Lots of crowdsourcing sites as you rightly noted. Here in Cambridge (UK), we have quite a few mailing lists and meetups of hackers/designers/coders and so it's

Lots of crowdsourcing sites as you rightly noted. Here in Cambridge (UK), we have quite a few mailing lists and meetups of hackers/designers/coders and so it's quite easy to just tap those. I bet you can find similar things locally near you. Also, if you are near a university or college, then you have access to lots of talent willing to work for relatively little money. Students are interested in cash, yes, but also interested in building their portfolio.