Denim and Damask, Blues and Mystery

I confess, I adore a good mystery. I began with Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys and worked my way up to Sherlock Holmes. Curled up in an armchair reading a mystery when "the game's afoot!", while the sky outside turns midnight blue and a full moon peeps through the clouds is something I very much enjoy.

The following series of Backgrounds all have blue, or mystery, or both, as the theme. :)

Design Elements were used from the absolutely wonderful Summertime Designs, and the Clock elements came from the very awesome Scrappiness Downunder.
Remember, to use a background, copy the HTML code underneath the picture.

Blue Mystery

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Blue Mystery, 3 Column

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Dancing Paisley

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Dancing Paisley, 3 Column

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Teal Shadows

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Teal Shadows, 3 Column

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Have you ever read a Sherlock Holmes story? Oftentimes the 'time' of certain events turns out to be crucial in solving the mystery.

The Clock Struck One

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The Clock Struck One, 3 Column

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(A 3 Column version without the clocks is available upon request for both "The Clock Struck One", and "Is It Time?") :)

Is It Time?

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Is It Time?, 3 Column

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The Time Has Come

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The Time Has Come, 3 Column

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And one more, just for fun!

(we had a) Grand Time

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Enjoy!

Glamorous Gray

There's something so chic and sleek about just the right shade of Gray. Or Grey. How you you spell it? I like both! :D The backgrounds in this series all have a shade of gray somewhere in the design. From charcoal to light ash grey, a subtly sophisticated look is incorporated throughout.

A Sense of Style

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A Sense of Style, 3 Column

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Gray Sophisticate (For rather wide or 3 Column designs)

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Grey Sophisticate (For rather wide or 3 Column designs)

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So sorry that there isn't a 'standard' size background for the 2 designs above!

 Greypatch




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 Greypatch, 3 Column

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Chloe's Chandelier

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Chloe's Chandelier, 3 Column

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Nanny's Dress

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(Without the chandelier, it reminds me of a dress that a proper English nanny might wear... the black, with white polka dots - oooh, and a hint of bright accent color, if she's a fashionable lady!)

The following series of backgrounds is named after one of my very dear friends, McKenzie. I was able to attend her lovely graduation ceremony, and the colors of the party and cake afterwards were much like the palette used in these blog backgrounds... and so were the polka-dots! :)

McKenzie {Flower}

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McKenzie {Flower}, 3 Column

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McKenzie

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McKenzie, 3 Column

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Grey Wildrose

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Grey Wildrose, 3 Column

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Black Madonna

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This background design "Black Madonna" was named after a book I read by Davis Bunn, one of my favorite Christian Fiction authors (or as he prefers to be titled - wordsmiths). One of my very favorite Davis Bunn books is "The Book of Hours". Check it out, you'll like it! :)

Black Madonna, 3 Column

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Enjoy! :)