Alma Wad's Awards at Zazzle

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My Designs happened to win awards

I joined Zazzle.com in 2007 . I just wanted to try my luck there . I had been trying to sell my designs by cafepress.com and art.com before and I wished to see how my design looked on different Zazzle products .
This is a POD site - which means that they print on t-shirts , mugs , posters etc whatever you want . You will see how the product looks like with the design of your selection though it does not exist yet only virtually at that moment. They will create the product only after your order . It is eco -friendly solution . Thanks to the digital programs there is no need to create products that can not be sold .
When I joined Zazzle I already had a lots of designs ready as digital art is my number one hobby . I found that Zazzle was very encouraging place . Soon after I started my online designer's shop there - I got a lots of positive feedback from fellow shopkeepers ,designers .
And soon I got some awards !
There are two types of awards I got so far .
TBA = Today Best Award - it is given daily . The newly created products can win . There is a jury who decides on it. No need to apply for it . If you create a product then automatically it will be considered .

Top Ten Views Award - it is the public who decides . Nothing else matters just how many clicks you got .It can be something very simple like a plain tie or some words on a mug . It can be the world ugliest design - but it still will get this award if it got enough clicks for that .

Today I got more awards than I ever dared to dream !
I would like to show you here those designs ! Please leave your comments !

"A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step."

Lao Tzu

The first award winning T-shirt 

super daddy shirt
super daddy by almawad
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Today Best September 22, 2007

I was very much surprised . Why ? I did not know that my art will be considered without application . Telling the truth I would not have applied if that was the way to get it . I have tried at cafepress to apply for different designer competitions but I was not allowed as I was not US citizen .I was not operating out of US . They excluded every designer who was not living there !
Zazzle is wise not to do so ! A design is valuable or not - it has nothing to do with residence of the designer !

self-discovery

"Painting is self-discovery. Every good artist paints what he is."

Jackson Pollock

my nippon sunrise abstract poster was awarded by the public 

the second surprise

nippon sunrise print
nippon sunrise by almawad
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A beautiful collage ,geometrical shapes with impressionist background ,reminding one to the far eastern cultures and sunrise . Alma Wad's original artwork . It is an award winning design ! Top 10 Poster Views August 29, 2007 -at US site

I was very happy with this award . I like this image so much . I created it when I had no idea at all that it can be sold . It reminds me that happy era when I made images just for pure fun ...

I know but one freedom, and that is the freedom of the mind. (Antoine de Saint-Exupery)

flying swallow bag awarded by the US public 

swallow bag
swallow by almawad
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Top 10 Bags Views January 26, 2008

This bag used to look different . When this award was given to that design there used to be different bag styles at zazzle .

creating every day

"I'm always thinking about creating. My future starts when I wake up every morning . . . Every day I find something creative to do with my life."

Miles Davis

friends mug Today Best May 17, 2008 

friends mug
friends by almawad
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Exciting and unique design of two zebras . It was based on a photo made by me .Today Best May 17, 2008 it was awarded by the jury ..

revolution and art

Art is either plagiarism or revolution.

Paul Gauguin

purple checks mousepad 

Today Best August 24, 2008

Beautiful ,inspiring purple plaid background to be customized by you ! You can add your own words or leave it as it is !
I made it last summer when keds shoes were new in the market .It was originally made for my shoe design - but it got a Today Best award as mousepad !


purple checks mousepad
purple checks by almawad
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My romantic Love postage was my first award winning postage 

multitude of awards won !

Romantic and urban ,retro style love design .Ideal for invitations and love letters . This design is three times awarded . The first award came by the zazzle jury Today's Best July 25, 2008 - US site . It was made by me when I noticed that zazzle postage is selling well ! There was a bug on my computer at that time and I could not upload new images for a week or two .Feeling frustrated I played with my already uploaded images and zazzle fonts .I created a handful of love postages ! Then this one was appreciated most ! later it won Top 10 Postage Views 08 March, 2009- UK site ! Top 10 Postage Views 30 May, 2009 -Australian site . Yes - zazzle opened new sites - and my art was appreciated by the UK and Australian public as well !



purple stripes no7 with LOVE stamp
purple stripes no7 with LOVE by almawad
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Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away. (Antoine de Saint-Exupery)

My first award winning shoe design 

blue checks Keds shoe

Today Best August 29, 2008

blue checks kedsshoe
blue checks by almawad
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It was in August 2008 that zazzle launched shoes as new products . I kept designing shoes all the time ! It gave me some kind of unexplainable ,great joy ! I was awarded by today best soon after that ...

Horizontal flowers apron awarded by the UK public 

Top 10 Aprons Views 01 January, 2009

horizontal flowers apron
horizontal flowers by almawad
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South Hungarian folk art motifs radiating joy of life and passion .Top 10 Aprons Views 01 January, 2009 - it is the award that it got by the UK public !

