Excuse me while I test out a new look! :o)
It came about as a result of an email newsletter I got from BasicGrey, in which I noticed they have branched into the world of digital scrapping... and were also offering blog banners, backgrounds etc. After wrangling an upgrade from Typepad to a proper Pro account (so that I could customise my banner), I tried to upload one of BasicGrey's banners.. not so easy. Then I thought perhaps I should try and make my own anyway..
I simply resized a photo of the butterfly collage I made last year and added the text (using Rough Typewriter font, downloaded from Dafont.com).
After a fair bit of tinkering, I think it's working ok - at least on my computer. I use Mozilla Firefox.. if you use another browser and it looks all wrong, please let me know!