Today, along with DesignerBlogs.com, I’m happy to host this giveaway for a complete, fully customized blog makeover for your blog- designed just for you and just how you want it. If you’ve been wanting to make a statement with a professionally styled, fun & fresh blog design for the new year, or even if you don’t have a blog yet, but have wanting to start a brand new one for the first time and want the perfect design to go with it- this giveaway is for you.
One Grand Prize Winner will win 1 “Package B” Custom Blog Makeover, a $70 value, from DesignerBlogs.com – A complete blog makeover, fully customized for your blog, with all the features you want. Read all about the details here and start planning your makeover! :)
And a second lucky winner will win 1 Premade Blog Design, a $25 value – Choose from these unique premade blog designs (comes with custom header, background, sidebar titles, signature, post divider and more!) and once it’s yours- it’s yours! No one else will ever have it.
Time’s Up!!!
The Grand Prize Winner is…
#318 Brooke
And the Second Lucky Winner is…
#33 Tabitha
Congratulations Brooke & Tabitha!!!
Be sure to check out and Brooke & Tabitha’s blogs… Pretty soon they’ll have a whole new look! :) Congrats again, girls!! :) And thanks so much to everyone who entered for making this such a fun giveaway!! :)
How to Enter…
To be entered to win a fabulous new design for your blog, all you have to do is leave a comment on this post. What custom features would you most like to see on your blog? Which premade design is your favorite? Or talk to me about something totally off topic- if I were to do a “Photo Week”, with a week of Photoshop tutorials, would you like to start off with tutorials on the very basics of editing a photo, like using layers, layer masks, and clipping masks? Or is that too basic?
Extra Entries…
Blog about this giveaway, Tweet about it, and Share on Facebook for extra chances to win! Be sure to leave a separate comment for each entry! :)
The Deadline…
Entries to win this giveaway will be received until Sunday, January 31st @ Noon, CST. I will update this post announcing the winners on Sunday- so check back right here to see if you’ve won!! :)
Thanks so much for looking and Good Luck!!! :)
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LOVE your blog and would love my blog to look a little more professional for my growing photography business! Need all the help I can get because I spent all my money on equipment!!
If i were starting with you and Photoshop I would like it to be just above the basics and with hints to make the page even more beautiful. Shadows that curl out. How to accent the person on the lay out.
Thanks for opportunity to comment!
What an awesome giveaway! If I could make over my blog, I would LOVE to have a digiscrapping gallery, a recipe gallery, and a random musings gallery. I’ve been wanting a new background too, but I just don’t know what to do!
OH man, I would love help with my blog. I have one, but I have no idea how to make it “fun” with some bright colors and a custom header. If you are looking for ideas for your blog, I would love tutorials about blogging and how to take them from the basic blogspot layouts to custom layouts.
I would just love a new look – plain and simple! Oh and I love when you include yummy recipes on your blog. Thanks for the chance!
I would love, LOVE a blog makeover! I would also love Photoshop help. I totally don’t get the masking thing. It would be a great place to start. Thanks Amanda! You guys are so great!
Enter me, please! :) Fun fun!
Wow; what a fabulous giveaway! I am currently in the process of trying to put a fabulous looking template on my blog that has a menu bar of sorts across the top–something that does not come with the standard Blogger templates. For example, a menu bar right under the header of the Love Notes background would be super!
One thing that it would be great to see, is how to do some of these things ourselves in the blog HTML code. Regarding all of that photography stuff you mentioned? It’s all Greek to me. :)
Thanks!
I just tweeted about this great giveaway!
Mentioned it on Facebook!
Mentioned it on my blog!
woo hoo!!! love designer blogs. erin and amy have made-over both of my blogs just his month! I am addicted. i would love to win – so I could give away this make-over to one a my very best friends and newby blogger. but, I am also VERY thrilled about the photoshop tutorials. I need to start from scratch the basics. can’t wait! ~Kim Rahn
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I like a lot of them but I would have to say my favorite is ‘Allie.’ It’s very cute and the style fits me. ;)
Pick me pick me!!! I just started my blog. I’m a teacher and still can not figure out how to make it look so cute! My blog is going to be a way to self heal and I need a beautiful blog to help! Heres hoping
PLEASE start with the simple Photoshop! I need all the help I can get!
I have a blog that I haven’t used in almost two years. A makeover might just be the trick to get me to use it again.
Any photography tips and tricks you have to share would be greatly appreciated! I am always looking for more ways to improve my photography ‘skills’ :)
oh goodness…what a great prize! I would love to have a blog make over…I need one badly!
my 365 blog is soooooo plain… it needs a makeover big time!
*WOW* What great things you come up with Amanda you are AWESOME! I hope i win i would love to have a custom blog with a cute header! One day I will figure out how to run my Photoshop.
