New Banner: Barbara Spooner

Here's another banner up! This time, I made a banner featuring Barbara Spooner from Amazing Grace. What do you think?

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New Banner: Lady Sybil Crawley

Thanks to my discovery of textures (which probably isn't a new technique, but it's new to me!), I came up with another banner. What do you think? (Click for a bigger picture)

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Banner Breakthrough!

I finally had a breakthrough as far as creating banners goes! I came up with these styles through experimenting with textures and another blending technique. Let me know what you think. I'm actually pretty proud of these banners. Make sure you view the full size of these banners to get the full effect of the textures.

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More Banners!

I finally made a couple of more banners. These banners are for Downton Abbey and The King's Speech.

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Persuasion (1995) Banner

Last night, I made another banner. This banner was suggested by Charity from Austenitis. What do you all think?

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Banner: 2005 Pride and Prejudice

Though it is not my favorite version of Pride and Prejudice, I recognize that there are many of my dear followers who like the 2005 movie of Pride and Prejudice. I had just yesterday gotten a request from Eva-Joy from Between the Covers to do a banner of Keira Knightley's Elizabeth Bennet. Here is what I came up with.

I think it turned out really well. The thing with making banners and using Photoshop is that if you play around with it enough, you run into new techniques that you can use. I think I've found a couple of new techniques with this banner.

So, what do you think of this new banner? Even if you don't like the 2005 movie, how do you think it turned out? Do you like the effects that I used (words behind Lizzy, light glowing effect, etc.)? Feel free to leave a comment!

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Another Downton Abbey Banner

I've gotten on a bit of a "Downton Abbey banner roll" lately. I've made another banner, but this one is made with screenshots from Season 1. Click on it for the full size picture.

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New Banner (Finally!)

I've created a new banner! I've been watching the new season of Downton Abbey recently (by the way, good! I'll have to review it soon!) Slight spoiler, but Mary and Matthew sing at a concert together, and for the past week, I've had the song stuck in my head. So I created a banner for it:

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New Banner! (Amazing Grace)

 And finally last night, inspiration struck! After a long time, I finally came up with a new banner. What do you all think? (Click the banner to get the full image; you get more of the details)

Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound,
That saved a wretch like me.
I once was lost but now am found,
Was blind, but now I see.

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The Big Changes Have Come! And 200th Post!

At long last! The Big Changes! What is new? The Layout, the pages at the top, some goodies! Would you like to take a tour of it? Here are the major changes.

Front Page

Before: One big, blended header at the top of the page featuring different period dramas around in a circle and in the middle "Elegance of Fashion" is in front of a picture of Pemberly from Pride and Prejudice. At first, there was one side bar with polls, poll results, lables (all jumbled together), blog buttons, and other miscellaneous things. A second side bar was added for tournaments. The background featured a scene from Pride and Prejudice where Elizabeth was touring Derbyshire with her Aunt and Uncle Gardiner. At the bottom was an award that I won for having a "Stylish Blog".



New Header!



Now: A not so blended banner hangs at the top of the page featuring many heroines from different period dramas. The Background is a picture of the castle that was used for Downton Abbey (considering the breathtaking photography, it makes a great addition). The links to the different pages are not at the left side bar. The Side Bars have been rearranged to hold different "sections" in them. The lables are not longer jumbled at the side bar but are now neatly sorted and easy to look through; however, all the labels can be viewed at the bottom of the blog. The Pride and Prejudice Wardrobe button has been changed to fit the side bars better. The awards section is still in the same spot as before.

And since my first layout was so well loved, I have documented it in this post!

Page Headers

Before: The title of the page would be similar to a regular blog post. There wasn't anything fancy before the introduction (excepting the Review Index, which had a banner at the top).

Now: All pages have a decorative banner at the top of the page (except the Banner page, Pattern Library, and the About Page).

Review Page

Before: There was only one banner on the page at the top. Period Dramas were filed under text that read "TV Series", "Miniseries", "Movies" and "Comics".

Now: A new banner was made and put up and instead of the text headings for the different types of media (TV Series, Miniseries, etc.), there are now banners with pictures and decorative text.

Recommended Period Dramas

Before: A page that at the beginning of Elegance of Fashion, I had some period dramas that I liked, but never updated much afterwards.

Now: A more current page of my absolute favorite period dramas and a description of why I like the different period dramas listed on that page and some information about each one.

Goodies!

And, since this is kind of a big event at Elegance of Fashion, I have made a couple of more goodies for you to look at and use on your blog! Blog Buttons, Banners, and some other little Extras to put on your blog if you wish! Have a look at the Banners, Blog Buttons, and Extras pages! But here's a little preview of the goodies. Make sure you check the Banners, Blog Buttons, and Extras page.

Banners
I made two banners which are both right here!

Tasha from History Back in Time suggested a Downton Abbey banner

Blog Buttons

I've made 10 new Blog Buttons! Here are three of them as a little preview!

Extras

And I Have a Signature!

And in addition to all of this, I now have a little signature picture at the end of my posts (though I think I'll keep the signiture off for the reviews).

And this is also my 200th post!

Thank you everyone for being so supportive and for reading my blog!

Another Banner

Just made this banner. This was suggested by Tasha from History Back in Time.

Also, make sure you vote in the Wild Card round of The Period Drama Hero Tournament! There are only a few more hours left to vote!

Banner!

Another banner!

This was suggested by Melody at Regency Delight~Jane Austen etc.

What do you think?

Another Banner!

Made another banner awhile ago! What do you think?

This banner was suggested by Tasha from History Back in Time.

More Banners!

Some new banners have just been added to the banner page. What do you think?

After a long while... Banners!

Wow! It's been a long time since I last put up banners. I happened to make a couple more. I made 1 Little Dorrit Banner, 1 Pride and Prejudice Banner, and 1 Emma Banner.

What do you think of these banners? Should I make a separate page with all the banners on it? What do you think?

Couple more Banners

Made these banners this evening. They're repeated themes, but I was just trying out some new techniques for effects. I did try a new font. The font I usually use is called "Jane Austen"; this font that I used is called porcelain.

New Banner

After so long, I finally made another banner!

It's a little darker colorwise than I anticipated, but I think it was blended nicely.

New Banner

Hey,
I've been pretty busy with Christmas, so I haven't had much time to work on banners. I did make one, though. Here it is!

I got a little creative with pixalating and slightly bluring the pixals. I think it turned out pretty good.

More Banners!

Hey everyone!
I made a couple of more banners. You can click on the banner for a larger picture with more detail. Enjoy!

The two banners above were suggested by Charity U of Photographer at Heart and Austenitis.

Some Banners

Well, with my finals almost over and all my papers turned in, I had a little time to play around experimenting and creating banners. If you click on the picture, you will get a larger image. I only made three so far: Elinor Dashwood from Sense and Sensibility, Elizabeth Bennet from Pride and Prejudice, and Marianne Dashwood from Sense and Sensibility. Enjoy!