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Font: Freebooter Script1001freefonts.com

Lightened and cut out in Photoshop

Photos: Disney, Style.com, Saks

ince this post was about conveying a mood, I wanted to use images with a lot of contrast, while still maintaining a cohesive color scheme. In this context, pink + florals = princess, and black + studs = witch.

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here's a graveyard next door to my building. Turns out graveyards don't make the best photo backgrounds-at least not in this situation-so I used Photoshop to “cut out” my images, then placed them all on one background and added cast shadows.

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I have a thing for fonts and graphics, so I wanted to share the techniques behind some of the more design-heavy posts:

The three photos used to make the composite

Font: Rhumba Scriptdafont.com

GRAPHICS

BEHIND THE SCENES

They Shoot

Bloggers,

Don't They?

On a rare warm day during a Midwestern winter,

the boy and I staged our first

“photo shoot” outside.

Our amateur fun is documented here.

The photo at the top was taken in front of the condos across the street from my apartment (note the address on the doorjamb). The photo at the bottom was taken in the entryway to my apartment building. That's a (non-working) fountain set into the wall on the right! Curiously, it was filled with rubber bands. What is that about?

The photo on the left was taken in the grassy area next to my building. I had to check for dog poop before walking on the grass!

The Boy has a Nikon D200, but we wound up using my little Sony CyberShot for these photos!

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Cocktail ring, vintage

Cuff bracelet,

thrifted

Crocheted clutch, handmade

Bangles, craft market

Long necklace, Off 5th

PIMP YOUR BLOG

Create a text

A simple text header can look really professional if you pick the right font.

Assess your styleAssess your styleAssess your styleAssess your styleAre you classic, preppy, hipster, grunge, glam, or girly? A combination? Your header typeface should reflect your personal style so readers understand your point-of-view as soon as they see your blog.

Font: Ginga

Font: Base 02

Font: Eccentric Std

Font: Giddyup Std

Font: Mad Ave

Choose the appropriate Choose the appropriate Choose the appropriate Choose the appropriate typefacetypefacetypefacetypefaceThe typeface (or font) will represent your style: clean, non-serif fonts are modern; cursive fonts are formal and feminine, fonts with a lot of texture suggest eclecticism.

Add color and extras as Add color and extras as Add color and extras as Add color and extras as neededneededneededneededGradients and drop shadows add depth, patterns and texture add detail. Play around with it until it tells your story!

Font: Swinger

To download the fonts featured, check out: 1001freefonts.com, dafont.com ,fontfreak.com

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