the toolbox & hivemind
look, we’re all just trying to make cool stuff without losing our minds (or our files). this is the communal stash: links, plug-ins, apps, and half-broken google docs that somehow work.
💾 design stuff — fonts, mockups, inspo boards, and those weird color palette generators that are 60% chaos, 40% genius.
📸 creative gear — cameras, mics, lights, random thrifted props that somehow elevate every shoot.
🧠 brain fuel — podcasts, playlists, zines, articles that remind you why you started creating in the first place.
💬 community picks — drop your favs. gatekeeping is loser behavior.
add what you use. take what you need.
Here are some of my faves:
(these first three are the affiliate links, FYI)
🧱 kadence — the theme builder that makes wordpress behave
🛒 surecart + all their stuff — tools that don’t make you want to scream (I used SureDash for building hey!curbside)
☁️ cloudways hosting — keeps the lights on while you experiment (or break everything)
not an affiliate, but habits i can’t quit
🎨 adobe — the necessary evil we all love-hate. I have the All Apps plan because I use so many. (i mainly use bridge, indesign, acr, illustrator, & ps)
🌐 wordpress — the old reliable. (extra AF, but it’s family.) – the dot org NOT the dot com.
📚 design inspo — archive.org for deep dives + rawpixel for that “vintage scanned ephemera” fix. **Bonus, absolutely any museum with online open access. MetMuseum is my go-to.
🧰 canva — the swiss army knife of design. quick, easy
🧩 figma — collaborative chaos in its most beautiful form.
i’m sure i’ll keep adding to this as i think of them.
what about you??? add yours below. gatekeeping is canceled. 🪩
