Chelsea Bell Eady

Thoughts on design, technology, and social media.

Adobe Creative Cloud & CS6

9-bits:

Yesterday, Adobe announced the release of its subscription-based Creative Cloud service, which includes 20GB of storage and access to the entire CS6 collection of apps. What’s most exciting about this is that Adobe is offering an introductory price for the first year to CS3–5.5 users at $29.99/mo. — an insane discount compared to the normal cost of Adobe applications.

If you already own a copy of Creative Suite, I highly recommend taking advantage of this offer while you can, especially in light of the upcoming improvements.

Craft boutique businesses have unique online opportunities

As I work on the design for this Shopify integration, it strikes me that the late adopters of this kind of technology have more of an opportunity for online success than your average online retailers. Online vintage and craft boutiques have a real advantage in that they carry some of the most specific and varied items it is possible to carry.

Looking for a 200 year old beaver pelt top hat? No problem. How about a new wedding dress made with vintage lace? Sure thing.

The inclusion of these types of creative and quirky businesses to the online community benefits this type of business in a unique way: the specificity of their products make unpaid search an unusually target-able affair, increasing the possibility of quality leads. It would not surprise me to see an unusually high conversion rate on this site once it launches.

typeverything: Typeverything.com - Poster by Kelly Thorn (via Kelly Thorn at Coroflot) Welcome to the circus!

typeverything:

Typeverything.com - Poster by Kelly Thorn (via Kelly Thorn at Coroflot)

Welcome to the circus!

(via typeverything)

Delighted by the view of the Art and Craft building across from the classroom I teach in. :-)

Delighted by the view of the Art and Craft building across from the classroom I teach in. :-)

themadeshop:

missamerica-:

Finally received my linear calendar from The Made Shop yesterday, and now the decoration of my little room is complete!

Thank you, it’s beautiful!

<3

Happy New Year!

(Source: miss-americaaa)

typeverything: Typeverything.com - Letterpress by Saranna Drury 

typeverything:

Typeverything.com - Letterpress by Saranna Drury 

A beautiful night at Le Bistro Chez Michel in North Vancouver - it&#8217;s a shame they are closing at the end of the month. I will have to head down there constantly to fill up on their French Bistro classics!

A beautiful night at Le Bistro Chez Michel in North Vancouver - it’s a shame they are closing at the end of the month. I will have to head down there constantly to fill up on their French Bistro classics!

Quote of the day…

(Source: cbeady.behance.net)