It’s fun to turn my design skills from the web to another medium. Take a look at these “designer” cup cakes I created for my daughter’s 11th birthday party last week.
Yum Yum …although I didn’t actually get to sample one as they were all gobbled up very quickly by the party guests.
The eye of the St Louis web designer photo of the day.
Can anyone guess what these are? Post your guess in the comments area.
Here is a set of custom gift tags designed using Adobe Illustrator which you can download for FREE print them out on your desktop printer. A St Louis Web Designer freebie
Enjoy a day in the lab with the boffins and watch as their experiments go wrong
Set your i Google page to The Boffins
I recently started using Skype to call my family back home in the UK, resulting in a substantial reduction of my phone bill.
Its allows you to make calls over the internet, is easy to use and as an added bonus you can have a true video call.
To get started visit Skype.com, download the application and create an account. Calls between Skype users are free!
Today’s tip from the St Louis Web Designer
It has been over a week since I wrote a post so you’d think I would be loaded with topics to write about. It appears not.
I have a pretty heavy work load at the moment with:-
I think I need a weekend!
The fall colors have been fabulous in St Louis this year. There is nothing like color in nature to inspire creativity.
1. Start with a colorful photograph
2. Sample the photograph to build a palette of colors
3. Use your palette to design a quick fun graphic
Todays tip from the St Louis web designer
Here is a quiz from the St Louis web designer. Where in the St Louis area would you find this wall?
I took a look recently at how popular the themes I have created for i Google are and got a pleasant suprise.
Perfect Petals has had rave reviews and proves to be the most popular:
Perfectly Brilliant Elizabeth Deal – Jul 18, 2008 – Thank you for such a beautious theme. I love the brilliant color on a black background. I truely love it!
Breathtaking Anonymous – Sep 10, 2008 – I love coming in everyday and opening my google site to this beautifully displayed flowers–it starts the day off right.
Color Punch also has some fabulous comments:
Brava Brava Dolce2001@aol.com – Aug 2, 2008 – Thank you, Zoe Feast, for creating this truly unique, beautifully colored and visually pleasing accent for an iGoogle homepage. It’s not just the colors that I like, it’s the design that accents them. Well done!
Outstanding! – Anonymous – Jul 5, 2008 – Very impressive..and easily worth a 5 star rating. Hope to see more of your stuff! Well done.
Thanks you to everyone who has taken the time to rate and comment on the themes.
