Christmas products almost ready for bundle!

I have been working on my PowerPoint skills to create some stylized Christmas goodies. I am slowly adding more to my TpT store and I even got my first two sales from these adorable winter clip-arts, frames, and borders!

Link to my Christmas frames and clip-art here! or  Link to "Baby it's Cold Outside" digital papers here!

While I worked on each of those I created a separate set of snowflake art, using the design from the snowflakes I created in the blue and white snowflake background. Each thing I work on, seems to inspire a new creation. As a matter of fact, the candy-cane designs I created in the first two sets were the inspiration  for a much larger set of candy-cane art.  

 

Link to my snowflake collection here!

I decided to try each design in 11 different colors tints and shades, with one set in standard flat colors with outlines, and another set using matching gradients and no outlines!
I just finished my new candy-cane collection and I put them up today! (I thought they would be easy.) These may not look extremely complicating, but they took a long time and a great deal of precise placement. Even though they are created for these winter months, some of them can also be used throughout the year.  

 

Link to my candy-cane clip-art and frames here!

I have to say, when I am in creation mode, I am always thinking of new things, new ideas, ways to expand on what I'm doing, and subtle additions and changes to make more clip-arts. Then I have to decide, 'Do I really want to put in all the work and add more and more, should I stop and get it out there, should I create more sets to sell separately, or should I just put it all together?' With the candy-cane art, it got to be so huge, I finally decided to separate it into two individual items. I have one set of clip art and frames (shown above), and another set of backgrounds (shown below).

Link to my candy-cane backgrounds here!

My next creation will be traditional Christmas clip-art, and I hope I don't take long since Christmas is almost upon us! Then I will set out to make one large Christmas bundle of all of them! I know I got a late start on some of these, but that's fine. They will be all ready for next year, and I'm sure I'll make lots more then. 

I am still learning a lot, and I have a lot to learn. I am enjoying my new work, creating digital art for others to use and enjoy. I hope some of my visitors will stop by my teeny tiny store and take a peak, and just maybe you might find something you like. Who knows, it may even find a new home with you!

Teachers pay Teachers is so awesome!

I am so happy I found the Teachers pay Teachers site. :) My husband was kind enough to show me a video of Deanna from TpT, and I am really glad he did. Since I haven't been working after I left my school in the summer, my husband has been encouraging me to write books. He thinks I would be good at it, but I told him I don't know enough and I don't think I would make much of a profit. Let's just say, being at home most of the time folding clothes, getting sucked into facebook, and moping about not being in school, gets really old, really fast. :( So I started looking into it, book writing I mean, and I loaded some writing programs, researched book writing, researched selling (I am so not a salesperson) and researched publishing (that part scares me). I decided that I really do like to write, and it doesn't seem too terrible to attempt writing my first book in my late 30's. I mean, what do I really have to lose? I have about six or seven books that I started up, but nothing substantial yet. I also started writing in my other blog. One of the teachers asked how my book writing  was going, and I told her it was very slow. I guess that's just me, I don't want to risk going too fast, too full throttle, because I worry that I will burn myself out. I figure, slow and steady wins the race. That is the approach I've been taking with TpT as well. It suits me just fine, keeps me busy, and happy, and I feel like I'm actually working toward something good! I also don't have to worry quite so much about the never ending laundry! Yay!

You can take a look at my very itty bitty selection if you like. Don't worry, I will get more in there, but it will take time. So follow me if you haven't, and I'll see you at TpT. I'll tell you, I really love the forum! There are so many wonderful people on there. http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Venus-Brown