Ribbons of Red was entered in the monthly American Design Awards contest for the month of December. After nearly 60 days, the winners were chosen earlier this month. Out of the 546 applicants that applied, Ribbons of Red placed in the Top 10! The highest awarded score for the month of December was an 87. [...]

Most small businesses go under within their first two years and only 1 in 10 make it ten years. Moral of the story: being successful is hard, not to mention scary.

When I left my corporate job to pursue life as a full-time freelance web designer, it became very apparent that while word-of-mouth and referrals were great for my business, I didn’t want to “hurry up and wait” for new projects to trickle in. I wanted (and needed) to be more in control of my company’s [...]

Park and Recreation websites are some of the most beautiful sites I’ve seen on the web. Unfortunately, there are countless park websites on a city, county, state, and even national level that are very out-of-date. One of the most important goals for any Park and Recreation department is getting visitors and supporters to the park. [...]

Gone are the days where Dreamweaver (or FrontPage) was required to keep a company website up-to-date. WordPress is all the rage these days and allows my clients, small- to medium-sized business owners, the ability to maintain their company website with ease.

This week, Ribbons of Red was featured on Smashing Magazine for releasing an iPhone Vector Pack Freebie. The vector pack comes with several buttons, six different iPhone interfaces, and three keyboards. You can download the iPhone Vector Set for free at Smashing Magazine. This is a great way to present mobile websites or applications to [...]

Earlier this week, I posted a review on the new project management system, FreelanceSuite. I purchased it for $69.00, after loving the demo, but since the purchase have been very dissatisfied with the lack of support and the product’s bad functionality/usability. I requested a refund from FreelanceSuite, and it’s very important you read this (if [...]

Choosing your first project management system can be a daunting task, at least it has been for me. There are just so many choices out there both free and paid.

Successful web and graphic designers are constantly seeking inspiration for their projects and ideas. I admit, up until recently, I’ve been very bad about saving (and seriously organizing) websites, photos, graphic snippets, copy and other items I’ve found to be extremely inspiring. Thankfully, I gave Evernote a try and have been using it for my [...]

I’ll be the first to tell you, about 1,000 times, that I hate politics. I can’t wait until the election–not because I’m dying to cast my vote, but because I want it to end. I’m sick of all the cheesy he-said-she-said TV commercials and advertisements at every turn of a corner.