Postcards with original pastel paintings

Things have gotten so tight over the summer that I have not been able to spend much time adding products to my Zazzle stores, but at last I have managed to start finding a little time. This post spotlights some new postcards with original pastel paintings.

Not sure if I am going about things the right way though. I am adding text which the image suggests to me, maybe I should be making it far more general. On Zazzle you can always personalise messages on cards and postcards. I will have to chew this thought over if I want to make more (some would be nice!) sales.

you're hot by ArtyfaxCards
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Nature Lover by ArtyfaxCards
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thinking of you by ArtyfaxCards
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You can see more about the paintings on my blog, Painting with John , and larger images on my Flickr account, see my set of pastel paintings

Birthday cards with vintage images

Another day, another card; its always time for more new products at my Zazzle store. Todays theme is vintage images. As usual they have a humerous twist, see if they make you smile:-

the astronomer by ArtyfaxCards
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wirewalker/juggler by ArtyfaxCards
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violinist by ArtyfaxCards
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I am going to have to think seriously about how to take this blog forward. The easy bit is showing new products as I add them to my store but I guess that could become a little boring. I may slow up the number of posts to give a more interesting "story" of how I am doing with sales / referrals and just generally learning the ropes.

Greeting Card on Zazzle: A bunch of purple and white flowers

OK I have posted lots of humerous cards for sale on my ZAzzle store but not everybody likes these sort of things. So of course I have posted one or two for the more serious buyers. THis one is a photograph of a bunch of purple and white flowers. Simple text and a simple message, of course all text can be personalised very easily even for those who may feel a little uneasy with computers. If you can use a keyboard - well, there's no problem. Even adding your own picture is a doddle but then you might as well design your own card so why am I saying this?

purple and white flowers by ArtyfaxCards
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More cards to come in the days ( and weeks to come) why not browse over and see what I and other Zazzlers have to offer.

A Lazy Sunday Afternoon, button badges on Zazzle

Finding myself at a loose end tyhis weekend ( father's day and waiting for the lads to visit) I decided to post a set of button badges that I have on my Zazzle store. Taken from a set of four acrylic abstract canvasses, which were shown at my art groups yearly exhibition, they are:-

07abstract 002, I Love The Spring by artyfax
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I Love The Summer by artyfax
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I Love The Fall by artyfax
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I Love Winter by artyfax
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Lots more on my store if you want to pop across

A greeting card to throw a little light on a birthday

Still plodding away and learning as I go. Today I became concerned that although the photographic images I had been  uploading to Zazzle are fine, the scans of my art works are a little "iffy" in terms of size. I may need to consider this issue very carefully. Luckily, I have got many more photos than scans.

The problem is that the scans are smaller than the photographic images even though they are a much higher resolution. This is something that has bothered me for sometime but I believe that I was mistaken in thinking that the scans were of a suitable size, because they were a higher resolution. I have discussed this fully on my Squidoo page, my first steps with Zazzle. I put some figures to the different sources of the images and compare them with the recommended values from Zazzle.

 For now, I am posting another greeting card, possibly for a green-fingered gardener. Whatever, here it is:-

strike a light by ArtyfaxCards
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I think that I will use this to make a series of specific numbered birthday cards, i.e. put a large 30,40.....,70 etc. in a suitable location omn the card. I will probably do this with some of the others. The buyer can personalise a card but will they want to bother. OK, I will provide the effort and hope that someone appreciates it.

Another sale for me on Zazzle

YESSSSS!!!

It is only a postcard for which my royalty payment is hardly going to make me rich, however it is a sign of things to come. I have a new shop with about a dozen cards and one is sold. Is this good? Well Zazzle say on their homepage that they have 41 Billion, that is 41 000 000 000 products for sale. I guess to be seen and sell one is pretty good. At least I am very optimistic that I may be able to makae a few pounds as I start to populate my store(s). The card sold is:-

make music by ArtyfaxCards
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Very similar to the greeting card which I have already posted on here, but with a slightly different text.

Back again tomorrow.

Amusing greeting cards on Zazzle

Humerous or amusing cards can be fun and I think I have a sense of humour that most people can identify with. So as far as greeeting cards go my store has a number of amusing epithets on cards with a matching graphic. In the cards I show here, the graphics are all public domain or Creative Commons licensed images.

I have recently made a series of cards with the theme " a group of people" does it with ( or using) " something". If it doesn't make sense then take a peek at the following cards:

artists do it with brushes by artyfax
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photographers do it thru a lens by artyfax
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singers do it with gusto by artyfax
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All of these and more can also be found on Tee-shirts, for example:-

guitarist_hands by artyfax
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All products can be customised:- design, colour and in many cases the text may all be customised to your choice. The quality of the products from Zazzle is top class and there should be no difficulties with receiving your order quickly.