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I've officially jumped ship! The Avalon Rose Design blog can now be found here!

Grand Opening! Vintage-Inspired Digital Graphics from Eclectic Anthology

Eclectic Anthology by Avalon Rose Design is officially open! Royalty-free vintage digital graphics available for immediate download. No waiting! Commercial-use is allowed on all our graphics. Vintage/antique roses and florals, Photoshop brushes/shapes/actions, paper ephemera, photo frames, seamless backgrounds, grungy metal elements, feathers, freebies and more! Tutorials, and project ideas coming soon. Also in the near future are custom photo cards that can be ordered as prints for your event, or the digital version is available for photographers or those that want to print their own cards. New graphics will be listed on a regular basis, so don't forget to follow us on Facebook to keep up to date on when new graphics are listed!

Samples of some of our newest graphics are below....

Peacock Feathers

Silk Garden Flowers

Steampunk Time Graphics

New Year, New You Giveaway! $4500 in Prizes!

Yep, that's right. $4,500 in prizes for a lucky lady that either wants to start up an online business, or to help boost an existing business. So many prizes were generously offered by so many business women to help the winner become successful. To learn more about the whole thing and how to enter, please visit the Designher Brands blog!

New Exclusive Website Templates Available!

Several new exclusive website templates have been listed, and all are available for immediate installation to your website on one of our compatible webhosts.

Farmhouse Chic Website Template

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A beautifully clean and chic design featuring a neutral yet warm color scheme with a scalloped edge, doily and old tag adding that "farmhouse" element.  Also comes with a built-in photo slideshow for the homepage.

Retro Collage Website Template

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A intricately layered retro design featuring old buttons, polka dots, vintage papers and flashcards, pop art roses, and more with a kitschy color scheme of black, cream, red, hot pink, and turquoise.

Eclectic Romance Website Template

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An elaborately layered collage-style design featuring a retro color scheme, roses, butterflies, hot air balloon, rhinestones and more.

Nouveau Gypsy Website Template

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A dark and eclectic design featuring art nouveau elements, florals, rhinestones, drapery, and lace to bring in the gypsy aspect with a little circus flavor thrown in.

Vintage Nursery Website Template

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This design features many vintage animal illustrations as well as a gender neutral color scheme with stars and a scalloped edge. 

Damask Vintage Website Template

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An elegant design featuring a damask background, some linen and velvet ribbon along with vintage metal elements such as a key. Also comes with a built-in photo slideshow for the homepage.

NEW! Vaudeville Glamour Exclusive Website Template

A decadent design featuring rich elements in blacks, golds, and peacock colors. Feathers, metals, rhinestones and damask are all found in this design. This design is coded with SEO in mind so that your page content is one of the first things a search engine will read when visiting your site. This is a one-of-a-kind (OOAK) website template that will only be sold once.

Lovely Letterpress Exclusive Website Template

A clean and elegant design with charcoal text and ornamentation designed to be reminiscent of letterpress style. A textured gray background and clean white center make this a perfect design for many types of businesses. This is a one-of-a-kind (OOAK) website template that will only be sold once. Available for use with our compatible webhosts.

Basic Photo Editing in Photoshop Elements

I've gotten numerous requests over the years for tutorials explaining how to edit photos that come directly off a digital camera and make them usable on a website. There are many image editing programs out there, but the one I recommend most for those just starting out is Adobe's Photoshop Elements. It's quite affordable, and will allow you to do anything you need to do with your photos to make them work well on your website.

Some of the most common questions I get are how to rotate, resize, and crop photos. I've put together a video tutorial that will explain all of those things step-by-step.

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