I should make you guess where each name is from... ;) But I'll be nice and tell you with every one. :D I was planning on releasing these next week... but then I heard that one of my friends was going to be using an "I Love it!" background with her upcoming blog makeover. Knowing her to be a fellow Jane Austen Fan, I let her know about the coming backgrounds, and she said that she would definitely be waiting on them.
So I designed ALL of these yesterday, and am sharing them today! *awesomeness* :D
Credit: The free backgrounds in this series were almost solely made using elements from Friendly Scrap, and a ribbon from Summertime Designs and another ribbon I found in a freebie kit from Wishing Well Creations.
Remember......
For the sake of saving space, I have not posted previews of the three column versions of every background... (although I do try to do that when the three column version looks different.) ...the code is just underneath the 'standard' width code for each design. (They usually look very much like the standard width except that the white middle section is just a little wider.)
To use a free background, copy the code underneath the background of your choice and paste it into an HTML/javascript gadget on your blog sidebar. :) For more details (and how to install a background into a Picture Window template, see the installation instructions page.)
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| A Grateful Heart A Grateful Heart, 3 Column ^ This background is named after Fanny Price in Mansfield Park, who had a very grateful heart. |
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| Georgiana From Pride & Prejudice... the lovely Miss Georgiana Darcy, the hero's younger sister. Georgiana, 3 Column |
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| Sunflower Sensibilities From Sense & Sensibility, obviously. :D Lol! Sunflower Sensibilities, 3 Column |
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| A Word, A Look From Persuasion. TRIVIA: This background has a nearly transparent overlay of text in the center. The text is the entire letter that Captain Frederick Wentworth wrote to Anne in Bath. And the font is called "Jane Austen". Too cool! :D A Word, A Look, 3 Column |
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| Something Infinitely More Dear From.... Emma! Mr. Knightley told her that he did not want to call her his friend because he wanted to call her "Something infinitely more dear." - awwwww. :D Something Infinitely More Dear, 3 Column |
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| The Drawing Room at Uppercross From Persuasion. Uppercross was where Anne's younger sister Mary lived with her husband and family, and where Anne first saw Captain Wentworth again after being parted for over eight years. The Drawing Room at Uppercross, 3 Column |
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| Explore the Mysterious Chest Lol... fans of Northanger Abbey will quickly recognize this scene from the book. Catherine Morland, staying in what she sees as the deliciously spooky Northanger Abbey, explores a 'mysterious chest' in her bedroom... only to find.... I shall not tell. You'll have to read the book yourself. ;) Explore the Mysterious Chest, 3 Column |
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| Lodgings in Bath This is also from Northanger Abbey, when Catherine goes to stay in Bath (before going on to Northanger Abbey) - but it would fit with several other Jane Austen stories that also include scenes in Bath. Lodgings in Bath, 3 Column |
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| Is Pride a Fault or a Virtue? Pride & Prejudice again! Elizabeth asks Mr. Darcy his opinion on this point, and at the time he cannot say which. But I think he later forms something like an opinion to the former. Inspiration for the colors came from the Keira Knightley movie version, in the scene where she asks this question. Mr. Bingley's drawing room looked so elegant! But I vastly prefer the Jennifer Ehle movie version in general. Is Pride a Fault or a Virtue? - 3 Column |
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| Sotherton From Mansfield Park - Sotherton was the incredibly grand (if stuffy, and a little in need of "improvement") estate of Mr. Rushworth, a lesser character in the story but one of my favorites as to providing humorous material... and he has my sympathy in his choice of wives. |
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| Sotherton, 3 Column I included a preview of the 3 Column version of this one because it's a bit different than the original... the lacy ribbon borders are darker. |
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| Good Health and Bloom This is from Emma, from a conversation between Mr. Knightley and Mrs. Weston (Emma's ex-governess) about Emma. I think the shade of pink looks very much like the gown she wears to the ball in the Romola Garai movie version! :D Good Health and Bloom, 3 Column |
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| Good Health and Bloom with Chandelier And, you know, 'cause I have this thing for chandeliers, I had to make a version with one. ;) (sorry, no 3 Column version) |
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| "Oh, a Cottage! How Very Snug." This title is based off a remark that Fanny Dashwood makes in Sense and Sensibility. She's the evil sister-in-law that you love to hate in the story. "Oh, a Cottage! How Very Snug."- 3 Column |
Seriously, which one is your favorite?
Enjoy!
