giveaways, etc. - fringe supply co.

Who doesn't love a good giveaway?

Today I want to share a giveaway that I am particularly excited about. One of my favorite knitting blogs, One Sheepish Girl, has a contest going on now where you can win an adorable project bag filled with yarn and knitting inspired stationary. Click here (or on the images) to get all the details, and enter to win! Giveaway ends March 16, 2013.

What would you like to see in an anna knits, etc. giveaway?

blogging, etc. - small blog button

Check out my new small blog button!

             200x60 pixels

I hope to have a tutorial up soon for how to create your own custom blog button. Happy blogging!

blogging etc. - removing shadow boxes and borders

I am new to blogging, so it was nice to find blogger to be so user friendly. When I started anna knits, etc., I was happy with the Simple template I chose as it was. But as I got more advanced in my blogging, I started to want to add images without the shadow box or border that surrounded all images in my Simple template.

With shadow box and border:

Without shadow box or border:

After some searching on the internet, I discovered that you can easily do this by adding some CSS code. I wanted to share how to do this in case anyone else was trying to do the same thing. I got my directions from the stie Helper Blogger. 

Here's what you do:
1. Go to Blogger Dashboard -> Template -> Customize
2. Click on Advanced -> Add CSS
3. Paste the following CSS code into the box:

.post-body img, .post-body .tr-caption-container, .Profile img, .Image img,

.BlogList .item-thumbnail img {

    padding: none !important;

    border: none !important;

    background: none !important;

    -moz-box-shadow: 0px 0px 0px transparent !important;

    -webkit-box-shadow: 0px 0px 0px transparent !important;

    box-shadow: 0px 0px 0px transparent !important;

}

4. Click Apply to Blog.

You should be free of the shadow boxes and borders! For more blogging tips, see my post on social media buttons here.

blogging, etc. - social media buttons

I came across the blog Her New Leaf today, which has a bunch of cool design tips for bloggers under the header Primp My Blog.






I was particularly excited to find some freebie social media network buttons for download with a design that I LOVE. I have been looking for a while for some cute buttons to replace the standard ones I had on the right side of anna knits, etc., but I hadn't been able to find anything quite right. These buttons are simple but cute and I am so happy with how it turned out.

Old vs. New Buttons

The new buttons shown above come in sets of ten for different social media outlets. They are available in a variety of colors, including clementine, butter, ocean, cobalt, and glacier (shown above). You can also purchase other Primp My Blog designed buttons on Etsy here. I really like the gold glitter buttons.  

I also really like these hand painted watercolor social media buttons from The Ink Nest on Etsy. They are so whimsical. 

Primp My Blog even has a great post explaining step-by-step how to add social media buttons to your sidebar here.

I was thinking about designing my own social media icons, but I really couldn't have done it better myself -- thank you, Kira at Her New Leaf!