Showing posts with label zazzle. Show all posts
Showing posts with label zazzle. Show all posts
Thursday, February 7, 2013
Be My Valentine
This week's contest at Spoonflower is the Love Letters Contest. When I was a kid I always loved getting those little candy hearts. My design is titled Candy Heart Love. The contest begins on Thursday, February 7th and ends on Wednesday, February 13th. Winner will be announced on Valentine's Day. If you would like to vote in the Love Letters Contest please click here. You do not have to be a member to vote and you can vote for as many as you like. Lots of sweet designs to choose from in this contest!
Saturday, December 15, 2012
Ornaments
Oh Christmas tree, oh Christmas tree how lovely are your branches! Here is our Christmas tree this year decorated by the girls, myself and my son who had more fun taking the ornaments down and gifting them to his Grandmother. It was funny really. The girls would be busy decorating and my 13 month old son would sneak over and take them down and feel great joy giving them to his Grandma.
I remember one year when the girls were smaller I let them decorate the tree all by themselves without any help from me and all of the ornaments were on one spot on the very bottom of the tree. They were so proud of their decorating. I just couldn't bring myself to change a thing about it. It made me smile it made me think as they get older we'll see the ornaments get placed higher and higher upon the tree but for that Christmas it was just a nice reminder of how little they are. How I wish I could bottle it all up. Christmas memories are pure treasures. This year the girls decorated about 3/4 of the tree and at times getting up on their very tippy toes. I helped with the very top and we did our best to keep the boy from gifting them to others. :-)
I adore ornaments. I adore them because they all have a story. Some are so old and hold such great memories and some have dates to remind us of a special time or of a special someone. I have ornaments for the year of all my children's births, one that I got as a present the year my husband and I got married, ornaments with family pictures, and homemade ornaments which are my most absolute favorite. I love how collections of ornaments are different in every single home making the tree even that much more special.
I went on a search online for ornaments that I would love to have or ones that just caught my eye because they felt special to me. Here are some that I found on my little ornament search.
Oh my word! Do you remember these? These bubble lights were my most favorite on my parents' and my grandparents' Christmas trees. Oh I have always loved these lights!
I also wanted to share that for the first time this year I have designed a few Christmas ornaments that are for sale at my shop at Zazzle.
When we decorate our tree we have all of the favorite Christmas music playing in the background. Christmas just isn't Christmas without Nat King Cole, and my newest Christmas music must have is Michael Bublé.
Happy decorating everyone! Have fun creating new memories as you hang your precious ornaments upon the tree!
Friday, December 7, 2012
Facebookland
Art Tree Designs has finally made it to Facebookland. Took me forever! Now to tackle and understand Twitterland. Give me about a month! :-) For now we've got Facebook up and running and I will be posting posts from the blog, new sales going on at our shops at Zazzle and Society6, and pretty much anything that has to do with Spoonflower including the newest designs that we create. When I get up to 30 Likes there will be a drawing for a prize and the prize is something that I have designed. Come join us in Facebookland!!!
Click here at Art Tree Designs Facebook Page! Click Like and enter for a chance to win a great prize! I promise you will not be spammed! You'll just get a sweet gift designed by me and that's it! Promise...promise!
Click here at Art Tree Designs Facebook Page! Click Like and enter for a chance to win a great prize! I promise you will not be spammed! You'll just get a sweet gift designed by me and that's it! Promise...promise!
Thursday, December 6, 2012
Christmas Cookies
Every Christmas my Grandmother loved to make cookies called Sandies from the Better Homes and Gardens New Cook Book. We always liked to call them Ladies' Fingers. I still remember the year she taught me how to make them with her in her baby blue kitchen. My mother and I continue to carry on the tradition of making the Sandies every Christmas and every Christmas Santa Claus makes out big time.
This cookie plate you see here is a mix of homemade cookies and store bought cookies, plus a few Hershey Kisses and chocolate Santas in the center. You can click on the different cookies for either the recipe or the store where we found some of these sweet goodies.
