After 4 weeks of trying to get my logo in the top of page area, (where the words Nuts About Nascar are spelled out), I have decided I suffer from mcds or

Commerce Design Syndrome

I have the logo on the front page in the message area for all to view. I think it has to be transparent, but not sure. I need for it to be resized to fit in the area and not mess up the area that is colored and not bother the links, like home, company info,contact us,customer login, and view cart. We just don't have the money yet to spend on custom design (hope to have

Commerce design a killer site in the future..I hope) and I am sort going with the bare bones for the time being. Would appreciate any info or help with this.
Thanks so much for your help in advance,