Geek girl chronicles of a blog design enthusiast.
Mouseover photo for enumeration; list of links after the jump. I realize that I should’ve written this post a few weeks ago, but this idea just popped into my head this morning as I was waking up. This is the first gift guide I’ve ever compiled. None of it should come as a surprise, though. [...]
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friendship bracelet / colorwheel ring set / colorband ring/ original photo (pre radlab) Over the years, I’ve collected many actions. Some I’ve downloaded for free and others I’ve bought. The right action can magically transform a stale photo into eye candy (hello, Instagram!). But, as much as I appreciate my massive collection of actions, I [...]
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Collection d’Antiquités et de Matériaux de Brocante (ISBN #978-4-7661-2395-1) My first exposure to ephemera clip art books were those published by Dover. You can find them in art supply stores or in the art section of most book stores. But, as I understand it, Dover’s license restricts use to printed matter, so you can’t use [...]
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instagram@puglypixel I’ve received a couple of questions about the carousel plugin I use to display my Instagram photos on my blog footer at Eat Darling Eat. I use SnapWidget. It’s easy to use, it’s compatible with any blog platform, and it’s free. There’s a premium version that offers more display options, but I imagine that [...]
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mood board: 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 Last week I finished a blog revamp for Gal Meets Glam. I realize I’ve said that I don’t do blog design and instead refer all potential design work to my Blog Design Directory. But when Julia asked me to migrate her blog from Blogger to WordPress, [...]
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Taco @ Letterman Digital Center, SF My first appreciation of photography happened at Whitney’s blog, The Ugly Green Chair. Her photos were unlike any I had ever seen before. Some parts of her photos were blurry while other parts were sharp. Years later, I learned that this “blurry background” effect wasn’t actually a Photoshop trick, [...]
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