Wednesday, January 9, 2013

Blog Makeover {Social Media Icons}

Before my mini blog makeover, I had a link list on the side of my blog with links to each of my social media pages... facebook, pinterest, goodreads, etc.  I decided, why use links when I can use a cute icon?

I found these free social media icons that at Carrie Loves Design.  She has them in all colors.  I decided to download them in Emerald.
Once I had downloaded these icons, I uploaded them to my Picasa Web Album as a place to host the images.  There are tons of sites that tell you how to add social media icons to your blog, such as this post on Blogging with Kids.

I added a facebook icon, a YouTube icon, and an RSS feed icon (a post on what I did with pinterest is coming soon!)  I really wanted a goodreads icon, but there wasn't one in the set.  So I made one!  Carrie included a blank icon in her download set, so I opened it up in Paint.net, found a font that resembled the goodreads icon, added a big white "g" in the middle of the icon, and then loaded my new icon to my Picasa Web Album.  Perfect!  No more social media sites in my link list!
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  1. AnnieApril 3, 2013 at 5:17 PM

    This is amazing that I've stumbled upon this! I have been looking EVERYWHERE for a Goodreads silhouette! I have currently downloaded the same set of icons but like you, I have been looking to make my Goodreads icon. I was just wondering what font you used for the icon? It looks exactly alike! Thank you so much, it'd help tons! :)

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    1. Kimberly and MattApril 5, 2013 at 9:22 AM

      Thanks for the question! I'm pretty sure I just used Ariel. I had googled and found someone say the goodreads logo was Helvetica, but I didn't have that font on my computer (and couldn't find a free download), so I picked Ariel because that's similar. Good luck!

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    2. AnnieApril 6, 2013 at 9:20 AM

      Thanks! :)

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