Branding & Design for Small Business and the Everyday
Brand new look for Prickly Pear Design Co – coming soon!
Whether it’s graphics for your social media accounts, printables to sell on Etsy, or creating a lead magnet to build your email list – we can show you how!
Seen some cute custom home decor piece at a store or boutique and thought “I bet I could do something like that – and make money from it too!”
Searched Pinterest for birthday or graduation invites, scoured Etsy for planner stickers and graphics, or heard about a friend who started a business making social media graphics for small businesses.
Helped with an event, volunteered with a committee, set up your classroom, etc., you’ve got great ideas but none of the no-how to do them.
Dozens of good ideas were flying around in my head – but there wasn’t the know-how to create them. And taking the time to figure it all out just wasn’t a possibility.
I’m all about hiring a graphic designer if that’s in your budget, but if you’re like me – you’re often putting things together last minute, on a budget, and trying to maximize the coolness at every turn.
I took Digital Printables- Simplified and loved it!! In fact, just this week I made a flyer on Canva and thought of Marissa – since she taught me how to do it all!
It’s possible. In fact, it’s easy. And I can show you how. I’ll walk you through the process step-by-step. How to set up the document, pick colors, use the design tools to create that design vision you see in your head and how to refine and get your files ready to print.
A Start to Finish Guide on How to Create Digital Printables & Graphics in Canva for your Home, Blog or Business.
To be successful, you need to know the whole process start to finish. In Digital Printables – Simplified you’ll have step-by-step instruction all along the way and that means quick wins and fabulous designs.
This course was designed for the graphic design newbie – so we start at the very beginning. No prior design knowledge or tech savvy needed.
You’ll get a guided tour through Canva and also learn the differences between the FREE and paid versions of the design program. Don’t worry – everything we cover in the course can be accomplished with your new FREE account. You’ll also learn how to:
You’ve got your design, now what? Don’t let the ins & outs of printing stop you.
Learning the tools is only helpful if you know how to put them all together. That’s why we cover 6 mini projects start to finish in the course – you’ll build confidence, get your creativity flowing and have some awesome pieces to share or display by the end of the course.
Newbie status doesn’t have to last for long – this module is brand new and meant to help you customize your work quickly so you can advance your skills and grow your portfolio.
The best things I’ve done to up level my design game is to talk to more experience designers. Here are some of my favorite resources and tips for acquiring fonts and graphics and keeping up on licensing.
These print templates will help make producing your designs, easy. Perfect for small projects to print at home – you’ll save time and $$ instead of wasting paper and ink.
You’ll get access to a stash that we use in our mini projects module & I’ll share my favorite place to get graphics/fonts and give you the skinny on licensing and organization.
Newbie status is temporary. With this bonus module, detailed above, you’ll take your design skills to a new level so you quickly become a design pro.
I’ve loved this course and have gone back to re-watch the videos whenever I had questions. She covers it all… and now I’m designing weekly newsletters without spending hours.
When you’re ready to enroll you’ll be taken to a course checkout page. We’re so excited you’re joining us!
You’ll receive and email and be taken to a Thank you page that will allow you to access the course.
Once your purchase is complete you’ll have access to all the course modules and bonus content. Now let’s get designing!
I’m an avid lover of sunshine, hard work & fun. I teach design & visual media communications for Brigham Young University-Idaho Online. Sharing my passion for design and business with students is just one of the many things I do – I also spend time being a chauffeur, cheerleader to anyone needing a pep talk, goal setter, designer, and master picker upper of Legos.
I live in Southwest Idaho with my handsome Texas Aggie husband, my two awesome kiddos, and our crazy Airedale Terrier, Duke.
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