GREAT Tips and Notes
Tips for clients (like how to make the most of your project and what to do after launch), personal notes on design, and occasional randomnessProust by Pinterest
This post is definitely not the norm for types of posts here on The GREAT blog. But, after reading my sister-in-law's version of the Proust Questionnaire, I (Sarah) am feeling the need to have a little fun and do my own. So enjoy! But if you came here looking for...
The Best Customer Service in the WordPress World
We use WP Engine for web hosting and recommend it to all our clients. And once we set up hosting for a site, we head over to WPMU dev to find the WordPress Plugins and themes to build the site with. Its taken us YEARS of experience (and experimenting!) with other web...
Host Your Website with WP Engine – and save $60!
Earlier this year, we started using WP Engine as our website hosting provider. We first tried them out with our own websites, and we've been recommending WP Engine to our clients ever since. After YEARS of experimenting with many different hosts including GoDaddy,...
FREE Desktop Wallpaper Calendar – August 2012
I don't know how it happened. But July came and and went already and today is August 1st, which means a free new wallpaper is ready for you and your desktop! Courtesy once again from Ryan Weeger Photography and us here at Great 8 Creative. This time the image comes...
Desktop Wallpaper Calendar: July 2012
Happy July, everyone! Ryan Weeger Photography and GREAT 8 CREATIVE have teamed up again to bring you something free and fun for this great month of July: A FREE wallpaper calendar for your desktop, laptop or phone! The photo was taken last week in Ballard, WA by Ryan...
Desktop Wallpaper Calendar: June 2012
Happy June, everyone! My husband Ryan and I decided to bring our creativity together for a quick and fun little side project: A FREE wallpaper calendar for your desktop, laptop or phone! The photo was taken last week in Seattle, WA by Ryan Weeger Photography. Designed...
Neil Gaiman Speech
Sci-fi/fantasy author Neil Gaiman gave a powerfully inspirational commencement speech at The University of the Arts in Philadelphia this year that all freelancers and creatives should watch.
Moving up to the PNW
Dear clients, contacts and friends of GREAT 8 CREATIVE, After a few months of discussion, my husband Ryan and I have decided to move from our hometowns here in Orange County up to Seattle, Washington for our next big adventure together. We will have everything packed...
Protect your website from Malware or Remove It if the Damage is Done! A Sucuri.net Review
After a few of our clients’ sites were hacked, Sucuri helped clean up the mess and earns our first official product review.
Happy Valentine’s Day!
Happy Valentine's Day to all of our GREAT clients, friends, and family. We wanted to spread the love with the design above. Feel free to save it to your desktop, send it to someone you love, or to a friend... whomever it makes you think of. HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!
Career Day All-Stars!
Thank you to all of the students and staff at Carrillo for having me at Career Day! You guys were AWESOME!!! I hope you learned a lot about graphic and web design. :) You can review my presentation about Graphic Design and Web Design here. If you would like to learn...
Graphic + Web Design: A Presentation for Career Day at Carrillo Elementary School
Ask the Audience Graphic design is a shortcut in visual communication. Graphic design is a form of art. It often...
Welcoming Triathlon Coach, Tawnee Prazak to The GREAT Community
We're very excited to welcome the newest member of The GREAT Community today: Tawnee Prazak, M.S. CSCS. Or as her clients know her, Coach Tawnee. We'll be redesigning her existing website, www.CoachTawnee.com. Tawnee is a triathlon coach, personal trainer, and...
DIY Bench Project
Just a random post about my DIY Sunday: Building a wooden bench for my hubby
Evolution of Web Design – an Infographic
A nice infographic on the evolution of Web Design.
What does a website cost?
I came across this short but great little post this morning, over on The Design Cubicle: What Does a Website Cost? Definitely worth the 90 seconds it takes to read. Thanks for the great insight, Brian!! Further Reading Check out the Process of Building a Custom...
Typographics – And a Personal Experiment!
Typography in Design: Making Custom Wall Art using Lyrics from “Home” by Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros.
Updating Your WordPress Website
Today, WordPress released Version 3.2. And we came across a GREAT blog post this morning about updating your website with this newest version of WordPress - a topic that raises many questions from our WordPress-using clients each time an update is released. "Should I...