April 30, 2013
by KK
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When Alicia Keys has a Design Emergency, Special Modern Design is There!

It’s Friday night. I get a call from my branding comrade, Donna LaBrecque, of The Creative Collaboratory to help Alicia Keys with her merch and poster designs pronto. “She hates the ones that were presented to her.” (This story sounds … Continue reading

February 9, 2013
by KK
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How to Identify and Control Blog Comment Spam on WordPress

Does this sound familiar: “I  view  something  genuinely interesting about your  web site so I  saved to my bookmarks for to you.” I like to share tips from bloggers that I find a very useful. It’s not until after I … Continue reading

January 30, 2013
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Hang Tags Don’t Need to Be Dull

Why do I love this so much? recycled on Etsy from: 25 ideas for how to reuse and repurpose junk mail: Hang tags can tell stories. [Image via www.lebowitz.net.] or a door hanger [Image via www.swyyne.com.] DIY hang tag. Stamp … Continue reading

November 4, 2012
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Oh Crap— Can’t Crop

Cropping Issues in Photoshop CS5.1 To fix the problem in Photoshop CS5.1 when you crop and image it crops it 1×1 pixels. Select the crop tool then on the upper left– delete the width which says 1 px.

September 15, 2012
by KK
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Tribal Marketing: Spread-Worthy Stories

Seth Godin says: “The world has always been orga­ni­zed into tri­bes, groups of peo­ple who want to (need to) con­nect with each other, with a lea­der and with a move­ment. The pro­ducts, ser­vi­ces and ideas that are gai­ning currency fas­ter … Continue reading