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Author: Heather

“Inspiration is state of mind, in my opinion. I mean you cannot assume what, when or where will attract you and obviously how it will impact your life and artwork. I feel like inspiration comes from your good mood, or private happiness. In simple words, you should watch, listen and keep your mind open for everything, enjoy your life… And be happy as much and as often as possible. I am not saying I am happy all the time, it’s impossible, but I’m following positive affection to being inspired.”
-Maciej Hajnrich

That’s just a taste. Go get inspired.

Author: Heather

Let’s talk about taking design from good to really good. The secret? A little more attention to detail and some great typography. With web design we often want to use system fonts, but from time to time we can use graphics for headers that add an extra ?wa-bam?.

Using system fonts creatively can be the challenging part for us, but it can be done and there are some nice tools out there to help. Typetester is an excellent online app for comparing fonts for the screen. It shows lots of treatments and literally compares typeface to typeface.

If you want to practice and improve your typography skills, refer to the sites highlighted below. Trust me, you?ll feel inspired. Study what made the type help the design, and then ask yourself: How can I improve my designs with Typography?
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Author: Heather

Nowadays, the majority of indie bands have a growing collection of poster art that is just too incredible to simply throw away once the show has ended. Not surprisingly, this has led to the gig poster being something of a collectors item for music fanatics everywhere.

50 hand picked gig posters whose creativity and imagination blew me away.

Author: Heather

Ever get inspired to share or give? What if you don?t have the money to buy something everyday? Give something that?s free! The best gifts in life are free…as cheesy as that sounds. Jen Landis recently inspired me to sign up for the 29 day giving challenge a few weeks ago and its challenged me to think of unique gifts. Today I want to share my freebie bookmarks. Free to me….but hopefully a gift you’ll treasure as much as I do.

Here are some of my favorite freebie resources that I appreciate oh so much
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Author: Heather

Fall is here, or at least it feels like it anyway. One of the greatest things about fall is busting out the fall sweaters and long sleeve shirts. Definitely something to be excited about. I?ve noticed that this year there is a little change in color trends. Traditionally we see a lot of subdued, quiet colors, but this season things are bolding up a bit. Deep blues and of course lots of purples, autumn colors pulled from nature are also among us this fall. You?ll see plenty of deep grays, brown variations, and reds. But what?s really hot hot hot is BURNT ORANGE and her sister mustard. Gotta love it!!

This is the pantones 2008 fall fashion color palette. All these colors mixed together can be a bit much on the eyes, but to freshen things up why not pick one or two for inspiration and build a palette off of that.
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