New Custom Fabric for All Your Craft Projects

Easily Find or Make Any Fabric You Want

I don't think I'm particularly skilled when it comes to sewing. Back in junior high Home Ec class, I neither stood out as brilliant or bad. My teacher was strict and made us stay after school to complete our projects, so I developed a dislike for the sewing machine. But by high school, I became the go-to sewing person in my family - simply because nobody else knew how to sew, and I liked the challenge of trying to figure out how to make something.

When my Grateful-Dead-following brother wanted "groovy" curtains for his VW van, we picked out the fabric together at the local big box store, and I sewed them up. He liked those curtains so much, they stayed in his van until they had long faded and he had to trade in the old van for a vehicle that actually ran on a regular basis. I made beds for our cats, bags, pillows, and a myriad of small projects for fun, too. I admit, I'm still not very good at sewing, but I keep a stack of fabrics on hand, ready for the next request.

So, when Zazzle recently introduced new custom fabric that you can apply any design to - anything that your imagination can dream up - I thought, "This is so cool!" Instead of going to a generic big box store and having to pick from what was in front of us, today, my brother and I could have designed the perfect pattern for those curtains. The infinite possibilities make my imagination work overtime.

How to Design Your Fabric on Zazzle

No more wandering around under the fluorescent lights, hoping to stumble across something that looks vaguely like what you have in mind. You can pick from thousands and thousands of original designs - or even make your own from scratch. You can order your custom-printed fabric by the yard, fat quarter or swatch on materials ranging from cotton to twill, polyester and fine linen.

Here's a basic template I set up, to show you how to get started designing your own fabric:

Create Your Own Custom Personalized Fabric by FunnyTShirtsAndMore

On that page, scroll down to "About This Design" to read the instructions. Easily add photos, tile a name or monogram, pick a background color, increase or decrease the size of your design on the fabric. Use the blank canvas any way you like.

 Fun, Ready-Made Fabrics on Zazzle

But if the blank fabric is too daunting for you, Zazzle's designers are already hard at work making unique designs for every project you can imagine. Check out all the fabric on Zazzle HERE.

Here are some that I've made so far - and a few of my favorites from other designers.

Care for some retro 50s poodle skirt dogs? I made this fabric pattern out of cute poodles with swirling leashes and polka dots:

Poodle Skirt Retro Pink and Black 50s Pattern Fabric by FancyCelebration

Here's another fun retro one I made recently. It makes me wish I owned a pair of cat-eye glasses:

Eyeglasses Retro Modern Hipster with Pink Gingham Fabric by FancyCelebration

You can't go wrong with your name on an anchor. This would look pretty for a nautical project. All text is customizable.

Customizable Ship Captain Your Name Anchor Novelty Fabric by LaborAndLeisure

Here are a few more of my fabric designs so far: beer, playing card suits, strawberries and a colorful quatrefoil:

Beer Glass Bottle Hops and Barley Pattern Blue Fabric by LaborAndLeisure

Poker Playing Card Suit Pattern Fabric by FancyCelebration

Strawberry Cream Fruit Pattern Pretty Fabric by FancyCelebration

Colorful Quatrefoil Lattice Trellis Pretty Fabric by FancyCelebration

My favorites from other designers

New fabric designs are being added fast and I haven't even begun to look at them all. But here are a few from fellow designers that have stood out for me because they're so unique.

I like this school pattern. It would be fun for a teacher's art project:

School Time | Changeable Background Color Fabric by DesignsbyDonnaSiggy

I also think this kitty cat design is very cute:

Paisley Cats Fabric by RossiCards

I love the idea of a project that comes ready to sew, so this doll pattern is my favorite:

Aloha Honeys Hula Girl Doll Kit and Pattern Fabric by DriveIndustries

Have fun designing or picking out your own, original fabric on Zazzle!

-MK

MK Hess Creative

All designs © MK Hess (except the last 3 in this post)

Funny Valentine's Day Greeting Cards

HUMOROUS CARDS FOR VALENTINE'S DAY

It's hard to believe that Valentine's Day is right around the corner. After the busy Christmas season, I took some time off from blogging and pinning and tweeting. I stopped working on graphic designs for a while, too. Instead, I worked on a novel manuscript and wrote a short story. But with Valentine's Day fast approaching, I wanted to show you some of the funny cards from my Zazzle stores. I added a few new ones, too.

