September 22, 2010
In
Design, Do-It-Yourself, Work
By
tamia
I returned from the IFB Conference with a stack of business cards, which I thought was fantastic. If you have a blog, a website, or especially a business (no matter how small), you should have business cards. While they seem like a holdover from simpler times, there are a few reasons why handing a small square piece of paper to a potential client, contact, or friend is still an
May 19, 2010
In
Work
By
tamia
Reading this post on Before&After reminded me of something that's been bugging me lately: bad logos.
Look at number 5. Now look away quickly, then look again. Yep.
Chalk it up to my typographic tendencies, but I've noticed that many solopreneurs and small business owners take one of two paths:
Scenario 1: They get excited about their products and/or services and try to fit information about everything they can do into their logo, usually
March 22, 2010
In
Tips and Advice, Work
By
tamia
I use a lot of free software as a service applications to do everything from create and manage documents, to publish Style Sample magazine. I love free stuff, so if it looks interesting and doesn't cost money, I'll try it! Here are some of my favorites:
Google Apps
You can use Google Apps to create and manage documents, develop free websites, create embeddable forms, and if you own your own domain name, manage your email. So instead
Thrifted pants, shoes, and bracelets; Iceberg top; Gucci belt
Wearing my old lady pants procured on a thrifting adventure (the high-waisted carrot shape looks so friggin' good to me right now) and sticking to the color palette:
Aren't you proud?
You'll like these, too:
Color Blocking
Thrift Gift 2
English Countryside
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You know how sometimes you'll sit down to watch one of your favorite TV shows only to find out three minutes into it that it's a rerun show? No, I don't mean rerun as in beret-wearing What's Happening? Rerun, I mean it turns out to be one of those "best of" recap shows that always seems to pop up during a writer's strike/contract negotiations/general production laziness.
Well, think of this post as a "Best of The
