Archive for February, 2012

15+ Online Photo Editing Services

February 14th, 2012 in Tools | 12 Comments

Have you ever felt disappointed with the outcome of the photos you’ve taken? Or would you have preferred some special effects for that not-so-ordinary picture of you and your loved one? With the internet available now, you don’t need some complicated or over sophisticated image editor which does nothing but drives you crazy. Online photo editing is definitely the best answer for this. Well, you have to admit that using an online photo editor is much more fun and also less time-consuming. Come on, how can you say no to a free online photo editor? Free online photo editing has brought photo fun to a whole new level, and I must admit that churning my very own picture using online image editor has broadened my horizons.

You might think that using an image editor is more than what you can handle, but seriously, it’s a piece of cake. With online photo editing, spinning pictures or images to the exact way you like is just a couple of mouse-clicks away. Remember those photos you have which you really needed the red-eye correction; or that picture with a lovely background but the lighting made you face bleached at one side and made you face looked super blemished; or the one where your significant one is staring into your eyes and you just hope that the backdrop could just blur away; yes, using an online photo editor is your speedy answer.

Well, as for those adventurous ones, don’t shy away from online photo editing! I assure you, being able to make full use of an image editor is anything but nerdy. Imagine all the great and interesting stuff you could pull off: if your grandmother’s birthday is just around the corner, what better gift could you give her than to get a current picture of hers and add in some of the elixir of youth – by using an online photo editor and baam! A portrait of a younger her with perfect complexion but having the elegance and maturity of her current self, she be beyond touched.

I shall introduce you to some of the best photo editing sessions you’re ever going to get with these online photo editors, as below. The more you play around with any one of these online picture editors, the more you’d be surprised by what they’ve got to offer. You can look taller, slimmer, change the colour of your clothes or even get a killer smile done in your resume photo. Really, your imagination is the only limit!

piZap

This one is a hit in Facebook, you can do some real funny photo editing with it. For example, want to show the world your love for your pet? Have a striking background with your pet in it, just that it’s got your head LOL!
piZap

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Top 10 Online Invoicing Tools To Handle Your Billing Effectively

February 13th, 2012 in Tools | 14 Comments

Nowadays, it’s really important to have a good tool to monitor your collections. It is also important to know of the aging of your receivables and send statements to your clients reminding them that they still have payables to you. Good thing that there are online invoice tools that help you make your jobs easier. No need to download, and cost less! You also don’t need to get a software from a provider and having to pay a lot and only use the invoicing module.

Online invoice tools has a very big role for small and medium businesses and even to freelancers. These tools provide easy tracking of payments and even collect payments online from clients. The advantage of these online invoicing tools is that you no longer need to download them. All you have to do is create an account and log in. There are free online invoicing tools, and also some that you need to pay in order to use of the tool.

Below are some of the best online invoicing tools that you may find helpful to you. I choose them because it’s one of the best tools that can help you.

The Invoice Machine

Invoice machine is an online invoicing tool that simplifies your work. This tool is ideal for freelancers and businesses. It has a professional looking design and has a built in timer while you work on it. You can even monitor your invoices whether it is already paid or not upon due. Invoice machine is also capable of sending invoices to your clients.And not only that, you can also customize your emails!
The Invoice Machine

Cashboard

Cashboard is used for freelancers, small business and large organizations. This tool keeps track of your expenses and accepts online payments from your clients. You can also fully customize cashboard’s appearance. And you can even download the Cashboard Timer widget!
Cashboard

Bill My Clients

With Bill My Clients, you can create recurring invoices and can even control them. You can also calculate tax automatically, add shipping charges to your client’s invoices, track payments and even create reports! Bill My Clients is also integrated with Paypal, so no worries of delaying your receivables from your clients. There is also the feature call eFund and eCheck Payments where your clients pay online. Importing and exporting data? That’s not a problem with this tool because it is capable of doing so. These are just some of the exciting features of My Bill Clients. Check this out and see for yourself!
Bill My Clients

