The vector editor Inkscape is what some might call a best-kept-secret among open source projects — in part, because few people outside the graphic design community have any experience working with vector artwork; also, in part, because it’s so powerful that it can seem intimidating at first blush. Here are a collection of Inkscape resources you may find helpful in learning Inkscape and in expanding your skill set.
Chinese New Year Labels for free to download in PDF templates. This year celebrates the Year of the Rabbit. Designed by The Shy Socialites are here and ready for you to print on your laser and inkjet printers. Two designs sets are available and are free for your personal use only:
1) Elegent Year of the Rabbit Labels, use these size labels:
Round label stickers WL-6000 1.2″ circle
Address Labels WL-875 (Avery® 5160 sized)
CD Labels (Neato sized) WL-5000
DOWNLOAD THE COMPLETE SET OF ELEGANT LABELS
2) Cute Year of the Rabbit Labels, use these size labels:
Address Labels WL-875 (Avery® 5160 sized)
Round label stickers WL-6000 1.2″ circle
These amazingly cute printable Valentine’s Day Labels and stickers were designed and illustrated by Erin from InkTreePress and are free for your own personal use. Download them for free in a PDF Template and print them on your laser and inkjet printers.
Use label sizes WL-775 and round labels size 2″ circle for printing.
Cathe Holden from justsomethingimade.com has designed an exceptionally beautiful vintage label set printable on our blank Round Labels in 2.5″ size. Free for download – Free for your personal use only.
Vintage Round Labels
Free printable round labels for your laser and inkjet printers. Available in red, black, light brown, blue, green and a dark red design.
Your free fillable Valentine’s labels Love Birds Label Set designed by The Shy Socialites are here and ready for you to print on your laser and inkjet printers.
So you want to set up a photoblog to showcase your best photographic creations, but you are not sure where to start? Fear not, using the excellent WordPress blogging software, you can have a photoblog up and running in no time.
Are you the resident computer expert among your family or friends? If so, there may come a time this holiday season where at some point between dinner and dessert someone asks you to troubleshoot their ailing computer. Take a few minutes to get familiar with these free, open source repair tools and load them on a USB flash drive. You can diagnose and fix many pesky computer problems in the time it takes to clear the dinner table, and look like a hero by the time coffee is served.
Fans of OpenOffice, Abiword, and KOffice, and Scribus dominate the open source document printing discussion, because traditional office suites and desktop publishing apps account for the lion’s share of the pages in our paper trays. But for a lot of old-school typesetters and writers, nothing in the WYSIWYG realm can hold a candle to the performance and flexibility of TeX, and its popular LaTeX and BibTeX derivatives. Although TeX is most often used to create structured documents like research papers, it can be used to generate any document type — including specialty items. For the unfamiliar, here are some resources for using TeX to print envelopes, labels, badges, and cards.
Here are some outstanding Holiday Labels in printable templates illustrated / designed by the Shy.Socialites. There are several sets:
Whether your small business has been around for years or you’re just starting out, it simply makes good sense to use open source software for everything from managing your office network to putting together slide decks for your next client presentation. Open source software is inexpensive (and often free!), secure, and easy to customize to the unique needs of your company. Unlike many commercial applications on the market today, you can even find in-depth, no-cost tech support from within the user community.
