A eps pack & otf file of ampersands! $9.99.

Also see: Make-a-file: Ampersands [link]

bgrepeat.com - A new seamless pattern site still in "beta"

Heads up via 2expertsdesign

Simulated type on distressed wood tutorial on denisdesigns

"... new venture brought to you by the same people behind Six Revisions"

I'm in! [Link]

So yesterday while flipping around on the interwebs, I found a site called PosterHolding.com... could be kinda useful for remaking your own stuff, like I did above (and in the post below). I don't know the official rules on doing this, so don't resell, making money, ect. from this.  Also see gomedia's Poster Presentations [link] for a more legitimate solution.

I always struggled with the idea of posting links to actual sites.  The problem is they don't hold well over time (for archival purposes).  For example, think how silly it would be to see a post to me linking to bittbox 3 years ago (maybe not that silly actually). Anyway I going to try to get in the routine of posting new fun design blogs I find...

The Designed [link] a "web design and development blog that aims to deliver only the best tips and resources from all over the web"

So it's been 3 weeks since I posted a "weekly texture" post... I have become to busy to maintain and keep up with all that is textures.  From now I on I will just post textures as they popup, so yeah most likely be posting Bittbox every tues!

Be sure to check out the Textures tag for all the past textures.

More goodness from my new bestfriends MediaMilitia.  This time brushed borders [link] 27 .abr or pngs.  I edited from flickr user horizontal.integration, it's one of my all time favs... I hope that was okay.

Make an editable/printable invoice via CSSTricks using FreshBooks.  I wish I had know about this sooner...

A lot the blogs also took last week off, here are some things I did see:

Free Cuadra typeface, vector clouds from my pal Garcya, 2 new fonts from Billy Argel one and two, vector tropical fish on VectorTuts+ and some vector fonts to add to [this] post.  Also sometime this week I will be cleaning up my freebies page.

I finally got around to making an illustrator file full of Ampersands.

This will be useful for quickly choosing one for certain designs.

I used font book to quickly narrow down to my favorites, then after having them all layed out in illustrator (outlined created) saved as a template so I can quickly get to it from illustrator. Time: >30 minutes.

42 Bokeh texteures/backgrounds on one of my new favorite sites MediaMilitia

Fake spray paint stencil method: first get yourself TiltShift generator (Adobe Air needed) - Link

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Transparent money border png [link] from GrahamPhisher.

Free font used: Currency

So awesome Particles Pack from MediaMilitia

Includes 25 massive transparent PNG files.