[caption id="attachment_15676" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Image via Flickr user Antigone78."][/caption] For the visually inclined, writing a blog can be an intimidating endeavor. Microblog...
The start of winter always catches me off-guard. It’s been cold for weeks – really, really cold! – yet today is winter solstice: the first day of actual winter. That means graphic designers have anoth...
[caption id="attachment_15639" align="alignleft" width="270" caption="Image via Flickr user ansik."][/caption] What does the date April 15, 2011 mean to you? That's the deadline for filing 2010 taxes....
Did you know there’s a National Candy Cane Day? It’s Dec. 26, which seems silly since all of December should be spent sucking on the minty treats. Candy canes are iconic in representing the winter hol...
Today marks the beginning of Las Posadas, a nine-day Latin American celebration in which each night ends with the breaking of piñatas. Since I’m itching for my trip to Mexico next week to participate...
[caption id="attachment_15496" align="alignleft" width="194" caption="Image via Flickr user Jo Bourne."][/caption] For all the procrastinators out there, it's not too late to design, print and mail ho...
Today is National Cupcake Day, and what better way to preserve your waistline than to feast your eyes on delicious cupcake design tutorials? Click on each image below to find a guilt-free tutorial for...
Holiday wrapping paper can be a schlocky, garish, visual assault with reindeer, script font, excessive foil stamping and just over-the-top cheesy design.Gift wrap doesn't have to be this way. If you a...
One of my most anticipated movies to watch this year is Darren Aronofsky’s “Black Swan.” It’s appropriate that as the Golden Globe nominees were announced today, I have plans to see the nominated fil...