Photographs of nature

I do love taking photographs when I am out walking, and if the scene presents an odd subject, so much the better. I saw this tree and the associated growth of its neighbour on holiday last year, I had to take a photo.

It made me think about several sets of feelings including "love / caring", "fear of potential loss", etc. The other thought was "why this tree and not the other?" And looking through some old images for another set of cards I came across this having already used it last week on some tee-shirts and thought that it would make an ideal image for a postcard. So here it is:-

hold me tight by ArtyfaxCards
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I have quite a few photos of stranger than fiction trees, I think I really must look out a few of them - could be some mileage in them. I may also start to include some of these as I find them on my blog, "photography for fun". They won't all be suitable for Zazzle so it will be an opportunity to air them.

Which sells on Zazzle, humour or image?

I have been adding products lately to my Zazzle store but I have begun to ask myself am I stopping people from buying my cards ( for example) by using messages which are examples of an off-beat humour? Should I simply leave cards blank, put images on t-shirts and leave these to sell the product. Does the average customer know that they can, or understand how to customise a product. I have decided to go for both angles. This means a little more work but should not be too ardous and if any products sell I might be able to answer this question. An example of my sense of humour:

past its prime by ArtyfaxCards
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The message inside reads:- Don't waste your time hanging around,
IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY
make sure that you have a great time and enjoy yourself
from one old ruin to another My thinking was that the image is of a ruined pier, PAST IT's PRIME. Is this too obscure? I think that this also raises the question about getting thte card seen on google. Who searches for the specific text message? Decisions, decisions, I will be thinking about this long and hard. If I get to any conclusions then I will be coming back to report, LOL

New Tee-shirts with pastel paintings

New products on my Artyfax store on Zazzle, tee-shirts with pastel paintings which have been trimmed to take away the rectangular feel - I hope.

woodland lane by artyfax
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trees in orange scene by artyfax
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The paintings have all been posted as larger images on my Flickr account photostream and blogged on Painting with John I am trying to build up a much larger inventory on my Zazzle stores, to date I have sold half a dozen items, cards and postcards. This seems poor but to sell this number from an inventory of less than 100 out of a total on Zazzle of 16 billion products must point to some sort of success. I just need more time to get stuff posted. Of course if you feel like helping my sales along, please feel free.