Make your blog or website look awesome with some of these free resources (and without hiring a web designer)

1. BEAUTIFY
YOUR BLOG
HOW TO MAKE YOUR SITE
LOOK awesome!
Gemma from Jane&Philbert

4. BLOG & WEBSITE THEMES
• What is your platform? (WordPress.com/.org, Blogger, Tumblr
etc.)
• NOT ALL THEMES ARE CREATED
EQUAL!

5. FONTS & TYPOGRAPHY
• A little web font history
• What the hell is a “serif” and a “sans-serif” font?!

7. FONTS & TYPOGRAPHY
• And a “Display” font...?
It looks
BRILLIANT when huge...
...and
completely shit
when small.

8. FONTS & TYPOGRAPHY
• Rule of thumb:
ONE GREAT TEXT FONT
+
ONE OR TWO DISPLAY FONTS FOR TITLES
& HEADINGS
=
EASY TYPOGRAPHY RECIPE FOR BEGINNERS

9. DON’T FEAR THE FACE
Would you trust this man?

10. DIY HEADERS & GRAPHICS
• Bravery
• Practice
• The ability to “appropriate” other people’s designs.
• And now for a rant about “colour theory”...

11. MMM, HEALTHY & NOURISHING

12. JOYFUL SUNSHINE?

13. EARTHY AND MANLY?

14. DIY HEADERS & GRAPHICS
• Colour means nothing without context
• Just consider your target audience, and pick a colour that
reflects who you are best to those people.
• Not sure about “your style”? Build a Pinterest board of styles
you like

15. DIY HEADERS & GRAPHICS
• Pixlr.com
• KEEP IT SIMPLE
• Look at colours and fonts used on your site – those are useful
pointers to keep everything on brand
• Use your Pinterest board for inspiration

16. Q+A

17. MORE INFO AVAILABLE AT
janeandphilbert.com/mumsne
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THANKS &
Happy Pimping!