FREEBIE: Vector Bamboo - Free for Commercial Use

This one is kinda random, but I like it :)   It is a simple bamboo vector that I have drawn.  Hope someone out there can use it :)

"Bamboo" by Design Forte is free for commercial and personal use.  Files are NOT to be sold as is.  They MAY be used to create items to be sold, but may NOT be sold by itself in it's original form.  I do very much appreciate a link back and/or credit, but it is not required.

If you are interested in posting my freebie, you may link back to my website, but you may NOT offer the direct download on your website.

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FREEBIE: Vintage Graphics (Photoshop Brushes) - Free for Commercial Use

Oh, I had soooo much fun making these, so I really hope you enjoy them.  My mom has a fun library of OLD books that have cute vintage graphics in them.  The best part, the copyright is out on some of them.... so I thought I would share just a few of my treasures.

This is a set of 10 Vintage Photoshop Brushes.  They are FREE for Commercial and Personal Use (see the TOU below).

"Vintage Graphics" by Design Forte are free for commercial and personal use.  Files are NOT to be sold as is.  They MAY be used to create items to be sold, but may NOT be sold by itself in it's original form.  I do very much appreciate a link back and/or credit, but it is not required.

If you are interested in posting my freebie, you may link back to my website, but you may NOT offer the direct download on your website.

FREE DOWNLOAD HERE

DIY Custom Blog Design Part 1: Getting Started

I am so excited to do this tutorial, it is something that I have thought about for a long time. I wanted to put together a completely custom blog design and show everyone that is ambitious enough how to do it themselves.

So there are TONS of ways to approach a custom blog design, so I just decided to pick one direction and go with it. I am going to take a digital scrapbooking kit and make a custom blog design from that.

Here is a quick list of places that I found to get free digital scrapbooking kits (NOTE: Make sure to check the owner's Terms of Use, many are NOT for Commercial Use, only Personal):

http://makincuteblogs.blogspot.com/2010/09/freebie-sweet-n-summer-mini-digital.html *This one is MY design :)

http://shabbyprincess.com/downloads.asp

http://mdkscraps.blogspot.com/search/label/Freebie

http://scrapsbythebrush.blogspot.com/search/label/freebies

http://sasluvscrap.blogspot.com/

http://www.digitaldivasdesigns.com/store/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=6

http://www.kevinandamanda.com/whatsnew/category/freebies

http://www.twopeasinabucket.com/shop/kit-price-free/digital-kits/?pp=150

http://www.computerscrapbook.com/free-digital-scrapbooking.html

I chose to go with one of my favorite bloggers' kits, "The Fall Collection" at kevinandamanda.com! Check her out, because she has FREE fonts as well, and they are super cute!

So the first thing that we need to do to get started is to set up a photobucket account. Go to Photobucket.com and set up the FREE account. Once that is set up, you need to make sure to click on "(more options)" see below, and select "1 megabyte file size"

Back in blogger, the very FIRST thing you need to do is to back up your template, to do that, go to "Edit HTML" and click on "Download Full Template". Take that file and make sure you know where it is so that if you need to go back you can.

We need to change our template to Minima, it is an older template, so you will need to go to your "Edit HTML" page, and click on "Select Layout Template", then you will see it :) When you click on "Save Template", it may or may not ask you if you wish to keep your widgets, if it does, keep them, unless you want to loose everything on your sidebars.

Move on to Custom Blog Design Part 2: Background

Today's Featured Font Website: Sugar Frog Fonts

I love handwriting fonts, so naturally, I would have another handwriting font site to share!  Ellie and Ivy are the 2 that are behind "Sugar Frog Font", so give them some comment love and for all their hard work and making these fonts available to use for free.  They do offer them free for Commercial use, as long as you give them credit, but just check out their Terms of Use on the top of their website, and have fun using these fonts in your Custom Blog Designs!

6 Typography Freebies

Here are just a few freebies that I found, and thought that I would share for Typography week.  All freebies are available for Commercial Use, but like always, please check the designer's Terms of Use.  Enjoy!

1.  "Alice in Wonderland Drop Cap" from Lucky Palm

2.  "Free Victorian Graphic - Early Alphabet - Typography" from The Graphics Fairy

FREEBIE: Swirly Frames - Free for Commercial Use

I really wanted to kick off this new blog with a Super Cute Freebie!  This pack includes 2 Swirly frames that are perfect for Headers, buttons, photo frames, digital scrapbooking, and more!!  The zipped file includes PNG files, and an editable EPS Vector file.  They are free for commercial and personal use.  Files are NOT to be sold as is.  They MAY be used to create items to be sold, but may NOT be sold by itself in it's original form.  I do very much appreciate a link back and/or credit, but it is not required.  I hope you enjoy, please leave a comment if you like the download, THANKS!!

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Doodle Love! Free for Commercial Use Links.

I just can't get enough of doodles.  Super fun way to theme a custom blog design while keeping it simple.  Here are a few freebies that I found for your designs.  *Make sure to check the designer's Terms of Use, commercial use licenses vary.

FREEBIE: "Sweet N' Summer" Mini Digital Scrabook Kit!

I am really excited to share this with you! I have NEVER even attempted to digital scrapbook before, and I really don't know why. Anyway, I have always thought it would be fun to try my hand at it and of course I wanted it to be my OWN design.... so why not make my own kit! I really hope you enjoy it. For you that are pros at digital scrapbooking (unlike me :), I am sorry in advance if I didn't make the kit right.... I don't really know how they are traditionally made, so I just did it the way I assumed they might be :p

This Digital Kit is free for Personal and Commercial Use.  Files are NOT to be sold as is.  They MAY be used to create items to be sold, but may NOT be sold by itself in it's original form.  I do very much appreciate a link back and/or credit, but it is not required.  Thanks!

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(This is my new baby! Isn't he sweet??)