What do I buy for Christmas gifts?

Both these products are fun to design for . Here are some of my children's story designs at Lifeheroes.

That Question must be in lots of people's minds, especially when all the offered discounts everywhere. I will share here what is on offer with my designs.

Zazzle's offers!

USE CODE: ZAZCYBERWEEK for up to  60% off products!   A discount of up to 60% of the product net sale price will be deducted when one or more qualifying products are purchased.  These offers seem to change every day, so do visit my two most active shops: Just kidding  and my Awakening store design shop. Or the below card collection page

 By using the code ZAZTHIRTYOFF you can get 40% off for mugs, pillows. posters and many other products. I keep getting emails on a daily basis with sometimes 75% discount for that day! That must be a sure saver in anyone's budget. It's still time to send a personalized card and Zazzle is very strong in there. I've created several. As I'm writing this blog I see $40% off all Mugs!

 Calendars from my previous blog entry do make a great gift and are cheaper to send by mail.

Society6 offers!

They are very strong in offering FREE SHIPPING! That can make a huge difference when customers live outside of the USA! I made use of it by purchasing a pillow with a photo of my own garden. If anyone is interested to have their own photos on products like I have done, please contact me.

Redbubble Offers!

My latest design, as I write this blog, is all about Steampunk. I was playing with Photoshop when I created this steampunk dragon, including a book theme design. In my past I used to make jewellery sculptures with watches and clock parts but today I have taken photos of all the cog wheels and any other parts that are found in old watches. I love the latest art display gift, an Acrylic block

Its unusual and will do well as a present for someone who has got everything already! Know one of these people? I do!
I love Redbubble's full print tops and wall decor and my favorite and most popular design this year was the Teach Peace design.

Under the brand name NadineMay and under the Power of Words on Amazon there are several Tshirts for sale for the whole family.
There are two P.O.D websites that specialize in full print products.

Lifeheroes  & RageOn.

 Here are some of my children's story designs at Lifeheroes. Both these products are fun to design for.

My latest P.O.D website i joined has been RageOn! what a fun store. I feel truly at home here.

Many of the designs that were created over the last three years I can now see what they look like on garments I would never thought possible.

 Thanks for reading my post.
Nadine

Calender time again

Greetings from the souls of Africa Calendar.

Calendar and Wall art collections at Zazzle 

12 African designs

Story telling Calendar

 Reflections for every month of the year 2017

 

Floral treasures from the Cape - South Africa

Designing for the T Shirt Market

Many of my designs are published on T Shirts with several P.O.D shops that specialize mainly on T shirts. Here are the links, so that any shopper can compare prices. Needless to say that Amazon is so far the cheapest, but I will add some promotion images at the end of this post from other P.O.D shops who also print T-Shirts and show the different prices.

Like my new logo? Read here how I came to this design.

Merch by Amazon

In mid-July 2016 was approved to promote 25 designs here. The designs I have chosen are a mixture for both men, women and children. I design what appeals to me, not necessarily what is the most in fashion, or the latest trend, but I hope that my original artworks under my label will take off at the super large on line shop website.

Design theft that has been rife lately, especially on Amazon, so I hope that my own designs under the Just kidding brand name here will get known before they get stolen. I wrote an article about how I saw that some of my Book cover designs were stolen and published on pillow cases! Please read and comment 

Spreadshirt

My Just Kidding online shop here shows the designs that have gone through their submission standards. This POD website is for me more a guideline (I think) as to what they are looking at in terms of popularity and printing quality. My problem here is that they only allow files of 10mb max, which is a problem for me, since many of my design files are a lot larger. They do offer many other products besides T Shirts. When you visit my shop there all you see are the designs and then you can choose on what product you like to see a design. Their upload facilities are not yet my most favorite, so not many of my designs can be seen as of yet here.

SunFrog

This Print on Demand online shop totally focuses on T shirts.  I need to learn a lot about what is the going trend for T-shirts, but for now I’m just having fun. here is the link to my T shirt Shop designs

Treadless

I have been a Member since 2015 but so far I have only submitted 5 designs and have in total collected 129 scores. I'm not at all active here on this submission platform, but its a great way to show your own original designs.

