Big Winner of Google Maps Contest

By Tim Priebe on March 16, 2011 at 1:34 pm in freebies

Congrats to Andy Moore, the winner of our Google Maps Contest. Here was his winning entry:

andymooreAt first I thought myself fortunate to find a wormhole in the space/time continuum just a few miles from my home. I mean, seriously, a website developer who can also travel through space AND time – I might even transfer my hosting to them for if they’d let me hop in the wormhole once or twice. Alas, I was saddened to learn that the Google Maps marker was simply in the wrong place. Guess I’ll head back to my basement for another round of Klingon language-acquisition flash cards.

Thanks to everyone who entered. Google did call us last week, but sadly they have not yet moved our listing.

If you like free stuff (and who doesn’t), be sure to check out our Facebook Page this week for a series of giveaways celebrating our 1,000 fans milestone.

5 FREE Twitter Backgrounds

By Elyssa Dolinger on May 1, 2010 at 12:00 am in freebies,General,Social Networking

5freeHow would you like to be the proud, new owner of a custom twitter background? Rather than go through the pains of background design, why not let a professional take care of it? For free even! (That’s gratis, free of charge, for nothing, complimentary, on the house.)

In the Month of May, we’re offering 5 free twitter backgrounds.

So what do you have to do to get your mitts on a brand new, bouncing baby background? It’s as easy as 1, 2…

1) Follow @tandswebdesign

2) Simply tweet

Just entered to win a #FreeTwitterBG . Just follow @TandSwebdesign and retweet. http://bit.ly/aqt6Om

At the end of May we will be contacting the winners VIA twitter about their new background. Until then, enter the contest, sit back, tweet and enjoy some of our previous work:

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@littler4bbit

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@emilyspirek

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@cochristonline

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@timjpriebe

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@tandswebdesign

Free Photoshop brushes

By Dave Roach on September 23, 2008 at 6:30 am in Design

A great way to shortcut some ideas or at least get a design started, is by looking at some custom photoshop brushes. There are thousands, if not more of bushes out there customized in tons of ways. For instance, I found two amazing brush sets from Smashing Magazine that are freebies. Check them out:

These brushes also can be handy in that they can can be scaled as large as needed, and can be edited in illustrator and re exported as your own customized brush. Brushes can help add the fine details to your design that you may not have time to create from scratch. They are excellent tools that in my opinion should not be overlooked.