Yesterday, I told you about Kim at Cheap Chic Home. She's the one who shared all that info to get my "Featured" and "Where I Link" pages looking better. That was the first step. It sort of snowballed from there.
I knew that I had to learn a new photo editing site - now that Picnik is closing. So I downloaded GIMP. And I soon realized that this was way over my head. I had no idea how to even get started. So, I went on the hunt for something a little easier. I downloaded Pixlr. (Side note - when I downloaded Pixlr, I had no idea there was a Pixlr Express. I assume it is similar to Picnik - and I'm looking forward to trying it.) It did take a while to figure out this photo editing program. It really isn't as user friendly as Picnik. But once I started adding layers and text, it was fun. And I know that I haven't even scratched the surface on all that this program can do. But I wanted my header to be simple. And I like the result.
I could probably throw together a small tutorial of the how-to's for the header. If anyone is interested, please leave a comment. I didn't really search out much help. Again, I just winged it. But the more I played around with it, the more comfortable I became. And the more fun I had. I would recommend giving it a try.
After designing my header, I was still trying to figure out how I could make it wider and more in line with my blog. Another Google search brought me to Cindy at Cinsarah. She has a beautiful blog - which she designed herself. And she has a bunch of tutorials for the novice blog designer. I found so many answers. I learned how to get rid of the padding (so my header would be wider). That's also where I found the coding to center my navigation bar (all of those tabs under my header). She made it very easy. Yay!
Trying new things isn't easy. And I know my blog still needs some work (I'm still tweaking it). But I love learning new things and I'm glad I took the time to do my blog makeover by myself. It was a fun little break from painting!