I don't know what says "Valentine's Day" more than Bigfoot:

Funny Bigfoot Valentine's Day or Birthday Cards by HaHaHolidays

 Unless, of course, it's Friedrich Nietzsche:

Nietzsche Humor Valentine's Day Cards by HaHaHolidays

Emily Dickinson - a reclusive poet who never married and rarely spoke to anyone outside her own family - comes to mind immediately when I think of "Valentine's Day":

Funny Poet Emily Dickinson Valentine's Day Greeting Card by HaHaHolidays

Or maybe Charles Darwin, getting a little flirty:

Funny Charles Darwin Valentine's Day Cards by HaHaHolidays

King Henry VIII was a true romantic. After all, he only had two out of his six wives put to death. Those odds aren't so bad!

 

Funny King Henry VIII Valentine's Day Card by HaHaHolidays

Maybe you're looking for something silly and vintage:

 

Funny "Popular" Vintage Retro Valentine's Day Card by HaHaHolidays

Or a cute pun or two:

 

Cute Valentine's Day Funny Crust on You Pun Cards by HaHaHolidays

Funny You Drive Me Nuts Squirrel Pun Valentine's Greeting Cards by HaHaHolidays

Or, for the ladies to send to their boyfriends and husbands - yourself dressed in a "teddy," perhaps?

 

Funny Valentine's Day Teddy Photo Joke by HaHaHolidays

I hope you find the right card for your sweetheart this Valentine's Day! Just click on the card images to see the inside greetings.

Bye for now,

-MK

MK Hess Creative

All designs © MK Hess 

Pretty Floral Stencil Clock with Terracotta Urn

New Custom Flower Stencil Clock with Urn and Birds

This is one of my newest clock designs on Zazzle. I know this one is beautiful in person because I ordered it for a relative and it arrived today! The colors are vibrant and the personalization is perfect. I'll update this post soon with a photo of the actual clock.

Stencil Flower Urn with Bee and Birds Custom Wall Clocks by FancyCelebration

You can easily add your first or last name using the template - and you can even change the light-cream background color under "Customize It" to any color you want. Here are a few color varieties I already created:

Blue:

Stencil Flower Urn with Bee and Birds Custom 4 Clock by FancyCelebration

Green:

Stencil Flower Urn with Bee and Birds Custom 2 Wall Clock by FancyCelebration

Pink:

Stencil Flower Urn with Bee and Birds Custom 5 Wall Clock by FancyCelebration

These clocks have an old-fashioned Art Nouveau / stylized look to them. I love how the terracotta urn and the ferns and bee turned out.

Thanks for stopping by!

-MK
MK Hess Creative

All designs © MK Hess

New Funny Beer T-shirt

FUNNY RETRO BEER SHIRT

I have a new humorous beer t-shirt in the LaborandLeisure store. In fact, it's available on all kinds of products (see them all here). Here it is on a sleeveless t-shirt, but you can pick any style and color:

Funny Beer Work Out Humor Sleeveless T-shirt by LaborAndLeisure

It shows a smiling retro gentleman in a suit, really getting a good workout by lifting that bottle of beer!

-MK
MK Hess Creative

All designs © MK Hess

Cyber Monday 2: The Cyber Returns

Zazzle's Cyber Monday 2 Promo Deals

Zazzle is having another extreme discount day today for "Cyber Monday 2." With promo code CYBERTAKETWO, you can get 60% off wrapping paper (both pretty and funny), 65% off when you make your own calendar or buy some business cards to promote your new book, 30% off when you buy a funny Christmas t-shirt or sweatshirt and plenty more deals on everything.

Visit our Zazzle shops to see lots of unique items. We have funny cartoons, designs for beer fans and brewers, matching home bar sets, designs for writers and readers and dancers and much, much more.

