Leggings!!

   I am just getting back into the groove of working on my Z store, but I am loving a lot of the products that are being offered now. One of those is leggings! I can't wait until the weather cools down in my area so I can start pulling out my leggings and boots. I'm so ready. 

Check out some of these stylish leggings

Faded Purple Leggings by capturedbyKC

Pink Lily Leggings by capturedbyKC

Color Changeable Diamond Pattern Leggings by capturedbyKC

Fake Jeans Leggings by JerryLambert

Jack Skellington Pattern 2 Leggings by disney

Paris Eiffel Tower Leggings by ColorMeMelissa

If you liked those cute designs, check out more at Zazzle.

Do you like leggings or are you opposed to the fashion trend? 

So, I'm Way Behind...

I'm just starting to check out all of the cool new products that the Print On Demand company, Zazzle has recently began offering for us independent artists' to design on. I'm loving what I'm seeing so far, but because it's getting colder here in NC, I'm really loving that they now have fleece blankets!!

I've taken it upon myself to play around with some of my designs and make a few. Here is one of a baby blanket that I've done so far. I really like it.

 

Blue Faded Chevron Receiving Blanket

 Now check out some of my favorites from other great artists:

 

Yellow Cute Houndstooth Pattern Baby Blankets by heartlocked

I'm loving this simple soft yellow houndstooth pattern baby blanket. Yellow is E's favorite color right now. Baby's love things that are bright and fun to look at. This lovely blanket design by heartlocked definitely is just that.

 

Personalized Boy's Blue Green Subway Art Baby Blanket by adams_apple

This custom subway art style baby blanket is simply a pure genius design by adams_apple. I love the ease of the customization! All you have to do in order to personalize this blanket with your son's name is enter it into the text field. Awesome!

 

Personalized Baby Boy Stats Arrow Pattern Blanket Receiving Blanket by samack

I love the idea behind this blanket design. As a Mother, I want a keepsake that is going to remind me of when my boys were small and of the most important day of my life. This blanket does that by allowing a mom to personalize the blanket with the height, weight, date, and time of her son's birth on it. Artist samack also has one for a little girl here

#Office Accessory Swirls Delight #Mousepad- My Review

So far, I have made two other reviews of past products I have purchased from the online 'Print on Demand' printing company, Zazzle. Previously, I ordered a greeting card for Mother's day and two 2'' refrigerator magnets. Both products were nearly exceptional in both quality and design. Today I am reviewing a mousepad that I purchased for my office space. 

Zazzle currently offers two different types of office mousepads. The first is the rectangle shaped standard mousepad with rounded edges and the second is the more premium round gel mousepad featuring a non-skid surface, custom design area as well as gel comfort wrist area too. I of course opted for comfort.

This is the mousepad I ordered:

Swirls Delight Gel Mousepad

Now for the review:

I was pleasantly surprised with this product. It arrived fairly quickly and was much larger than I had anticipated for some reason. The base of the mousepad or mat is solid, firm and really does take good grip to my desk area. The gel wrist area is quite firm but puts me in the mind of firm memory foam rather than gel. I like it. I find that I was not used to it at first so because of that, it was a bit uncomfortable. Prior to this mousepad, I have not had a gel mousepad or 'wrist comfortable' pad in years. The change was something I had to adjust to. After using it for a day though, I was able to use it with ease and complete comfort. 

As for the design area, I applaud the printing company for their work. I love the result. I designed this abstract, funky tangled swirls design myself and from the original in my files, the colors are nearly perfect. The design is exactly how I made it and everything was displayed how it is shown on the preview. Wonderfully made.

An additional note about this product:

Zazzle does not glue the mouse mat (the design area- or in this case the swirly part) to the base of the mouse pad. They arrive in one piece but are able to be taken a part so that you may remove the mouse mat to clean it and under it where dust and foreign objects (crumbs, hair, etc) may collect. The option is yours to decide whether to permanently make it one piece or keep it just the way it is. Personally I like that I can remove the mat anytime I need to. But if I should change my mind, a simple dab of crazy glue around the edge of the mouse mat (design area) will do the trick to keep it in place. :)

Some photos I took 

(poor lighting/ new camera issues please bare with me)

Check out more of my mousepad designs here. Get 15% off of all mousepads (standard and/or gel) with coupon code: ZOFFICEDECOR ends 6/30

Design Giveaway for Artists!

I work a lot online and am always searching for great seamless patterns and designs I can use commercially for free without limitations. Today, a friend of mine from Rewards4Life Gifts has started yet another venture offering up fabulous patterns for commercial use for sale! The site where you can find all of these great patterns and vectors is called Designs4Sale. Currently, Designs4Sale is doing a 'can't miss' giveaway where you can win 1 design or pattern of your choice!

Designs4Sale

Enter the pattern/design giveaway

Hurry giveaway ends soon!!!