Are you thinking of throwing a Halloween party this year? Here are two cute DIY printable Halloween invitations perfect for the season of spooky. Each is a different take on candy corn as the main design element. Change the text in your favorite program: Adobe Illustrator, InDesign or Photoshop. Then just print at home and trim or send to your favorite print shop. Boo baby boo!
Grab the Qaeno font for free over at Graphic Pear. It's an all caps dual line font that is currently characters only, but the next update will include numerals. ;-)
It's freebie Friday. Check out the collection of gold foil patterns by seasidedigital. Add some sparkle to your next design project with these high resolution patterns. Available for download at Free Design Resources .net
A surprise preview copy of the new Gray cover Grids & Guides notebook recently arrived on my doorstep from Princeton Architectural Press. As a graphic designer, I love these notebooks because of the 8 different grid configurations they employ. It makes exploring pattern ideas a snap and sketching by hand leads to different solutions than starting a design on the computer.
The companion box of Grids & Guides pencils contains 12 pencils — 6 graphite and 6 blue as well as a ruler with multi-sized circles. Old school designers will feel nostalgic with the blue pencils bringing back memories of line cameras, t-squares and paste-up type. The pencils are available now and the notebook comes out in September.
The Airplane theme invitation printable is now available in the Charming Ink shop at Creative Market. This 5 x 7 design features a graphic biplane illustration towing a banner through the clouds. Customize the banner text and party info for your event, then print and trim your invitations. This template includes several file types: Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign and .eps. An instructions file provides links to the free fonts used in the design.
Free this week at Creative Market — Aloha watercolor bundle by Maria Letta. There are over 50 elements to mix and match for your Hawaiian or Polynesian projects. I think a Tiki party may be in order so I can play with these.
New "angles" business card template is now available in the Charming Ink Creative Market shop. Easily change the color palette or fonts in your favorite software program. Included are files for Illustrator, Photoshop and InDesign. A link to the free font used in the design is included in the instructions file. This minimalist design is flexible for almost any type of business — what companion piece would you like to see? Letterhead, labels or postcards perhaps?
