Create your own Social Media

Just a simple way of designing your own color to match your blog decor.  Sometimes you may not find a color that truly matches your blog. Here's a picture tutorial on how to use PicMonkey to create the color of your choice. I think visually it's easier to learn if we can see something. That's also why I love cookbooks with photos.

 The generic images are here:  They are in .png format. Save them to your pc.




Here's the name for each of the above symbols, starting on the left.
Bloglovin
Email
Etsy
Facebook
Google +
Pin It button for Pinterest
Instagram
Pinterest
RSS feed
Twitter
Youtube

First, you need to decide on which buttons you want to use on your blog. Make a folder and save these black .png images in that folder.

Open Picmonkey        Click Design.

You will see a large white square image.  Click Canvas Color and then put a check mark in the box
that says Transparent canvas. Click apply.

 

Now click the Butterfly, which  is overlays.

Click Your Own, at the top.  Open the folder where you saved the black social media buttons..

Click one of the buttons you want.

You will see this below. 

Now click the color chart on your right and find the

color you want to use, and write down the color code,

so you know exactly what color you want to use for all of your other social media buttons.

Now move your icon to the top left of your transparent square. 

Now click the basic edit button.....and then click crop.

Ok, now we have to crop the image, so we drag the large square, so it encloses the social media button like this.

Look to your left, where it says crop.

Put these numbers in after you drag the box around the button.  Click apply. You should see this below.

Now click Resize.

 Make sure you put the size you want in there.

I am choosing 48px by 48px. Click apply.

Ok, let's save it. Give it a name, such as blue email button, and save it to your social media folder.

 Make sure you save it in .png format.

Do this for all of your buttons you want, just name each file with what you are using, blue bloglovin, blue rss,  blue email,  blue pinterest, etc.

Have fun and make some pretty colored buttons!

The previous post shows how to add social media to your blog the easy way.

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About Linda @ Life and Linda

Hello, welcome to LifeandLinda. I am from Northern California. I enjoy blogging, Designing Blogs, Decorating, cooking, entertaining, gardening and clogging. I hope you enjoy your visit.