Thanks to sites like Zazzle and CafePress, I can paint to my heart’s delight, sell the originals to art lovers, and then sell high-resolution prints of them on things like calenders, shirts, yard signs, mugs, bibs, tiles, and hundreds of other useful items. My family can set aside their morbid fear of being trapped in an art gallery (no touchy!), I get to pay my bills, and you get sumpin’ purdy! Woo hoo! A starving artist no more. Besides, everyone should be able to enjoy art regardless of socio-economic hoo haas.
Seriously though, I love my CafePress ‘printables’. I have bought several of my own tiles, shirts, and other useful household items (waiting with bated breath for my Bob & Jane apron!!). Another thing besides the prices that I love about CafePress is the superb quality of their products. I have a shirt from there that has been washed a countless number of times over the past couple of years and it has yet to fade.
My compulsion to combine form and function in my work can be traced back to my youthful obsession with MacGyver. After all, if anyone can diffuse a bomb with a squirrel and a piece of chewing gum AND look ruggedly handsome enough to distract sexy KGB bombshells… it’s MacGyver. Oh yeah. My creations may not be nearly as exciting but I present to you the following: Exhibit A… my Felt Fuzzies hair clips are not only crafty & cute, they also provide you with a vital arsenal in the fight against bedhead. Exhibit B… the t-shirt I’m wearing right now is not only smokin’ hot, but also keeps me from facing indecent exposure charges AND… tells the world that Ron Paul Rocks. As for your shirt? It’s just a shirt. 
Where was I…. oh yes. Zazzle has been a bit pricey (try a lot pricey) lately forcing me to upgrade my CafePress shop and move my full line of artwork and digital designs to their site. Well, a number of them anyway - more will be added weekly. Oh, but it’s now all so pretty and spiffy! After 3 consecutive hours of butt sitting, typing, and staring at a light bulb (monitor) it had darn well be spectacular, by golly.
Now on my store website, there is a new section under the ‘Categories’ box entitled ‘Artwork‘ with lots of little links to the different product types and design categories available for your giddy perusal. Go, click, BUY!
On a completely different subject, mucho congrats to Dr. & Mrs. Paul on their 51st wedding anniversary! That’s impressive!
Blessings,
+ann
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