Small biz how-to : making Blogger pretty

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 Making Blogger pretty  {via here} We are so obviously no longer in the typewriter age. And a blogging platform is a bit like this wire sculpture – we can fill in the blanks with colour and pattern and whatever we want to make it as individual as we are.  ...

5 things to catapult you into 2015

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Best resources for a great start to 2015 {artwork via here} The New Year is an especially fabulous time for starting on new things. It all seems to fit together – a fresh mindset for a fresh calendar. So I’ve brought together a few of the best...

Repeating Patterns in Illustrator Made Easy: The Pattern Making Tool (CS6 & Newer)

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Repeating Patterns : tutorial by Sew Heidi Repeating patterns in Illustrator used to be a very manual process and more than a little bit frustrating. With the introduction of the Pattern Making Tool in CS6 (if you’re in CS5 or earlier, you won’t have access to this...

Small biz how-to : HTML basics ~ 5 commands you should know

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HTML BASICS {here}   Do you look at other people’s blogs and sites and sigh wistfully at how fab they look and wonder how they get it looking like that? Are you scared witless by all the techy stuff, and just go with whatever the program spits out for you?...

Small biz how to : Starting in surface design Part 3 – designing repeats

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Designing repeats for surface patterns: Hi there! And welcome to part 3 in this series on getting started in surface design (find part 1 here – it’s all the basics of editing your images ready for uploading, and part 2 here – it’s all about how...