Making a back ground for eggbid auction????

[Flufnstuffs~FluffySilkies]

Do any of you know how to make nice backgrounds for auctions???
I stayed up till 3:30 last night and could not figure it out. Everything I did looked stupid.
Here is an example of what I am talking about.

http://www.eggbid.com/listings/details/index.cfm?itemnum=1193376566

 

[magikchick]

I don't think the background looks stupid at all. I like it.

 

[sgtmom52]

Looks good to me too! Nice background - not too dark to be distracting.

 

[ZuniBee]

Actually, I think you have done a fantastic job on the background. When I build websites many times I find that I just can't get it right, especially when I am up until 3am working on it....then I give up and go to bed. The next morning I wake up fresh and find the site actually looks pretty good. I think you will find this the case today. Very nice background!

 

[PurpleChicken]

Looks good to me too.

Your up to $51 for 8 eggs. That's incredible.

I've told a few of you to charge more for your eggs!!!

 

[snugglepup]

Um... you guys... I could be wrong. But I'm pretty sure that listing is not Melanie's. I think she was just posting that as an example of what she wanted.

 

[joanm]

I think it looks great. Like sgtmom said, not distracting.

 

[ZuniBee]

Um... you guys... I could be wrong. But I'm pretty sure that listing is not Melanie's. I think she was just posting that as an example of what she wanted.

I think you might be right. She is in NY and the listing is in Mass.... keen eye snugglepup!

LOL oh well, I guess thats why it looks so nice...it's what she is trying for.​

 

[Flufnstuffs~FluffySilkies]

YES THAT WAS THE EXAMPLE.
Thats not mine thats Janets of hattrick silkies. She did a super job.
I just love her back ground and was hoping some one could tell how to try to make something
like that. With my own Pics and color choices.

Melanie in NY

 

[snugglepup]

I have never made an ad on egg bid, but I'm guessing its similar to making a web page. It looks like on that ad she has taken a photo of her birds and made it very light, then tiled it for the background.

I believe there is actually a tool you can use to make backgrounds for web pages out of photos. But you could accomplish the same thing with an image editing program like photoshop.