I tweeted! Twitter name cassandrawebb.
I love following you on facebook! Thank you so much for your great ideas and recipes! Thanks Amanda!
I spread the word about this giveaway on Facebook! :)
Im tweeting about your giveaway! *WOOT*
I hope i win….. *dreaming*
Hi. I have been viewing this blog for months on end and this is the first time i ever signed up for a contest. I’m nervous too! I dont know why. I just am! I would love to win! I just started a new photography blog that looks really boring right now. I need something to help my blog look nice! This would TOTALLY do it! I already facebooked about it and blogged about it too. Hopefully i will do ok!
I so desperately need a complete blog over-haul!! Header, signature, button, etc. I need a blog makeover, pretty please!
I am just starting a photography business and am working on my blog. Having a cool new look would be sooo fantastic!!
I could *really* use a personalised design for my ‘vanity’ url. It’s the one that is basically like an online resume. I have so much other design work on my plate right now, that I never have time to work on *my* stuff!
Have tweeted about it too!
Oh my gosh I would love, love, lovea blog makeover!! And as far as the photo tutorials, I would greatly appreciate it if you started with the basics. I’m in dire need of good photo editing knowledge :)
Hi there and thank you so much for this wonderful opportunity!
My blog needs a makeover terribly-I would love to have some cutsie side bar items and a template for posting larger photos! I tried making my own header-not to thrilled with how that turned out! lol
Ooooooooh! Photo week! Definitely looking forward to that! Would love to see tutorials about clipping masks, layers, etc. :) Super excited about that!
Have a fantastic day!
Hi Amanda,
Whoa, this would be the most amazing price ever! I have a blogspot, I wanted to start helping some causes selling stuff on there and I’m still really young…
I really wanted to do a new layout and start selling stuff for real, and i was thinking that etsy.com would be a real help, since a blospot, isn’t the best option for an online store…
But I still want a blogspot, to kind of keep people updated, and get some reviews done…
I was actually considering sending you one of the first samples of jewlery so that you could maybe review them! I’m in the process of designing them but they are really nice! My favourite one are the ones that I make with chains and the ones that I make with leather!
I have leather in nearly every single color, which is really nice! =)
I’m starting to get ready to sell them on etsy, and probably will raise some money for haiti, maybe 50% of the money that I make will go there… I was thinking of also keeping some money, which I’m not that proud of, but I really need some money to start saving up for college. Specially if I want to get to the universities that I like, which are the Ivy League ideal…
Whoa, I’m rambling on and on about myself! What an egocentric! Anyways, I wanted to tell you that I love your scraproom! It’s like my dream! =) I’m thinking of trying to start building up mine! =)
xoxoxoxo
I hope that you pick me…
And thank you so much for reading this boring piece of ramble-jumble! =D
For my New Years resoluiotn, I started Project 365. I’m taking one photo a day for 2010. Having a blog would be a wonderful place to share my pictures with family and friends. Love your ideas!
I would love to win this! I have tried to do cute things to my blog but I get frustrated and just give up! lol
And if you do a photo week, starting with the very basics would be great!
I’d love to have a blog… started a generic “blogspot” blog last year, but never did anything with it. Bland and boring… want something splashy!
thanks for the offer! I hope I win!
Yes!Yes! Please! Do some PHOTOSHOP tutorials for us please! Nothing it’s too basic I want to know it all about digital scrapbooking. Thank you Amanda for that pretty giveaway!
Blessings & Love
I would love to win a blog makeover! I’ve been blogging all about my grandaughter for 1 1/2 years now because my parents are snowbirds and miss 6 months of her growing up each year. Along with other out of state family members; it’s our way of staying connected. Would LOVE to have it look and act professional!
How Fun! I have been wanting to make over my blog. That is how I found your blog initially was your tutorial on side bars. Thanks for the share.
I love so many of the blog layouts that it would be very difficult to choose which one I wanted. But don’t get me wrong, I would choose one LOL. Even if I don’t win I’ve enjoyed looking through all of the premade blog designs.
As to the photo tutorials. I don’t have photoshop but I do have elements. What program would you be doing tutorials for. If it’s elements I would love to start from the very beginning.
Thanks for the great giveaway! I have a blog that I have no idea what to do with. Maybe I would actually write on it if it was cute!
Sounds fun. I’ve always wanted a blog!
Gosh, this is an exciting one! I’ve never had a blog and what a kick that would be..
I just started this blog in November 2009 and I would love to be able to have some photography incorporated into my blog. I would love all of it!
I would so love it if you started posting photography tutorials! I’ve tried to do a few things to tweak my pictures, but they never seem to turn out right…I’d love some pointers! Also, I’ve been thinking about starting a blog for a while and I just love all of the premade designs–especially the scrapbook designs!
