Ivy and the Beanstalk

I wanted to do something kind of simple but elegant and this template came together.  It's not too flashy and it's gentle (well, I think so!).  Subtle.  I like it.

Apologies for not being around much lately - I really have not had a lot of free time :(

Hope you are all well! <3

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roses dans de l'eau - (roses in aqua)

Woah! You are going to LOVE this template!  It's just beautiful - of course the credit there goes to Sarah at Totally Severe who made the stunning background!).

Her site is one of my favourites on the whole internet - NOT EVEN JOKING! - and most definitely one that deserves more appreciation! Her background images are stunning - check them out here.  She did not pay me to say this and she probably thinks I am a mega weirdo for being so in love with her images. But dudes, the girl has talent.

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• To download the xml template: click here (zip folder)
• Preview the site here
• Need help installing this? Click here

Totally Yellow - wide photo blog template!

OK, I can't take all the credit for this one as I was largely inspired by Sarah's Totally Severe backgrounds.  I LOVE this one and decided to use it in a template for you.  I know some people may be scared of yellow, but there's no need to be because it's a lovely colour. 

Some colours can bite, but I promise this yellow doesn't.


There are two things you should know about this template:

1. It is a very wide template with one main blog area.  There are no sidebars on the "side" - they are actually located on the bottom of the page.  Check out the demo site to see for yourself.
   
2. The blog title font (and post title fonts) are actually using Maiden Orange Google web font.  This is NOT changeable from within the 'Template Designer' area of Blogger.  Why? Because Google have not made this a font for use with Blogger yet (I DON'T KNOW WHY!) and I am too impatient to wait.  So I have hard-coded the font in and it is therefore not changeable.  The body font - as well as all font colours, ARE changeable.

• To download the xml template: click here (zip folder)
• Preview the site here
• Need help installing this? Click here
  

Sequins Everywhere - Template by Carly

There's always a party somewhere, right?

Here's another template from the lovely Carly which involves some of my favourite things - sequins and streamers. BYO party of course because we can't zip one of those into a folder.
Anyhow, hope you like it.....

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• To download the xml template: click here (zip folder)
  
• Preview the site here
• Need help installing this? Click here

Visit Carly's site {here}

Damask Dame - free XML Blogger template

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• To download the xml template: click here (zip folder)
  
• Preview the site here
• Need help installing this? Click here

Please back up your widget data before installing a template!

PS: the delightful background image is by Pixels & Ice Cream. *sigh* It's beautiful.

She Sells Sea Shells - XML template

Ahh, another lovely pattern from Pattern Cooler - seriously, go there now for the best patterns you've seen for ages! This background is beautiful and available in many variations (another one of my faves is this green one - a much larger scale than the image I've used in the background here). Ahh, beautiful. Hope you like it :-)

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Please ensure that you backup your widget data, as installing a new template will wipe/erase your current widget content.

• To download the xml template: click here
• Preview the site here
• Need help installing this? Click here

I don't mind Ivy - 2 column pink blogspot template

Here is a fairly simple yet pretty pink Blogspot template with fantastical background by Jen Furlotte from Pixels & Icecream.

{{I know that some of my designs often appear simpler than those offered on other sites but I guess you have to understand that I ensure that (99% of) my templates look great on all browsers.  And I also try and make sure that every font and font colour is customizable.  A lot of other templates aren't that adaptable}}

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Please ensure that you backup your widget data, as installing a new template will wipe/erase your current widget content.

• To download the xml template: click here
• Preview the site here
• Need help installing this? Click here

PS:  Did you miss my Halloween Blogger template with rotating header images?  Click here to see! It rocks!

It's so easy - XML template: 3 columns

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Please ensure that you backup your widget data, as installing a new template will wipe/erase your current widget content.

• To download the xml template: click here (zip folder)
• Preview the site here
• Need help installing this? Click here

PS: the inner blog colour is #F1F9DC - just incase you want to have your google ads blend in like I have on the test blog.

Black n White Elegance - 3 column blogger template

OK, so the small preview image below looks kind of lame, but if you click on it to preview the site, you'll see that it looks a lot better full size. Also, how awesome do the adsense ads look in there? (I hate it when they never really look quite right!).

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(go on, it looks heaps better bigger!)



Please ensure that you backup your widget data, as installing a new template will wipe/erase your current widget content.

• To download the xml template: click here (zip folder)
• Preview the site here
• Need help installing this? Click here

Paper Scales - XML Blogger template

This is a relatively simple design but the background image is to die for! It's from webtreats etc. and I absolutely love / adore / admire people who share things for free. Big big hugs and kisses to those guys for sharing. xox

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Please ensure that you backup your widget data, as installing a new template will wipe/erase your current widget content.

• To download the xml template: click here (zip folder)
• Preview the site here
• Need help installing this? Click here

This Little Piggy - free XML template

There are so many weight loss blogs out there so I thought I would try and make something to offset that! Haha, so here is a blogger template that embraces my inner piggy :-) This also has a navigation bar (instructions to change these links are within the blog code >> just go to Layout > Edit HTML and scroll down to near the end to change the links). More detailed instructions on what to do can be found here. Enjoy!

Oh, and I have made the nav bar colour changeable from within the Fonts & Colours area. Hoorah.

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The design works with "new" blogger - ie: it's an XML template. Please ensure that you backup your widget data, as installing a new template will wipe/erase your current widget content.

• To download the xml template: click here (zip folder)
• Preview the site here
• Need help installing this? Click here

RazzleDazzle - free blogger XML template

Hmmm, I love a pretty pattern and here is another gorgeous one from Pixels & Ice Cream (visit the site here). I love this template and hope you do too!

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The design works with "new" blogger - ie: it's an XML template. Please ensure that you backup your widget data, as installing a new template will wipe/erase your current widget content.

• To download the xml template: click here (zip folder)
• Preview the site here
• Need help installing this? Click here

I think that the navbar colour of "tan" looks awesome with this template (just like I have in the test blog). To change it just go to LAYOUT >> PAGE ELEMENTS and edit the navbar. I'm soooo sick of seeing that blue navbar! You can change the colour, people!

Retro Telephone - Free XML blogger template

Here's something stripey and telephoney. I like both! It's quite cute and retro.

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The design works with "new" blogger - ie: it's an XML template. Please ensure that you backup your widget data, as installing a new template will wipe/erase your current widget content. The telephone photograph is by Alexander O'Neill on flickr.com.

• To download the xml template: click here (zip folder)
• Preview the site here
• Need help installing this? Click here

Rainbow Lovers - XML blogger template

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The design works with "new" blogger - ie: it's an XML template. Please ensure that you backup your widget data, as installing a new template will wipe/erase your current widget content.

• To download the xml template: click here (zip folder)
• Preview the site here
• Need help installing this? Click here

NOTE: the inner blog (blue) colour and the pink border colour are all changeable from within the "Fonts & Colours" area of Blogger.... so there's a million combinations. This template is nice and bright... I hope you like it too.

Pink Calm - free XML blogger design

SOME NEWS: Apologies for not being around lately. I am moving home at the end of next week and this means that I will be without internet for about a week or two (arrr!).

And....

2 buns + 1 oven = ?

Yes, ok, I have another admission to make! I am having twins! I'm halfway through (and it's extremely scary to think I will have two babies by January 2009) but it's also thrilling! I found out yesterday that they are twin boys (not identical). So this basically means that I'll be making blogger templates for a while to come as I juggle two babies.

Anyway, enough about me. Here's another template:

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• To download the xml template: click here(zip folder)
• Preview the site here
• Need help installing this? Click here