Make Your Own Facebook, Twitter, and Email Icons

I've been working on layout changes here at Hip Chicks and while I was looking for different Facebook and Twitter icons I decided to try to make my own.

1) I drew squares to give me a reference point. Then I drew in my F and T.

2) I then rounded the corners and used an eraser to clean up my edges.

3) Once I had the look I wanted...I transferred over to a decorative piece of paper.

4) Using my "Karat Aquarell" watercolor crayons...I traced around the square and the letters, then with a paint brush dipped in water I following the lines then dragged my paint brush across my icon to blend the color.

5) Once the paint was dry I scanned my images into the computer. You could take a really good up close image as well if you don't have a scanner.

6) Using PhotoShop I cut my icons apart one at a time and saved them individually. Something like "facebook-icon-sm"

7) From there I opened my design feature on Blogger and added a gadget. I used "add a picture" then typed in my link.

They turned out just the way I wanted them to. Now I have my own artsy...one-of-a-kind icons.

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