A banner day

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While my husband and son went golfing, I wasted spent about 2-1/2 hours playing on FotoFlexer to come up with a new banner for my Etsy shop.  Here's the result:

The thing is, it doesn't all show up in the shop.  Only "indulge" -- even though I've resized it to the the requisite 760 x 1000 pixels.  A couple of times.

I'm no good at this.

I think I'm going to need to pay someone to create an identity for me, for both shops.  And some business cards, too.  Any suggestions?

Comments

Linda Sue said…
I don't know, Laurie- I rather like how it comes up as just INDULGE- the background is gorgeous...
July 16, 2010 at 10:07 AM
Micki said…
I like it the way it is...I think it is pretty!
Micki
July 16, 2010 at 11:55 AM
Pretty Things said…
Thanks so much for your kind words about Buddy -- it's so appreciated.
July 16, 2010 at 12:38 PM
Lucy - By the Hill said…
It looks pretty the way it is but I think I know the problem. You say in your post 760 x 1000
If you right click on the banner on etsy, then click properties, you'll see that the size is 760 x 100 (one hundred)760 is the width, 100 the height. I think you made an error and being too big it cut off the excess.....
just catching up on my blog reading and love your finds!
July 16, 2010 at 5:53 PM
Bunty said…
Hope you manage to work out what the problem is. I'm unable to offer any useful help as I find this kind of thing extremely frustrating! It looks good though and I agree that just the word Indulge ...... is very tempting! Perhaps it's serendipity?!!

Thanks for leaving a kind comment on my blog.

Barbara :)
July 18, 2010 at 6:04 AM
Lydia said…
I do mine in Adobe/I-photo, usually, and it is a pain in the neck. Usually , in the end I use some artistic instinct to get it near where I want to have it. But it usually takes a gazillion tries!
July 19, 2010 at 12:06 PM
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