Thursday, April 10, 2008

artsy?

i've been skeptical to get "artsy" on my header...mostly because it's time consuming...and because, well, i'm a plain jane sorta gal.

but, my friend lea inspired me....and i decided it was time to branch out. i know it's baby steps...but what do you think? i really like it. i'm excited to continue to beautify this work-in-progress i call my blog.

15 comments:

jaci said...

I LOVE IT! I need to update mine...thanks for being inspiration!

Anonymous said...

Marci, this is Kandyce Gabrielsen (Cameron...Latoya's big sis), do you remember me? I stumbled upon your blog while reading Amber and Joe's blog (I work with Joe), so I thought I'd say hello. You look absolutely stunning in your photo shoot! You and your hubby are adorable. Congrats on your baby that is on its way.

Kandyce

Erika said...

I love your header, I wouldn't even know how to do that. So beautiful!

Lea Tame said...

Ahhhhh, Marce I love it and I'm sad that mine sucks and I couldn't figure it out and yours looks amazing... some pointers here please!

Brooke said...

lovely my friend!

Ju and Brack said...

I like it! I too need an update but again it is time consuming and I don't know if I can figure it help. You may need to help me! Love the picture!

Tiffany Johnson said...

so cute! I love it! Besides, it's a gorgeous picture of you two.. who wouldn't love it???? I'm excited to see you tomorrow!!!!

{amy k.} said...

I love, love, love it! I love your umbrella, so cute! I would love to learn how to do that if you don't mind sharing some of your secrets!

Joey, Amber, Ken , Ellie, Bruce and Patrick said...

Marci, it's gorgeous! I need to learn to do something cute like that. I love the picture! You are such a cute couple.

So would you mind sharing the secret to such a fun header?

bartonbeat said...

i'm loving the photo, what a great day that was. thank you for your letter to wade, we'll leave the up-the-back explosions for your baby girl. can't wait to see you next weekend.

erin said...

I L-O-V-E your header. Please tell me how you did it.

Ashley said...

It looks awesome, Marci!! Can you help me with mine? :)

The Andersons said...

You have so many cute things on your blog! I am so excited I found it. Congrats on the little one on the way!

Marce said...

thanks for your lovely responses! to all of those who asked "how" to do this:

photoshop is the best! basically, all i did was crop my picture to the size i wanted it, removed the color...then i duplicated the picture, so there were two layers with the same picture (you'd have to have photo shop to understand). i made one of the pictures really blurry (using one of the photo shop tools) and then cut out mike and i from the other picture (the one that was clear) and placed it over the blurry one. i don't know if this was the best way to do it, but it was pretty easy. i then inserted a text box right there in photo shop with my own font to put what i wanted it to say. then it's just an easy upload to blogger! i don't know if this makes sense...if you've never worked with photo shop before, it may not...eek. if you have any other questions, let me know! i'm definitely no photo shop expert- but someday i hope to be! xoxo

Lisa Johnson said...

I absolutely love the blog header! WOW! How did you do it?