New Year 2013

Wow, it is a New Year!!  I am excited.  I would like to get out of the rut that I have been in the last year and get back into scrapbooking and blogging and documenting!  I need to get into a routine and I'm sure that will help a lot.  I don't think I will be creating my own desktop backgrounds again but would like to get some more scrapbooking templates up for you all to enjoy.  In the meantime, I have found some websites I would like to share.

Lee Lou Blogs has some wonderful blog backgrounds, digital kits, and desktop freebies.  Here is January's.  She also has a wallpaper for your phone or tablet.  So cute.

Click on the links above to go there to get the download.

I just found this cute Desktop Wallpaper that you can use all year long.  Just add your own photos.  So adorable!  Click to go to Pixeled Paper Designs to get the freebie.

Eighteen 25 is another popular blog that shares all kinds of crafts and goodies.  They have 2012 CD covers if you burn all your photos onto a CD to save.  Go here to get those.

Happy New Year!!  And tell me, what is YOUR New's Year Resolution?

March PC Desktop Wallpaper

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It's March!  And I have a computer background for you!  Doesn't it seem just like yesterday we were celebrating New Year's eve and making resolutions?  And now it's March ... in like a lion and out like a lamb! (I hope)  I am looking forward to spring.  (and then summer - can't wait!  I LOVE summer!!)

Click below to get this free March 2012 desktop background for your computer:

1280x800 version | 1280x1024 version

(Widescreen Monitor)  |         (Regular monitor)

Click below to get this free March 2012 desktop background with room for pictures for your computer:

1280x800 version | 1280x1024 version

(Widescreen Monitor)  |         (Regular monitor)

Also, since it's March it's time to think about registering for school next year.  Have you signed your child up for preschool yet? Check out Lil' Red Hen Academy.

February Desktop Wallpaper

Pin It I have the February Desktop Wallpaper Freebie all ready for you!  I added one more Widescreen layout for you.  The 1366x768 size works great for my laptop widescreen monitor, but the 1280x800 works better for my 24" Monitor.  I don't have a regular size monitor so I hope the 1280x1024 has been working great for you guys.  Let me know if you have any questions or suggestions.  Just comment below.

Click below to get this free February 2012 desktop background for your computer:

1366x768 version | 1280x800 version | 1280x1024 version  

(Widescreen/Laptop)        (Widescreen Monitor)              (Regular monitor)

If you want your desktop wallpaper to have pictures you can download these .png files and insert your own pictures with your photo editing software.

Click below to get this free February 2012 desktop background for your computer:

1366x768 version | 1280x800 version | 1280x1024 version  

(Widescreen/Laptop)        (Widescreen Monitor)              (Regular monitor)

Have a great "love" month!!  It's my anniversary this month and we will have been married 12 years!  Time sure does fly by and every year just keeps getting better and better!

A new Month ... a new Year ... a new Desktop freebie!

Happy New Year!!!  I hope that 2012 is a great year for us all!

Widescreen 1366x768 | Widescreen 1366x768 w/pictures | Regular 1280x1024 | Regular 1280x1024 w/pictures 

You can download this desktop background in a Widescreen format or a Regular format.  You can download it in a .png format to insert your own pictures or just as a .jpg format without the picture option.

How to use my free Desktop Wallpapers.

I've had several of my readers ask how to use the desktop backgrounds I offer on my blog.  I'll show you one easy way that will just take a minute to do whether your using Windows or a Mac.

You'll first want to pick which size desktop to download. It all depends on the size of your monitor. Either desktop calendar will look fine on your computer, but if you get the one that relates to the size of your computer monitor it will look best. Click on the link or the picture of your choice to download the desktop background to your computer.

When you click on one of those links, a new window will pop up.  You will then right click on the background and save it to your computer.  You can save it to a new folder called Desktop Backgrounds or just save it to your desktop.

Now that you have the new background downloaded to your computer go to where you saved it and right click that image. A box will pop up and you'll want to click 'Set as Desktop Background'. 

If you use a Mac you'll do pretty much the same thing. When you right click on the desktop background image, a box will pop up and you'll want to click 'Set Desktop Picture'. Click that and you're done!

If you'd like to customize your desktop with a picture, I will be doing a tutorial for those soon.

All my desktops are for personal use only. No commercial use or redistribution.  Please contact me if you have any other questions about their use. Thanks!

December Desktop Calendar

Wow!  It is December!  I have been doing these desktops for almost a year.  I started doing them in February. Let me know if you would like me to continue them next year!

Remember, to download you can click on the link or on the description link below each Wallpaper.

December Widescreen 1366x768

December Widescreen 1366x768 with Pic

December Regular Monitor 1280x1024

December Regular Montor 1280x1024 With Pic

I hope you all have a wonderful December and a Merry Christmas!

November 2011 Desktops

Holy Biscuits!  Can you believe it's November already?  Maybe this year has gone by fast because I've been making these desktops every month and they seem to sneak up on me.  I'm sorry this one is late.

