I might be a shop-aholic, so it's taking all my resolve not to buy everything on this list right now.  Thanks Etsy! For my hair: Chamomile Lavender Shampoo Bar For my face: Vanilla Mint Lip Balm For my hands: Sweet P Shea Hand and Body Balm For my neck: Multi-color snake scarf For my feet: LaLa Shoes! For my mod street cred: This gorgeous bag For the kid in me: This harlequin...

Okay, I ran into Ali  a couple weeks ago after a huge craft fair in Baltimore.  I love seeing her, and I love her story.  The long and short of it is that she was treated like sh*t at a restaurant job and she did some soul-searching before saying bye-bye to the stress and ill-treatment.  Then she started makin' bags. Today Ali is famous nation-wide for her  beautiful...

For a recent grad or someone early in their career as a designer, you may need to rely on your internship, in-class, and freelance experience. Don’t think that work you’ve taken your time to complete doesn’t count; it counts! First be very familiar with text and terms used in the posted job description. In a DC job description posted today one requirement for the position is “Familiarity...

But there are so many to choose from! Tough…pick 3. The fact is that the interviewer may only ask for one or 2, but you want to have that third one in the chamber, just in case. Select three traits or attributes that are most beneficial for the position/type of work and give examples. This is not the time to list your technical skills. They already have that information on your resume. Instead...

What are your weaknesses? The best advice I’ve gotten regarding this questions is “be honest, and provide strategies to address the weakness”. I’ll need to use myself as an example here. I suck at proofreading copy in my work. I can do it, but –for some reason—I don’t. I once sent a biz card to the printer with a half a phone number!! Unfortunately the client gave me a file with the different names,...

They wanted a foldy brochure, and I gave' em a foldy brochure. They didn't like it. I decided to make it into a poster/single-sheet design; something that will translate easily into a motion infographic--when completed. Here it is:...

This is just a quick note to let you know that if you’re still using Google to search Creative Commons on the Web, there’s a better way. COMPFIGHT.COM Here is photo search engine that allows you to view images with “any license”, “Creative Commons”, and “Commercial” licenses. Use freely, however—if you find images with CCSA licenses—please give proper credit...

Like you don't have enough to do, right? I got a lovely surprise in the mail this week. A friend took some of my more memorable looks and created a paper doll of me as my birthday card.  Some folks are just so  industrious!! As this is an awesome (economical) idea for a present, I decided to copy it--the easy way!! Vecteezy has some awesome guy and girl AI vector packs; they include hair,...

Are you designing a piece and don't have the time to idly run your ballpoint across some note paper for the right graphics?  Someone else has done it for you! Spoon Graphics - Shape and Plant Doodles Social Media Icon Doodles X-mas Doodles ARS Grafik - Hand drawn Vector Doodles  HTC Sense - Vector Doodles Vector Pack Duo - Mr. T Doodle +!! These actually came in handy on one of last...

Really, Facebook??!! I don't want to give you my mobile number in case my "account is compromised". I have a sneaking suspicion that you'll sell it to advertisers. Maybe I'm cynical, but I can't believe that your desire to collect increasing amounts of demographic and geographic information about me is just innocent curiosity on your part. I'm just sayin'. And what the hell is this all a...

 As any lover of type, I revere the look, feel, and technical aspects of letterpress typography. On a recent project, I scoured the internet for a handful of fonts that fit neatly into my design. I ended up with several excellent options (see below) before getting reacquainted with the work of typographer, Billy Argel. He’s the awesome designer who created Panhead. The Letterpress typeface,...