I do have an Artist Shop with Treadless, where I can add more designs as I go along.

Skreened 

This P.O.D website  is mainly a T shirts kiddies clothing and bags product site and I have not been all that active here as of yet. Please click on the link to get to this buying page.

MySoti

When I was writing this post I had forgotten all about this P.O.D site. I see that some of my shops are still under my own Nadine May name, and not under Just Kidding. There are not many products here and when i have a moment i have to update several of these online shops, but for now my main focus is still on the 4 main stores with Zazzle, Society6, Redbubble and since late Artsadd.    

Teepublic 

Here my designs are also found just for T Shirts. The prices are very good and I also have an affiliate store here. Just kidding 

Teespring

This is purely an campaign running site where I've learned a great deal about niche marketing and to design for a niche market. I do have campaigns running at the moment, but only if a designer invests by paying for ads on Facebook or with Twitter is there maybe a chance that we might pick up a bulk order. For me its more the exposure of my designs that can be seen everywhere. 

Here is where anyone can read my article titled: How to establish a niche market. 

It's often by sharing our experiences in the online earning activities that everyone scores.

To be inspired is great but to inspire someone else is Incredible  

Thanks for reading my post.

Nadine 

 

A crowdfunding adventure

I'm A Time Keeper

My new business adventure is to join a crowdfunding system whereby we start a 'campaign' and upload a T Shirt design on TeeSpring.com  for a good cause - a specific business - or any event that might attract enough buyers who will place an order for the T Shirt in question.  In my case, I tried it out with my timekeeper design. This design needs to collect a minimum of 30 orders in order for TeeSpring to go and print the T Shirt and ship it to the customer. My first campaign runs until Jun 30! If not enough orders have been placed ( within these 10 days) - Then my campaign carries over for another 10 days.

Orders are printed and shipped when the time expires (June 30).You can expect your package to arrive around 2 - 5 business days after the campaign finishes printing. Orders are mailed via first-class or priority mail. Shipping costs $3.99 for the first apparel item and $2.00 for each additional apparel item. Shipping costs $1.50 for the first sticker and $0.25 for each additional sticker. Return Policy If you're not 100% satisfied, let us know and we'll make it right. View Details Campaign ID
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Are you a time traveler? Is your life controlled by time? Are you an employer, paying staff for their time? Is your job controlled by time? Are you always on time? Is being on time important to you? I hope you like my steampunk graphic design.
I will share what my experiences are after the first ten days are past. I do not want to pay for advertising on Facebook or any other social media in order to get enough exposure, so we will see.
Nadine

April Promotions at Society6

Great opportunity about the FREE GLOBAL shipping on ALL products in my JUST KIDDING shop!

FREE Worldwide Shipping + 15% Off Wall Tapestries when you order from my ‪#‎Society6 Store

https://society6.com/justkidding?promo=J2VJKBB43Y66

My Steampunk design story

Today we google everything so I learned a lot when I typed in the word Steampunk.

It’s a famous upmarket trend, a term for an expression of art. This name Steampunk was not known to me in the eighties and early nineties when I called it my Time creations.

Apparently the Steampunk designer trend started from a science-fiction sub-genre rage in the 1970s. In my blog article: A Steampunk designer story I have shared how my own time piece jewellery came about, and how today these cog-wheel creations look great on leather texture designs.


The first print on demand projects I created with my Steampunk design was with Live-heroes.

This is my Life Heroes banner.

The artistic expressions by Victorian writers, such as Jules Verne and H.G. Wells during the 19th century when steam power was the main source of power must have inspired artists. To portray clocks, cogwheels and other workings inside watches became the elements to describe the fictional machines like The Time Machine by H.G. Wells.

The following links will take visitors to some of the clothing, home decor and accessory products with my Steampunk designs on Redbubble & Society6 . I’ve also written several articles about the illusions of time, and what makes us all so trapped by click time.

 Society6 for the print all over top and pillow can be seen here.

