How I create my feeds using Photoshop

Finally, I know! 🙏🏽🌻 Here is the post many of you have asked for, and I’ve been meaning to write for so long! Creating Instagram feeds using photoshop 1. I do all my feed planning on Photoshop. Being a designer, I strongly believe that it’s the best way to place and edit each and every…

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Aesthetic feed: Instagram Highlight covers design ideas

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Hello there! 🦔💕 If you’re working to improve your Instagram’s design in a cohesive and unique way, you’ve probably considered matching the highlight covers to your whole aesthetic. They’re perfect to accentuate even more the style you’re going for, no doubt about it! So here’s a few design ideas I came up with, that I…

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White background photos for Instagram: how to take and edit them

Hello my loves, how are you all doing?? 🌻🌻 I see a lot of people dreaming about a white background Instagram feed. Is it your case? There’s a good chance that’s why you ended up here! I understand the appeal of the white background feed very well. I had one myself for a while… I…

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30 aesthetic Instagram caption ideas for family photos

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Hi everybody! 💛✨ I know many of you have been spending a lot of quality time with your loved ones lately. Quarantining with our closest family members, going through this challenging time together with the people the know us and love us the most is a blessing we shouldn’t take for granted. So here’s a…

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Instagram feed theme: Bliss

Hey! 😌✌🏽 Welcome back to my blog guys, how are you all doing? This is such a special feed I’ve design and I couldn’t wait to share it with you. I’ve started designing full themes for the store, which is something I’ve always wanted to do. And this is one of my favorites without a…

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How to design social media posts using ONLY PowerPoint

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Hey guys! I’m so excited to finally publish the second post of my glitter girl series. I’ve been working for a few days on it, and just like the first post, I think the result is super special and unique 💖☺ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oT49pJBg9Wk The goal here is to teach you how to create social media posts…

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3 easy aesthetic edit ideas using free apps

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Hey guys! 🐞 These three aesthetic edits I’m sharing with you on this post today are super easy to do, and require nothing but free apps. The ideas can be used to create an Instagram feed with a cohesive theme, or in random designs. I did create a feed design with each one of the…

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10 adorable mother’s day free images to post on social media

Hey, all! 💖 Mother’s Day is that special holiday when people all over the world go crazy celebrating their awesome moms. It’s a day to show love, appreciation, and gratitude to the superhero ladies who raised us. They’ve got unconditional love, crazy amounts of strength, and they’ve always had our backs. So, on Mother’s Day,…

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Introducing: the Aesthetic Design Shop by Lu Amaral Studio

Hey guys, how are you all holding up? 💖 With all that has happened lately in the world, the launching of my online design store here on the blog did not go as I had expected, for obvious reasons.. But it is up, and I’ve been getting the best feedback from all of you have…

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How to have an aesthetic Instagram feed – Part 5 of 5: Uniqueness

And here we finally are, chicas. We’ve reached the last post of our Instagram feed special! 🦄💜 We’ve been through the importance of brightness, alignment, disposition, filters and now we’ll talk about uniqueness.That finishing touch that will make your feed authentic, special and different from everyone else’s 💖💫🤩 Of course, this step is optional. You…

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How to have an aesthetic Instagram feed – Part 3 of 5: Disposition

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I’ll start the post apologizing for the delay! 😣 I was supposed to have published this post sooner, but the last days were super busy around here with a lot of stuff going on! Anyway, shall we resume our special? 💖💫 If you haven’t read the previous posts yet, we’ve already talked about the importance…

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How to have an aesthetic Instagram feed – Part 2 of 5: Alignment

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Hey guys! Continuing our special in 5 steps of how to have an Instagram feed that is neat, beautiful and authentic (I keep changing these three words to keep you interested haha), today we’ll focus on the ALIGNMENT. Yesterday I wrote a lot about the importance of brightening the photos well, so if you haven’t…

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How to have an aesthetic Instagram feed – Part 1 of 5: Brightness

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Hey chicas! 🌻🧡 As I mentioned in the introductory post, a series of posts on Instagram feed organization starts today here on the blog, with tips on how to have the pretty, authentic, organized instagram feed of your dreams. I’m super excited about this series, and hope it will be helpful! So let’s jump to…

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Hello April! Social media posts to celebrate the beginning of the month

Yayy!! It’s APRIL! 🌻🍌🍰💛 A new month begins, a new season is upon us. And if you’re looking for April social media posts to celebrate this special occasion, look no further. Here are I few images I designed to post on Instagram, Facebook or anywhere you want. Use them as you please!! Happy April Social…

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Art crush: The limitless talent of amazing artist Ameya Ajay ☾

Disclaimer: On the Art Crush series I share a few of my fav artists and their work. This content is developed to spread the word about great artists and no commercial agreement has taken place around them. I AM SOOOO IN LOVE WITH AMEYA’S ART! It really has captured my heart, guys. Look how precious…

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