For some reason my attention seems to be centered around graphics and images these two weeks. This week, I found a few more really cool resources and tools that you’ll want to check out. Here goes.

photo credit: ottonassar

Photo Dropper - thanks to ProBlogger, I immediately jumped on this plugin. I’ve been using more photos on my blog for several months and been using these sites to get pictures. But the problem is, searching for photos, cropping and resizing can take a lot of time. It slows down my blog posts and makes the most spontaneous posts a chore. This plugin helps you search for photos from Flickr and insert it into your posts with just one click. Sweet. I am using it on this post itself.

Quick Web Creations - I outsource many of my graphic needs. I am not good at logos, e-covers, headers, icons and stuff like that. For the important

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I often come across some awesome websites but don’t have enough time to do an in depth review of them all. Usually, they get bookmarked into Del.icio.us which is OK and I refer to it often. But some of them are worth highlighting. So this is the first in this series.

This week, my friends over at MomsMorningShow.com were chatting about blogs, making money and blogging in general. One of the things mentioned was using more images in your blog posts. This is a method that’s highly recommended by many as successful blogger. But the question is always, where do I find images we can use - legally and fairly?

SXC.hu is my personal favorite. I’ve been using them for over a year and they seem to get better and better. Used to be there were only photos but I see more illustrations now which is fantastic!

Open Clip Art Library I stumbled upon this site while checking out some Creative

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