Recently, I shared a blog post on how to design a scrolling computer screen graphic and a lot of people got really excited about it. Including me! When AnnaKate showed me how to create the scrolling effect on a computer screen mock-up I FLIPPED out with excitement. Today, I want to share with you a […]

Today I am SO excited to share a tutorial I’ve been asked for a ton of times: How to make a scrolling website graphic in Photoshop! These little animated graphics are great for showing off your latest website launch, a new offering, a social media platform you want to promote, and more. The sky is […]

Welcome to what many think is the trickiest page of a website: The About Page. Tricky you say? Is it about you? Is it about your customer? Do you need to share your Starbucks order and 10 other favorite things? What really matters on this page? The options are dizzying. Let’s figure it out together! […]

I’ve been studying and implementing branding strategies for quite a long time now. Over the years I’ve learned something: No matter how perfectly polished your graphic design elements are for your brand (logo, patterns, fonts, marks, etc.), if you leave out imagery, you are missing the mark. You can have the prettiest graphically designed brand […]

I can feel it now… I am about to make a lot of stay in your one lane niche preaching teachers shocked! I have been thinking a lot about the “Niche” conversation within the creative industry. Here is how the Finding Your Niche talk goes: Find what you are really good at and work really […]

I have BIG news. Brace yourself. It is shocking. Instagram is not my number one. In fact, Instagram pales in comparison to the one social media platform that continues to drive sales to my business: Pinterest. I’m behind the scenes experimenting with new tools and efforts to really ramp up my Pinterest strategy, but I […]

Last week I talked to you about why I made the switch to Showit 5 for my website design, and this week I want to share with you a very important lesson about web design. And it may come as a bit of a shock since it isn’t about the actual “look” of your website […]

Let me ask you a question: If you have an iPhone (or iPad), have you ever downloaded and opened a PDF only to be met with an alarming neon assault on your eyes? You think either the person who designed must be stuck in the days of the 80’s, or something is clearly NOT right. I see this […]