Zetti Skinny and Zazzle caution . . .

Hi all! Just a quick heads up about Zazzle first. I hate to rain on a parade, but maybe it won't be rain for you, maybe it won't matter to you. I'm just sharing in case you weren't aware of something Zazzle allows. I was so excited about opening a Zazzle until tonight. I ordered a tshirt a few days ago so I could check the quality before I opened my shop publicly. All went well - shipping was very fast, product was acceptable, not quite as sharp as I hoped, but acceptable. So I went in and started designing and adding products and had three done when I realized customers can customize YOUR design! This is not acceptable for me. I did not spend hour upon hour designing something so someone can paint a mustache on it or add "For Bubba" below it in big bright letters and then tell everyone where they got it. To me it's kinda like giving everyone sharpies on their way into the museum so they can edit the art on the walls as they please. Might be fun, but might not go over well with the artists or artwork owners. I was so happy with so many things about Zazzle, like their image protection so your images can't be downloaded, but this brought my Zazzle experience to a screeching halt. I wrote a complaint letter to them tonight. Just thought you might like to know in case you don't like the idea either.

This is the front and back of a really skinny skinny! It was fun to work with these dimensions, 3.5 x 7.5, though I don't think I stretched, literally, as much as I could have. Anyway, these are for a book collaboration that flickr's artchicapoo is hosting. Artchicapoo is Jade of Jade's Funki-Junk blog - she is a zetti queen!

Whole Heart Zetti (front)


copyright by Marsha Jorgensen 8/12/09. All rights reserved. You may NOT copy, download, or use this image in any way without my permission.

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copyright by Marsha Jorgensen 8/12/09. All rights reserved. You may NOT copy, download, or use this image in any way without my permission.
These are front and back sides of a 3.5 x 7 .5 collage using a face from flickr's takeabreak, legs from flickr's alice fox, a body from lisasalteredart.etsy.com, and wings from itkupilli.etsy.com. These were reprinted, hand trimmed, and hand colored. On the back side, the fish came from keeperofthenest.etsy.com, the face from flickr's takeabreak, and the crown from spiceitup.etsy.com. The crown and hearts on the front were drawn and colored by me. All pieces were arranged on a background on both sides made from textures from flickr's JoesSistah, flickr's Nancy Baumiller, and itkupilli.etsy.com.