Masonboro Watersports Gets a Sharp Rack Card Design

Can you guess who designed Masonboro Watersports rack card?

Pattern Art by Dighton Design

Text Art by Dighton Design

Dighton Design for Custom Web and Print Designs

Commit to any three projects like  Logos, Brochures, Product Package, Label Designs, Mock Ups, Advertisement Design, Book Cover Design,

Flyers or Postcards Designs, or Web and save 30%. Offer expires February 27, 2012. See Pricing for services available.

Photoshop Before and After

For an ad campaign design that I did I did some photoshop retouching.  Now the model is lovely … but, I had a chance to clean up the photo some and enhance her eyes.  See the before and after in some detail here.

Designing T-Shirts are Fun!

I designed a humorous T-Shirt for Humanity Wear. You can buy it here: humanitywear.com.  What do you think? Got ideas of t-shirts I could design? Do share!

What connects Boston to New York?

Dightondesign!!

A photo that I took on a trip to Arizona will be featured as a background on the New York company website, Honeydrops. My trip to Arizona during a Thanksgiving Holiday brought me to my brother-in-law’s vacation home with some family members. We enjoyed  a warm Thanksgiving day with beautiful mountain views. We had some  drinks by the pool and reminisced on this Arizona Thanksgiving Day. His backyard had beautiful lemon trees.  Since I am from the Boston area, I do not get to actually see lemon trees. I snapped some photos.  The sky was especially blue that day, so the yellow lemons really popped. Honeydrops loved the photo and they will use it as a background on their website. Now…I HAVE to try a Honeydrops drink…made with real honey!! Sweet!

Attending Taunton’s Annual Lights On Festival?

If you are attending Taunton’s Annual Lights On Festival, here is a map of the events that you can download for free.  It is marked up version of the map so you may get around and make the most of the evening. Click this link to download this pdf: LightsOnFestivalTaunton2011

News from the Taunton Daily Gazette:

A holiday tradition nearly a century old will continue next Friday when the community gathers for the annual lighting of Taunton Green.

Each December, downtown Taunton is transformed into a massive holiday display, featuring thousands of lights and dozens of larger-than-life decorations and displays. Workers from the city and Taunton Municipal Lighting Plant have spent weeks hanging lights, erecting temporary structures and installing decorations ranging from penguins to Santa Claus.

Anyone attending the Lights On festivities needs to have a button for admission. Buttons are available from Heart of Taunton and select downtown businesses, and cost $6 in advance, or $8 at the gate.

The lighting of Taunton Green dates back to 1914, when downtown merchants came up with the idea to attract people to their stores for holiday shopping. The decorations evolved over the years, and the event grew.

If you are unable to download this schedule, please email me at fran@dightondesign.com and I will reply with the pdf attached.

Happy Holidays!

Fran

Online File Conversion

Have you ever needed to convert a docx to a doc? I have found a great site that will do that for free. If you want to convert  a file from a docx to a doc, go to Zamzar.com.  It is simple:

1. First – Upload the File: Select files or URL to convert
2. Second –  Convert to What: Choose the format to convert to
3. Third – Give Email: Enter your email address to receive converted files
4. Fourth – Agree to Convert: Convert (by clicking you agree to our Terms)

Zamzar converts many types of files:

• Document formats
• Image formats
• Music formats
• Video formats
• e-Book formats
• Compressed formats
• CAD formats

Need a QR Code?

What is a QR code? According to Wikipedia, A QR code (abbreviated from Quick Response code) is a type of matrix barcode (or two-dimensional code) first designed for the automotive industry. More recently, the system has become popular outside of the industry due to its fast readability and comparatively large storage capacity. The code consists of black modules arranged in a square pattern on a white background. The information encoded can be made up of any kind of data (e.g., binary, alphanumeric, or Kanji symbols).

You can generate one easily here: qrcode.kaywa.com

There are different types of content you can choose to create a QR code:

URL

Text

Phone Number

SMS

__________________________

My QR code is simply my web address:

__________________________

It seems simpler is best, but it depends on what information you want to pass on. The more information on the QR code, the busier it is. This is my QR code with contact information:

__________________________

I wanted to create a special offer like this:

Special Offer: Buy any 3 design services from http://dightondesign.com/pricing.htm and save 30%
Contact: fran@dightondesign.com
Offer expires: Dec 30, 2011

This is my QR code for this 30% Special Offer:

QR codes are the rage.  Simple.  People with the phones in their hands everywhere they go can quickly access the information they need in order to act, right on the spot!

Got some QR code skills to share? Do tell!

Cheers

Fran