Anatomy of A Color Palette

The anatomy of a color palette is something a lot of people aren't aware of. I actually didn't really 'get it' for quite some time after I became a designer. The more I worked with clients, however, the more I started to understand just what a color palette really was and that it is quite a bit more than a color scheme. 

So I thought today I would take a little time to pop in for a short post explaining a bit about the anatomy of a color palette and exactly how it differs from a color scheme.

Let's take a look at the breakdown of the images/colors used in a palette, shall we?

Blogging | Using Graphic Templates

Happy Hump Day folks! Today in Blogging I ant to just a take a few minutes to talk about using graphic templates and why you should do so. You see, everyone has a schedule and everyone needs to make sure they are getting everything finished in a timely manner. That's where I become a huge fan of using templates in general but especially graphic templates. 

 

I've talked before about using email templates and how they alone can (literally) shave hours off of your day. Now we're going to dive into using graphics templates. Ready? Click clack, Jack!

Design | Things You Should Never Attempt to DIY for Your Blogs Design

When it comes to blog design, there's probably more than a few things that you probably don't want to attempt to create yourself. Despite the many programs that make it super easy for anyone to become a designer, the truth is that without the right tools and skills developed over years of training and/or learning, you should probably go ahead and hire this job out.

Tutorial | Creating & Adding Dropdowns In Blogger

The first order of business is to congratulate the winners of my relaunch giveaway this past weekend!

Hanne Vandersteen has won both the Simple Branding Service and a copy of my eBook "The EAE Bloggers Guide to Cleaning Up Your Blog"!

Congratulations Hanne! I look forward to building you a gorgeous new brand for your blog Hanne Vandersteen and I hope my eBook will guide you in all the right directions to help you implement that brand once we are finished working together!

And Natasha of Nimble Whale has won the Complete Branding + Design Package! I am looking forward to working with you as well to build your brand and blog design and get you all set up for a wonderful blogging career!

Thank you to everyone who entered! This was such fun! Expect another major giveaway after the new year Readers!

Now on to todays post...

Unfortunately Blogger does not have an option to utilize dropdown menus. Although I am not particularly a fan of using dropdown menus because they lack mobile optimization. There are times, however that a dropdown is needed and that's when I employ the hand CSS Menu Maker tool. 

To kick off Tutorial week I though creating a CSS + HTML dropdown menu would be a fun way to really get the ball rolling. Often considered complex and just not worth the effort, drop downs have had the bad luck of being overlooked and rarely used. 

I have had a few clients ask for dropdowns because their blogs have grown to such epic size that they need a cleaner and more organized look and feel. 

So as soon as you are ready to see my step by step tutorial to create and add a drop down menu to your Blogger blog, clicky clicky and let's do this!