I would love a new look to my blog!!
If you were to do a Photoshop tutorial you should start off basic. Or point people in another basic beginning tutorial before they do yours. I’ve used it, but some people have not and it could be difficult!
Thanks again for the design giveaway!
man this is great, if you never seen my blog you’d know why i need some kinda makin over done here.
my blog site is so damned ugly them coons wont even look in my dumpster thingy here.
i write just plain ole stories and am just a plainole red neck, no rhyme ner reason to my blog, but lotsa folks read it any way, guess they wonder whut im a gonna screw up next.
cheri, sent me this here invite to check this out, im gonna warn you right now, if you go and check my blog out, be sure and be ready to laff a little at them ole boys whut hang around there.
anyways i am still hopen’ to win this here thingy, hell you never know lessen you try.
BIG BIG HUGS
Hi Amanda! Love your website – been a fan of it for a while. I have my own however it is a Typepad site and also password protected. I have such a hard time finding out how to get to customize it myself! It’s SO boring and plain – I hate it. Are you familiar with Typepad at all? If you happen to read this post email me – I’m happy to give you the password to go in and check it out.
Thanks, Liz
What a cool giveaway! I’ll be thinking about it all weekend about what features I would like!
Love this! I have 2 blogs..one generic and published the other not published with me trying to figure out the codes!! Would love help in this area! Hopefully, if I win, I will start to blog more often.
I would absolutely love this! I downloaded your fonts and tried to upload them to my blog (following your directions) and I somehow ended up with the same, old, boring blog that I started with. I am in desperate need of a blog makeover!!
This would be a great way to sell my Antique and Vintage Dolls!
I will check this out further.
Nancy, Dolls Unlimited
Oh yes, I would love to win a new blog design. I am fairly new to blog land. I just started my blog in August and need help with a new look. I’ve even tried making my own header, but don’t know the ins and outs well enough on my own to make it. I would love to incorporate some of my own artwork into the header. How exciting!
From one Auburn girl to another, War Eagle!! I don’t know how I stumbled upon the pictures of your scrapbooking room so long ago, but I did and have checked on you from time to time ever since! I am ashamed to admit that this is my first comment, but I WOULD love to have a little blog makeover! :) I would also be thrilled to read some photography tips too… Thanks Amanda!
Just getting started with blogging. I love all of your fonts, and I hope to have the chance to use them creatively!
What a fun giveaway! I would love a blog makeover!
Oh I’d love to put your cute fonts in my blog (I don’t know how to do it by myself). And I’m learning about photoshop in my class, but my lecturer went so fast, I didn’t catch up, so pleaseee start from the basic for the photo editing. My friends are so excited when I told them about your web. :D
OHHHH, I’d LOVE a blog makeover. I just wish I knew more about the technical part of it all to make my blog more functional & easy to get around.
I love the idea of a photo week and I’m pretty sure I’m not the only one! I have to say I LOVED your bokeh tutorial back in Dec – I had SO much fun playing with the technique (I had hearts, stars, squiggles, & circles) even though they weren’t great shots they were sure fun to play around with! Can’t wait to try again next year (hopefully with more of a wide angle lens)! Love your site, so many awesome resources!!
I would LOVE a custom blog design!! I love the Pea Fonts and would really like to use them as headers on the sidebar, but haven’t been able to do it.
Also, I would love for you to do a Photo Week, but I don’t have Photo Shop! Some pointers for basic photography would be great- and Photo Shop tips so when I finally get it I can refer back to it!
I share it on Facebook.. http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?ref=profile&id=1457752866
I would love this. I don’t have as much time to devote to making my blog look pretty as I would like.
My twitter.. https://twitter.com/eunnyen I’m so excited!!! :D
Just self published a book (my memoir) about growing up in a broken home, then attending Milton Hershey School. I need a new design to help market the book better…any ideas would be great. I’d like the blog top border or sides to be like the cover of my book. How about a free copy in exchange for winning? That way you get something out of the deal, too! I promise, this book will inspire you!
Oh my! I definately need a new blog makeover!!! I would love love this!!!!! Thanks for always hosting such great giveaways!!
I would LOVE a blog makeover! It would be so fun to design something just for “me” … not for the boys, hubby or friends .. just “me”! :)
Thanks for the chance to win such a fun giveaway!!
I would love it!
Wow, this is just what I need. I made a resolution to blog more this year and decided to work on redesigning the blog as well. The main feature I am looking for is help on setting up the sections that I need fir my specific topics and info. Thanks, Amanda
I would LOVE some help with my blog! Also if you are doing tutorials, I would love one on how to take betters pictures to post on my blog…THANKS!!!
