The Pixelista

DIY Goldfish Valentine {free download!}

Jessica — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 20:56:49 +0000

If you’re a you’re a Pinterest user, you’ve likely seen the adorable goldfish valentine created by Tammy of Tammy Mitchell Photography.

I have collaborated with Tammy to create some free templates for you to download so you can make these yourself! The zipped file includes SVG files & Silhouette (.studio) files for those of you who have craft cutters, and JPEGs if you like to cut things out the old fashioned way.

You will need:

1. A printer (for the labels)
2. Pink cardstock (for the scallops)
3. White cardstock (for the circles)
4. ~3×5″ Frosted Pillow Boxes (you can buy a package of 50 here for $12!)
5. ~1.5″ Hot Pink Ribbon (available at your local craft store, or online here)
6. A Silhouette/Cricut -OR- a 1.5in hole punch & 2in scallop punch
7. Goldfish crackers

{Click Here to Download!}

20% Bonus on Holiday Gift Certificates

Jessica — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 17:42:59 +0000

A custom blog design would make a perfect Santa gift for Mommy! To spread the holiday cheer, I’m offering a 20% bonus on top of your gift certificate purchase amount! For example, if you spend $300, the redemption value of your gift certificate is $360. Your purchase includes a free printable certificate that I’ll customize with your personal message! Offer valid 11/23/11 through 12/25/11.

Preview of Printable Gift Certificate:

Free Social Media Icon Doodles

Jessica — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 20:37:07 +0000

Fun fact: I am a *serial* doodler. I used to doodle all during class when I was in school, I doodle while on the phone, etc. You can imagine my great pleasure when I discovered an article that said doodling can actually help you better retain what you’re listening to!

Today I put my doodling to good use and scribbled up a social media icon pack. They are for personal or commercial use. Enjoy!

{Click Here to Download!}

To learn how to change the size and color
of the icons and add them to your blog, click here!

How to Edit Image Files and Add Them to Your Blog

Jessica — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 20:16:28 +0000

PLEASE NOTE:
I do not offer tutorial support via comments or via email.
Thank you for your understanding!

In this tutorial I’ll show you how to change the color of a PNG file (or any solid-colored image!) using Pixlr.com! No download is required, and it is free.

Step 1:

Make sure you have the file you wish to edit saved to your computer.

Step 2:

Go to Pixlr.com, click Pixlr Editor in the menu bar, and select "Open image from computer" as shown in the image above.

Step 3:

Adjust the settings as necessary to achieve the desired effect. You can also adjust the image size under Image > "Image Size..."

Step 4:

Save your new image by going to File > “Save…” and upload your image online (Often times there is a place to upload images on your blog, or you can use an online image storing website like Photobucket).

Step 5:

Use the following code snippet to link up your image to the URL of your choice and paste it into the area of your choosing (you can add the image to a blog post, a static page, your sidebar, etc.)

Copy & paste this code where desired (blog post, sidebar widget, etc):

WEBSITE-LINK-HERE">IMAGE-LINK-HERE"/>

If you want to use more than one image side-by-side, use this code:

1ST-WEBSITE-LINK-HERE">1ST-IMAGE-LINK-HERE"/>2ND-WEBSITE-LINK-HERE">2ND-IMAGE-LINK-HERE"/>3RD-WEBSITE-LINK-HERE">3RD-IMAGE-LINK-HERE"/>

Replace the link in red with whatever URL you want the image to link to. For example, if I wanted to link the image to my Twitter profile, I would replace the red text with http://twitter.com/thepixelista

Replace the link in blue with your image link.
(it might look similar to: http://your-website.com/uploads/icon.png)

Free Halloween Graphics!

Jessica — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 07:28:51 +0000

It’s October! And that means Halloween is around the corner. It is hands-down my favorite holiday. I know you have lots of party invitations and scrapbook pages to create, so I think some freebies are in order! If y’all are anything like me, you don’t like being creatively limited, so I was sure to include each graphic in a plethora of patterns and colors! WOO!

{Click here to download!}