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Here is an example of  a popular form of inset or letterpress typography. If you’d like to take the photoshop tutorial for a spin  here’s the link over at sixrevisions. You may check out a gimp variation of this tut available here as well.  For further reading,  beautiful examples of inset typography in web design are listed on sixrevisions in this post.

Those of you who know me well, are aware that I love fabric, patches and crafty endeavors.  This tutorial is a nice example of ways one could incorporate a very realistic looking patchwork design into a crafty type of website or marketing publication.

Tutorial may be  found here and here

I’ve been having a lot of fun with the tutorials at sixrevisions.com these days.  They have a plethora of resources available to inspire your creativity.  If you want to check it out for yourself, the tut may be found here and here. Try it with a few different fonts, and you will be surprised to see the different results!

This was a fun tutorial to satisfy the gimp lover in me. If you’d like to take it for a spin yourself, you may find it here.

This is a simple mockup of a blogger template, inspired by sustainability, farmer’s markets, CSA and locally grown fresh produce.

Daily design challenge word for today is “upcycling”.  Upcycling is the process of converting, waste materials or useless products into new materials or products of equal or better quality.