First Night Design | “I Must Have Flowers, Always and Always” #Valentine

Spring Passion Greeting Card © Sarah Vernon

Photograph © Sarah Vernon. Flowers, 30-08-17. Processed in Topaz Impression with the Impasto filter and painterly touches added in Photoshop.

Spring Passion Drawstring Bag © Sarah Vernon

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“I must have flowers, always and always.” Claude Monet

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Spring Passion would be suitable for any occasion, not least Valentine’s Day. Sometimes the simplest image is the best.

Spring Passion Mug © Sarah Vernon

Lots of other products available at the following galleries:
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Zazzle US
Zazzle UK
Fine Art America [14 fulfillment centers in 5 countries]
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Hot Cross Buns Easter Basket #1 Travel Mug | Zazzle #Sold!

Style: Travel/Commuter Mug

You don’t have to give up a colorful, funny, or attractive design for the function of a top-notch travel mug. Zazzle’s commuter mugs feature a rubber-lined lid for a tight, spill-resistant seal, twist the lid to reveal the sip opening! So, take your favorite photo, monogram, pattern, or cool design with you on your new favorite mug.

• Dimension: 3.5” diameter x 6.2″ h; 14-ounce capacity
• Materials: Stainless steel body; plastic handle and base; rubber-lined plastic lid
• Double-walled stainless steel helps will keep your drink of choice hot
• Do not microwave; hand wash recommended
• Printed on demand in San José, California

 

Source: Hot Cross Buns Easter Basket #1 Travel Mug | Zazzle

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#Valentine Seahorses Coffee Mug Set | Zazzle

Style: Coffee Mug Set

It’s a match made in heaven for this lovers’ mug set! Made to perfectly fit together, this ceramic mug set is a great gift for a wedding, anniversary, Valentine’s Day, Sweetest Day, or any other special occasion. The heart-shaped handles on each mug add an extra touch of love to this already very romantic gift! Customize with your pictures, photos, and text to make a one-of-a-kind mug set that will be cherished for years.

• 8-ounce capacity
• Dimension: 3.8”h x 3.2”diameter
• 100% ceramic construction
• Meets or exceeds FDA requirements for food and beverage safety
• Printed on demand by the Photo USA team in Fremont, California

Source: Valentine Seahorses Coffee Mug Set | Zazzle

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Keep Calm & Then Scream Tea Cup | Zazzle #Sold!

Style: Bone China

Ready for your coffee, tea, soup, cider, or other tasty beverage, this fine porcelain mug complements both casual and formal table settings. It features a subtly fluted rim and an elegantly curved handle. Serves as a great housewarming gift!

• Dimensions:
  • Height: 4″
  • Diameter: 2.8″
  • Capacity: 10 ounces
• Microwave and dishwasher safe
• Strong, ceramic construction
• Meets or exceeds FDA requirements for food and beverage safety

Source: Keep Calm & Then Scream Tea Cup | Zazzle

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First Night Design | Christmas Emporium #Gifts #Art

FROM THE ARCHIVE 13th November 2015
The original photograph is a marvellous shot of the Art Nouveau building designed by Paul Hankar for a late 19th century  florists in Brussels. I downloaded it a couple of years ago from Wikimedia.…

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“Emerald Arches” Tall Mugs by Sarah Vernon | Redbubble

Features / Art Universe 12 December 2015 / Digital Art at Its Best 6 October 2015 / Everyday Women 3 September 2015 /

Emerald Arches came about when I was playing around with a makeover for Stephen King’s novel Green Mile. One particular blending of an image and a background, the former discarded as far as Green Mile was concerned, shrieked at me to be recreated as my next art piece.

The photograph is a painting from 1842 by Jules Victor Genisson on Wikimedia of the interior of Amiens Cathedral. Blending it in ‘overlay’ mode via Photoshop with 2 Lil’ Owls texture 2LO Distressed 7 made my heart leap!

I wanted to bring out the edges as if the original had been an architectural drawing with a colour wash. This I achieved by adjusting the brightness and contrast and sharpening the edges until I was satisfied. I could have used Photoshop’s rendering tool on a duplicate layer but this is never satisfactory as it always looks unnatural and manufactured rather than actually drawn by hand.

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Source: “Emerald Arches” Tall Mugs by Sarah Vernon | Redbubble

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“Georgian Stripe Eau de Nil” Throw Pillows & Mugs by Sarah Vernon | Redbubble

Created in Photoshop for my home. • Also buy this artwork on home decor, apparel, stickers, and more.

Source: “Georgian Stripe Eau de Nil” Mugs by Sarah Vernon | Redbubble

Mary, this is the new version in the hope it goes with my sofa and with your living room. (Yes, I remember your comment!) I’ve ordered one and will keep you (and everyone else, probably) posted!

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Source: “Georgian Stripe Eau de Nil” Throw Pillows by Sarah Vernon | Redbubble

First Night Design | Vintage Royal Geographical Society #Mugs

Vintage Royal Geographical Society Mug by FirstNightDesign

Another quick post as I have nothing new to show or say except that I sold one of these mugs recently. It is an early collage created from inherited ephemera.

