Adrienne's New Blog Banner

My good friend and blogger buddy Adrienne of Adrienne's Corner mentioned that her blog banner was bit plain, and someday she would spruce it up.  I asked if I could do it for her, and whipped up a new blog banner.  It's simple, but she liked it and it is in place there now.  Go see!

I think a blog banner should express the essence of who you (the blogger) are and what you are all about.  Adrienne's slogan is "Still Catholic, Still Conservative," so I wanted to express that in her banner.

She also likes flowers and grows them in her garden.  So I put a simple floral design on the left of the banner, and a stained glass window (with a cross) on the right, to signify her Catholic faith.  Still it lacked something, but then it dawned on me:  stained glass windows are glorious when emitting light.  I added a blue glow to represent sunlight.  Now the window emitting light symbolizes Adrienne's blog, which emits the warm and vibrant light of truth and of faith.

I am just so sensitive I can hardly stand it.

I love that blue glow, though -- it immediately draws the eye to the stained glass window and the cross, telling the subconscious, "this is the essence of Adrienne."

Now, for your blog, who are you?  What values do you hold most dear?  What message do you want to convey?  What symbols, pictures and graphics most closely convey your essence?

Think about it.  Contact me if you want to toss around some ideas.

Graphic Arts & Digital Drawings Services

I have decided to provide graphics art services to bloggers and others who need such services, fast and cheap.

Here are the services I will provide, along with samples.  You decide what you want in the graphic, and I will do my best to get it for you.


1.  Simple graphics for your blog sidebar or as an illustration for a blog post:  $5.  Here are some examples (click on images to see them full size):

2. Logos & Simple Graphics:

3.  Repaired Photos  (This one $10):
































4.  Photoshopped Images -- Here a couple of my best ($20):

5. Simple Drawings ($5 to $10):

6. Cartoons  (This one $75); I created it for Daniel Pipes and Campus Watch.

Now you can get something in return when you donate to Saber Point!  Tell me what you need; let's discuss.

CUANAS back in full operation - Howling Wolf Background Restored

Pastorius writes for Infidel Bloggers Alliance as well as the Astute Bloggers.  He also has a personal blog, CUANAS.  Cuanas has always impressed me with it appearance, which features a howling woof in the woods with sunlight sparkling through the branches.  The image is a deep blue and is lovely and serene.

To have a blog background like this you must put the background photo on a server site like Photobucket, Flick'r or Zoomer.  Then you adjust the html code of your blog to go get the picture and display it in your background, underneath your text.  Pas used Photobucket for this purpose.

Pas (as I like to call him) was screwed over by Photobucket a month or so back, when another of their unknown rules popped up to disable his account.  If you don't access it for 90 days, it goes inactive and you can only reactivate it by...paying their fee and converting to a full subscription (another questionable business tactic, in my opinion).  So Pas's lovely howling wolf background was replaced by a small icon saying "Inactive for 90 Days."  Now his blog was almost unreadable as the white text needed for the graphic was over a white background.

Pas told me about it.  I was able to find the original graphic and html code for this blog template.  Pas gave me temporary access to his blog and I was able to restore the Howling Wolf graphic in about five minutes.

Take a look.  Ain't it purty?