Invoiceplace

One of the best features of Invoiceplace is that it has a multi-currency support, meaning, you can have as many clients as you want all over the globe! You can even monitor your invoices if they already fall due, due to Aging of Receivable Schedule. Invoiceplace not only can monitor products, it can also monitor services that you are selling to your clients. It can also save time for you because you just email your clients for their remaining payables to you in a PDF or Word format, which makes it look more professional.
Invoiceplace

Simply Invoices

A simple yet easy to use invoicing tool. Simply Invoices can create templates and invoices. You can even preview and edit your invoices and see your recent invoices. It can also create a PDF invoice and download it! Simple isn’t it?
Simply Invoices

Invoice Quick

One of the best features of this tool is that it takes care of your data security and automatically creates backups. So no worries of loosing your data. I guess this is one of the most important things that we should bear in mind right? Because once a database is destroyed, and you have no backups, you will also loose your business because all your receivables are stored in the database. Invoice Quick allows installment payments to your clients, and has also a multi-currency feature. If you want to upgrade, you can upgrade it for free! You can even collect your payments online and auto send invoice reminders so you will know when to send your clients of their billings. There are still more features of this tool, so check this out.
Invoice Quick

Billing Boss

Billing Boss can share data to your accountant without sending files, more convenient, isn’t it? It also has backups so you won’t be worried about loosing your data. Simple and easy to use invoicing tool, and can send invoices easily in just a few seconds to your clients! And take note guys, this tool is one of the free online invoicing tools, so no cost is at stake in using this tool.
Billing Boss

CudBee

CurdBee has a feature that you can upload your logo into your invoice, making it distinguishable among your competitors. It can also accept payments online from your clients, so there’s no worries in collecting from them. Curdbee also has this feature of setting up recurring billing options to automatically send it to your clients. More great features of this invoicing tool, so guys, try this!
CudBee

Invoice Journal

With Invoice Journal, you can easily track your invoices. You can also access your invoices anytime and anywhere. With this tool, your invoices will look professionally good. So try this!
Invoice Journal

Fidesic

Fidesic can integrate with accounting systems, which monitors your payments and your receivables. You can also send fax or paper invoices. This tool is also capable of electronic sending and receiving payments, and also has an online statement of accounts for your clients. These are some of the great features, and more, when you try Fidesic.
Fidesic

40 Creative Ice Sculptures

February 9th, 2012 in Insipiration | 3 Comments

Ice sculpting or ice carving may not be very popular in certain parts of the world but, it is simply undeniable that to produce fabulous ice sculptures is not an easy fit. An ice sculpture is in itself a standalone piece of art: ice sculptures aren’t as hard as rocks but its final product prove much more glorious and glisten in its own magnificent way; skills required in ice sculpting may not be as technique-sensitive as compared to that in wood carving, but time is no doubt an essential element as the slightest drag of time may result in a failed ice sculpture.

Having ice luges in parties doesn’t hurt in pushing you up several notches higher where the ‘hottest party list’ is concerned – who could ever say no to an endless flow of wine or champagne, straight from the ice berg, no less? Ice sculptures for weddings seem to be the chic thing to do as well. Future brides-to-be, imagine right in the middle of the dance floor of your special big day are two large swan ice sculptures, their slender necks forming the perfect heart shape, illuminated by a soft glow of cherry-pink light, no girls can say no to that!

Though having these wonderful pieces of art would be like a dream-come-true, it’s a no-brainier that having such ice sculptures completed from scratch would definitely cost a fortune. But fret not, certain countries participate in ice sculpting events actively, the list includes Canada, China, Ireland, France, Japan, Sweden and the United States. If ever, you feel the need to browse through an imaginary catalog for your very own wedding ice sculptures, these ice sculpting events would just be the place to do so.

