I've been getting more products up on http://www.zazzle.com/kerstitch* , include customizable cards. Some are already set up for "Happy Mother's Day", but you can change the text to whatever you like!

Trout Lilies Card, Happy Mother's Day Card by kerstitch
Make a custom notecard On www.Zazzle.com
See more Nature Landscapes Cards

First Sale: A little over one day left for Zazzle's Tax Day sale. Ends Wednesday the 15th, 11:59pm PDT

Details from Zazzle:

Use code TAXDAYZAZZLE during checkout*.


*10.40% of the net sale price will be deducted when the coupon code
TAXDAYZAZZLE is applied at checkout. For most products, the net sale
price is the price of the product (excluding shipping and taxes). For
Zazzle Custom Stamps, the net sale price is the difference between the
price of the Zazzle Custom Stamps (excluding shipping and taxes) and
the face value of the postage. Offer is valid from April 13, 2009
through April 15, 2009 at 11:59pm PDT. This offer does not apply to
past purchases and may not be combined with any other Zazzle
promotional or discount offers. Offer valid on Zazzle.com only and is
not valid on Smilestore.com orders.

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Second Sale: I now have several of my photos available as postage stamps for US residents. Get the new postage for old postage prices until May 24th.

Details from Zazzle:

Use code NEWPOSTRATES during checkout*.


*$1 discount applies to orders of any number of sheets of twenty Zazzle
Custom Stamps with a denomination of 44 cents (typically $17.95 for
small, $18.95 for medium, and $19.95 for large per sheet) when the
coupon code NEWPOSTRATES is applied at checkout. Offer is valid from
April 7, 2009 at 12:01am through May 24, 2009 at 11:59pm PDT. Your
order must be placed during that time to qualify for this special
promotional pricing offer. This offer does not apply to past purchases
and may not be combined with any other Zazzle promotional or discount
offers. Offer valid on Zazzle.com only and is not valid on
Smilestore.com or Zazzle.co.uk orders.

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As always, I'd appreciate feedback on products, images, themes etc you would like to see!

My Latest Photos

Some newish photos. These have been on my deviantART store since the beginning of March, but I am still working on updating my web site to show them. With these, I'm finally getting to some photos that I've wanted to offer for sale for a long time. I hope you like them!

Click on the thumbnails to go to the store pages.

Big Cats


Her Majesty: The Lioness



Tiger


Flowers


Sunburst: Strawflower
(orange and black border, other versions without border or with white border are also available)

White and black options have been added to my other flower close-ups too. I plan to do more like this so people can mix and match for a series.



Flower Barrel


Raccoons


Raccoon Baby 1



Raccoon Baby 2


Scenic


Breakwall



Sunset at Jenkin's Creek
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I took some great photos this past week of a sunset on the lake with the ice formations that are melting. It looked like a very alien landscape! Hopefully I'll get some of those up eventually, but I'm more in the mood to look through my Spring flowers again and get those up first.

Any and all feedback is appreciated!

Art Class Reminiscing 3

Ok, another old piece, since I haven't been working on new art. Oh, I do have new photos on http://kerstitch.deviantart.com/ though, that I will blog about properly soon.

Back to this artwork. This is from grade 9 or 10 (14 or 15 years old) More than half my life ago! lol The object was to put a grid on a magazine photo and copy the photo square by square at the same size. We were only supposed to look at one square at a time. This explains some of the random direction pencil lines I have in the "black" areas which shows up the "grid". lol

But otherwise it turned out pretty good and I got a perfect grade on it - I think the only one on an artwork that I received. The singer is Ricky Nelson. This was done with a regular #2 school pencil.



Larger version: Ricky Nelson Drawing vs Original Comparison

Patterns and Books

I got a hold of some inventory from a closed store. Dozens of patterns and books for cross stitch, knitting, tatting, ribbon embroidery and more are 10%-50% off! Many popular brands, some now out-of-print.

Patterns and Books

There is a nice variety of designs for all skill levels, from small to large designs. Learn cross stitch and start making next years Holiday gifts now! :)

Themes for men, babies, weddings, family, Christian, animals, fantasy, floral etc. In the "more" category, learn to make your own tassels and fringe or felted purses etc. Only one of each is available unless otherwise noted.

Spread the word!

Print Sale

DeviantArt is having a print sale. That's where my photos are sold.

"For a limited time we're offering 15% off on all our photo prints. Beautiful matte, glossy or lustre finish, professional-quality Kodak Endura prints at their lowest prices this year. Don't delay, the sale ends February 19th at 11:59 PM Pacific!"

My deviantArt store is at: http://kerstitch.deviantart.com/store/

Here you can find beautiful flowers and scenic landscapes/waterscapes along with a couple of cute cat photos.

Including:

Fancy Pink Cosmos


Magic by the Lake


Snug as a Bug

Art Class Reminiscing 2

Part one didn't make it to this blog. You can see it here: Art Class Reminiscing

These are my earliest attempts at dragons

Pencil drawing from grade 10 or 11 (15 or 16years old). I received a grade of 46/50 with a comment "good composition and detail". I still do like the composition and may revisit this again someday when my painting skills are improved.

Like most of my artwork, this was not stored properly and just folded in half, so what looks like smoke coming out of the dragons mouth is really an imprint from the wing. You can see the other parts if you look. However, it did add a little bit of shading to the head that was lacking. lol
The top got cut off by a small amount in the scanning - the little dragon in the background does have wings. lol



See larger version: Dragon

This is my first and only oil painting. I think I was 16 or 17years old. Art supplies were one of the first things I bought once I started working at 16. We didn't get to try oils in school.



Larger version here: Oil Dragon

After this I had started another painting and did a dark blue and black background. I taped the canvas to our glass dining room table since I didn't have any other kind of set-up available. I left for a short time and our cat walked across it and then onto the pale pink fabric-covered chairs. So that was the end of my oil painting experiments.

KerStitch Designs in 2009

I've been using Livejournal as my primary business blog. Please keep track of KerStitch Designs' progress at kerstitch.livejournal.com

Through this past Fall and Winter, I've added a line of jewellery and beaded accessories and several new photography images available on a variety of merchandise.

You can see all items available for sale at: Products

Items include stitch markers for knitting, zipper pulls, bracelet helpers, scissor fobs, eyeglass holders and necklaces, ID holders and more!

Photography images include beautiful winter scenery and Spring and Summer flowers. These images are available as prints and also on merchandise such as mugs, greeting cards, magnets, coasters and more!