Christmas and Winter Blog Templates

This post is all about how you can give your blog a little Christmas (or "holiday") spirit. Several designers offer free Christmas blog templates (which you install yourself). A few others make custom premade templates that are for sell for a small fee. Some premades include installation and some don't, so be sure to check before purchasing if that is important to you.

I put a LOT of time into this post, believe it or not, so if you find it helpful, please feed me with some comments! (Just kidding, but not really).

Free Templates:

Lena at Simply Fabulous Blogger Templates has once again outdone herself. She has created several gorgeous winter and Christmas templates and all for free!

Louise at Adori Graphics has a few free holiday templates that are so cute and festive, and she has two holiday Twitter backgrounds she offers free also.

Dawn at Almost Ready Blogs has three adorable holiday templates that she provides free. While you're there check out her neat Advent wreath.





Amy Bayliss at Split Decisionz has a cute Christmas Blogger template available free.





Template Mama has an incredible amount of free holiday templates, some cute and some sophisticated, definitely something for everyone.





Butterflygirlms Blog Designs has several templates available, some Christmas and some winter, all fantastic! 



Premade Templates for Sale:




Erin, Amy and Lauren at Designer Blogs offer gorgeous premade holiday templates, which include installation. I was up late one night last week and decided to buy a holiday template for my personal blog, Moving Forward. The template was installed less than 30 minutes later!




April at April Showers offers premade Christmas templates OR she can give your current template a few festive changes, which I think is SO cool!






Emily Joy at Rainy Day Blog Design has a few holiday premades available. They are really cute and include a lot of extras.


 LeeLou Blog Designs has several holiday premade layouts that will satisfy the inner-scrapper in you!

Custom Design Special:




Blogs by Sneaky Momma is running a special called "seasonal mini-makeovers." For just $12 you pick a special background, she makes a special header for you, installs the new template and then reinstalls your old one when the holidays are past. Seriously, this is an amazing deal!!

Special Note: I do not receive compensation in any way from any designers for advertising their sites. I do this as a service for them and you.

Add a Little Holiday Cheer to Your Blog

Would you like to add some holiday cheer to your blog without changing your whole blog template? Holiday buttons are the ticket. Add one to your sidebar or wish your readers a Merry Christmas with just a button in your post that day (write it days before and schedule it to post on the special day).

Here are a few from April Showers. Go to her site to see all her cute buttons and blinkies and to get the code for them. She shows how to add them to your blog, so don't worry if you don't know how to do it yet.

More Beautiful Blogs

Since I do my Beautiful Blog feature on Mondays, I want to also add that Designs So Pretty is a blog dedicated to featuring beautiful blogs all week long. I LOVE the blogs that Kristin picks to feature and she's also a blog designer so she has a great eye for picking them!

In the future, my Monday feature post will include a link to Designs So Pretty so you can see what she featured the past week.

Beautiful Blogs Series: French Charming

This week's beautiful blog is French Charming, a blog about "lifestyle, inspiration and all things lovely." Karyn, the blog owner, is a former boutique owner and has a great eye for finding things that please the eye and heart. Her new blog design certainly caught my eye!

The design is simple yet so unique! And, I love the little shop signs that serve as sidebar headers - how cute! The colors are bold and vivid but not overpowering and I love that it has a simple white background.

The designer to created the perfect look for French Charming is Traci at Sweet Cheeky Designs. Pop over to her site to see more lovely blogs she's designed.

Congratulations, Karyn, on such a great blog design! Here is a button if you would like to share this feature with your readers, either in a post or on your sidebar.

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