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April 15, 2009
I’m the kind of internet user who makes really different searches like “Japanese Scrapbooking” on Google to see what comes up. My main reason behind this seemingly odd “Asian” oriented search online was to find freebees like images and pictures they give away for use by visitors who patronize the site.
While searching on this particular subject of scrapbooking from Japan, I found a neat site called “Spoonflower.” They are a company out of North Carolina and currently in beta. They are what you might call a “diy” online fabric shop. So instead of going to say a box store and buying someone’s random fabric design, you can upload your own designs and have them randomized so that it creates a neat design. You could even just do a single repeat so it shows up enough per yard to make a doll design or puppet.
At the moment they do not let members sell to others for profit but on their site they do state they hope to allow that in the future. You can even get a swatch of fabric with your design to see how it would work for about $5. I’ve already added a few designs.
Check it out. It’s a neat site and I’ve already found some really nice designs by other people.
~L~
Posted in Art 4 Sale, art sites, diy, fellow arteests, general artistry, shop online, Uncategorized | Tagged crafts, design, diy, fabric, make your own, material, north carolina, original, personalized, quilting, sewing, spoonflower, unique | 2 Comments »
October 9, 2008
My regularly updated personal blog is down for those that know about it. I’m waiting for an update from the owner since I pay for that one… don’t ask me why but I like it and it’s cheap. So anyhow… until he fixes it so it says I did indeed pay for 6 more months… I’m keeping an aged whine over at LJ for those that know about that account.
~L~
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September 7, 2008
If you’ve noticed… I’m trying to let everyone know when the sites I like or have my art at have a sale. Most of these sites I buy my own stuff for myself or others. I haven’t been disappointed with the quality. Let me know if you have any questions.
Photoworks:
Free shipping on orders of $20 or more!
Enter coupon code: SEPTEMBERNEWS
Order by 9/30/08
You must be a member to take this discount. Membership is free!
Dotphoto:
15% storewide through September 12th. Check site for details. Must be a member to take advantage of this deal. Membership is free.
That’s it for now 😀
~L~
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged art, buy, digital photography, film, photography, photos, prints, shopping, snapshots | Leave a Comment »
April 17, 2008
I don’t think this qualifies as a real art contest, I think it’s more of a promotional site that pays for quality artworks.
Comozo Art Contest asks for illustrators and artists to send in their designs. Once received they judge either through the site (or other means) how popular a piece is and then award the chosen a limited print edition contract (200 in the edition) to print said artwork as a high quality canvas giclée prints. Chosen artist receives a set of 200 “certificates of authenticity” to sign and return for said artwork.
Sounds like a pretty good deal in my opinion and they seem to pay pretty well up to US $4600 or $3000 Euros. It’s a European site, I think french from the sound of it, and seems to be all and all legit. Heck who wouldn’t mind making up to that kind of cash from a sale of 200 limited edition prints?!? I know I wouldn’t mind much.
~L~
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Art 4 Sale, art for sale, artist, canvas prints, certificate of authenticity, Comozo, contest, european, french, giclée prints, illustrators, limited edition prints, make money, sell your art | Leave a Comment »
January 23, 2008
I was wondering that same thing when an online acquaintance referred me. I’m still a bit in the dark but I’m getting an inkling as to what the site is about.
Qassia.com appears to be an ad revenue sharing site that involves people joining up to share their personal sites and information on various topics. Every time you add a personal site (they insist you have permission to add sites) you get a certain percentage of virtual revenue to use to pay for your ads online. They also pass this along to any sites you may already have joined such as Google Adsense. The amount of hits and referrers (haven’t tried this bit yet) as well as how interesting people rate your original news articles that you’ve written adds up to virtual ad revenue from Qassia and is split as you decide between your listed pages. So far I’ve managed to acquire close to $450 Quassia dollars for ad revenue.
The site is still in Beta so I’m still trying to figure out exactly what their purpose is and how it works. They seem to be trying to run a kind of virtual advertising budget that helps to get people out in the forefront with help by their online peers and draw traffic to member sites through this same peer system. I just like seeing how things are and what they are for if they’re helping to advertise sites. Plus it’s free and you can quit when you like.
Check it out for yourself… don’t take my word for it.
~L~
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged ad revenue, advertise your site, advertising, articles, free, google adsense, news items, original information, qassia | Leave a Comment »
January 8, 2008
I’ve since drawn another image to celebrate this year’s animal: The rat. So if you are into the Chinese horoscope, check this out:
You can buy a copy of this at my Zazzle shop. Thanks for looking!
~L~
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December 11, 2007
Yep… this next year is the year of the rat. Apparently it’s my sign for the Chinese calendar despite most of the sites saying for some reason that I am an Ox (not literally, but you know what I mean :P)
So to celebrate the year of the rat, I drew this pic:
It’s for sale at my Zazzle shop. 😀 Check it out!
I hope everyone has a happy holidays and very merry new year!
~L~
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged animals, art, asia, bridge, characteristics, china, chinese, chinese horoscope, digital illustration, february, female, geisha, horoscope, illustration, japan, kimono, mountains, new years, rat | Leave a Comment »
November 22, 2007
If you need stamps for holiday cards, Zazzle has their special going on.
You can save on shipping if you buy three or more qualifying sheets of postage (sheets of 20) for free shipping. The coupon code FREESHIPSTMP must be entered during checkout to receive the offer. The free shipping offer is for ground shipping to U.S. addresses only. Shipping charges will apply to orders being shipped on an expedited basis or outside the U.S. Offer is valid from October 16, 2007 at 12:01 am (PDT) through December 31, 2007 at 11:59 pm (PST). Your order must be placed during that time to qualify for this special offer. This promotional offer may not be combined with any other Zazzle promotional or discount offers.
Also starting on Thanksgiving Day, you get any sheet of 20 stamps for only $10.99!!! Talk about a great deal. Here’s the specifics:
Promotional price is valid for any number of sheets of twenty Zazzle Custom Stamps with a denomination of 41 cents. Offer is valid from November 22, 2007 at 12:00am PST through November 26, 2007 at 9:00am PST. Your order must be placed during that time to qualify for this special pricing offer. This promotional offer may not be combined with any other Zazzle promotional or discount offers.
So if you are interested in buying stamps from my shop or make your own on Zazzle, now you have reasons why. 😀
~L~
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged buy, christmas, create, december, free shipping, gifts, holiday sales, limit time offer, november, personalize, postage, sales, selling, stamps, thanksgiving, xmas, zazzle.com | Leave a Comment »
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