Hi! Since y'all love my how-to for making Lilly Pulitzer binder covers, I'm going to show y'all how I make Lilly Pulitzer Monogrammed Desktop Backgrounds! Enjoy!
You technically don't have to use a Lilly print, but they're my favorites and they're super fun! So, download one from the Lilly Pulitzer website or from Google images and open it with Preview.
Now, open Microsoft Powerpoint (but you can also use Photoshop). I downloaded a monogram font a while back from a free fonts website, so type your initials in three separate text boxes. Make the left and right initial in the monogram 200 pt., and the middle initial 300 pt.
Next, move the text boxes so they look like a monogram! Also, choose the color for your monogram.
Screen shot the monogram and a lot of the white area around the monogram. Open it in preview.
On preview, go to Select on the toolbar and select Elliptical Selection.
Make a large circle around the monogram, then cut it.
Here is the final monogram product! Copy the monogram.
Go back to the original Lilly print, and crop the print so it is rectangular. This is so it looks better as a desktop background.
Paste the monogram on top of the print, and resize it any way you like!
Here is my new desktop background!
I hope these instructions were easy enough to follow! Have fun making new backgrounds!
Have a great day!
xoxo, Hannah
CUTE, CUTE!! I love it :)
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I have a really similar background on my desktop right now! Love the tutorial, super easy to follow and I love the print you picked :)
ReplyDeleteSo cute!!!!
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for the adorable idea!
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Thanks so much for the help! I've been wanting to do something like this for a while but always felt I wasn't techy enough!
ReplyDeletethis is such a great tutorial! thanks for sharing. now what font is that? the font can make all the difference! Have a happy Friday and be sure to check out my giveaway ending soon :).
ReplyDeleteHere is the font I used! http://www.dafont.com/monogram-kk.font
DeleteSuper cute!! Thanks for sharing this. :)
ReplyDeleteAhhhh love it!!
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Can you tell me what program you used on your Mac?
ReplyDeleteI did it! And I LOVE it! Thanks for the idea!!
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how do you cut out the background around the font? when i tried, it cut out the font
ReplyDeletewhat is the american flag background that you have on your computer during this tutorial?
ReplyDeletedear, do you know if you could do this if you dont have a mac?
ReplyDeleteabove the eighth photo, you say to copy the monogram onto the desired background. How do you do that?
ReplyDeletewhat is the american flag background that you have on your computer during this tutorial? ???
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Deletethank you SO much!! just made a ton of binder covers :)) xx
DeleteI love this! how would you do this on a windows computer using word?
ReplyDeleteJust did this for my background! Love it!
ReplyDeleteJust did this on my computer! love it! Is there anyway to do it for an iPhone?
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