Image via Flickr user scrumptiousdelight. Mother’s Day is coming up on May 9. Instead of getting the same old bathrobe or scented lotion that you buy every year, why not give your mother or wife a useful custom-printed gift? Here…

Less formal than a true wedding invitation, save the dates are a great way for the engaged couple to really express themselves and show what their relationship is all about. These wedding reminders can be created in an invitations with…

Image via Flickr user FlyingSinger. Tomorrow is Earth Day. You may wonder what graphic design has to do with sustainability and being environmentally friendly. If you think about it, there are ways for every kind of industry, even the graphic…

Image via Flickr user tanakawho. Printing brochures is an excellent marketing technique. They are great for conferences or to have around your office or retail location because they highlight a business’ offerings and have a call to action. I’ve been…

Bookkeeping is one of the most frustrating and time consuming aspects of being a freelancer or owning your own small business. It’s tough to remember exactly when to bill clients and what to put on the itemized bill. If your…

Image via Flickr user j.o.h.n. walker. Are you graduating from college or a master’s degree program? Are you worried about your prospects after you get your degree? Then I have one word for you, “plastics.” All kidding aside, if you…

One of the toughest graphic design assignments may be creating a film poster. Think about it. A filmaker has spent months or years creating a visual masterpiece. Now it’s the designer’s job to come up with one still image that…

I am a huge fan of Bookforum magazine. It’s a sister publication to Art Forum and has wonderful in-depth reviews of new books in every genre. There are always art books thrown in the mix, too. Pulling from the advertisements…

Spring is in the air. Birds are chirping, trees are sprouting new leaves, and I’m sneezing. The spring season is a great time for sending out sales promotions or creating new notecards and stationery to freshen up your business. Customers…

Image via Flickr user sanderovski & linda. Postcards are a great marketing vehicle to use for this spring. There are many benefits to using postcards for your marketing needs: People’s email inboxes may be cluttered with spam, but by comparison,…

Image via Flickr user Todd Huffman. What do you do when you get tired of sitting and looking at the computer screen or something stressful happens with a client or project? If you work from home,  you may be drawn…

Happy St. Patrick’s Day! What is it about the color green that makes you feel so wonderful? According to color-wheel-pro.com, green symbolized growth, harmony, freshness and fertility. It also has a strong emotional correspondence with trust or safety. The color-wheel-pro.com…

One of the benefits of freelancing is getting to control how your work environment looks and feels. If you’ve always wanted to have a sofa in your office, get one! If you want that red Swingline stapler from the movie…

The 2011 NCAA Men’s Division I basketball tournament starts today! I was going to do a post on the best college basketball logos, but I couldn’t find enough good design examples to choose from! I think the strongest logos are…

Image via Flickr user eskedal. Although some regions are still experiencing snow-dumps, spring is on its way. Time to break out the sunglasses and sandals. Before you begin dusting off your beach umbrella though, think about how you are going…

When it comes to Twitter use I find there are two camps: the evangelists and the know-nothings. The Twitter evangelists will rant about how great the platform is and they will be really active users. The know-nothings are the folks…

Get your beads because today is Mardi Gras! Why do people also call Mardi Gras Fat Tuesday? Because Mardi Gras falls on the Tuesday before Ash Wednesday, which signals the beginning of Lent. During Lent, people tend to give up…

Image via Flickr user Brian Hillegas. Why did you start freelancing in the first place? Was it an external factor such as downsizing at your company or becoming a new parent? Were you attracted to the entrepreneurial spirit of freelancing…

Want to create a cool self-promotion for you design business, but don’t know where to start? Try creating an infographic poster. Posters are great free giveaway items that people will admire and hang on to. Plus showing off your abilities…

I’ve never lived by the old maxim of “Don’t judge a book by its cover.” I am a huge reader, and I still judge the cover designs – it’s usually what draws me in to the store shelf, unless I…

Typefaces have such interesting names don’t they? I am a big fan of the web-based application called “Cheese or Font,” that shows you a name and asks you to identify it as a cheese or font. You have to wonder…