Jim Elliott on Contentment: 7 Christian Ways to Overcome Longings

"Let not our longing slay the appetite of our living. Wherever you are, be all there! Live to the hilt every situation you believe to be the will of God." - Jim Elliott

All of us have different longings. Sometimes these longings are insatiable that they become our obsessions in life. 

Cute Hand-Drawn Thanksgiving Doodle Design T-Shirt on a Rainy Day

 A Thanksgiving Doodles on a rainy day. I supposed to give it up altogether but I keep pushing to have this design see the light. 

You can grab it here for a discount of 17% within the 24 hours. 

The rainy days give me respite from all the stress and worries I should be facing -- relocation, house works, and workload. 

We can't go out that's why we can't relocate also. 

The short rest made me breathe and give thanks as I create this design. Not my original plan but it turned out to be like this and I love it in a way. 

It teaches me where to go to vectorized my sketch for free online. 

It teaches me patience and never giving up on a design no matter how frustrating it may seem. 

It teaches me to value original art and not just a copycat. 

Most of the times, designing made me reflect and be grateful. 

Because of the rain, I finished the following:

• 2 Invitations and 2 Thank you Cards on Zazzle.
• 2 Pattern Designs for Redbubble. 
• 1 T-shirt design for Teepublic. 

Seven designs as opposed to only one design I am making weekly because of busy. I am trying to upload more in two days (off) because this is the only thing I can control in Print-on-Demand. My goal is to reach the 5K additional income to add up on my salary so we can live comfortably. 

However, this is something that I can't control, so instead, I counted the designs that I should be making for me to have the chance to at least reach that goal. 

I've never been proud of  myself to finish these much designs for the first time. Maybe, I would try to create more t-shirts in TeePublic and promote my work there instead of  Dashery because I notice that my views are getting lower and lower in there. 

I hope I can create daily despite of my work. What do you think?

10 Tips to Sell More T-Shirts on Zazzle (+ What Designs Actually Work)

 

To those of us who's on Zazzle, I know you're wondering if you can sell a t-shirt design in that platform and what kind of design is actually selling there. That's the purpose of this blog post. 

Zazzle, as we all know is a platform where we can customized the design of the products. Designs like these are not easy to make for a t-shirt and Zazzle itself is not known for selling t-shirt. This made it more of a challenge for us who's selling there. 

I am not a bestselling designer in Zazzle but at least I am making a sale. I will analyze two of my best selling designs here so that we know what kind of designs really brings in the money. Excited? Let's go. 

I Heart Halloween Holiday Graphic Casual Costume Design

It's time to revisit my Design Calendar for the month of July and see that it's time to create for Halloween and Thanksgiving. And so I grabbed a paper and pencil to doodle all things Halloween that I can think of. See the design. 

Grab this design here:

TeePublic 

Redbubble

Zazzle Postcard 

Life's busy nowadays for us who's facing a major change in our lives. We will move-in to our Condo in Cavite by August 8, This means leaving our apartment since 2018 and then my youngest son and I will start transferring to a much low-paying apartment in Pateros by July 15. 

Every step has to be think of in consideration of finances and location to work and school. If everything work out well, then I will going to save Php 3500 pesos monthly in apartment.  

This would mean less time for designs weekly until everything is settled. This means starting all over again from scratch because we are now owning a property of our own. 

I know that the transition is hard but promising. This is my very first property I bought out of my hard work. 

I'll try though to design at least 1 design a week. 💕