Geek girl chronicles of a blog design enthusiast.
Happy, Happy Festivus! As I was trying to make a festive tree using basic geometric shapes, I realized that the shapes alone had a charm of their own. Besides, the tree I made looked really corny, so instead of a tree, I created some “party confetti” backgrounds using squares, triangles, and circles in various color [...]
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textures from subtlepatterns.com I’ve mentioned Subtle Patterns in a Links Loved post before, but since I’ve been visiting the site a lot more lately, I feel that it deserves a post of its very own. The patterns are all on the quiet end of the spectrum, surely, but that’s what’s really nice about them. That, [...]
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Louis Vuitton window display, downtown San Francisco I’ve been seeing a lot of polka dots lately. Kate Spade has been using them for her popular iPhone cases. J. Crew has a raft of polka dot items including this cute purse. And, a couple of weeks ago, I bought a pair of tapered polka dot pants [...]
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(Confetti texture on photo example.) I photographed some metallic confetti and created a download that you can use as texture overlays on your photos. You can get these textures exclusively from Paper Pastries where I’m guest-blogging while Margaret is on vacation. If you’re confetti crazy like Margaret and me, head on over to Paper Pastries [...]
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(5 colors with variations. total textures = 19 JPGs) I’m getting stuff ready for the Photo Layouts Kit. I was going to make these textures exclusively available in the kit, but I changed my mind. Members can download these high resolution faux fur textures until Monday, April 30 at Midnight. I think these textures would [...]
Lauren Harrison is an artist, graphic designer, and web developer. She also blogs at Animus, a treasure trove of pretty patterns and textures, brushes, and fonts. In fact, the chunky geometric font I used to create this post was made by Lauren. It’s called Retro Lights. The cloud brushes and floral textures were all designed [...]
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