Nothing left out...

Andra of Unabridged Andra had only a few stipulations, she loved purple and blues and she had a graphic that she had purchased already. With that to go on I think I came up with a very clean design...

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What did Andra have to say about her design? Link to rave post.

"I seriously cannot rant and rave enough about how freaking awesome Parajunkee is! She went above and beyond to create this amazing layout. She added all sorts of extras that I didn't even think to add and I pretty much love her forever. Seriously...she rocks my face off. The. END.

SO...All I can say is a HUGE Thank You to PJ and I hope I can somehow pay her back in some way...though I have absolutely no clue what that would be...lol" -Andra

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Free Blinking Star Rater

Free Blinking Star Rater for your book blog! Just as a courtesy keep the link back text! Anyone can use it, just grab the code! Looks best on light backgrounds.

Five Star Rating Scale

To use each section "grab" the text in the input area. The text is editable, when you are in COMPOSE mode you should be able to just select the text and insert your own phrasing.

Note: If you don't want it to blink, I have a static star, you would just replace all instances of:

Current: http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6014/5994484728_7531c14024_o.gif

With: http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6123/5994649170_03fdedb01d_o.png

Best Book Ever!

Great Addition to My Library

Ok

Needs Work

Fail

Free rater by ParajunkeeDesign

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Five Stars


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Four Stars


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Three Stars


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Two Stars


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One Star
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Free Review Icons

A slave to popular demand, that's me, I've created some icons that you can use in your reviews. They are free for your use. All I ask is that you maybe post a design or parajunkee button on your blog. You don't have to, but it would be nice.

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Getting Trendy with Custom Icons

Have you seen the latest trend in the book blogger world? Putting fun icons before or underneath your post. Mostly utilized by bloggers that review both adult and young adult titles to signify what is safe for teenage consumption...icons can be a fun way to categorize your reviews. I had fun yesterday and made some for myself.

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I Have a Confession to Make...

MyShelfConfessions.com is a book blog that specilizes in the genres of Mystery/Thriller/Suspense, Dystopian, Young Adult, Paranormal Fiction and Urban Fantasy. April that runs the blog was very specific in her likes. She loves purple and teal, argyle and she wanted a vampire avatar that her finger up, "shushing" like she had a secret.

This blog is a self-hosted Wordpress blog and I worked within the Chip-Life template.

What April says about the design:

Hi Rachel, I love it all! Think it looks great!

There are also a few other images that are included with April's package.

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Making Mojo

Jessica Wisniewski is a teacher in the Chicago suburbs and currently trying to get her first novel MoJoFingers published. From the description she gave me "black or cement gray background, and a sort of graphic novel feel" and then the description of her characters - middle grade super heroes, we came up with this design.

What Jessica has to say about her design:

Rachel -

I LOVE it!  You = Awesome with a side of Awesome Sauce!  I love the graphic quality of the lettering, the colors, and the little sketches up at the top!  SO COOL!

Thanks,

Jess

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Bawdylicious...

I really like this one, the avatar is one of my favorites. I always love bawdy little chicks...check out the blog live here. This is a WordPress design.

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