It's never been more fun to shop for envelopes

Action Envelope has redesigned their website and will be giving Envelope Mall and Jam Paper a run for their money. Not only did they make it easier to browse, they added sample ordering and a HUGE new selection. Now, if they would just increase their selection of presentation folders, they would be my newest favorite vendor of all good things.

Beautiful design and brilliant functionality by Alexander Interactive.

Finally! How to make a letterhead template in MS Word

I never knew how to do this correctly until now.

Only 419 of the most useful links you might need

Geared toward web designers (but great for the lowly print designer as well), this site has 419 (or more) links to everything from stock photos to color palettes to XML help, plus an easy way to send in any missing ones.

Lots of info, but easy to navigate.

How to Make Smoke in Photoshop

A handy trick: How to Make Smoke in Photoshop

Colour Lovers Unite

A lovely open source site of positively yummy color palettes from a site in the UK called COLOURlovers, founded by Darius Monsef. Described by him: "Our approach is based on the open source and common license concept. We gather creative professionals into an online community where they can share ideas about color and influence others." While I was hesitant to sign myself up as "lover" (and create yet another new online personality profile) I did flag the color palettes as a really great design resource when I'm stuck on my next project.

Envelope size guide

A helpful link for everyone who can't memorize all the envelope sizes available to crafty designers like us.

Patterns galore

I just got turned onto Travis Beckham's site today. Check out his inventory of fully downloadable patterns. Way way cool Travis.