The following are pictures of ice sculptures which just seem to captivate me. Each and every one of them seem to bear their very own story and it feels as if a single ice carving is capable to catapult oneself to a whole new dimension. Do enjoy.

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An ice sculpture fit for a king – such a majestic presence.
m j c

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Collection of Unique Presents for Valentine’s Day

February 8th, 2012 in Insipiration | 2 Comments

Valentine’s Day is just around the corner, you are planning an unforgettable day to celebrate this season of love with your special someone. While you are meticulously planning a special day to show them how much you love and appreciate them, you might also want to plan on a pleasant surprise Valentine’s gift to your special someone, something unique and something they will appreciate.

A Valentine’s romantic evening would most likely consist of a romantic dinner, be it at a romantic or special restaurant or a special home-cooked meal, you might want to spend some effort to think about the best Valentine’s gift. Some of the more common gifts are probably roses, chocolates, plush toys, jewelries or some cosmetic products. However, in order to make this night a special and memorable night, how about putting a slight twist in these gifts and make one of the best Valentine’s gift. Some of these gifts were included into our list as unique presents for Valentine’s Day, instead of giving red roses to your love one, how about presenting a delicate gold rose as a symbol of your undying love towards them. Besides that, instead of purchasing a normal box of chocolate, why not present them with a box of specially handcrafted chocolate truffles to spice things up. Instead of a solitary jewelry, why not make it a pair.

However, do not get carried away while you are trying to select your Valentine’s day present; keep in mind that no matter how unique or special the gift may be, it should be something your love one can appreciate and enjoy. After all, it is always the heart and thoughts of the giver that counts. You can probably choose the best Valentine’s gift base on your partner’s hobby, perhaps a compass for those who enjoy traveling and outdoor activities, or something cute and humorous for those who enjoy a good laugh. Not only that, you can also personalize your Valentine’s Day present, perhaps you could finally put down your feelings of love and appreciation in words and put this message in a bottle, record all your memories together in a book to depict your journey together. These Valentine’s Day present will not only show your effort, but also depicts how well you know and care for them.

There are more unique and special gifts that we have included into our list of Valentine’s Day presents; we sincerely hope that this list will help you in your search or serve to inspire you with ideas. Last but not least we hope you enjoy this day and make it a memorable celebration.

Note: We have an article for Valentine Wallpapers too.

24K Gold Foil Rose

A handcrafted rose that will last forever.
24K Gold Foil Rose

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Creative and Unconventional Print Advertisements

February 7th, 2012 in Insipiration | 8 Comments

Advertisements are everywhere. Designers always create creative advertisements that can draw our attention. A successful advertising campaign always accompany with creative and unconventional ads that able to attract potential customers.

In this article we gather over 40 very creative, colorful, funny and unusual print advertisements that will show you how looks like successful advertising campaigns. Most of the creative ads here used photo manipulation extensively.

Jornal de Londrina: Echo

Jornal de Londrina: Echo

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Building Tabbed Navigation using SpryTabbedPanels

June 3rd, 2011 in Tutorial | 38 Comments

The Tabbed Navigation is the latest trend while designing a Website. If it is blog then you can notice the content titled ‘Featured Content’ or ‘Latest’ arranged in tabs. If it is a Website then there are tabs on top replacing menu items. If coded correctly the tabs give a fresh outlook to your Website, save resources, and present maximum information in less area. In addition, almost every user is familiar with the tabs and their working. Tab, ALT+Tab, and Ctrl+Tab are the most pressed keys on any keyboard on this earth. Thinking to use the tabbed navigation in your Web design then we are here to help you out. Adobe Labs provide access to its SpryTabbedPanels without any cost. Here we’ll guide you how to use the SpryTabbedPanel code to create Tabbed Navigation.

