Pater Pansies - Also, it has been 2 years, I hope you are still out there???

Hello!

Wow, I CANNOT believe I haven't posted anything on this site for 2 years. It's so crazy! Where on earth has time gone? Anyway, who knows where time goes sometimes but I wanted to pop my head back in and see if anyone is still reading this site, if anyone is still visiting and to see if anyone wants free Blogger templates any more? :)

I know that a lot of the hints/tips etc on this site that I wrote years ago are now no longer valid or useful (thanks for changing everything, Blogger) but I am keen to work through them and perhaps focus on offering some really nice free templates.

I have made a template for you today - it's called Peter Pansies and it's cute!
 
Please note that this template comes with a blank header image which means you will have to make this yourself. Your blog title/description will not show up until you edit this image in a graphics program like Photoshop, GIMP or a free online web-based one (I like pixlr! Bonus: it's free!).

For now (until I update this site), you can find installation instructions HERE, and help on installing your header image HERE.  

And if you're new to making your own header image, or don't know how to do that, I have some hints here.

Click to view a live preview site

A couple of random things about this template:

• The fonts I have used in the test site header image are Esteban for the header and Homemade Apple for the sub-heading. Both are free from google fonts.
  If you like the kind of thing I have made in the test site, you'll be able to re-create it using those fonts too!
• The background colour is changeable and the pattern will show up regardless!
  To change the background colour, just go to the TEMPLATE tab in Blogger and click on the orange "customize" button. Scroll down to advanced options and you'll be able to change the background colour there. Any questions, let me know.

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BUT ENOUGH ABOUT ME!

How are you doing? Is there anyone out there?

Even if you're not interested in this template or today is your first time here -- please leave me a comment to say hello! (please?)

I dare you! :P

Mode Parisienne 3 Columns

Here's a 3 column version of the Mode Parisienne template (2 column template here).

Please note that if you want to edit the included blank header to include your own header text, then please feel free to do so. The blank header image is included in the zipped folder.

Information on how to create (and then add) your own header image, follow these instructions. Otherwise, the template below just comes generically with a plain text image.

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

If you are interested in this but 2 columns instead of three, check out this template here.

Holiday on Me - Dreamy Beach Photo Blogger template

I don't often find photos that I want to use in Blogger template headers but I couldn't go past this one. It's amazingly beautiful and I love all the colours that are hiding in there. So complimentary. It's cold and dreary here (winter) and how I wish I was somewhere warmer.
Hope, wherever you may be, things are good xx

(click the above grab for a live preview)

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

Pretty Fly (for a butterfly) - 3 column pretty pink template

Hello! I have been incredibly busy of late and haven't had a lot of spare time for blogger designs. Sorries :( How cool is it that I now have over 2,000 Google followers now though?

Gosh, I cannot thank you enough. Really. Thank you!

I do have quite a few in the works however and that means if I get my act together then maybe I can get them finished. Anyhow, onto more pink gradient-type matters like this template below. So pretty and pink and has a butterfly (thanks to Jen at Pixels & Ice Cream). I know a lot of people want 3 column templates so I hope someone likes it.

click above for a live preview

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

Shopping in Paris - Chic Blogger Template

Alrighty here is a very very chic (and French) Blogger template! C'mon, I know you love French things! The pastries! The Shopping! The credit for the header image goes to DaPino Graphics (and is released under creative commons licence - read {here} for more info --- this means don't use this image for commercial purposes, people!). DaPino make some of the most awesome graphics I have seen.

The template has a changeable background colour (changeable from within the "Fonts & Colours" section so you can alter this however you like! I was thinking a bold red would look ace, but have a play with the colours yourself and see what you like.

(click above for a live preview)

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

Hope you like it! xx

Vine Me Up & Down Blogger template

Apologies for not posting many templates recently! Ahh, I have been SO BUSY! Here is one I have had up my sleeve for a while. It has a flowery frame at the top and bottom of the main blog area which makes it ultra pretty! Hope you like it! xx

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

PS: Have you seen the comments section of this blog? I have changed it up so the comments are numbered and with a little image between each post! Soon I will write out a tutorial for you to do similar!

