How to Add a Title to a Blog Header

This tutorial will cover how to add your blog title to one of my free blog banners.  This tutorial is designed to be used only with a free designer blog header and never meant to be used with any copyright protected images.  I offer a selection of free banners located through out my prefab blog themes and they are easily recognizable with the word "free" above them.  To find one of my free blog banners you can peruse the A-Z List of Blog Themes or select from one of the titles below, which are just a sampling of the free banners I offer...

Some of my Free Headers
A Heart for You, Binding Journey, Birthday Bash, Blueberry Plumcicle, Bundle of Joy, Cherish, Day Dream Believer, Fanciful Love, Flight of Fancy, Fore-Father, Freedom, Gilded Love, Je T'aime, Marleque, Once Upon a Pink October, Practical Magic, Providence, Spring Medley, St. Patty's Day, Stardust, Sunshine Garden, Tattered Garden, Tea for Two, and Vintage Easter

While I'm sure there are many free online options for successfully modifying images, for this tutorial we will be using PicMonkey.  I like this site because it has a reputable WOT rating and offers a nice simple to use interface.

Once you've selected a banner and saved it to your computer, you're ready to begin this tutorial. Be sure the banner is saved in an easy to find location ~ for this exercise I recommend placing the image on your desktop so it's super simple to find.  Now let's begin...

1. Open your browser and go to http://www.picmonkey.com...

2. Once there, hover your mouse over the "Edit Picture" area...

3. And you'll see the words change to "Click to open or drag a photo here"...

Since you have your banner located on your desktop you can easily drag and drop the image into the small rectangle area.

5. In one easy step this opens up the banner image in the PicMonkey photo editing area...

6. Now since my copyright only allows for adding text to banner images we're going to go right down to the text area and click on that...

7. Using the scroll bar, scroll through the selection of text choices to find one you like...

8. Once you've made your selection, click on that title, then click on the "Add Text" box at the top of the list...

9. With this, you'll see the Text box window open up, which includes a color chart and other selections, as well as a small box show up in the center of the banner image...

10. We'll begin by adding our text, then move on to modifying it's appearance, so let's begin by clicking inside that small text area in the center of the banner...

11. Click and type your entire blog title in that space...

12.Now before moving on, I recommend increasing the size of the text box close to how large you want your final text to appear.  To do this, hover your mouse over a corner of the white outline and grab one of the corner circles, then drag the corner out as far as you would like your title to go...

13. As you do this you'll notice your text increasing in size, so continue on until you have the size you want...

With that done you can now use the Text box menu to modify other options for your title.

14. To begin using the Text box options, highlight your blog title by scrolling over it with your mouse or click inside the white box where your title appears...

15. Go ahead and play around with these different buttons and settings to get the right affect you want for your blog title...

Here are a few tips...
✻ If you click within the color lines you can change the color of your font.
✻ "B" and "I" stand for Bold and Italic.
✻ Under the "Size", drag the small circle across the bar to easily increase the size of your text.
✻ Clicking on the arrow next to "Normal" shows a selection of other affects.
It's fun to experiment so don't be shy.

16. When you're finished and your title is just as you would like it, go ahead and click the "Save" link at the top...

17. This opens the "Save" area...

18. In this area; you'll want to leave all of the presets as they are, including the artist's original title* and the image type**...

*Since you're using a free image you'll want to leave the title as is out of respect for the originating artist.

**This is especially important when using one of my blog banners as I only use PNG images for my blog banners which ensure a clear background which helps add dimension to my designs and blog themes.

19. Now click the "Save photo" button...

20. And in the pop-up window click the "Save" button...

That's it! You have successfully added text to a free blog banner, congratulations!  Now you can follow this tutorial ~ How to Install a Blog Header to add your new banner to your blog.

Enjoy~