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All the best tools + resources for stationery designers + calligraphers!
All the best tools + resources for stationery designers and calligraphers!
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Over 2,000 swatches you can print to help with color matching (it's like a Pantone deck for digital printing!) on your most-used paper stocks!
All the colors and shapes from our favorite stationery vendors, right in your Adobe files for instant access whenever you need them!
Save time on your invitation sketches with these templates - all the shapes (and palettes) that you need right in Procreate for gorgeous, quick sketches.
Stationer's Library
Sketch Templates
Printable Palette
The Color Tools
Have an idea for a helpful and time-saving tool for stationers or creative business owners?? Email us at info@bylaney.com
Specially made tools by Design by Laney just for graphic designers to make it easier to design wedding invitations, help you color match your prints, and ultimately save you time (because time is $$$ fam!).
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Shop some of our favorite stationery design, calligraphy, and business tools by category!
Dubsado
HoneyBook
- Keep track of your client + project info
- Create invoices + collect payments
- Best-in-class workflow automations
- Everything you need in one place
- Customizable forms + templates
- Robust financial reporting
Kajabi
- Email list management
- Host + sell courses, memberships, etc.
- All-in-one platform for educators
Tools that do the work for you - automate processes, keep track of all the details, and make your small business look next-level professional to your clients. Here are some of my faves:
Not feeling these options? We've explored and shared details on a few more systems too!
Check out our tutorials on: Rock Paper Coin, Enji, Hello Bonsai, or 17Hats!
Client Management Made Easy
Chase Ink Card
This credit card has a loophole for stationers - you get 5% back on "office supplies" which includes several of our favorite industry printers and paper suppliers! Choose the one that says '5% back on select categories'.
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Quickbooks
The industry standard for accounting and bookkeeping! My favorite part is that my tax prep is super easy - simply add your accountant and you’re done! This link gives you 50% off a subscription (I personally use the Online version).
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Contract Templates
The Creative Law Shop templates make contracts and legalese seem simple for creative entrepreneurs. Plug in your policies, and you're good to go! You can get 10% off with code CARLANE.
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Repurpose.io
Repurpose all your online content from one platform to another - automatically! Check out this video to see how it all works (this one will save you CRAZY amounts of time!)
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Adobe CC
Adobe is the industry standard for graphic design, and it's where I basically live every day! I use a combination of Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign to create all my wedding invitation designs!
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Creative Market
This is where I purchase most of my fonts, vector graphics, and other types of design elements for commercial use! I even have a shop where I sell my own fonts on Creative Market!
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ConvertKit
If you don't need course and membership hosting, then ConvertKit is a fabulous email marketing platform for you! I love the robust reporting capabilities, so you can see which of your emails is working and better target your subscribers.
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Learn Font Making
A course from Every Tuesday that I used to learn how to make fonts! I have now sold over 400 copies of my signature font, Sapphire Script, and will be releasing a second one shortly. There's a PC version and Mac version of this course.
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SkillShare
Skillshare is an educational platform full of courses on all sorts of topics - graphic design, calligraphy, and painting to name a few. I also teach a few classes you can access for free during this 2-week free trial, with subjects like Envelope Printing and How to Use Dubsado!
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