Swallow with Flowers Mouse Pad | Zazzle #Sold!

Original & vintage art © First Night Design [www.firstnightdesign.wordpress.com]

Source: Swallow with Flowers Mouse Pad | Zazzle

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“Parrot with Plums” Spiral Notebooks by Sarah Vernon | Redbubble

Featured in Beautiful Blends 4 July 2013. / Featured in Layered Up 2 July 2013. / Background from EKDuncan-My Fanciful Muse, plums from Vintage Art Download and parrot from Birds from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida, and The Bahama Islands by Mark Catesby and George Edwards, published in 1754, and found on Public Domain Review. / Blog / Facebook / Twitter • Also buy this artwork on stationery, apparel, stickers, and more.

Source: “Parrot with Plums” Spiral Notebooks by Sarah Vernon | Redbubble

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First Night Design | Diomedea #Art #Reblog

FROM THE ARCHIVE: 25th September 2015

‘Once you decide that it is the art that is important and not how popular and well-received you are, you no longer have an albatross.’ Stephen Stills, musician and instrumentalist. (Remember Crosby…

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“The Cuckoo’s Note” Laptop Skins by Sarah Vernon | Redbubble #Gifts

Features / Art Universe 2 September 2015 / Creation 2 August 2015 / Crosses, Crafts & Collectibles 2 August 2015 / Everyday Women 30 July 2015. / Creation 26 July 2015. / Layered Up 27 July 2015. / Photoshop / Cuckoo: Biodiversity Library on Flickr. / Own textures. • Also buy this artwork on laptop covers, apparel, stickers, and more.

Source: “The Cuckoo’s Note” Laptop Skins by Sarah Vernon | Redbubble

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Flowers and Bird by Hsiao Yung Postcard | Zazzle #Sold!

Orientation: Postcard

Create your own vacation-worthy postcards right here. Any view you’ve seen, any monument you’ve fallen in love with, can all be added to our postcards with our personalization tool. Craft touching, hand-written correspondence while on your next road trip!

• Dimensions: 4.25″l x 5.6″w (portrait) or 5.6″l x 4.25″w (landscape)
• Printed on 110 lb, 12.5 point thick, semi-gloss paper
• Postage rate: $0.34

 

Source: Flowers and Bird by Hsiao Yung Postcard | Zazzle

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The Cuckoo’s Note Wristwatch | Zazzle #Sold!

My delight knows no bounds!

Style: Women’s Perfect Square Black Leather Strap Watch

With a style that is feminine and chic, the Women’s Perfect Square Leather watch features a gorgeous leather band and a fully customizable face for the most unique timepiece you’ll ever own.

• Women’s wrist watch
• Material:
  • Face: Alloy
  • Strap: Leather
• Dimensions:
  • Face: 0.944″diameter
  • Strap: 8.86″ x 0.7″
  • Case: 1.25″diameter
  • Weight: 0.107lb
• 3-hand analog Japan Quartz®
• Full color custom printing on face
• Buckle closure
• Shower proof only
• 1 year manufacturers limited warranty
• Battery included
• This product is recommended for ages 13+

Source: The Cuckoo’s Note Wristwatch | Zazzle

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Bird Song New Year Card | Zazzle #Sold!

This sale was a surprise as it’s a long time since I sold anything with this image.

Getting more and more tired the further away I am from the wisdom tooth extraction. Odd.

The good news? The lasering-of-the-scar-tissue-in-left-eye appointment has come through for 26th January.

Size: Greeting Card

Birthdays or holidays, good days or bad days, Zazzle’s customized greeting cards are the perfect way to convey your well-wishes and salutations on any occasion. Add a photo or pick a design and brighten someone’s day with a simple “hi”!

• Dimensions: 5″l x 7″w (portrait) or 7″l x 5″w (landscape)
• Printed on 110 lb, 12.5 point thick, semi-gloss paper
• Matte finish inside for smudge-free writing
• Add photos and text to all sides of this folded card at no extra charge
• Printable area on the back of the card is 3″l x 4″w (portrait) or 4″l x 3″w (landscape)
• Standard white envelopes included

Source: Bird Song New Year Card | Zazzle

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Through a Glass Darkly Fleece Blanket | Zazzle

Size: Fleece Blanket, 60″x80″

It’s hard to cuddle by yourself. But with these fully customizable comfy fleece blankets, you won’t have to anymore. Customize the entire front panel and wrap yourself in personalized plush luxury. Delicate, soft and colorful, it’s the perfect blanket for picnics in the park, outdoor events, and cozy winter snuggles.

