Freebie Friday - More Sidebars with coordinating social media buttons

I was kind of having fun designing free blog elements lately so I decided I would make it a series and will try to offer a new freebie or collection of freebies every Friday. This week I have a new design and font.

I call the shape arrow style and the font is Special Elite (in all cap locks). Here are the Sidebar Titles in Mint...

I also thought I would offer social media icons in coordinating colors. If the below image looks darker its just because the background image is white instead of transparent. The actual images should be identical. Mint Social Media Icons Download.

And I also offered it in Bubblegum Pink as well.

With coordinating pink heart social media icons.

Let me know what you think, and please just leave a comment if you wanted it in any other colours, or if you have any trouble downloading them. Thanks, and hope you like them!

And you can find the previously free sidebar titles here

Free Sidebar Titles

In How to Make your Blog Look Better for Free I mentioned one effective and easy way was to add sidebar titles (instead of simple text) to your posts. So I tried my hand at designing again and here are the free sidebar titles I came up with....

Currently there are five colours in two different shape options. But I am currently taking colour requests as I would like to offer a few more options. Purple Option....

Or Light Yellow Option (with grey font)

I'm slightly bad with colours so I simply called the colour below BlueGreen

Light Orange Option

And here is a 'cut' version in grey.

For now the design and font style will remain the same I am only offering colour changes, and I will also take requests if there was a specific sidebar title you wanted although I did offer a blank option which you can customize yourself - I used the Tall Dark and Handsome Font.

So I am new to sharing files and images so I read somewhere someone recommended using DropBox for free downloads so I have saved all the above images to my Dropbox and here is the link:
Musings of an Average Mom DropBox


Please let me know if you have any trouble downloading the files, or if you had a better option for sharing files.

How to Make Your Blog Look Better... For Free

I am a bit of a frugal person (understatement of the year) and don't really believe in spending money on things you can get for free. Some people spend a lot of money creating a blog that will make them some money. Some are successful some are not. Personally I am in the category that you shouldn't spend money until you begin earning at least when it comes to blogging.

There are a lot of free resources on the web you can use to make your blog look more professional, even if you can't design worth the beans. Have you seen my last attempt at creating my own printable? Ummm... yeah. But I am an expert at locating gorgeous (and almost always free) printables and resources.

 

First off I think a pretty header for your blog title is a must. I snagged the header I am currently using as a freebie from LeeLou- Blogs but unfortunately all her cute freebies are now offered for a small price.

But I have attempted to make my own headers to share with all my readers which you are free to use however you want for personal or commercial use except to sell or offer as a freebie on your own site. Although a link-up would be greatly appreciated. =)

Blue and Yellow...

Blue and Pink Stripes...

Should just be able to right click and save them to your computer. I created them in png. format so the background is transparent but if you have any troubles just comment or email and I will try to figure it out.

Also there are 5 cute options over at Dana Sears with tutorial on how to add them. Make sure you grab them there for better quality.

Secondly, I love blog buttons and have made these awesome free sidebar titles for you. They come in various colours and I offer a blank one as well so you can open them in paint and customize them with your own subheadings.

There are also great social media buttons from a Typical English Home as well, with a tutorial even a computer illiterate like myself can follow. Or you can grab some from I Rock So What

 

For more free social media icons check out my Social Media icon Round-Up. So there is my beginning ways to make your free wordpress or blogger blog look a little more professional and less... well free. Will get to backgrounds and more free blog elements in a later post.