It’s not always easy creating a navigation menu that stands out, and also serves its purpose without getting in the way. Sites that have a huge number of category pages in particular can be quite daunting as the navigation can soon get out-of-hand.

Other sites may want to show off a beautiful design, and have the navigation work to compliment that. We have selected 30 inspiring navigation menus that have been crafted carefully, fit the personality of the site perfectly and remain creative & interesting whilst still being useful.

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Sticker Mule is launching their redesign soon, and wants to kick off by giving 2 lucky readers $100 in free custom stickers. If you haven’t heard of Sticker Mule yet, it’s a good time to check them out. They make ordering custom stickers as simple as possible. They’ll make your artwork print ready for free, and provide a free online proof with every order. Check out some of their handy work:

In this post we have collected some useful and excellent jQuery tutorials for web developers and designers. Enjoy!!

How To Build a Sliding Feature Slideshow with jQuery

Photobooth with PHP, jQuery and CSS3

We’ve got a great giveaway today from Custom Bags HQ. Custom Bags HQ wants to be every designer’s go-to for custom bag printing. They sell both custom bags and reusable bags, with a simple online ordering system. Just pick a bag style, upload your artwork and they’ll send you a free online proof.

If you’re a designer, chances are you have clients that need custom bags. Fortunately, Custom Bags HQ is has a lot of love for the design community So they want to give 3 winners $100 in store credit (enough to get a totally free order).

To enter: Just comment on this post. Three winners will be contacted at random by Custom Bags HQ to claim their prize. Contest ends June 22, 2011

Best of luck!

BONUS ROUND!!!! Tweet this post and Custom Bags HQ will pick one additional winner to receive $100 store credit.

Every designer is looking for high quality photoshop brushes. So in this roundup we have showcased over 750 free photoshop brushes to spice up your design. Enjoy!!

45 More Subtle Grunge Brushes

In this roundup we have showcased some of the creative illustrator tutorials from 2011. These include typography, character design, poster design, logo design, portrait design and many more. Enjoy!!

Artistic Printing Inspiration in Illustrator and Photoshop

Create a Lava Island Scenario in Illustrator