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 Social Media Icon Round-Up

In the last post, I wrote about how you could make your blog look better for free, and one of the ideas I mentioned was adding social media icons but, felt like there were a lot of other beautiful and free options that I hadn't mentioned so I decided to create a small round-up for you.

1. Watercolor Social Media Icons from Every Little Polish
2. Love these Vintage Social Media Icon Stamps from Design Instruct
3.Flower and rounded pastel social media icons from Sweet Simplicity
4.Social Media Icons from A Typical English Home, available in 13 colours
5. Scribble and sketchy set fro Lil Blue Boo
6. Free Social Media Icons & Ribbons from Stumbling Upon Happiness, available in orchid, woodgrain and chalkboard.

These are all free options and should link to the buttons not home page. Hope you enjoy them and if there is interest I may make more round-ups in the near future. =)

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.