Love love love posts with tons of links. Especially when mine is one of them! The chicas at SheepDogPD developed this list of great sites for creatives--enjoy!

Forums (designers/creative/crafty/indie/self employed)
BlogHer forums
Get crafty forums
Creatively Self Employed Boards
Graphics.comHow Design Forum
Inspiration Forum
SpoonoStart Up Nation
Sugar frosted forum
The Switchboards

Directories (small biz/ professional/networking)
4 networking
AIGA
Linked in
Merchantcircle.com
N Post
Smallbusiness.com

Directories (Blogs)
Blog Burst bloggers
Blogarama
Delightful Blogs
Designers who blog
del.ic.ious
technorati.com
Top 150 marketing blogs

Directories (biz bloggers)
Biz Nik

Directories (women bloggers/biz owners/creative professionals)
Blogs by Women
Blogher.com

Associations (crafty/ women)
Craftrevolution.com
Girl at Play

Alliances/Associations
Invitation Stationery Alliance
AIGA (American Institute of Graphic Arts)