With my design arsenal and agility,
we can tackle those pesky overflow projects.
Need files refreshed/reformatted with new branding?
Have a fast turn around project
that needs to be executed without worry?
Is your design team fully booked?
Want to stop looking and start working?
This list of resources is really for myself, lol! (I’m so forgetful)I know how tough it is to figure things out when you’re starting out. I always found it helpful when fellow creatives listed their resources. Let me know if there is anything I missed!
This website was built using the Ready template through Squarespace. It’s a WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) editor and really easy to use.
Font: Poppins
Headshot and office images: This guy, Daren Huber Photography, he is fabulous! Look him up, from NWI.
Freepik — A search engine that helps users find high-quality photos, vector images, illustrations and PSD files for their creative projects.
Flaticon — More than a million icons and stickers in all formats, for all kinds of projects: presentations, apps, websites, catalogs, infographics, etc.
CreativeMarket.com — Accelerate your projects with millions of ready-to-use products.
Rawpixel.com — Smashing stereotypes to create design resources that reflect today’s society as it really is
OriginalMockups.com — High quality mockups for Photoshop that make your designs standout.
Unsplash — Photos for everyone: Over 3 million free high-resolution images brought to you by the world’s most generous community of photographers.
Freshbooks for invoicing and time tracking
Unroll.me for the easiest way to clean up your inbox from all the promo emails that come in, turns it into one nice listicle. Heads up, they do track your data: “Your data makes Unroll.Me work and supports our market research business, NielsenIQ. Your privacy is important, and we respect your right to control how your information is used. Learn more about: how we use data”
Stand up desk — These can be costly, its an investment into your health. Mine is an Uplift desk, it was the only I could find that went low enough. I’m short, so making sure the desk could go low enough when I sat down, with my feet flat on the floor, was a major deciding factor for me.
Dropbox for client file sharing if the client doesn’t have their own project management tool to store files
iCloud—Recently switched to using iCloud solely with a backup
WeTransfer for large file transfer up to 2GB, some clients prefer this method over Dropbox
Brand New × Weekly Newsletter — Comes to your inbox weekly for a small yearly donation. Great source for inspirations an learning about what is happening in the industry.
Digit — Saves money very sneakily! Not sure about you, but if I see the money in my account I spend it! This app is fabulous, it runs an algorithm on your bank account and figure how much you spend monthly and starts taking small amounts and depositing it into a Digit account. You can set goals, pause it, use the money toward paying off a credit card. Love it! Cost $2.99 a month.
Shipt — Grocery delivery, a must!!!!
Rakuten — Easiest way to get cash back. Its a add-on extension that pops up while you’re shopping online! Why wouldn’t you use it?!
Grove Co. — Shipped to you sustainable cleaning and home products, I mean come on! You guys know how much I love to save time and hate going to a physical store. This is amazing and why haven’t I heard of it before!
Every product meets strict standards for being nontoxic, effective, sustainable, and cruelty-free.
