Just a few of my favorite designer links:

What the Font?
Ever wanted to find a font just like the one used by certain publications, corporations, or ad campaigns? Well now you can, using the WhatTheFont font recognition system. Scan and Discover! It's genius!

iStock Photo
Cheap, royalty free stock photography. Buy credits. Get great images. Some aren't as good as others, but they are affordable and have a huge selection of most everything you can think of.

Brands of the World
Lots of vector logos for corporations around the world. Great site for projects, just get permission first. They're all copyrighted.

MyFont.de
A great free font archive. My favorite – click on themes at the top and search through tons of music and movie fonts or find something scripty to replace Brush Script on your computer. Save all of us. I promise you as your designer that your fonts will be cool -- No Times Bold. :)