An outer div contains – list of tabs, all panels, div container to have content panels, and div tag for each panel. The SpryTabbedPanels use JavaScript to toggle between the tabs. Therefore, we’ll include the JavaScript code within the HTML tag. To modularize the code, we’ll create a separate JS file and link it through script tag inside head tag. This js file will define the functions related to the Tabbed Panel. Before closing the body tag, we’ll define a script tag to use JavaScript to make Tabbed Panel interactive. We’ll also link a style sheet in the head tag.

Adobe Labs provide the SpryTabbedPanels.js to use with the HTML code. You can scroll down to bottom to download the source files used in this article. Before that, we’ll illustrate the code of HTML and CSS files in this article. We recommend you not to change the file name of js and css files. However, you can modify the code as per your convenience.

In our case, we’ve located JS, CSS and HTML files in the same folder. Please modify the path in code if you’re placing the CSS and JS files in other location.

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Creative Arts Created Using Cassette Tapes

May 25th, 2011 in Insipiration | 17 Comments

With the rapid flow of technology and evolution where society and perspective changes are concerned, art itself has been propelled to a whole new level. Drawn portraits from centuries ago, where canvas or parchment and dyes or black ink have been used, can now be reproduced, with the same mind-numbing effect but from various different materials, some as bizarre as cassette tapes.

Yes, you heard me right, audio cassette tapes indeed. I’m sure that not many has heard of this form of recycled art where cassette tapes are the essentials but trust me, the results are astounding. Now that taking the organic route and recycling are the ‘in’ thing, art from recycled materials have got a very appealing effect to people from all walks of life. Some youngsters nowadays might not even have seen any real audio cassette tapes, but these mini rectangular-shaped discs were once the older generation’s CD’s and thumb-drives. Most of these cassette tapes no longer function and the more obvious part – who on earth still owns a cassette player anyway?

With that in mind, creative artists from all over the world figured that rather than letting these white elephants just go to waste why not make an awesome spinoff and create art of out of junk. Thanks to their innovation, drawn portraits made of audio cassette tapes have been a blast. Singers, artists and Hollywood stars became targets of interests where their portraits become one of the members of the art from recycled cassette tapes.

The production of this form of art is by no mean an easy fit especially since articulation, patience and being precise are the core essence, a slight mistake in any stage would cause significant disfiguration towards the outcome in a whole. Well, I for one am not particularly gifted where the creation of art is concerned, but I sure enjoy its beauty. Let’s bath ourselves in the pretty things which these otherwise insignificant audio cassette tapes have got to offer.

Kung Fu Cassette

The swirls and fluidity of the tapes magnifies the details and possibilities of the martial arts.
Kung Fu Cassette

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Horizontal Navigation Menus: Tips, Tricks and Showcases

May 11th, 2011 in Insipiration | 15 Comments

It is true to say that visitors will look at your navigation menu and will immediately leave your site if you don’t have a clear and directive navigation.

There are 2 types of navigation menu:- horizontal or vertical navigation menu. Horizontal menu has became the mainstream in web design, probably due to the space limitations. This is true especially for blogs or content related websites. Although they may have vertical navigation menu at sidebar, but the primary navigation will be the horizontal menu.

We have a showcase article for navigation menu before, but we would like to focus on some tips, tricks, tutorials and some showcases of horizontal navigation menus here.

Location Of Your Navigation Menu

Let’s start with the location of your navigation menu. Where should you place your menu? There are 3 places where you can place it:-

  • Top of the page, above the logo or banner.
  • Beside your logo or banner.
  • Below the logo or banner.

Example: Artificial Studio

Artificial Studio

The navigation menu sits on top of the logo and content. They also use different color to represent different links and destinations.

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7 Steps to the Office Environment of Your Dreams

December 25th, 2010 in Insipiration | 39 Comments

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A major part of a person’s life is spent at work and in their office, and offices are usually considered a person’s home away from home. This means that the type of environment that he or she works in will have an enormous impact on their life, job satisfaction, and stress level. There are a few basic changes that can be done in any office to make a better environment for all employees. Apply these seven tips to your own office and bear the fruits of the improved environs of your workspace.

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