I didn’t even know this was a contest! But, Speedy turned it into one, and I think he’s won, so I guess I better award him a prize.

Well, I know Speedy likes chicken, but I couldn’t come up with anything for that. However, he did mention that he likes avocado green and pimento. Well, pimento goes with olives, and tomatoes go with avocados. So, he’s not going to get exactly what he likes, but it is very similar.

Here is a new background in Speedy’s honor: the Avocado & Tomato Pattern!

Since Speedy won, he can have exclusive use of it until April 1st. After that, it’s free for all to use on your websites or blogs. Just right-click it and save it to your computer, and then upload to your site!

No hot-linking! Hot-linking is bandwidth theft, and you may not like what happens to bandwidth thieves.

Free to use, but acknowledgment and a link back would be appreciated!

Note: The background is free for your own personal use only. You can use it on your personal or commercial sites. You cannot sell or give it away though.

Throughout the week, I’ve put up several free background patterns.

Well, I’ve been busy creating more!

I’m up to 56 background patterns at the moment, including those you’ve already seen on the blog.

You won’t get to see them all, though. It wasn’t my original plan, but I got busy making these things and figured out something to do with them. They’ll be part of a HTML basics guide. They’ll serve as both a lesson and bonus material.

I think I’ll try for about a hundred different patterns. That should be enough to get people started. If I get carried away, I may add more. Who knows?

Oh, and the yellow and blue diamond pattern above I created is another that you can use on your websites or blogs. Just right-click it and save it to your computer, and then upload to your site! No hot-linking! Hot-linking is bandwidth theft, and you may not like what happens to bandwidth thieves. Free to use, but acknowledgment and a link back would be appreciated!

Note: The background is free for your own personal use only. You can use it on your personal or commercial sites. You cannot sell or give it away though.

Here is another free background for you to use. It’s a bright sunny day! Makes a good Twitter background too. The image above links to the full size version. Just save it to your computer, and then upload to your site!

No hot-linking! Hot-linking is bandwidth theft, and you may not like what happens to bandwidth thieves.

Free to use, but acknowledgment and a link back would be appreciated!

Note: This is free for your own personal use only. You can use it on your personal or commercial sites. You cannot sell or give it away though.

Here are some free square pattern backgrounds I created that you can use on your websites or blogs. Just right-click them and save them to your computer, and then upload to your site!

No hot-linking! Hot-linking is bandwidth theft, and you may not like what happens to bandwidth thieves.

Don’t like the powder blue? Here are a few more choices for you:

Free to use, but acknowledgment and a link back would be appreciated!

Note: These are free for your own personal use only. You can use them on your personal or commercial sites. You cannot sell or give them away though.

Here are some free diamond pattern backgrounds I created that you can use on your websites or blogs. They are sort of a futuristic argyle pattern too.

Just right-click them and save them to your computer, and then upload to your site!

No hot-linking! Hot-linking is bandwidth theft, and you may not like what happens to bandwidth thieves.

Don’t like the blue? Here are a few more choices for you:

Free to use, but acknowledgment and a link back would be appreciated!

Note: These are free for your own personal use only. You can use them on your personal or commercial sites. You cannot sell or give them away though.