I always look for customizable desktops every month. And, yes, I change the desktop on my computer once a month. Despite not liking change, I do like to change my desktop. I’m a walking contradiction, what can I say? On the first of the month, I usually do a quick Google search for “customizable (month) (year) scrapbook desktop” and click around. I have a few sites that I fancy but, I’ll be honest: they are all too girly for my liking. (Especially as of late.) And so I was thrilled to come across a new site offering a customizable desktop in a non-frilly, non-flowered way for July. Hip-Hip-Hooray! Designs by Laura saved my day month!

The customizable desktop she is offering this month is patriotic in theme. And here’s what is smiling back at me right now.

It comes without the picture of my smiling children, obviously. That said, it does come with a blank spot for you to enter your own picture. You will need photo editing software of some sort. Being the (pseudo-)photographer that I am, I have Photoshop CS4. Then you can sort through lots of girly-based digital scrapbooking sites and become annoyed at the lack of available stuff for moms of boys and/or moms who prefer green to pink. But, you know, who is complaining? (Apparently I am.) (That said, there are great digital scrapbooking sets with boy themes, though very few that are with fire trucks that aren’t… ugly. More on that next week.)

Happy July! And thanks to Designs by Laura for offering me something without frills!