I have recently received several emails about how to make a blog header…before my sweet blog make-over I used to make new headers all the time…now I just make a new one every so often for my poorly neglected photography blog. So while it make take you a bit more than twenty minutes the first time…you will get the hang of it and be able to whip up a new one any time you want. 🙂
You can click on each image to make it bigger.
First you have to choose a photo…and upload it to picnik. You can get good use out of the free version.
I usually resize my photos down to 75% to make them quicker to work with…you do this under “edit”.
Have fun and mess around with your photo…add text and fun effects to your hearts desire. When you are done…save it to your desktop.
Go back to your blog and get to this screen and tab by going under settings.
Click on edit where you blog title is…a little editing window should pop up.
Click on:
“shrink to fit”
and
“instead of title”
Get the image that you just made by clicking on “browse”…find it and upload it.
This is what success looks like. 🙂 You can preview it to make sure it looks good.
Depending on the size of the photo the thin frame that surrounds your header may be off…the easiest way to fix this is to do the following…
Go under layout: fonts and colors: and change the frame to match the background…in this case I made it white.
Ta-da! Personalized cuteness for your blog. This took me just a few minutes. 🙂
I will TRY to answer questions in the comments section…but keep in mind I only know what Google has taught me. 🙂