The holiday mug featured in the Christmas cookies picture is one of my many designs for sale at our Zazzle shop. I'm thrilled with the great quality of mugs that Zazzle has to offer. If you would like to check out the many different mugs for sale at our Zazzle shop please click here. They are perfect for coffee, tea, hot chocolate or milk for the big guy dressed in red!
I love the holidays and all of the different cookies that they bring! Do you have a traditional holiday cookie that you make for your family every year? If so please share with us. We'd love to try a new recipe and to read your story of where your traditional Christmas cookie came from.
Happy Holidays Everyone!
Christmas Birdies Gift Tags & Ornaments
Spoonflower is having a Gift Tag Contest this week. For this contest I decided these quirky Christmas Birdies would make for fun gift tags and ornaments for the tree. You can use any of the matching coordinates in the Christmas Birdies Collection for the backside of the ornament or find material that matches, stuff in some batting, sew up the sides and then sew a ribbon at the top to use to hang upon the tree. They would make cute and very affordable secret Santa gifts! Hint...hint!
If you would like to see the entire Christmas Birdies Collection please click here. Within the collection I have a few snowflakes fabrics to choose from, some fun designs with the entire cast of characters and a cheater quilt. Here is one of the designs that is part of this collection.
Also check out my Zazzle shop where you will find tons of items for sale with the Christmas Birdies designs. Here are just a few of the items at my shop!
At my Society6 shop there are art prints and throw pillows with the Christmas Birdies designs on them too. Here are just a few of the throw pillows for sale at Society6.
Thank you so much for taking the time to check out these wacky characters. Hope they brought you a little Christmas cheer!
Saturday, November 24, 2012
Christmas Quirky Birdies
Yay! The holidays are here! This holiday season I would like to introduce to you all a very quirky group of little birdies. These festive Christmas birdies are here to bring a little extra holiday cheer and can be found on fabric at my Spoonflower shop and on many different items for sale at my shops at Zazzle and Society6.
Super cute and perfect to bring holiday cheer to any living space!
This is sure to make you feel cheerier in the morning
with your first cup of joe. :-)
How often do you get to see a bird wearing antlers on their head.
I mean really? :-)
I see this style of hat everywhere. In fact I also own a similar winter hat and pretty sure I look just as goofy! :-)
Christmas Birdies Cheater Quilt at Spoonflower
Quilts make such special gifts and this cheater quilt
would brighten any home for the holidays! Christmas is almost here and cheater quilts are so easy and super fast to make
...so I've been told! :-)
fabric design at Spoonflower.
Be the life of the party! Why not? :-)
So sweet for the little ones!
Haven't gotten your Christmas cards yet this year?! Look no further! These quirky birdies would love to be mail delivered to your loved ones!
Christmas Birdies Throw Pillow
Also check out my Society6 shop! I have this cute throw pillow with the Christmas Birdies design size 16" x 16" that includes pillow and insert for only $27.00!! While you are there check out all the Christmas Birdie designs that I have currently for sale as art prints and throw pillows.
Christmas Birdies Throw Pillow
Also check out my Society6 shop! I have this cute throw pillow with the Christmas Birdies design size 16" x 16" that includes pillow and insert for only $27.00!! While you are there check out all the Christmas Birdie designs that I have currently for sale as art prints and throw pillows.
To see more fabulous items featuring these festive quirky Christmas birdies please visit my shop at Zazzle and
to see more of the Christmas birdies fabric collection please visit my shop at Spoonflower.
I am so happy it's the holidays and so very happy to finally get these wacky cast of characters out of my head and into the world.
I am so happy it's the holidays and so very happy to finally get these wacky cast of characters out of my head and into the world.
Hope they brought a little smile to your face this holiday season! I'm just sure there is a children's book here somewhere. Stay tuned I might just be crazy enough to put something together before Christmas is here.
Thursday, November 8, 2012
Happy Holidays Collection
I know! I know! It's really early for this. We just had Halloween and last thing we all want to see is Christmas before Thanksgiving. But this week's contest at Spoonflower is the Holiday Cocktail Napkin Set Contest. I'm really excited about this one. For this contest we were to create a pattern for a set of holiday-themed cocktail napkins. I really wanted to go for that old fashioned Christmas feel. I dearly love snowmen, and I designed this happy guy to go smack dab in the middle. I don't know what it is about them, probably their jolly good looks, but looking at snowmen just makes me feel instantly happy.
