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So, we haven't done one of out Twitter discounts in a while, so I posted a new one today.

For future reference, follow me on Twitter (elixirgraphics) and watch for when we post special discounts, like we did earlier today. Since it has been some time since our last Twitter code I decided I would post it here as well for the masses, and that the code would encompass both elixir's shopping cart as well as our new sister site, The Icon Lab.

So, use the code THELAB003 during checkout either here at elixir or at The Icon Lab and you'll receive 15% off of your entire order's total. This is good for purchases of $10 or more, but only runs through Feb. 1, 2008.

Again, be sure to follow us on Twitter for future discounts and such, as well as to just keep up on what I am doing from day to day.

The Icon Lab

We're glad to announce our latest project. For some time we've been working on some new stock icons. In the process of doing so I thought it would be a good idea to have a more prominent, focused place to feature our icons, so I developed a custom RapidWeaver theme and a new site to house our icon business. That new site is The Icon Lab.

We will be providing stock icons, free icons, and custom designs. We also have some other goodies like our Build Your Own Box layered PhotoShop kit.

I will be adding more stock and free icons over time, as well as revamped versions of our current icon packs.

Our icons will come in PNG (with transparent backgrounds), ICNS, ICO and Mac Resource file formats. They also come in 48 x 48, 128 x 128, 256 x 256, and 512 x 512 pixels in size. So they're great for your web site design, RapidWeaver themes, as well as Kwix and Blocks pages.

I encourage you to look around the site, and if you have any questions feel free to let me know.

Around the web

In the past few weeks I've seen a lot of great sites linking into elixir. Just thought I would post and point some of them out. So, in an effort to toot our own horn, here we go:

Nerd Business Blog
We were ranked in their top 100 CSS Designs of the year. It was an honor to be placed in the list with other great sites like Freelance Switch, Panic's Coda, moo.fx, and well 96 others.

Plain Beta
We were mentioned in Plain Beta's article titled "What Makes a Web Site’s Design Look Good? 7 Ideas for You to Think About." What they had to say: "A logo of some kind is necessary for virtually all web sites. Supplementary graphics are helpful as well. Elixir Graphics is pretty good on both points."

Craigs List
Of all the places for elixir to crop up. Go figure.

Smashing Magazine
We are still receiving a ton of traffic from their "60 elegant and visually appealing designs" article from last year. Be sure to check it out. Again, there are a lot of great sites listed there that are quite inspirational.