Tuesday, June 29, 2010

In the Moment Photography

This afternoon, I was able to capture some emotional states my daughter was going through. Boy, what body language that the camera's lense captured! Pouting, upset, head down. Real stuff. I can't wait to look over the pics with a magnify glass to see what might be usable for stock, if any. The drama was over me supposedly taking pics of her little friend, and not her. Umm....ok, i did not take more than maybe one or 2 of her friend alone in a frame. The rest were of the 2 playing. Drama, people, drama! But some other great pics also caught her fighting back a smile, as her friend made her laugh with his silly antics.




Saturday, June 26, 2010

Getting my foot into a store to sell

Well, after months, maybe years of thinking about approaching a Bklyn store, about carrying some of my cards, I finally did it this week. What an easy process! At least for this store. Apparently, another photographer is doing very well selling his blank cards at this Windsor Terrace stationery store. Only thing is, i'm not going to be making a profit with the margins on this batch. Since I only bought a few cards here and there, I didn't get the zazzle discount once you start buying in bulk, so with shipping, then adding logo stickers to each card, and stuffing them into cellophane envelopes, boom! Money out of pocket. But, my foot's in the door, right? If some cards sell, I can go forward and invest in a bulk, thereby making a meager profit. Ah...the artist's life.

Wednesday, June 23, 2010

This Week's Top 5 Zazzle Stores

3. GeoKip 
4. all_items 

In no particular order, I present to you, dear reader...the next Top 5 Zazzle Stores I am a fan of. Last week I tried to also include a product link to each store, but I think that may be too time intensive for now. For customizable cards, postcards, mousepads, aprons, business cards, letter head, stationery and more...

Now with working links...ugh! Today's lesson: Check links before you tweet about having anything new to show people!

Saturday, June 19, 2010

Make Money With Your Blog article

I found this through a twitter link. Ok, I'm seeing the value twitter can bring, as far as bringing forth different sources of info, incentives, and ideas to incorporate into one's own blog.

http://bit.ly/cm1GKe

Thursday, June 17, 2010

This Week's Top 5 Zazzle stores

Well, I've seen a bunch of stores now on Zazzle where I'm amazed with the quality of design and offerings. So, as I ramp up tweeting and blogging, I'd like to start exposing these great stores to any eyeballs that may be reading. Anyone here...anyone?
In no particular order, I'm going to be going through my list of favorites. I don't join fan clubs of anyone who simply joins mine, so I'd like to think that I'm selective in my choosing. Happy cruising!

1. i_dentity


2. Kimiyo Prints


3. Magic Zoo
The fox and the crow - greeting card card
The fox and the crow - greeting card by chopstix Browse more cards available on zazzle


4. Cardstop


5. Simply Chic



*** Next week, LOOK for 5 more NEW stores that I will feature! ***

Wednesday, June 16, 2010

Idea to Create List of Fave Zazzle stores

There are so many talented and beautiful stores on Zazzle that I find inspiring. I think I will put it on my list of things to do. "Create list of Fave Store".

Monday, June 14, 2010

Latest Zazzle purchase!

Barcelona, La Rambla postcard was purchased! Will have to start creating more designs incorporating more line art.

La Rambla Postcard Design

What's My Niche?

As I continue to write freely here, by no means with any sort of schedule, I'm finding I should follow some of the steps I've been r...