Here is the link to my zazzle shop featuring all of the products I have designed: http://www.zazzle.com/arttreedesigns
Also if you would like to see the entire collection please click on Happy Holidays. In the collection I have created table runners and a tablecloth for holiday home decor. Some of the designs could look really cute as couch pillows to decorate your living room space for the holidays. Spoonflower is now using our designs to make gift wrap paper along with fabric, wallpaper and wall decals. If you are interested in any of the designs please contact us and we will make them available for purchase as soon as possible. Our contact email is arttreedesigns@hotmail.com
I also have tons of great Christmas items that I have designed for sale at my Zazzle shop. So if you are running out of time to create something here is a great place to go for fabulous already made items that are unique, and you aren't going to see anywhere else. I have designed buttons, necklaces, gift cards, kitchen towels, napkins, mousepads, pillows, mugs, shirts, bags and more! Here are just a few of the fun and festive gifts for sale in my shop!
Christmas will be here before we know it. Now is the perfect time to start thinking about home decor and gifts to create for your loved ones. Thank you so much for checking out our blog! A big thank you also to all of our loyal customers at our shops at Zazzle, Spoonflower, Bookemon and Society6. We appreciate your business so very much!
Tara and John McGowan-creators of Art Tree Designs
Thursday, November 1, 2012
Superhero Collection
This is our design for the BE MY HERO Contest at Spoonflower. BE MY HERO is a contest to design a novelty print for boys ages 6-12 that will be manufactured and distributed to fabric stores all over by Timeless Treasures, one of the leading producers of innovative fabrics for the quilting and crafting markets. Our design for this contest includes superheroes from our comic book coming out this fall 2012 featuring brand new never seen before SUPERHEROES! Introducing the amazing law-abiding and justice serving SGT. JOHN LAW! Fighting crimes is his middle name...it's BLASTERONIC...and pouncing bad guys is his game! Last but not least there is COMMANDER ZYGAR rescuing damsels in distress and bolting across our skies commanding with honor and saving lives! Together these three join forces to fight evil. If you would like to check out the entire Superhero Collection please click here.
You do not have to be a member to vote and you can vote for as many Be My Hero designs as you would like. The contest begins Thursday, November 1st and best to get your vote in by Monday, November 5th. If you like our design and would like to join in on the fun we would be so grateful to get your vote!! Go! Go! SUPERHEROES!!!
Also here are two of our superhero shirts for sale at our zazzle shop!
Monday, September 17, 2012
Zazzle Shop
Here are just a few of the items for sale at my zazzle shop. If you would like to check out all of the items that I have created at my shop please click here!
Friday, August 31, 2012
Zazzle Shop
I have posted here just a few of the popular selling items that my Zazzle shop carries. I also posted some of my patriotic items for sale. If you are interested in checking out my shop please click here!
Thursday, August 2, 2012
Aviation Contest
This is my fabric design for the Aviation Contest. My piece is called Little Toy Airplanes. The little red toy airplane is from a children's book that I have written that is currently for sale at Bookemon called It's A Full Moon Tonight. A story about a little boy, his bear and his love for the moon.
Front cover of our book. Copyright 2012
Spoonflower's Aviation Contest will begin on Thursday, August 2nd and end on Tuesday, August 7th. There are so many amazing designs in this contest!! You definitely don't want to miss out on this one!
We have created a few mock-ups just to give some ideas of what could be made with the Little Toy Airplanes fabric design.
Curtains for the nursery or bedroom.
Lamp shade for the nursery or bedroom.
Children's Pajamas
Baby Onesies
We also have another shop at an online store called Zazzle. There you will find t-shirts, totebags, posters and baby creepers featuring the Little Toy Airplanes design. If you would like to check out our shop at Zazzle please click here. These are just a few examples of the great items we have currently up for sale in our shop.
Thank you so much for taking the time to check out my blog!
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