Archive for the ‘Tutorials’ Category

WordPress to Blogger: How I Did It And Kept Everything In Working Order (As Well As My Sanity)

An overview on how to safely and effectively move your Wordpress blog into a Blogger blog. SEO friendly! This leaves us with a SEO friendly forwarding of an old domain to a new one, and the WP-admin is still accessible! Yay!

Posted on: December 23rd, 2011 by Nicole Dominguez | Tags: , , , , , , ,

How to Create a Surreal Portrait Photo Manipulation in Photoshop

Hello all, today I am going to show you how to take a normal portrait and turn it  into a breathtaking surreal photo. The image we will be using today has been taken from this deviantart account. This tutorial would be great for beginners learning how to fully take control over Photoshop’s many features. To [...]

Posted on: May 15th, 2011 by Nicole Dominguez | Tags: , , ,

How to Get Inspired in Extraordinary Ways

In today’s competitive design market, it can be very difficult to create unique designs that stand out from the crowd. Often, this task is difficult because most designers are looking to current trends for inspiration on upcoming projects rather than searching for unique directions. As such, your best bet for finding new project directions is to seek out alternative inspiration sources. Here are five sources to gather new design ideas.

Posted on: May 4th, 2011 by Nicole Dominguez | Tags: , , , , , ,

5 Steps to Better Blog Posts

There are many types of blogs and bloggers out there though. For instance, this blog is for resources, articles and tutorials, not for personal posts. Therefore, posts like these usually follow ‘unspoken rules’. Below, I will show you some! Most, if not all, popular posts on popular blogs do these things. So, if you have a resource-like blog, listen up!

Posted on: December 26th, 2010 by Nicole Dominguez | Tags: , , , , , , , , ,

22+ Ways to Make Your Christmas a DIY Christmas!

Christmas is fast approaching, and Do-it-Yourself and Frugality is IN this season. As a crafter myself, I like creating things – especially gifts! People love knowing that I spent time on something rather than just purchasing it. I just made a Christmas tree from an old magazine! It was fun, and I even made little ornaments! :D I will be using many of these techniques when wrapping gifts and even making gifts. Happy Handmade Holidays!

Posted on: December 19th, 2010 by Nicole Dominguez | Tags: , , ,

How to Improve Pictures of Yourself in Photoshop

So, I have realized that for some people that have access to Photoshop, they can be scared of such a big program. I’ll admit — it isn’t a cup of tea. Today I am going to show you how to improve upon pictures of yourself or other people in Photoshop! Hopefully with this tutorial, others will learn some of my techniques!

Posted on: November 10th, 2010 by Nicole Dominguez | Tags: , , , , ,

Tip: Disable ‘Visual’ Editor in WordPress

This quick tip will showcase a solution to a problem I was recently having. Usually, when WordPress has a textarea in it’s HTML and then switches to Visual, it messes it all up. In order to prevent the switching of HTML to Visual, follow these steps. 1. Go to the ‘Users’ tab. 2. ‘Edit’ yourself [...]

Posted on: October 11th, 2010 by Nicole Dominguez | Tags: , , , , ,

A Few Cool Creative Uses for Scrapbook Paper

Because I am a very creative person, I have this container of scrapbook paper. Yes, sometimes I use it for scrapbooks of course, but over time I have found other uses for the stuff as well!

Posted on: September 14th, 2010 by Nicole Dominguez | Tags: , , , , , ,

Split Toning In Photoshop

Split toning is a pretty simple effect that’s also striking. I’ll be using Photoshop CS5 Extended, so if you have a different version you’ll have to adjust accordingly.

Posted on: September 12th, 2010 by Keely Nabors | Tags: , , ,

7 Things You Can Make with Recycled Magazines!

Hey everybody! I have tons of magazines laying around, and sometimes they just have to go! Instead of just throwing them away, why not make something new? Here’s a list of seven things you can make with some old magazines!

Posted on: August 7th, 2010 by Nicole Dominguez | Tags: , , ,


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