-MK
MK Hess Creative

Personalized Playing Cards - Fun Christmas Gift Idea

CUSTOM PLAYING CARD DECKS FOR CHRISTMAS

Personalized items always seem extra-special for Christmas or birthdays. These unique Bicycle playing card decks make perfect gifts for any relative or friend who loves poker, euchre, bridge, blackjack or any other card game. Use the templates to easily add names, monograms and other text.

Customizable Home Bar Beer Saloon Deck Of Cards

Deer Cabin Personalized Monogram with Wood Grain Bicycle Playing Cards

Customizable Poker Room Casino Bicycle Poker Cards

Funny Man Cave with Your Name Custom Card Decks

Leopard Fur Print Animal Pattern Bicycle Card Decks

Log Cabin Personalized Faux Wood Bicycle Poker Deck

Green Camouflage Pattern Sheriff Badge Monogram Bicycle Poker Cards

Antique Red Rose Parchment Polka Dots Personalized Deck Of Cards

Steampunk Gears Octopus Kraken Monogram Poker Cards

Pretty Strawberry Cream Pattern Personalized Poker Deck

Red White Plaid Tartan Bicycle Playing Cards

Rainbow Plaid Custom Deck Of Cards

Customizable Home Bar Irish Pub Green Bicycle Poker Deck

Customizable Marijuana Cannabis Leaves Pattern Bicycle Poker Deck

Customizable Ship Captain Your Name Anchor Deck Of Cards

Funny Beer Me Custom Name Bicycle Playing Cards

 

If you're looking for a less-expensive option, you can find these same designs on classic playing cards (instead of the Bicycle brand) in our Zazzle stores HERE, HERE and HERE. For Cyber Week 2014, these classic playing cards are 70% off Friday, December 5th only until midnight, with promo code ZAZCYBERWEEK.

I hope you find the right, custom playing card deck for everyone on your Christmas list!

-MK
MK Hess Creative

All designs © MK Hess

This Magical Elixir will Cure Your Cyber-Monday Headache - and Leprosy!

One swig of this restorative and you're cured.

Funny Novelty Personalized Cure-All Vintage Hip Flasks by FunnyTShirtsAndMore

Use the template fields to easily add your name and medical laboratory name to this funny, novelty flask. I ordered one for myself and it turned out beautifully:

-harymess
MK Hess Creative

Fleece Blankets: Zazzle Cyber Monday Afternoon Deal

FLEECE BLANKETS 65% OFF TODAY ONLY

Fleece blankets are new on Zazzle this fall. For the surprise Cyber Monday 2014 afternoon deal, Zazzle has them priced 65% off with promo code ZAZCYBER2014. That means you can get a blanket that's usually about $33 for about $11.50. There are bigger sizes on the same huge discount percent, too.

I don't have very many of these blankets designed yet because they're so new. But here are the ones I've made so far. They look very pretty! This deal ends at midnight PST.

Brightly colored snowflake winter pattern blanket:

Pretty Colorful Snowflakes Christmas Pattern Fleece Blanket

Christmas toss pattern blanket:

Cute Christmas Collage Holiday Pattern Fleece Blanket

Casino Playing Card Suits Pattern:

Poker Playing Card Suit Pattern Fleece Blanket

Camouflage pattern:

Green Camouflage Camo Pattern Fleece Blanket b

Pretty marijuana / cannabis leaves pattern (to see this one on Zazzle, change your settings there so you can see PG-13 items):

Marijuana Cannabis Leaves Pattern Fleece Blanket by FancyCelebration

Pretty strawberry pattern:

Pretty Strawberry Cream Pattern by FancyCelebration

Shell beach pattern:

Pretty Blue Shell Starfish Sea Pattern by FancyCelebration

With all of these, if you decide to choose a different blanket size or you just want to adjust the patterns differently, you can click the "Customize It" button and rearrange things. For instance, if you want the shells to be larger on the last blanket, Customize It, select the pattern file and use the + / - button to increase or decrease its size. You can even change the blue background color on the shell one!

If you find the fleece blanket you like today, don't forget to use ZAZCYBER2014 at checkout.

-MK
MK Hess Creative

All designs © MK Hess