Many interior designers have shifted from physical portfolios to digital versions. This is a great option if you're a freelance designer since you'll be able to share the link to potential clients via email. It's also a good choice if you're adept at web design since it can show people that you're a dynamic, modern designer. This is a really good idea if you're a freelance designer since you can market yourself more easily by sharing the website online. If you go this route, bring a tablet with you to your client meetings to pull your portfolio up on something bigger than a phone. Keep an offline copy on the tablet so you don't need to fiddle with the Wi-Fi at the beginning of meetings. If you know how to do some coding or want to use a template on a site like WordPress or Weebly, you can certainly craft the website yourself. Alternatively, you can look on a freelance website to hire a web developer to make your personal website. Keep the URL basic and easy to remember. This website will exclusively serve as your digital portfolio. For the URL, you may make it something like kateandrewsinteriordesign.com or stallworthinteriordesign.org. There are plenty of web developers for hire on sites like Fiverr (https://www.fiverr.com/) and Upwork (https://www.upwork.com/). Expect to spend $50-200 on hiring someone to make your website. Include 3-5 sentences explaining where you're from, where you work, and what your design philosophy is. Make this the first thing that readers see when they go to your website. Include a photo of yourself next to the text and either put a large photo of your spaces in the background, or in a text box next to the intro. For example, you may write, "Reid Vargas is an interior designer based out of Vancouver. He specializes in private residences and has been designing beautiful homes for nearly 5 years now. If you're looking to craft a luxurious, elegant vibe, you've found your designer in Vargas." " Put this tab right in the middle of the website at the top. When someone clicks this tab, have it take the reader to the start of the portfolio. Either have the reader scroll down or create a page-style portfolio where the reader can click a button to go to the next page like it's a standard book. Split your work up between your photos, sketches, AutoCAD layouts, swatches, and annotations. Take a look at other digital portfolios online. There's nothing wrong with borrowing a layout idea for the portfolio to come up with something that looks good to you. Another option is to place each individual piece on a single page with thumbnails. This way, the reader can click on individual pieces that they're interested in looking at. Create an additional tab titled "Contact," "About Me," or "Hire Me." List your phone number, professional email, and include a note about your availability and the types of projects you're taking on at the current moment. This way, random people that find your website will be able to reach out if they want to hire you. This will also ensure that folks have a way to reach you if they ever lose your business card or contact information. Either on the contact page or at the bottom of the website, include a link to your Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn profile. This way, other designers, potential clients, and fans of design will be able to add you and share your work. This is a phenomenal way to grow your professional network and develop your online presence.

Summary: Create a digital portfolio to market yourself online on a personal website. Hire a web developer to make the site or create it yourself. Put an introduction on the home page of the website. Arrange your images in a single tab labelled "Portfolio" or "Work. Include your contact information on a separate tab of the website. Link to your social media information to grow your network.

When dry, place the tubers and stem into the crates and cover with a dry material. This dry material could include: Sand. Shredded newspaper. Peat. Cover the plant and check every few weeks for signs of black or off-colored growth. This growth could indicate decay. A plant that is wilting and limpness is dehydrated. If your plant is dehydrated, lightly mist the tubers with water until they are slightly moist. If you find any decayed parts of the plant, remove these damaged parts to give the remainder of the plant a better chance for recovery. A few weeks before the last frost move the tubers to a new workstation. Divide any large tubers now to give the new cuts a better chance of resisting mildew, rot, and fungus. Break the buds down until only one large bud remains in each section. Place each section of dahlia into a pot with fresh soil and fertilizer. Store the plant in a sheltered area out of direct sunlight. Once the leaves have formed and hardened off you can move the plant into direct sunlight or back to its original location before the winter.

Summary: Place the tubers into crates. Check for signs of decay regularly. Divide your dahlias. Replant your dahlias in a pot with fresh soil.

If you use a small one, you'll only knit enough to make a cowl, which is a short infinity scarf but you won't be able to wrap it again and again. The needle size should be at least 4mm/6 US and above. Knit stitch works well for beginnersknit even rows, purl odd rows. You can vary the number of rows as you go. You'll need to gauge the final length from the stitch used by making a sample piece of about 15 stitches and measuring its gauge. This tells you how many stitches fit for each 5cm/2 inches, allowing you to calculate the final length desired. Using your calculation from the previous step, cast the number of stitches needed for the required length. Then connect the beginning and end of the row and start knitting in circles. Then cast off and the infinity scarf is complete.
Summary: Use a very long circular needle. Choose the stitch and pattern of your preference. Choose the scarf length. Cast on. Knit around and around. Continue knitting until it reaches the height you'd like.