I find it completely impossible to do anything I don't feel like doing without caving in and watching TV, browsing wikipedia etc.. Though one thing that helps me a lot is music, particularly rap and piano. What program does she use? You may be able to aquire a better one from our friends with eye patches down at the bay. ;). I wish I could help her out somehow...
It's not about the program she uses, it's about the fact that the designs she creates keep getting rejected. I just hope she can come up with something that will get approved. I think she might have overestimated her designing abilities and unfortunately, I don't think I have the abilities to help her out on that. Once she gets her design approved, I can help out with the different iterations tho, so fingers crossed.