 These products are found in my Redbubble shop
 The girl's all over print can be purchased from my designs at Oarttee and the t shirts with the time piece jewellery are found at: Treadless  or at my Just kidding shop at zazzle.

 Soon I will start designing wedding and birthday invitations on Zazzle using my original leather work and my creations on a theme of time.
Thanks for reading my post.
Nadine

The Real Story about Valentine's day

Valentine is celebrated in many countries around the world, although it is not a public holiday in most of them. We do know that February has long been celebrated as a month of romance.

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More than a billion couples are expected to be given away in matrimony in the United States alone during February. But there’s a lot more behind it than just cards and gifts.
There’s a true-life story. It’s a story that teaches us a lot about the true meaning of love, sacrifice, and commitment. St. Valentine (Christian priest) gave his life so that young couples could be bonded together in holy matrimony.

 (Short version of the story) 

As Valentine was awaiting execution, he fell in love with a blind girl who happened to be the jailer’s daughter. On the eve of his execution, Valentine is said to have written her a sonnet in ink that he squeezed from violets. Legend has it that his words made the blind woman see again. They may have killed the man, but not his spirit.

Even centuries after his death, the story of Valentine’s self-sacrificing commitment to love was legendary in Rome. Eventually, he was granted sainthood by the Catholic Church.

They might have picked February 14 as the day of celebration because of the ancient belief that birds (particularly lovebirds, but also owls and doves) began to mate on that very day.

 
While giving a gift and card, having a candlelight dinner, and sharing special words of love, these acts are all important, but the true spirit of Valentine’s Day needs to last throughout the year

Valentines day by nadinemay featuring an i love you mug

Happy New Year

I recall that in the years gone by garages, local shops and other businesses gave away calendars! These days that is not done anymore. Now it becomes a very well appreciated gift. I will add the images from my own Calendars here, or visitors can find more under my

Zazzle promotion page

 

Greetings from the Souls of Africa

The 12 African designs in this calendar are also published on several other Zazzle products.
They were inspired due to my love for our African heritage, and for being grateful that I live in Cape Town, one of the most beautiful cities in the world.  

To buy click here

From my Calendars & Wall Art collections at Zazzle

 
  

Show Case Gallery

The art of creating calendars is in itself a showcase gallery. Each calendar consists of thirteen images of a design topic, and each calendar can automatically be re-ordered for the following years.This month will be a calendar promotion month. Five of the calendars are printed with Zazzle and the ocean topic calendar with Redbubble. Every month I will promote different products. The next promotion will be products for Valentine day.

Reflection Calendar

I was inspired by the many quotes about a water nymph that becomes a reflection of every woman that will look into a pool of water.
When they see the mirror reflection of themselves, then every month there is an important message that has a deeper meaning.
Have a look on line to see the other 12 designs for each month.  
To buy click here

From my Calendars & Wall Art collections at Zazzle

Floral Treasures from the Cape

This calendar has twelve random designs of flowers, plants or succulents from the Western Cape – South Africa.
The richest floral kingdom in the world. Most of the original photos were taken by me from what is flowering or growing in our own garden. They are also published on several Zazzle products. Enjoy.  
To buy click here
From my Calendars & Wall Art collections at Zazzle

Fantasy collections

Story telling from just looking at every image in this calendar will delight every child at heart.
Several of these fantasy designs were created as decor for the small Wendy house in the fairy garden in Clovelly.
To buy click here

From my Calendars & Wall Art collections at Zazzle

and my absolute favorite.

 

 
High Fashion & Anton Pieck

Anton Pieck is still one of my favorite Dutch artist. He was responsible for designing almost everything for the fairy tale park Efteling in Kaatsheuvel,Holland. Today it’s one of the major theme parks in Europe. Over the years I have collected most of his work and incorporated some into my product designs and used Photo Shop to create this High Fashion calendar. To buy click here
From my Calendars & Wall Art collections at Zazzle

Aquarium visit in the Future?

The images in this calendar were inspired by a project I was involved in just after the largest accidental spill in world history.The Gulf oil spill on July 15, 2010 killed hundreds of birds and marine life. Pictures could teach young people how important it is to take care of our planet.
  To buy click here