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10 Flickr Groups To See the Best In Doll Photography

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Most childhood obsessions are more or less grown out of once puberty hits. Toys and hopscotch make way for boys and parties, hanging out with friends and the latest pop band to take the charts. Then real life slowly begins and we start to fall for the boring grown up entertainment venues we never understood, such as talk radio and antiquing.

So maybe I am sticking with stereotypes a bit, but for the most part the days of childhood are left behind and we never go back. When it comes to collection, however, it might not be so simple. One item that seems to remain on some people’s lists of loves their entire lives is dolls. On Flickr, this can definitely be seen by the huge number of doll photography groups with members in the hundreds or thousands.

These are the 10 where you are most likely to find amazing photos, as well as a home for your own shots. [Read more…]

Best Tea Websites for Inspiration

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A couple of nations are well known for their love affair with tea: the United Kingdom, India, Australia and China are only a few examples. But the practice of drinking this herbal liquid is spreading to those regions where coffee was for so long the big seller.

That is why you see more websites dedicated to information and exportation of rare and common teas popping up all over the place.

If you are thinking of creating your own – or you are just an enormous tea fanatic – you will love these examples of gorgeous sites dedicated to the beverage. [Read more…]

5 Important Functions All Websites Should Include In Their Design

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web buildingA webmaster can build the most beautiful website on the planet, brand the site to perfection and offer great content, however if their site is missing key components for success the site is likely to fail or in the least not reach its full potential.

By taking the time to incorporate five “must have” functions into your website you can help ensure a better chance at success for your project

1. Social Integration From Off-Site Sources

If you’re running a website for which you constantly interact with your users using Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and other social networks you should show those conversations to be carried over to your website. An increasing number of websites in recent months have begun showing Twitter feeds from their accounts while providing Facebook activity streams and other offsite content conversations. By bringing off-site conversation to your website you allow users to create a circle of interaction that extends from on-site conversations to off-site conversations and then back to on-site conversations, a nice little circle of interaction that keeps users returning to your main product (your website). [Read more…]

15 Beautiful Minimalistic Single Page Sites

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I have a thing for minimalistic websites, because they don’t require intricate graphics and yet they are harder to create then a non minimalistic websites. It’s very difficult to create less and still have a beautiful page. If I could finally sit down and teach myself to use a decent grid I can create the ultimate page to my taste; grid based and minimalistic.

I recently made a single page site myself and it took me way longer then a multi-paged website. Having the right background, color and font takes time and serious consideration. Now that last one is true for every kind of design but with a minimalistic page there isn’t a lot to focus on or distract. Now we all have opinions on what makes a website minimalistic, the line on that one isn’t an exact science. Web design is still art and art was never an exact science.

When you really want to focus on content, minimalism is one of the best ways in my opinion, meaning that there aren’t other factors on the page that take away from the key content. With that on mind I selected 15 single page websites that are beautiful and well done. I hope these will serve as an inspiration for you and inspire you to try create a single page website.

Alessandro Cavallo

Single page site

Fabiano Meneghetti

Single page site

Edit Studio

Single page site

Feelwire

Single page site

Giant Creative

Single page site

Sursly

Single page site

Lonely

Single page site

Dan Tobolic

Single page site

Mike Ambs

Single page site

Matt Cooper

Single page site

Ben Lind

Single page site

Peter Pearson

Single page site

Dan Scotton

Single page site

Peter Viszt

Single page site

20 Great Photoshop Website Tutorials

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If you want your website to stand out a good first step would be to design your own instead of using a template which is used by hundreds others. While it’s true that content is very important to any other websites design also matters, it matters a lot.

We can’t all be creatives or a graphic and Photoshop expert. I believe we all have creativity inside us, well known designers have practiced a lot to reach the level they are now. Practice and practice and of course lots of tutorials and inspiration. But talent is also a must and not all of us have talent for design, skills yes, talent, sadly no.

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