I mentioned in yesterday's mish-mash of a post that I'm a sucker for a good template.
I bought quite a few last fall whenever a designer I liked would have a sale or coupon code, but like any good sale, it still adds up.
But the longer I do this business thing the more I'm a believer that great templates are essential to me. I've learned the complicated way over the past 2 years that the end result of the photographs, the products, are where I'm able to make money and please my clients. And let me tell ya folks, there's no shortage of fantastic products available!
I really really really stink at graphic design but I know exactly the design and style I like to showcase my images. This is where the templates come in....I can buy beautiful templates for albums, cards, frames and everything else to create a very unique and eye-catching product that my client will love.
Here's some examples for you...this is a 4x8 Accordion album which is one of my absolute favorite new products I just started offering. I bought this template...
I bought quite a few last fall whenever a designer I liked would have a sale or coupon code, but like any good sale, it still adds up.
But the longer I do this business thing the more I'm a believer that great templates are essential to me. I've learned the complicated way over the past 2 years that the end result of the photographs, the products, are where I'm able to make money and please my clients. And let me tell ya folks, there's no shortage of fantastic products available!
I really really really stink at graphic design but I know exactly the design and style I like to showcase my images. This is where the templates come in....I can buy beautiful templates for albums, cards, frames and everything else to create a very unique and eye-catching product that my client will love.
Here's some examples for you...this is a 4x8 Accordion album which is one of my absolute favorite new products I just started offering. I bought this template...
...and turned it into this beautiful accordion album...
Graduation cards are another thing that are so easy to customize and the templates I've chosen for grad cards just pretty much blow the school cards out of the water! Look how gorgeous...
My true weakness though is album templates...I have to restrain myself from buying every album template by Crave Design. Here's their French Script Ohh La La which I've made several times into albums for Children and High School Seniors...
Since I'm kinda decent at working in Photoshop Elements I can alter all the text, colors, frames and pretty much rig all these templates up to fit what I need. That way they're truly unique to the images that I'm creating them for and each client gets the product thats perfect for them.
Anyway, templates have become a slight obsession and I've shown ample proof as to why I love them. What about you...are you a template junkie?
And since I want everyone to have the guilty habit I do of splurging on great templates, here's a few of my favorite sites for designs....Enjoy~
www.cravemydesign.com
www.jamieschultzdesigns.com
http://www.simplicityphotography.com/design/
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I'm not a protog, but I do enjoy templates for playing in PSE and PS. My oldest granddarling graduates from HS in 2013, and I've told her mother that I'd like to do her graduation announcements.
You should definitely check out those sites I listed and you'll find fabulous templates to choose from for her announcements. Have Fun Shopping!
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