Zazzle Cat Postcard

I have been painting digital art pet portraits since 2012 using my iPad. After each portrait is completed, the images are uploaded to several websites. There, they can be added to all sorts of products - like t shirts, coffee mugs and so many other items. I have shops on Zazzle, Fine Art America/Pixels, TeePublic, Amazon Merch, and Redbubble. It’s always a treat when I get notified that there is a sale. And that happened last week - for a cat postcard. Zazzle sent an email to let me know, and also that I made an incredible sixteen cents! Obviously I don’t do this for the money! But it’s just hard to imagine that someone noticed a painting and liked it enough to purchase an item - no matter how small. And, it’s not unusual to have customers from all over the world. This time the postcard was purchased by Colette in Seurre, France. I continue to replenish and update these sites as often as possible. I’ve expanded the options to include some of my digital photos that are taken for the weekly 52Franes photo challenge. I do have to say that Zazzle has made it more difficult to upload an image on to several products at one time. It seems you have to do one at a time and it can be very time consuming. And since I don’t have a lap top anymore it is impossible to upload items to Amazon Merch - which is quite frustrating. Apparently their platform doesn’t like Apple and tablet products. In the end it’s a fun hobby and it is nice to be noticed. Thanks Colette for your recent purchase! 

Abudhabi

Most of our friends like to travel. We don't. And when we do, we always go to destinations where we know someone on the other end. Maybe that is why we feel the way we do because we have been to Iran, Denmark, England, and France. One of our nieces/family may be moving to Australia. We also have relatives in New England, Florida, and California and friends in Wisconsin, where we lived for thirty years. But we get to be a part of any trip our friends take. Either by postcard - we recently received one from Viet Nam - or by way of a souvenir. And so it was the case yesterday when we went out for dinner with a friend who just returned from Abudhabi. I would be very hard pressed to take a fourteen hour plane ride for just a few days visit. I am more inclined to watch the highlights on TV, and the pictures they take, from my comfortable living room sofa. But I am neither an adventurer nor an interested party. The yellow bag from Abudhabi says to have a nice stay, and the contents were Hazerbaba, a crispy almond treat, and a scarf of many colors. What I liked the most was the post card that was sent after the visit and postmarked from the Capitol City - Washington DC. We think it may have been purchased at the Sackler Gallery gift shop. It hardly matters because it is the thought that counts. Thanks so much for thinking of us!