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Meteor Slides Plugin
In working on a new WordPress theme design for a client, I wanted to incorporate a slider on the home page to display images that would link to specific pages/posts of the website. I wanted it to be simple and user friendly as well as customizable including some nice transition effects. The plugin I went with is Meteor Slides, and I LOVE it! It works great with Artisteer generated themes, and here are some more specs on this simple, yet effective plugin. Continue reading
The Greatest Gift
Below is the text from a flier my husband wrote and I designed for a school we are working at here in Hong Kong. I hope you enjoy it and it reminds you of why we should be celebrating this season. I’m also making the design for this flier freely available as well, so make sure to check out the bottom of the post so you can download this free design! Continue reading
Personalized Business Card Design
This is the customized business card design I just did for Heather Mitchel, an independent consultant for Thirty One Gifts. Heather wanted an eye-catching business card that would be able to include all of the necessary information on it as well as a personal picture without looking too cluttered. Continue reading
Purple & Green Patchwork Binder Graphics
This beautiful binder graphic set pictured on the right includes individual graphics designed to be printed and inserted into a 1″ half sheet sized 3 ring binder with clear cover pockets. These images were created to be printed easily to… Continue reading
I LOVE Layers!
Here is another Christmas card that was a “spur-of-the-moment” job. I’m posting this one to demonstrate a few simple Photoshop tips that can help you turn around designs quicker for customers just like this one. As the title suggests, there is great advantage in using many layers in Photoshop. I’m just going to focus on the background of this card itself. There are 3 separate layers used just for the green background.
The bottom layer is actually a black and white plaid I found online and turned into a pattern. Need a refresher on creating your own patterns? (NOTE: if you are using Artisteer and want to know how you can make your own textures, this is it!) Continue reading
Customized Family Christmas Card
This was another Christmas card I just did for a family who wanted a very customized look. They also needed a few different versions of the same card for their business, close family and friends, and others on their Christmas card list.
The image to the right is the family version, but you can view their business version in my gallery.
This is what they requested: Continue reading
Family Christmas Photo
This was a project for a family who wanted to send out a family Christmas Card but in a 5×7 size to easily fit into a frame. They also wanted a theme that was more of a wintertime feel rather… Continue reading
Coral Formations by the Sea
This is a photo I took while in Guam this past year. I edited and designed this picture specifically for the hand carved frame pictured here. It is formatted to be printed as an 8×10, and I have both the… Continue reading
Lavender Prayer Journal Cover and Tab Inserts
I’ve just uploaded the prayer journal I’ve been talking about to my Store page. It’s a free Word Document that is completely formatted and ready for you to add in your own person details and print. See the store to… Continue reading
Creating a Digital Portrait in Photoshop
I did a post a couple of months ago on this topic when I was working on one picture of a set for a customer. I’ve now finished the other picture which is of his precious baby. This one is… Continue reading
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