1366x768 Widescreen Monitor Download Here

1366x768 Widescreen Monitor with Picture Option.  Download Here

1280x1024 Regular Monitor.  Download Here

1280x1024 Regular Monitor with Picture Option.  Download Here

You can also click on the images to download directly.  If you are interested in tutorials on how to use these desktops, let me know.  I am working on some video tutorials if you are interested.  I also have classes available for the digital scrapbook classes!  It's Digital Scrapbook Day!  Hope you have a good one!

October 2011 Desktop

I am enjoying so much the opportunity I have to help my husband in our Potato and Sugar Beet harvest.  I enjoy driving truck or driving tractor when needed.  I didn't think I would get this desktop done this month.  As things happen, I am sitting in my 10 year old daughter's hospital room waiting for her to get out of surgery from breaking her elbow at school.  She was "flat tired" at school and fell down yesterday.  She has been pretty tough!  It seems only fitting that I work on this desktop for one of her favorite holidays ... "Halloween"!  Enjoy!!

1366x768

1366x768 with option to add pictures

1280x1024

You can download these by clicking on the images or the links under them.

Have a wonderful OCTOBER!

September 2011 Desktop

I tried to make more than one size this time for the different sizes of screens out there.  I have been making them at the 1366x768 size originally and if that works for you then download that size.  If you want to try out a different size or don't know which size would work with your desktop the best, check your display settings and the resolution of your screen.

For most of you, school comes to mind in September, but the State Fair comes to mind for a lot of us around this fall time.  I thought it would be fun to use some elements from a blog train I got last year from the Blog Train blog.  I hope you enjoy the desktop!

Click on these links to download:
1366x768 with Pic
1366x768
1280x1024
1024x768
1280x800

August Desktop Freebie

Can you believe that it is August already??  2011 is now on the downside or flipside or however you want to look at it.  I really can't believe it.  Maybe I'm in denial ... I don't think I want to believe it.  School will be starting soon and life will get to be a different kind of crazy.  Not the kind of crazy I'm as good at.  I truly enjoy my kids home and the busy-ness that summer is but the freedom that it is as well.

Below is the August's Widescreen Desktop Freebie for you.  I hope you enjoy it.  Just click on the image to make it larger and then right click to save image to your computer or click here to make it bigger.

Also below is the Desktop file you can add a photo too if you have a program you can manipulate layers with. Download by doing the same as above or download here.

Enjoy!  And tell me, what does August mean to you?

July Widescreen Desktop

July is my MOST favorite month!!  I absolutely love America and love that I have a birthday in the same month as our country.  I love to decorate in Americana and I am so excited for this month's desktop theme.  Check out the post below this one as well ... more America!   There was a blog hop this month from Jessica Sprague's CT that was only for a week, but it was so fun and I loved their kits.  The elements and papers are from their kits.  Check out their shops.

Click Here if you want the desktop with the .png file with the option to add your own picture or click Here for the desktop without the picture. (You can also click on the preview's to get a direct download.)

I hope you enjoy them!  Let me know if you do ... or don't.  Either way.

June Desktop Freebies

Boy!  May went by fast and I didn't get any templates made for you.  Maybe I will have more time in June.  May was filled with school activities and I have a lot of scrapbooking of my own to do now.  :)  Fun stuff!!

Here are two June Desktop Freebies for you.  Since Father's day is in June the theme is a little more masculine.  Click on the preview images to download or click on the links under the images.

 Link for June Desktop without pictures here.  This is for a Widescreen Computer Monitor.

If you want to put your own pictures in your desktop you will need a program that works with Layers.  You can download the .png file for this desktop here.

May Desktop Freebie

May!!  It's May!  The month that seems to promise a warmer spring here in Idaho.  The month to remember Mother's.  And National Scrapbook Month!  I hope to have lots more templates for you this month!

For now, here is May's Desktop freebie for Widescreen Monitors.  This first one is normal.  The 2nd one you can add a picture if you like.  Just click on the images to download from Box.net.

Enjoy!  And like always, please comment if you download and use them.  Have a wonderful month!

Free April Desktop Background

I am excited for Spring to come.  While I was designing this it was snowing!  Can you believe it?!?  Well, I can.  It's Idaho.  The weather is unpredictable everywhere I think.  Spring will come ... someday ... and I can't wait!  In the meantime, I hope this desktop background will help you feel a bit more "springy".

You can download by clicking on the image or by following this link:  Box.net download link  This is for a widescreen monitor.  Let me know if you would like the regular monitor size.  {And please comment if you download. It gives me encouragement to keep making these}

Enjoy!  And have a GREAT April!!

March Desktop

Here is the March Desktop I designed.  I hope you like it and use it.  This is for widescreen 1280x800 version.  If you would like the 1024x768 version please comment to let me know.  The image is linked or you can follow the link below.  Have a wonderful March!

March Desktop [Widescreen] Link
March Desktop [Regular Monitor] Link

(please comment if you download.  THANKS!)

Free February Desktop Background

I made a desktop background for my computer.  If you would like to use it just click on the image then right click and save to your computer.  It is for a wide screen monitor (1280x800 version).  If you would like it for the regular size (1024x768 version) comment to let me know and I will update this post.