• Available in 3 different sizes: small (30″x40″); medium (50″x 60″); large (60″x 80″)
• 100% buttery soft and cozy polyester fleece
• Edge-to-edge sublimation printing in vibrant full color
• Sturdy double edge stitching for a clean finish
• Back color is off-white
• Machine washable, gentle cycle, mild detergent
• Tumble dry low

Source: Through a Glass Darkly Fleece Blanket | Zazzle

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The Peacock Collection Envelope | Zazzle #Sold!

Hope you all had a splendid Christmas Day and Boxing Day.

Style: A7 Greeting Card

Classic envelope for invitations and greeting cards. 7 ¼” wide x 5 ¼” high. Works well with laser or inkjet printers. Made for 7″ x 5″ or smaller invitations and cards. Includes free inside printing.

• Designer Tip: To ensure the highest quality print, please note that this product has multiple customizable design areas. The unfolded outside design area measures 9.2″ x 11.3″. For best results, please add 1/8″ bleed. The unfolded inside design area measures 9.2″ x 11.3″. For best results, please add 1/8″ bleed.

Paper Type: Basic

Your business and personal mailings will stand out with this smooth, vibrant, matte, 80lb text-weight paper. Contains 50% recycled content (10% post-consumer and 40% pre-consumer waste).

Source: The Peacock Collection Envelope | Zazzle

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First Night Design | The Art of Happiness #Cushions #Sales!

Somebody needs to close my mouth before my jaw locks into place. I’ve just sold three of these Thanksgiving Cushions on Redbubble!

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Cherish all your happy moments; they make a fine cushion for old age. Booth Tarkington

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First Night Design | Enchanted Flamingo Collage #Repost

FROM THE ARCHIVE 23rd February 2013
My latest collage created with ephemera from my collection and a flamingo from Birds from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida, and The Bahama Islands by Mark Catesby and George Edwards, published in 1754, and found on Public Domain Review.

I must confess to being immoderately pleased with how this turned out, particularly…

Source: Enchanted Flamingo Collage

First Night Design | Reflecting Egret #Art

Reflecting Egret © Sarah Vernon at Fine Art America

EGRET: ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French aigrette, from Provençal aigreta, from the Germanic base of heron.

Oh, the utter joy of finding the right texture for the right photograph and creating something entirely other. I didn’t have to go far since one of the textures I’ve used for Reflecting Egret is one I created myself. The other is from Kerstin Frank. The photograph I’ve sandwiched between the two is by Laitche and from Wikimedia. I discovered it when I was looking for a pelican for the most recent Cover Makeover.

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First Night Design | Parrot Fashion #Art

Parrot Fashion Framed Print © Sarah Vernon – Buy from Crated

I’ve been reading up about the different red-headed parrots, of which this is one, but I can’t begin to tell you which. The name on the original print from the Biodiversity Heritage Library that I have used, ‘platycercus’, seems to be a very general term, hence the confusion. I have combined it with several textures of my own.

Didn’t you always know that parrots were extremely intelligent? I give you this excerpt from Creation.com:

[…] researchers have shown what many parrot owners have known or suspected—that parrots can use individual words in appropriate situations. For example, studies by Brandeis University (USA) researcher Dr Irene Pepperberg on an African Grey parrot named “Alex” showed that these birds have an impressive intelligence—about the same as a five-year-old child. When Pepperberg’s research subjects spoke English, it was not mere “parrot fashion”. She said, “If I ask Alex … how many keys; he’ll tell me ‘two’. If I ask him what colour, he’ll say ‘green’ and if I ask him what shape, he’ll say ‘three-quarter’.” He was able to correctly identify 100 objects, do simple addition and identify seven colours, just as children do.

The article goes on to say that parrots can also behave like five-year-old children in deliberately choosing not to give the right answer even though they know it full well. Wouldn’t you just know it!

Parrot Fashion 4.25×5.5 Paper Invitation Card

Parrot Fashion Laptop Skin © Sarah Vernon – Buy from Redbubble

• The World Parrot Trust
  This Parrot Has The Most Hilariously Evil Laugh. Soon He Will Take Over The World.

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First Night Design | Hummingbird Tune

FROM THE ARCHIVE 23 July 2014

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Hummingbird Tune @ First Night Design

Inspired by the exquisite paintings of Janet Weight Reed, whose running motif is the hummingbird, I have used the same background as in Seagull Sonata to showcase this rather splendid hummingbird (Mdf on Wikimedia Commons).

Related

• The Hummingbird Society

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First Night Design | Seagull Sonata

FROM THE ARCHIVE 21 July 2014

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Seagull Sonata © First Night Design

I created Seagull Sonata with a photograph from Wikimedia and applied several textures, including one by Kerstin Frank, to produce a digital watercolour.

Hark to the whimper of the seagull.
He weeps because he’s not an ea-gull.
Suppose you were, you silly seagull.
Could you explain it to your she-gull?

Ogden Nash

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