Cakies in Love

Welcome to the new look yummylolly.com - hope you like it (click out of your reader if that's where you're reading this from).  Oooh, it's been candified!

The header images are from JW Illustrations (and wow, can Jessica draw)! I fell in love with her images as soon as I saw them.  Such a great price for amazing illustrations (this is not a sponsored post, I honestly love her art!).  It's perfect for your blog - check out the different licensing options here.  Prices are exceptionally reasonable!


My favourite product would have to be her custom character illustration!!

I have also created a new template using some very sweet little cupcake images that I purchased from Jessica.... It's only a first meeting but I think these cupcakes will be together forever.

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

Important! Please leave the credit links to Jessica on the blog template INTACT.  You may not use these cupcake images for commercial purposes, nor may you remove them from the blog template.
If you would like to use these images in any other way, please visit Jessica's site and purchase the images.

Cupcake Icing - Free Blogger XML template

It's no secret that I like cupcakes. They are pretty and delicious!

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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

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

Cupcakes Galore - Free 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.
Please note that the header image is by Hello Darlin @ Flickr.com.

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

Coffee 'n Cake - free 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

Again, this clip art (cake and coffee) is from a collection I got from Japan - as far as I'm aware, it's in the public domain. I like this one a lot - hope you do too! xx

Cookie Top - free XML blogger DIY template

I love brown when it's done well (that sounds so odd to say) - but other, brighter, colours tend to look very pretty with dark brown. Anyway, I love this template. It's 750 pixels wide.

DOWNLOAD IT >>> HERE (zip folder)


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The design is free and 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.

This blogger template is for those of you who are comfortable editing images and uploading them to the internet (and then replacing the image path). YOUR BLOG TITLE AND DESCRIPTION WILL NOT SHOW UP - this design is not interactive from your Blogger Dashboard.

Until you edit the image yourself, you'll have the same header as I do on the test site.

ALSO - here are some FAQs:

"WHY did you make this design like this?"
Two reasons really - one: you can edit this header image - remove the "Blog Title Here" text and put your own thing in (you can use any graphics editor to put your own text onto this banner and there are waaaay more font choices than the silly old internet can handle. DaFont: droolworthy!) and two: I just thought it would be more interesting - and things are definitely better when they're more interesting ;-)

"I don't want to edit my own header image! Can you please let me know how to make my title & description come through from Blogger?"
No. Your blog title and description is NOT going to come through (and actually "fit" in the correct bit), so bad luck.

"What graphics program can I use to edit this image?"
I have Photoshop CS, but you can use any graphics program that allows you to open/edit a JPEG or GIF - which should be pretty much any graphics program. I have included the PS file, GIF and JPEG.


"Ok, I made my own banner, now what?"
Now you'll have to upload it to some hosting on the internet. I host my files on photobucket.com (a free image hosting service) but there are more options out there.
Upload the file to the internet, then find the URL of the image.

Next, go to the "Layout" >> "Edit HTML" section of your blog.
You will need to replace the original header image - seen on the test page - to be your own.

Scroll down until you find the following image path:
http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa231/free_blogger/CookieTop.gif

.....and replace with the image path of your new title. Viola!

I dreamed I was... - free blogger design (XML)

As I have just discovered, if you drink a hot cocoa and look at this design a lot, you may go into some kind of delicious sugar coma like I am right now. *sigh* I just love sweeties so much.

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

PS: Inner background grey hex colour is #CCCCCC (you might need to know that incase you're going to put widgets in).

I heart cake (don't you?) - free blogger design XML

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

Oh my goodness, I just love the way this one turned out! Again, huge massive thank yous and confetti to the delightful Burnbadart who allowed me to use her cupcakes in this design!