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Today marks the third anniversary of the day Sue Bryce walked into the CreativeLive studios in Seattle and, with her now-trademark sassy wit and searing candor, changed our lives — and the trajectory of CreativeLive. To celebrate and honor our friend and mentor, we asked CreativeLive employees to share a favorite Sue moment.

The vignette is one of the most popular effects on Instagram, and can add drama and focus to an image -- but when you're not shooting mobile, it's surprisingly difficult to figure out how to create a vignette in Photoshop. There are many ways to create a vignette in Photoshop," explains fine art photographer Brooke Shaden in the Lighting Effects guide from her CreativeLive class, Fine Art Compositing.

[caption id="attachment_12911" align="alignnone" width="570"] Image via Etsy user AvenueBlue[/caption] When you're experiencing a period of low productivity, it's become a common reminder from well-meaning friends (and mugs, and throw pillows, and the occasional framed letterpress poster) that "you have the same 24 hours as Beyoncé. " It's true, technically (and temporally) speaking -- but that sentiment alone is probably not enough to help you wring more out of each day, particularly considering that productivity has more to do with how you feel about yourself than how you actually spend your time.

With monthly sales averaging about $150 million and monthly pageviews above two billion at last count, it's an understatement to call Etsy an important part of the craft community. Each year, over a million Etsy sellers supplement their income (or straight-up work for themselves) using the platform -- and some even become newsworthy for their impressive profits.