!!! Finally, my blog looks and feels more me. Thank you so much for the goodies!!

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  52. Finding your site finally pushed me into creating my blog! I didn't want to do it if it couldn't look and feel like me. And, well, your site is totally me!! Thanks and I plan to devour everything on your site over the next few weeks!

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  53. j'adoreeeee!love it! your amazing! :D i was looking for a theme for my new blog and yours are all i wanted :) my blog www.timestoodfrozen.blogspot.com

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  54. I love your website!!! Thanks for helping to make my blog look awesome. ;)

    www.chrissywho.blogspot.com

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  55. Love all the adorable things here!
    Thanks so much!

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  56. The more I look at your blog and your "doodads" the more obsessed I become!

    Lots of my friends have been asking me..."how did you do that to your pictures?" I gave you a nice shout out on my zoo post today! I love your stuff! Thank you for making everything for free and available to bloggers everywhere so that we can have beautiful blogs too!

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  57. Awesome! I totally snagged some of your stuff for my blog. It's nice to not just have the boring blogger templates. You rock!

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  58. I really love your designs. I'm using a background of yours right now.

    Very good tutorial.

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  59. I've had so much fun making my blog look pretty with your stuff. I have a question though, how do I put the yummy dividers between my posts? I'd like to do them with a signature on like you've done.

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  60. Ignore my question in my last comment, found your tutorial, so easy to follow too.

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  61. I LOVELOVELOVELOVE your site!! The add-ons make my page more my own, and I just can't say enough about how cute and awesome they all look! But I'm having extreme difficulty with your Extras -- I haven't been able to access the downloads for any of the headers, sidebars, or dividers. Any advice?

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  62. Thank you so much for your great work I used a background on my blog and I love it!!! Thank you Thank you thank you!!!

    http://digitalphotographytemplates.blogspot.com/

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  63. Thank you for giving all of us bloggers some beautiful, unique and amazing opportunities to make our blogs fantabulous! I appreciate your contributions and help so much and have grown to love blogger with the help of Shabby Blogs!

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  64. Thank you, thank you, thank you for your beautiful graphics! I am slowly learning how to use everything thanks to your perfect directions! I am so excited b/c when I started I barely knew how to use my computer and now I just created a blog! Thanks again!

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  65. Hi Megan - I LOVE your designs and have returned to your site frequently over the past few months - and now I would like to get in touch with you about featuring you and your designs in an article for a small online women's magazine that I edit. I would like to include a few of your designs within the next issue, and perhaps write up an article to let our readers know about your beautiful work. Please email me at AngelBabiesBoutique@msn.com if you are interested. Thanks so much,
    Nina @ Ruby for Women

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  66. I'm so happy you have these to help make my blog pretty and wonderful! One day I will be a famous blogger too! :)

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  67. Just wanted to say that I just started a blog and was so happy to find all the beautiful things on your site.

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  68. I am so pleased that I found your blog!
    Before my blog was blah, now it's lookin' "zippy great"!
    I love it!
    I just stated blogging, now I hopw I get more followers with my new look!
    Thank-you!


    http://mckenzygirl.blogspot.com/

    Rhonda

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  69. Thank you for that! Now all I have to do is find a good picture and I'm excited to add a photo to my blog! It's a blog about my future novel though, so I'm no quite sure what to add as a picture. Does anyone have any suggestions?! =]

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  70. It's nice of you all to share these lovely graphics with other bloggers, free for use.

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  71. I'm glad you're here to help my blog look great!
    Thank you.

    http://www.lifesnegotiations.blogspot.com

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  72. Hi Megan,

    I wanted to let you know I mentioned your blog on the SITS blog...they were talking about feminine blog designs so naturally I thought of you!! Here's the link: http://www.thesitsgirls.com/2010/02/feminine-blog-designs/#comment-51683

    Blessings to you,

    Erin
    http://homeswheremyheartis.blogspot.com

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  73. I have been using your backgrounds for awhile (I too love all things shabby chic and girlie!)but last night I successfully added images to a header! Check it out;)
    www.Chadandkaitlyn.blogspot.com

    ps. Thank you for providing thee MOST DARLING "blog stuff" on the internet and taking the time to do tutorials!!!

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  74. I just picked up my first Shabby Blog Background! I love it :) Thank you for making them free.

    http://0theplaceswewillgo.blogspot.com/

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  75. Love your backgrounds and headers! Just what I wanted and had tried to create on my own... Thanks!

    http://imnoprimadonna.blogspot.com/

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  76. I just wanted to say how much I LOVE your backgrounds and that they are on BOTH my blogs!!!

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  77. Thanks so much for the tutorial! I just added my header, I seriously love my new blog thanks to you :) Will definitely be reccomending.

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  78. Hi! I am new to blogging and happened to find your awesome, awesome work via Jessica at Two shades of pink. I can't thank you enough for sharing your talent with us. Not only are your buttons, backgrounds, etc beautiful, but your tutorials are easy to understand. Thanks again for sharing your gift!

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  79. Hi

    I've just set up a great little blog which is looking so good thanks to your backgrounds and buttons. I also followed your tutorial video about customising headers, so now have my very own Shabby Header. Thanks for sharing the info.

    Kind reagrds

    DaisyD

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  80. That was a fantastic video tutorial! I'm sharing it with all my blogging friends - not to mention all your awesome designs!

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  82. Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!

    You've turned my forgettable shabby blog into a work of beauty. Video tutorials are great for the uneducated like me.

    Keep up the fabulous work and once again... thank you, thank you, thank you!

    http://jenni-day.blogspot.com

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  83. Great post. This post really helped me. I will tweet it ;)!

    I launch a new web templates for low cost templates . Do you like my new web templates?

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  86. The video tutorial isn't working and I need some help with this one.

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  87. Hi, will you re-install your video tutorial?
    Love your site!

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  88. Agreed...I'd love to watch your tutorial, but there's only a black screen now. :)

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  89. Help! The video isn't working! :) I'm sure you know by now... it just shows how awesome of a tutorial you've done, and how much we need it! :)

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  90. HELP! Okay I made my header..added a pic and did my title..now how do I add it to my blog???Please write back asap..dying to use it...

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