I would love a blog make-over. My poor blog needs a lot of help and I don’t know how to do it. lol
And there is nothing “too basic” you could do a Photoshop tutorial on as far as I am concerned. ;)
I blogged about it – http://jamie-cupcake.blogspot.com/2010/01/kevin-and-amanda-giveaway.html
Thanks again for this chance!
These are SO adorable!
I need a makeover…in blogland and in real life. Thanks, for opportunity to start fresh….1/2 the time I don’t blogis I rather look at other fabulous blogs and wish mine was half as good.
Hi there! Thanks so much for this amazing opportunity. I recently started blogging because I am about to leave for the Peace Corps, and I am already overwhelmed. I would love to have a blog that I love so it would encourage me to keep in touch with people. I have been stalking your blog, as well as other cute ones, and I am so blog jealous! PLEASE help! :o)
Thanks so much for hosting this giveaway! Right now I’m looking for ways to spruce up my professional blog while keeping it interesting aesthetically – and I definitely need some help! I’d like to see some photoshop tutorials on more advanced stuff, or maybe on the features you find most helpful.
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Hi Amanda! Thanks so much for offering this giveaway. I would love to win it, especially since I’ll be starting an Etsy store in the near future.
As far as your question about Photoshop tutorials – - I think it would be great if you went over some of the basics. I am new to Photoshop and have been learning as I go. I am most interested in learning how to make masks.
By the way – - I love your fonts. Thanks for offering them for free! :)
Corrie
Pick me! Pick me!
Oooh cool! Hope I win!
I’m a mother of 4, expecting #5 this summer.. we are a military family and I would LOVE a custom blog layout to keep family up to date!!
Thanks!
I didn’t even KNOW people had amazing blogs like this till yesterday! I thought my only choices were the blogger templates. I would love to win this giveaway, but in the meantime I will do what I can to revamp!
Photoshop tutorials are always welcome!
The basics are a good way to start, perhaps have different levels.
Start with some basic tutorials and move up to more advanced techniques and allow people to be able to post their progress from start to finish :)
This also allows for new and old bloggers to have something to blog about – their photography and Photoshop adventures :)
hooray for another giveaway :D -hey that rhymes!
I don’t know what I would do with a professional makeover…hmmm.
Any tips at all on the photos would be greatly appreciated. I need all the help I can get.
Thanks,
Oh Yummy I want some good looking candy on my blog!
How about some florals, flourishes and links to take to more of pages? And would love to see new photoshop tricks but nothing basic to many out there, would love to learn some juicy stuff, like how to quickly change pattern papers in an element…I’m craving some real milk chocalate here!
WOW! How cool is this?!? I would LOVE LOVE LOVE to win this giveaway! I’m a stay at home mommy to my beautiful Ava. She is truly a gift from god! But… I have little time to search and self-teach myself about blogging and photoshop, both of which I need and would love to learn. I’m addicted to Amanda’s fonts and can’t even imagine how awesome a custom blog would be using a combination of our styles :-) Thank you! Thank you! :-)
I blogged about ya!! Hope I’m the BIG WINNER!! My fingers are crossed:] (http://dawsondelights.blogspot.com/2010/01/new-look.html)
Oooops! http://dawsondelights.blogspot.com/2010/01/new-look.html
I Twittered this ;) also, I’d love any PS tutorial, the more the better!
I’d love a makeover for my private blog. I would love huge photos and something really pretty. Thanks. Love your blog.
This would be just what I need to get me going!!
I would LOVE a redo on my craft blog! I have always wanted it to be Paisley Inspired to go along with my blog name.
Also, I would LOVE LOVE LOVE you to start from very basic concepts on Photo shop and do tutorials. I SO need them :)
Great giveaway!!
Thanks for the chance to win an awesome makeover for my blog! I would love that. I can never figure out how to get MY photos into the header…
Photoshop tutorials from the VERY BEGINNING would be GREAT for me!
I will blog about this giveaway as soon as I leave. Thanks for the chance!
See you on Facebook Amanda! Awesome giveaway!
I’ve been desperate to learn more about Photoshop. I currently don’t have it but plan on getting it within the next few months. Very BASIC tutorials would really help newbies like myself.
I need a blog overhaul. I couldn’t figure out static pages on blogger so I just made completely different blog addresses for my different pages. What I would most like to change about my blog is the header. Me thinks some professional help is needed!
Thanks for offering this, Amanda!
I would LOVE to have my blog made over!
I really want to start blogging but I want it to look good. I need this.
May as well enter! I’m pretty happy with my current template, but in my perfect world I’d have separate tabs for my disparate interests. Can’t find a free pre-made design that incorporates that feature.