I use to use Snapfish until…  I rediscovered Shutterfly.

Reason to LOVE Shutterfly -

• FREE unlimited storage of your photos at full resolution.  They don’t downgrade your file size even if you don’t ever use it again.
• They back up all your images at least 3 times so you know will be there incase anything happens.
• FREE share sites for everything from families, teams, clubs, classrooms, etc.
• Through the share site members can download any high-res image to their computer.  They don’t have to get it printed!

These are just a few of my personal reasons I think Shutterfly is a priceless service.

You’ve got to check out Spoonflower!  These are just a few designs I found in the first 2 minutes!   I’m in love with illustrations and colors…  You can create and print your own fabric now!   What will they think of next?

Yay!  I love it when someone else does the dirty work… THANK YOU Font Squirrel!

P.S. – Minties you can use these fonts for the challenges and not worry about them having to be swapped out due to usage issues.

Take a new perspective on the ampersand.  The “Coming Together” font contains over 400 glyphs and is an OpenType font and is well worth the twenty.

This font was created exclusively for Font Aid IV to benefit the victims of the recent earthquake in Haiti. The font consists entirely of ampersands, to represent the idea of people coming together to help one another. Type designers, graphic designers, and other artists from around the world contributed artwork to the font.

The font is being be sold for $20US and is available through  Veer and other font distributors. All proceeds from the sale of the font will go to Doctors Without Borders, to help with their relief efforts in Haiti.

– I hope that you’ve already heard about this great training resource.  I found Lynda Weinman’s training books over 10 years ago and have been going back for more ever since.  Anything and everything you need to learn as a designer (aside from real world experiences) can be found on this site.  And most importantly it’s affordable and always up to date on the latest softwares/technologies.  It also makes a great reference tool- for all those times you forget how to use a certain tool or other in the Adobe Suite.  It has been a priceless resource in my career and growth as a designer.  I am currently trying to ‘LEARN’ Adobe Illustrator and WordPress blogging.  I’ve worked in illustrator before but I’m not strong in it. Plus I’m a bit rusty after my 18 month baby sabbatical.

Do yourself a favor and check it out.  I guarantee you’ll find something of interest.  Don’t get ahead of yourself like me…  Today – designer, tomorrow blogger, the next day photographer…  FOCUS! Amy! FOCUS!  Keep your skills sharp and you’ll never regret it.