About Cristi's Creations

I am a thirtysomething wife and work at home mom of an enthusiastic, wonderful two year old son and a beautiful baby boy. You could also say I'm a bit of a "creative junkie." My biggest creative outlet is that of photographer. However, I am also a blog nut. After months of searching the web, trying to find cute and unique blog backgrounds (and ones that wouldn't erase any of my sidebar elements), I finally figured out how to create them myself. I wanted to "share the love." So, during the Christmas season, I decided to make this little website so that my friends and family could also use the backgrounds that I had made. It's sort of just spread from there. I love doing it! (It's always nice to have another creative outlet and way to give service.) It's totally free - no strings attached. Seriously! If you do decide to use any of them, I'd love for you to comment about what you think! (Commenting helps me know what the general public prefers and which directions to take my future creations.) Thanks! Loves! Cristi :)

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Monday, December 29, 2008

One More New Year's Background

Okay - last background for awhile. We're off to Southern California to ring in 2009! I hope everyone has a fantastic remainder of 2008 and a ROCKIN' New Year! :)

Loves to all!

Cristi
http://i40.tinypic.com/efqtrb.jpg

Another New Year

I've been playing around with using photos for background "papers." Here's my first experiment. I'll keep trying to get it right, so keep checking back!

Saturday, December 27, 2008

New Year's Backgrounds

(All papers and elements are from Designer Digitals and Summertime Designs)

Enjoy and Happy New Year!!

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http://i43.tinypic.com/amz679.jpg





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Tuesday, December 23, 2008

Vintage Black and White

I LOVED finding these fun papers from Summer over at Summertime Designs. The collection is called "Vintage Oreo" which fits them perfectly! I'm a huge fan of the cute neutral colors. I hope you enjoy them too! (It's a little gift for after the holidays.)

Love,
Cristi
Simple Vintage Lace
http://i40.tinypic.com/x6c3ex.jpg



Vintage Gingham
http://i43.tinypic.com/287ln9u.jpg



Vintage Flower
http://i44.tinypic.com/2djp7cl.jpg



Toxic Class
http://i43.tinypic.com/317cc1s.jpg



Button It Up
http://i42.tinypic.com/qslide.jpg



Black Lace
http://i42.tinypic.com/2e3dded.jpg



Buttoned Up Jailbird
http://i42.tinypic.com/2sagmtd.jpg

Non-Christmas Themes

I've been meaning to post some "Non-Christmas" themed backgrounds for after the holidays. Today I'm finally getting around to it. Here are some of my "Cristi's Creations" themed background designs.

All elements courtesy of Summertime Designs


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Saturday, December 13, 2008

Will Not Delete!

FYI, I've had a few people ask, and the answer is no way Jose! :) If you follow the instructions on the sidebar, none of my blog backgrounds will delete any information or widgets from your blog. (Yay!) It was really important to me that I found a way to create backgrounds like this. I actually had found a site that I really liked once, but when I changed the bg, it deleted a lot of my sidebar widgets. So, rest assured, these ones won't do that!

Winter Themes

Walking in a Winter Wonderlandhttp://i35.tinypic.com/28mctow.jpg


Simply Snowhttp://i34.tinypic.com/2ynrs7t.jpg

Thursday, December 11, 2008

More Christmas Backgrounds

Winter Wonderland
http://i35.tinypic.com/2weiec1.jpg



Vintage Snowflakes with Red Ornament
http://i36.tinypic.com/2ro2xbr.jpg



Vintage Snowflakes with Green Ornament
http://i38.tinypic.com/rw0407.jpg



Vintage Snowflakes with Merry Christmashttp://i38.tinypic.com/2cxxgzl.jpg



Simple Vintage Snowflakes
http://i38.tinypic.com/j911xc.jpg



Vintage Snowflakes with Christmas Tree
http://i33.tinypic.com/18y7nt.jpg



Once There Was a Snowman
http://i33.tinypic.com/2gxfadf.jpg


Holly Jolly Festive Christmas
http://i34.tinypic.com/vqlhsl.jpg


Holly Jolly Festive Christmas (with ornaments)
http://i35.tinypic.com/33mvc5k.jpg


All elements from Summertime Designs and Designer Digitals

For the Holidays ... or All Year Long

These backgrounds can be used during Christmas time OR during the year. Have fun!


Red, White and Green
http://i33.tinypic.com/9zqfco.jpg



Red, White and Green with Flower and Dotshttp://i37.tinypic.com/9toj14.jpg


Lime Time
http://i37.tinypic.com/2lag4ch.jpg




Whimsical Light
http://i34.tinypic.com/5v7gn9.jpg



Holiday Berries
http://i34.tinypic.com/2w6fk03.jpg


(All elements for these backgrounds are from Designer Digitals)

Finally! They Fill the Page!

Enjoy these new backgrounds I (finally!) figured out how to create that fill more of the page!

Happy Holidays (Updated)
http://i34.tinypic.com/2upziaa.jpg



Candied Christmas Trees (Updated)http://i34.tinypic.com/m8jryo.jpg


Christmas Border (Updated)http://i34.tinypic.com/29qi806.jpg


Ornamental (Updated)
http://i34.tinypic.com/123a87l.jpg


Shiny Christmas Dots (Updated)http://i38.tinypic.com/xan4g.jpg

(All elements for these backgrounds are from Designer Digitals)

Wow!

Thanks for all the support, you guys! I have great friends and family! You rock! :)

I know my little backgrounds are really dinky and small compared to some of them out there. But I'm still working on it. I'm trying to figure out how to make backgrounds that cover the whole page. So just bear with me. (Right now, though, we have the flu at our house, so I might not get around to making any more for a few days.)

I'll also make some more backgrounds that aren't just Christmasy - out of request. I can't believe I had a request for that! Wow! Thanks again!

Love to you all!

Cristi

Wednesday, December 10, 2008

Christmas Goodies

All elements for the following backgrounds are from Designer Digitals

Christmas Flowerhttp://i727.photobucket.com/albums/ww272/cnrb78/ChristmasFlower.jpg



Christmas Candy
http://i727.photobucket.com/albums/ww272/cnrb78/ChristmasCandy.jpg



Christmas Border
http://i727.photobucket.com/albums/ww272/cnrb78/ChristmasBorder.jpg


Candied Christmas Tree
http://i727.photobucket.com/albums/ww272/cnrb78/CandiedChristmasTree.jpg

Keeping With Tradition

All elements are from Designer Digitals

Ornamental
http://i727.photobucket.com/albums/ww272/cnrb78/Ornamental.jpg


Merry Christmas
http://i727.photobucket.com/albums/ww272/cnrb78/merrychristmas-1.jpg


Holly Jolly
http://i727.photobucket.com/albums/ww272/cnrb78/HollyJollyChristmas.jpg


Holiday Ribbon
http://i727.photobucket.com/albums/ww272/cnrb78/holidayribbonedge.jpg


Happy Holidays
http://i727.photobucket.com/albums/ww272/cnrb78/HappyHolidays.jpg


Shiny Christmas Dots
http://i727.photobucket.com/albums/ww272/cnrb78/ChristmasShinyDots.jpg