FREE BILLY BUTTON FLOWER CLIP ART

I bought a bouquet of wildflowers at the Farmer's Market last weekend and I was lucky enough to score some billy button flowers in it.  I noticed these little yellow flowers around many blogs last year and I just think they are so cute.  I rarely see them for sale around here, so it was nice to find them at the Farmer's Market.  I thought it would be fun to take some photos of my billy button flowers and make them into some clip art.  You can download a transparent PNG file below if you would like to use them in your blog post layouts and designs (there are 2 different flowers included).  I recommend that you either use them as the size they are, or you could make them smaller (but don't make them any larger or they will lose their clarity).  Be gentle with me - This is my first attempt at some clip art and they aren't amazing but I think they would make for some cute blog post embellishments so thought I'd share them with you.  Use in small doses to embellish photos or text - Just use your imagination!

THE AUGUST BREAK

I'm excited to be participating in Susannah Conway's August Break this year!  The August Break was designed by Susannah to give herself a break from writing blog posts, but it has become an event for anyone to join in, if they like.  The idea is to post photos only on your blog for the month of August, and give yourself a break from writing blog posts.  Susannah explains it all on her blog here, if you want to read over the details.

ELLE-INSPIRED ROSE EMBELLISHMENTS

To my surprise and delight, I received a free copy of the August, 2013 edition of Elle Canada magazine in the mail last week.  I'll never turn down a free magazine!  The first thing that struck me about the cover was the use of colourful rose embellishments around the cover model.  They rarely seem to use clip art or graphics on their covers, so it struck me as something really unique.

PUGLY PIXEL - CSS PRETTY

Pugly Pixel is a blog I stumbled upon about a year ago, and it quickly became one of my favourites.  Katrina, the Blogger behind Pugly Pixel, is a web design enthusiast who shares her love of Photoshop, fashion, typography and design on her blog.  Her blog posts are always filled with beautiful images that are eye-catching and show her amazing sense of style.  I'm always in awe of her photos and layouts...She has such an amazing eye for colour and design.  Her blog is always inspiring me to keep working on my own design skills.  Lots of Pugly Pixel's blog posts contain step-by-step Photoshop tutorials and screencasts that show how Katrina creates some of the fantastic images on her site.  I've used quite a few of Katrina's tutorials and they have helped me learn a variety of Photoshop skills so that I can create or edit my own images.  Her tutorials are excellent - always well presented, clear and easy to follow.  She also has lots of free resources for bloggers that can be downloaded from her site, and some other resources for sale for very reasonable prices in her shop.