color palettes: left, right This is Kate Gabrielle of Scathingly Brilliant. You may also know Kate as the talented artist behind Flapper Doodle, a series of minimalist pen-and-ink drawings that follow the adventures of Eloise and Ramona. I’ve been following Kate for some time (via O.C.L.) and I adore her outfit posts. I love that [...]
Here’s a treat for you on this Happy Halloween Monday! Okay, okay, it’s unrelated to Halloween, I know, but a treat for any day of the year. You can download the ephemera you see here and many other digital resources at Cathe Holden’s blog, Just Something I Made. I’ve known about Cathe Holden’s work through [...]
I’m a tomboy at heart, guys — but despite my simple and casual wardrobe, I love all the girly things: pretty food, kawaii Japanese stationery, glitter nailpolish, sequin-studded clutches, ruffles on socks, and anything lace, especially lace-patterned tights. Lace has made several appearances recently: as fishnet nail wear at D16 and SRSLYLIZ, and in several [...]
I spent the weekend getting caught up with my blog reading. One thing led to another and I found myself reading the premier issue of Paper Runway. I was intrigued by the work of artist Nicola Starr. Her work is a marvel of simplicity and composition. I urge you to check out her site and [...]
Hey guys, this screencast will show you how to add those arrow labels shapes to your images, and customize them, in Adobe Photoshop. In the following screencast, you will learn how to: add/reshape/resize shapes rotate text/images create clipping masks add text add adjustment layers partially conceal a layer with layer masks Check out the sceencast [...]
Hey guys, here are some arrow labels made as custom shapes in Adobe Photoshop. If you’ve been following along, you may remember that I used a heart shape in my Letterpress tutorial. Photoshop shapes are versatile — you can enlarge or shrink them to any size without loss of quality and because they’re stretchable, you [...]
Hey guys, this download is a response to a request from a Facebook pal who asked for blog photo templates for Colour Lovers — or color palette-inspired posts. I thought it was a brilliant idea and I came up with these two templates. I hope to offer more color palette templates in the future, but [...]
