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Birdie Boutique Web Template
Birdie Boutique is a new boutique web template that I’ve just added to my premade templates section of Sweet Boutique Design. It’s a hand drawn design that’s sure to make any online boutique look super cute! I designed it in Photoshop CS3 and it is a tableless CSS, fixed width template for use with my compatible hosts. I will be making a matching WordPress theme as time permits.
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Graphic Design Services
Let me help you make your site complete with a graphic illustration for print or for use on your website. I can draw almost any type of illustration you need for a product collage, print graphics, website graphics for promoting your business, product displays, product instructions, and more! Just email me at admin[at]sweetboutiquedesign.com for more information. I don’t currenlty license all of my work for commercial use. Meaning, I don’t allow for other designers to use certain illustrations or graphics for resale.
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Images from the web
This is a crash course in using images from the web on a a blog and website. If you do want to use an image you find in a Google, Yahoo or some other image search, please follow these simple steps.
- DON’T just use an image from a GOOGLE or YAHOO image search!
- Find a legal place to purchase a graphic you want to use on your website or blog (iStock, Dreamstime, BigStock Photo, etc.)
- Make sure this image doesn’t belong to someone else (9 times out of 10 it will).
- Use an image legally, take the time to find out who the author of the image is.
- Just because an image is on the Internet, and you can right click to save to your desktop, doesn’t mean it’s free to take an use, especially for commercial use.
- If you don’t want to do any of that, make your own graphics or images.
- If you don’t want to make your own images and still take whatever you want, legal action could be taken against you by the artist or image owner.
Just remember, the Internet is not a place to just take whatever you want and use it. The sad truth is that it happens way to much and many artists and designers are left with the bad taste in their mouth from copyright infringement.
