Hill's Get's A New Look...in her Asian template

There have been a few requests for a more ethnic Hills...so the Asian Hills template will be rolled out first. Stay tuned for many more. See them live by clicking on the images.

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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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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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Blissfull Design...

http://www.book-bliss.com/

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IB Blogging Fairy Land Design

www.ibbookblogging.com

Bailey from IB Book Blogging wanted a fairy land of a design with pinks and purples....

All images are purchased by ibbookblogging.com for her sole use. These are not for mass consumption.

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Urban Fantasy ...

Trini from A Book Lover's Review had me create a design that reflected her Puerto Rican heritage, her love of UF & PNR and also to demonstrate the Book Lover's theme.  Gives a literal look to Urban Fantasy.

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Hauntingly Delicious...

This was so much fun to work with! Presenting Spirits, Hauntings and Eats! Spirits, Hauntings, and Eats - The female perspective of paranormal investigation by three women who each bring their unique gifts and perspective to explore the unknown as only they can.

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I'm Dreaming

There was really no GoBy on this one, just a blog name that was rather evident in the direction I had to go.
http://jennys-books.blogspot.com/

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Monkey Madness...

I love this one. Julie gave me a bit of creative leeway on it though.
http://tableforseven-julie.blogspot.com/

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How Beachy...

A happy design for a beach bum... check out my latest design for Confessions of a Book Addict.

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So Cute...

I love this one. I have a fondness for cute kids though....don't we all. With this last two designs I think I have proven that I'm can do more than dark and fanged. :)

http://redheadedbookchild.blogspot.com/

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Kiddie Incarnation...

I've launched a kid friendly blog to promote the young reader books that I have been receiving from publishers and authors, just didn't feel right to put them on PJV. Here is the design, let me know what you think.

Anya's Room.

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A New Design Blooms...

I'm really getting cheesy with these titles. But I hope this design isn't cheesy. Late Bloomers Online is one of my fav blogs, so when I was asked to do the design, I was like woot woot. And then a bit intimidated. The blog started because the two moderators Espe & Jen were fans of Aprilynne Pike's YA novel Wings...so I had to incorporate those in there somewhere.

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This template can be yours for the excellent price of $30.00!

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For Just $15 more ($45 total) I'll personalize the top (add your blog name in a fancy font that matches the style) and install it on your blog if needed.

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Teens Read & Write Launches

I was approached my the teenage geniuses behind Teens Read & Write: Alyssa, Jake & Gregory to redo their blog. They already had a fancy wordpress design, but another blogger had popped up with the same design and they were ready for a new one...so luckily they came to me to *Pimp their blog*. (I'm trying to be young and hip - is that still in?) I just want to say these guys were the most hilarious clients I have ever worked with.  They definitely made my job a lot more interesting and I think if I would have gotten an email like this everyday I would have given them a 50% discount!

This was the initial go-by email:

Overall the design can't be too girlie (because the two nimrods would smother me in my sleep), or too romantic (refer to previous 'smothering' comment) and really, I'm not much into that either. We all like more of the dark, mysterious and dangerous vibe, but we also enjoy wit and humor thrown in. Am I making any sense? Too much info? Does this help at all?


Okay, the two dorks just came back in and here are Jake's comments. I'll give you quotes:


JAKE: "It must have wizards fighting dragons that look like books. Then I could photoshop Gregory's face on one of the dragons and put my face on one of the majestic wizards so it looks I'm defeating Gregory. Alyssa could be a heavily cleavaged princess in distress. Wouldn't that be awesome!"

GREGORY: "Wait, why am I the wimp?"

JAKE: "You're not a wimp. You're a dragon."

GREGORY: "But I'm a wimpy dragon if I'm getting beaten by a lame wizard like you. And since when does Alyssa have heavy cleavage?"

JAKE: "It's fantasy. Shut up. I'm older. You have to do what I say."

Then they started a pillow fight and ran out of the room (screaming like girls, I might add.) We could start our own reality show!

This ended the email and I was left scratching my head. Then I got this wonderful graphic representation of what the email was referring to from Jake. Pretty handy with Photoshop right?


Yet, I thought the dragon might be a bit too much.  Too scaly for the female demographic.  I suggested something furrier but with a bit of a bite.  Say... a rabid squirrel.  They seemed to like my idea.  So we were in agreement.  Wizard, Chesty Damsel, Rabid Squirrel.


The final product can now be seen on their blog.  And low and behold I also added a dragon - sans the fire breathing aspect. Look close can you find the squirrel?

teensreadandwrite.blogspot.com

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New Design is now Live!

One of my favorite designs so far has now gone live.  Stop by TinasBookReviews to check out her new look! I'm really liking what I did...not to toot my own horn.  But this this design was achieved with the direction of, "maybe a tree, with a butterfly flying around it..."

Click here to view her site.  Please stop by and tell her how much you like her design. Click here.

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Kindle Vixen's New Design

I'm proud to show off a pretty header/background/button that I created - for kindlevixen.com.  I think it came out quite fan-tabulous. What do you think? If you like it, go by and compliment her lovely site. She had a big part in it's creation also!

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Custom Design

Do you want an original design? Tired of seeing YOUR template all over the place? Well you have come to the right place! (yeah this copy is cheesy but does it get your excited???)

I am an award winning graphic designer & web designer (please hold the applause - it was a little award - from the state of Louisiana) who just happens to love to blog. I'm spreading the love and trying to earn the big bucks by customizing templates for those of you that appreciate my artistic abilities. To see examples of my work, please use the navigation on the top of sidebar.

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