My New Cushion Shop Opens!

I had my lovely little Grandson stay over with his Mummy and her friend for the weekend. We were going to the Company BBQ this afternoon but got some sad news which meant we didn't go in the end. My Son in Law had gone up to visit his Grandfather who he hadn't seen in years but who was seriously ill. Sadly he died this morning but at least Dan had a cahnce to say goodbye and know that his Grandad had not forgotten him and recognised him, and was even able to do a bit of reminiscing with him before he died. Caiti of course wanted to be at home when Dan got back to be able to comfort him so they decided to leave early and we made the decision to forgo on the BBQ as none of us were in the mood. We just made ribs with grilled sausage in buns and a salad for lunch before they left, which was easy and suited everyone.

While they were amusing themselves watching the TV I was working away on my PC. I wanted to bring my Zazzle Store up to speed with some of the new products that are now available, so spent some time adding some great designs to a load of cushions and pillows. These are now available in my new 'store within a store'. Below are some of the many designs available, just click on the link underneath to visit and see the rest.

VISIT MY NEW CUSHION STORE AT KALEIDOSCOPE KREATIONS

I've discovered Photo Montage and Textures and I'm having a lot of fun!

These are my my first three efforts at photo montage and textures, let me know what you think! I use Photoplus X2 to do the photo manipulation and texturing and then finish off using Picnik.

 Photo Montage of Scotland's Eilean Donan Castle in a new setting with textures and created with 3 photos I took in Scotland this year.

Eilean Donan Castle: www.flickr.com/photos/charmainezoe/5037563806/

Rocky shore: www.flickr.com/photos/charmainezoe/5036697115/

Sky: www.flickr.com/photos/charmainezoe/5036797555/

Texture by ground*floor: www.flickr.com/photos/chromaticaberrations/2278536117/

Textured frame by rubyblossom: www.flickr.com/photos/rubyblossom/4954128101/in/pool-1024...

 Photo Montage using these great Creative Commons images:-

Thanks to JordanHill School D&T Dept for their great Abbey pic: www.flickr.com/photos/designandtechnologydepartment/40075...

Thanks to pixiepic for her lovely swan: www.flickr.com/photos/pixiepics2008/3502210286/in/photost...

Thanks to flickrohit for his great clouds: http://www.flickr.com/photos/flickrohit/2934554922/

Thanks to pareerica for the lovely frame texture: www.flickr.com/photos/8078381@N03/3137643630/

Original image supplied by skagitrenee at www.flickr.com/photos/14678598@N07/3786362162/

The Textures I added using a combination of PhotoPlus X2 and Picnik

New Kaleidoscope Kreations Sales on Zazzle!

Just got my first customer in Sweden! They bought a print of one of my kaleidoscope designs at Zazzle Kaleidoscope Kreations.Also sold a bumper sticker on Zazzle, to a customer in Denver, Colorado, who bought one of my military designs that says My Other Car is a Tank!

My Other Car is a Tank! Bumper Sticker by CharmaineZoe
View other Military Bumper Stickers

Troilus 3 by CharmaineZoe
View all the other artwork at zazzle.co.uk

Latest sale at Kaleidoscope Kreations - a mousepad

Just sold another mousepad on my Zazzle store, Kaleidoscope Kreations. This time it's a design called PE201 (catchy, isn't it?) in browns and tans, with a repeating pattern diagonally across the pad and is going to a customer in New York

PE 201 Mousepad by CharmaineZoe
See more mousepads with zazzle

New Kaleidoscope Kreations Video on YouTube

Now have a total of seven Krazy Kaleidoscopes videos on my YouTube Channel. These are beautiful multi centered animations created from colourful and intricate fractal art, all with musical audio tracks. This is No 7, the latest volume in the Krazy Kaleidoscopes Series. There also 3 more series, Magical Mandalas, Moving Mandalas and a brand new series of Mystical Mandalas, perfect for relaxation or meditation, all on YouTube. I hope you enjoy them and if you have a good internet connection it's worth watching in full screen size.

An Arty Christmas!

Hope you all had a great Christmas and are looking forward to the New Year. Mine was very quiet, just me and Hubby, our PC's and the TV! We just had Pepsi and Max for company, a large Christmas tree (which I really go to town on) and a rose garland intertwined with twinkling lights along the mantelpiece. Will see if I can post some shots or video before the week's end. Hubby excelled himself with the food, cooking a duck with cherry sauce for Christmas Day lunch, and today did the most delicious baked ham, which he hadn't done before and was a triumph. Also been working our way through a huge raspberry, amaretto, sherry and cream trifle, which is divine! So I expect I'll get a nasty shock when I climb on the scales again come the 4th Jan! Hardtack and water from then on mefears :-)

Anyway when not watching the old goggle box, Hubby mainly entertained himself with his Flight Sim program, while I concentrated on my digital art, enjoying myself creating some more panels of kaleidoscopic designs. I am in the process of uploading them to my Imagekind store, where they are available for sale as prints, posters, canvases, cards etc. I've added a few examples of my latest creations below. Prices at Imagekind start at about $10 for a small print.

I've started getting ready for my daughter and grandson's visit, they are coming up from Devon on Thursday and staying until Sunday, and then I'm back to work on Monday (boo hoo!). Looking forward to seeing them and giving them their presents and seeing in the New Year together. We will be visiting Hubby's daughter and grandson sometime after that, don't know when yet, but hope it's not too long!


Fractal Art 935 by Charmaine Zoe


Fractal Art 936 by Charmaine Zoe


Fractal Art 934 by Charmaine Zoe