Are you designing a website layout in Photoshop that needs to be coded (by you or someone else)? This is for you! (Particularly if you’re not the one who’s doing the coding) 1) Organize your layers and keep your mockup clean I love a PSD […]
Tag: Design
5 Signs You’re Ready to Outsource Theme Development
You love designing, and let’s face it, you’re ridiculously awesome at it. But the coding process might be getting you down. Here are five signs that it might be time to pass the work onto someone else: 1. After finishing a design, you catch yourself […]
How to Design Your Own Logo
The Annie Sloan Hands logo (pictured in the photograph above) is a trademark of Annie Sloan Interiors Ltd. You know what one of the biggest must-haves is when designing your own logo? A huge bundle of inspiration. That’s why I love those super cheap bundles […]
$50 Code – Less Money, More Headache
I’ve stumbled upon a lot of upsetting Twitter conversations lately. I know these people aren’t TRYING to be upsetting, but it has that effect on designers and developers who make a living from their business. Some people think you should only pay $50 for a […]
6 Colour Schemes I Love
Colour schemes can be REALLY inspiring. Sometimes an entire design I make just starts with a single colour scheme. I fall in love with it, I get inspired, and the whole design is focused around it from the beginning. So I thought I’d share a […]
How to Find Your Own Design Style
Hey there, I’ve been interested in Graphic Design and blogging for a while now and have even downloaded Photoshop. But I feel like I can’t really be original enough, everything I do is either inspired or adapted in some form. How did you start off […]
Someone Take These Pretty Designs Before I Die at the Gym
New Books I won It Felt Like A Kiss from Carolyn (Book Chick City). It sounds adorable and OMG that cover?? Too gorgeous! I’m DEVASTATED to report that I didn’t finish Breakable *sobs pathetically* I have a review scheduled for the end of the month. […]
10 Free Photoshop Brushes for Design & Painting
I’m going to share 10 free brushes that you can install and use in Photoshop. I didn’t create any of these brushes myself, but I have used them all and created an example graphic for each one! Brushes Pack .05 – Watercolor by MyShinyBoy These […]
Why You May Not be Allowed to Edit a Design You Purchased
I got someone to do my blog makeover, before I started getting into web design, and although I’m not really good (yet!), I wanted to do another blog makeover, slightly changing their design and changing their coding. (Basically using their coding as a template.) 1. […]
My Blogging Confessions
I have some blogging confessions to make. Some of these are cold hard truths, or things I’m slightly afraid to admit, or just things that are on my mind. So have a read, then make your own confessions! I judge a blog by its design […]