I am feeling a great deal better but am coping with some odd sleeping patterns which are frustrating, especially if you have to get up at the crack of dawn for some root canal work! And there’s more where that came from.

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First Night Design | Autumn Fall #Art

Autumn Fall © Sarah Vernon Prints, Cards, Phone Cases, Attire, Home Decor & more… at Redbubble

This is an early effort that dates back to heaven knows when!

Autumn Fall © Sarah Vernon Pouches at Redbubble

Autumn Fall © Sarah Vernon Mugs at Redbubble

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“I’m so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers.”
― L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables

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Autumn Fall © Sarah Vernon Spiral Notebooks at Redbubble

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“Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower.”
― Albert Camus

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Zazzle UK

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First Night Design | Sweet and Simple #Christmas Cards

Holly Christmas Greeting Card

Look, Mummy, look! I’ve decorated the inside of these cards as well.

Holly Christmas Greeting Card

Holly Christmas Greeting Card

And I’ve made them in several different languages along with a secular one. Aren’t I clever, Mummy!

Feliz Navidad Postcard

Joyeux Noël Postcard

Frohe Weihnachten Postcard

Buon Natale Postcard

Season’s Greetings Postcard

As you can see, they’re available as cards and postcards and look, matching gift tags!

Season’s Greetings Pack Of Gift Tags

Matching wrapping paper.

Joyeux Noël Wrapping Paper

Matching paper napkins.

Buon Natale Standard Cocktail Napkin

Matching mugs.

Frohe Weihnachten Two-Tone Coffee Mug

And more…

Rather like the UK never being ready for snow which falls oh so irregularly every year, Zazzle is never prepared for Christmas when sellers and shoppers are at their busiest. The links below, therefore, are not entirely reliable as only the gift tags are showing at present.

Available at Zazzle:
Holly Christmas [US]
Holly Christmas [UK]
Feliz Navidad [US]
Feliz Navidad [UK]
Joyeux Noël [US]
Joyeux Noël [UK]
Frohe Weihnachten [US]
Frohe Weihnachten [UK]
Season’s Greetings [US]
Season’s Greetings [UK]
Buon Natale [US]
Buon Natale [UK]

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First Night Design | Christmas Emporium #Gifts #Art

Christmas Emporium © Sarah Vernon

The original photograph is a marvellous shot of the Art Nouveau building designed by Paul Hankar for a late 19th century  florists in Brussels. I downloaded it a couple of years ago from Wikimedia. I’d always wanted to do something with it but the resolution was low. I looked for it again recently, having lost the image during the computer saga of this time last year, and downloaded it once more. I resized it with Perfect Photo Suite and while it would not have passed muster on its own, I knew that a duplicate in Overlay mode, would enable me to transform it into a high-resolution Christmas treat.

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Everything Christmassy that has been added, such as the angel and baby top left, the Father Christmas bottom right, the holly over the door, the ‘Compliments of the Season’ etching top right and so forth, is from The Graphics Fairy, apart from a painting by Eloise Harriet Stannard (1829–1915) called Christmas Still Life, also from Wikimedia, which is bottom right behind Santa. The eagle-eyed will realise it’s the same still life I used a detail from to create the most recent book cover makeover.

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A goose never voted for an early Christmas.  Irish Saying

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At Christmas play and make good cheer,
For Christmas comes but once a year.
Thomas Tusser “The Farmer’s Daily Diet”

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Christmas is doing a little something extra for someone. Charles Schulz

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“Our hearts grow tender with childhood memories and love of kindred, and we are better throughout the year for having, in spirit, become a child again at Christmas-time.”
― Laura Ingalls Wilder

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“My idea of Christmas, whether old-fashioned or modern, is very simple: loving others. Come to think of it, why do we have to wait for Christmas to do that?”
― Bob Hope

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First Night Design | EXTENDED—Redbubble Special Offer: 1 Day Only – 20% Off!

Use coupon code CAMPOUT. Expires on June 23, 2015 at 8pm Pacific Time.

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First Night Design | Redbubble Special Offer: 1 Day Only – 20% Off!

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First Night Design | Remembering Waterloo 1815 #Gifts

I thought I’d jump on the bandwagon and create some commemorative gifts for the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo, which took place on 18th, 19th, 20th and 21st June, 1815.

Duke of Wellington Waterloo Hip Flasks

Duke of Wellington Waterloo Frosted Glass Mugs

Battle of Waterloo by William Sadler Commuter Mugs

Duke of Wellington Waterloo Ringer Mug

Battle of Waterloo by William Sadler Ringer Mugs

Duke of Wellington Waterloo Drying Up Cloths

Battle of Waterloo by William Sadler Drying Up Cloths

Battle of Waterloo by William Sadler Hip Flasks

Related

• Waterloo 2015

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