If you're an artist, you'll have an edge when designing at these websites and you may even be able to generate some additional income for yourself. Even if you aren't an artist, with a good eye for aesthetics and an image manipulating program such as PhotoShop Elements or Illustrator, you can create designs to be imprinted on tee shirts, gifts or create material that can be used in your next handmade sewing project.
Here are just a few of the many websites where you can do this.
Cafepress:
Always adding new items to their products, Cafepress offers tee-shirts, mugs, bumper stickers, the usual line-up at most print-on-demand websites. But they also have some extraordinary products such as Gaiam yoga mats, pillow cases and duvet covers, shower curtains and stadium blankets. One can have a ball decorating their home with coordinated designs you create yourself. Take a look at this home decor set!
Indian Woodcut Peacock Queen Duvet
Indian Woodcut Peacock Matching Pillow Case
Indian Woodcut Peacock Matching Shower Curtain
Zazzle:
Zazzle has some pizzazzle in that they offer Keds sneakers, skateboards, and now teapots too! The fun you can have at zazzle is endless. A favorite of mine is a coffee mugs that's made of thermally sensitive material. Your design disappears when cold. Your designed image suddenly appears on a plain white mug when filled with hot liquid. These Morphing Shakespeare mugs feature a Shakepeare quote on one side and an image of Shakepeare on the other when filled with hot tea or coffee.
Another fun item is the neck tie you can design, or choose from those designed by others. You'll never be at a loss for unusual ties to lighten up that serious business suit with ties like this one, a field of waves populated by rubber duckies:
Imagekind:
Here you can upload high resolution images of your artwork for reproduction. The cool thing about imagekind is that art can be matted and framed and previewed with their virtual tool. You know how hard it is to pick out and visualize those mats and frames at the frame shop? Here you can see it before you buy. Fun!
Society6:
You'll never be at a loss for the coolest iPhone cover ever again, because at Society6 you can design your own. You can pick other's designs or create your own. I think it's more fun to create your own. It kind of makes the fact that you are one of a billion people to own an iPhone seem just a bit more unique.
Here's my latest design on Society6...my Quan Yin painting on an iPhone. Whoever thought I'd float her from her 4 foot canvas onto such a high-tech little gadget? But I did and I like it.
Spoonflower:
This is the go to spot for crafters and quilters. Here you can find fabrics with just about any theme and if you can't find it, you can design it yourself. Everything from mid-century to cutesy to downright bizarre is at your fingertips. I especially like the designs created by the fabric designer Leah VanLutz.
So if that's not enough to get our artsy planet spinning, here are a few other sites worth a look.
http://www.threadless.com
http://www.spreadshirt.com
http://www.greetingcarduniverse.com
http://www.printfection.com
http://www.skreened.com
http://www.designbyhumans.com
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