Flower, not the Universe - XML template 3 columns

Have you ever seen a field of Cosmos? They are so beautiful (even coming from me, not a big fan of magenta/purples). Here we have a stunning 3 column blogger template with cosmos header. It's pretty pretty, if I do say so myself. Hope you enjoy it too! xx

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

OH, PS (for those of you on twitter):

Christmas Baubles - XML Blogger template. Bright, beautiful and baubleicious!

Here's one of my Christmas templates (more coming soon!). I love a good bauble - ok, I know that sounds weird - but these images by Clarice Gomes are beautiful and I was inspired to create something colourful. You could say this is definitely *not* just another grungy snowflake brush template.

click for a live preview

• 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!

Mode Parisienne Text - now your own text header will show up!

Here is something that I know a few people have wanted and that is the Mode Parisienne blogger template with a plain text header. The original template {here} had a header with text as part of the image.... and I know that it wasn't convenient to everyone involved, so here it is again! This time, with plain text. Buttons were drawn by me (and I do ask that these button images are not used for commercial purposes individually. The template - do what you will with it)!

• 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!

Flowery Fringe - gorgeous orange/pink Blogger template

One of my most popular templates is Flower Pink Border (yeah, not a very creative name I know) and I have been meaning to make it into another colour FOR-EVER! So here is a pink/orange gradated template with a white background!! I hope you enjoy it as much as the original template. More colours will be coming soon!!!

(click for a live preview - the preview looks more awesome than the small grab!)

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

Important: Kind thanks, again, to gvalkyrie for the most amazing Photoshop brushes ever!

Daisy Chains - XML blogger template

Sorry for my lack of posting of late. I am been a busy busy {busy!!} bee!

Where do busy bees hang out when they're not doing regular things? Why in fields of daisies of course! This is a pretty simple template with ~everyone's favourite thing~ rounded corners. It's simple but sometimes simple is good. Enjoy!

PS: Header image by D Sharon Pruitt. xox

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

Candy - Yum Yum - 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.

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

Please note that the header image of the candy is by:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/aussiegall/ / CC BY 2.0

I love it!

Pinky Pinkerson - XML blogger template

Oh I hope you like pink, because here's a pink template! This was just a test which happened to work out quite well.... so I will probably make some similar to this in the future (but more intricate!)! This didn't take me very long to make, hence the two templates in one day!

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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

Orange Juice - 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. The header image is by Gustavo Pedrosa on flickr.com.

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

PS: If I go missing for a while, you'll know why:

I'll be popping out two boys in the next few weeks!
(hopefully not on Christmas day though!)

Sugar Sugar - XML Blogger template - DIY header image 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

PLEASE NOTE: your blog title and description WILL NOT SHOW UP. If you want your own header title to be visible then you'll have to edit the header image. I have included a PDF with instructions on how to replace the header image - alternatively you can leave it as it is and it will look the same as the live preview (the header will say "Sugar Sugar").

The header font is Black Jack and the description font is Rickles.

I Love Candy - free XML blogger template

(click for a live preview)

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

The "inner" blog area colour is #F6A0BA - just for those of you who want their widgets to be seamless (or background colour for adsense). The header candy pics are by the talented Tayoindesign. Beautiful!

Oh Juliette! - free XML blogger template

(click for a live preview)

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

Retro Ladies - XML Blogger template

(click for a live preview)

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 that the background colour (blue in above test blog) is completely changeable from within the "Colours & Fonts" area of blogger. Hooray!

Green Fields - free XML blogger template

(click for a live preview)

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

This is my favourite shade of green! I love it! Also, the background colour is customisable by clicking on the "Fonts & Colours" tab.

Enjoy..... xxx

Lazy Afternoon - free XML blogger template

Here is a very pretty 800px wide free blogger theme. The background colour is editable from within the "Edit Colours & Fonts" tab.

(click for a live preview)

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

PS: I have included photoshop image and a PDF file with instructions on how to get rid of the boring text header (seen above) that comes from yr Blogger Dashboard so you can make your own pretty headers with actual nice fonts.

PPS: As far as I am aware, the image is in the public domain. Artist unknown.