image captures by  Karin Price

This new venture has been challenging and I still have a lot to learn. Although I have quite a few designs now on both Redbubble and Zazzle, finding time for all this has been difficult. Some challenges I'm facing: Finding time to create designs While I've found some time to come up with new designs, mostly I then apply that same design to a variety of products. Applying the design to a product and adding it to my shop if relatively quick. Coming up with the design in the

The other Print-On-Demand (POD) site that I've been trying out is Zazzle. Like Redbubble (see my May 18th post for more about Redbubble), you upload your own design and use it to create products on their site. Their partners do the fulfillment and you make a commission (which you set) on each item you sell. Unlike Redbubble where you upload your design and it's automatically applied to all the products they have for sale and enabled on those that the image fits, on Zazzle

I logged onto my Redbubble account this morning to find I've had my first sale! Someone purchased one of my graphic tees (see image). I'm excited but also nervous since I've never seen the actual products. I hope it looks ok and I hope the buyer is happy with his/her purchase! Click on the picture to go to the store page for the item. Click here to go to my shopping page.

Yesterday I told you about 2 Print-On-Demand sites that I'm trying out; Redbubble and Zazzle. As a reminder, a Print-On-Demand site (POD) is a site where you can upload your own design, designate a product or products to have that design printed on, and add it to your portfolio or store. Orders are fulfilled through the site's partners and shipped direct to the customer. You make money through a royalty you receive every time one of your designs is purchased. Signing up o

It's good to try new things, right? Well, I'm trying something new. I take all these photographs and, other than posting some here on my website or on Instagram (@kalyhpr), they just sit on a storage drive doing nothing. Sure, I've printed a few on canvas to hang in my office. I've printed and framed a few for myself and family. I've made a couple calendars, some cards and a few magnets. But I haven't done anything productive (in other words, tried to make money) with t