Art and action

"To combine action and art is to combine the flower that wilts and the flower that lasts forever". Y. Mishima

horizontal flowers my second award winning mousepad 

Today Best January 07, 2009

My swan lake tee was my second award winning t-shirt 

Today Best January 15, 2009

Swan lake shirt
Swan lake by almawad
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Swan lake by a festive night .Digital painting inspired by childhood memories . Ideal for children , ,romantic souls and so on .You can add your own text . Today Best January 15, 2009 at zazzle US site

Top Ten Photo Sculpture View 

Unexpected succes at Zazzle new sites

The number of photo sculpture design is not as big as the number of tie design at Zazzle . There are over 22 thousand different design on the their marketplace .It is still great to get Top Ten Photo Sculpture View award at the Uk , Canadian ,Australian sites !
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Top 10 Ties Views 

Unexpected succes at Zazzle new sites

It was at the end of 2008 that Zazzle opened zazzle.co.uk a site for UK customers .My necktie designs seemed to be very popular as many of them got top ten views award . There were around 400 thousand neckties at that time at Zazzle .My ties were among the top ten . I was very much surprised . I kept asking myself how it happened . Google ranks high some of those designs . We always hear that adding tags ,keywords is very important . I was more confused . These designs were poorly tagged . So - it might be something about the referring sites or the title ...
Some month later zazzle .ca a Canadian Zazzle site and an Australian site was opened where my items kept ranking high .
It was nice feeling , however I felt at times that not the best ones were picked by the public ...
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Awesome Zazzler Award 

city life no2 mousepad
city life no2 by almawad
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I have just realised that there are awards established by fellow artists . I found this message on my comment wall ! It was a great surprise ! Cheryl Daniels is an artist I like a lot .

Gorgeous! And I love your sentiments behind the creation of this piece!
Congratulations, you're an Awesome Zazzler! Your artwork has been awarded for Excellence in Artistic Design and is being featured on the front page of the Awesome Zazzlers Gallery.

Thank you Cheryl for your recognition !

My Abstract Floral Postage 

Today Best August 20, 2009

Top 10 Postage Views August 06, 2009 

its a girl

its a girl stamp
its a girl by almawad
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Top 10 Bags Views September 12, 2009 at zazzle. com ( US site)  

Top 10 Bags Views September 12, 2009 at zazzle. com ( US site)

Today Best April 26, 2009 by josunshine 

Save the Date Wedding Invitation pair of red roses

Save the Date Wedding Postcard pair of red roses postcard
Save the Date Wedding Postcard pair of red roses by josunshine
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Save the Date Wedding Postcard / invitation with a pair of red roses. Customize / personalize with your own names and date and add any text you like to the back.

Old Dandelion ~ mousepad by Andy2302 

Today Best May 21, 2009

Very ripe dandelion seed head drying after a shower.Old Dandelion ~ mousepad mousepad
Old Dandelion ~ mousepad by Andy2302
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Blanket Flower ~ mousepad - Top 10 Mousepads Views February 18, 2009

Blanket Flower ~ mousepad mousepad
Blanket Flower ~ mousepad by Andy2302
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Three Monkeys Embroidered shirt by Embroidery4U 

Today Best June 10, 2009

Adorable embroidered monkeys with the well known poses of see, hear and speak no evil. Front pocket area has monkey design too.

Three Monkeys embroideredshirt
Three Monkeys by Embroidery4U
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Today Best January 12, 2009 by spikemandesigns 

Blue Floral Deco Profile Card by elenaind 

Today Best July 10, 2008

Blue floral deco makes elegant your profile/business card to personalize as well you prefer .
Blue Floral Deco Profile Card profilecard
Blue Floral Deco Profile Card by elenaind
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Today Best made by Embroidery4U 

Some of the latest succes of this pro Zazzle designer

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Angelas_Designs - Peacock Butterfly T-shirt 

Today Best May 14, 2009

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Award winning designs by sharonfosterart 

Today Best July 30, 2009 Top 10 Magnets Views July 30, 2009

anacletocold awards 

cassettes trouble mouse mat
Today Best April 26, 2009
Top 10 Mousepads Views April 26, 2009

cassettes trouble mousepad
cassettes trouble by anacletocold
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penguin T-shirt shirt
penguin T-shirt by anacletocold
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Today Best April 11, 2009

night city moon card card
night city moon card by anacletocold
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Today Best August 31, 2009

octopus shirt
octopus by anacletocold
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Today Best May 22, 2009 by justbyjulie 

Thank You Card Gold Rings

Today Best Awards by iloveyourshirt 

Double Awards for Atomsplitter 

Flower Combo Tie

Flower Combo tie
Flower Combo by AtomSplitter
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Today Best September 06, 2009
Top 10 Ties Views September 06, 2009

DESIGNERS' HELP SITES 

Are you a designer ready to learn new tricks ?
Then visit these pages because they are full of wonderful ideas on designs !
dafont
Are you looking for new fonts ? This is the place . You will find a lots of unique fonts free , for personal use or donationware download type .
Drawing lessons at drawspace
Find tutorial here on traditional freehand drawing !
http://colorburned.com/
Brushes, patterns, vectors, tutorials and more!
Best photoshop tutorials
* Articles
* Brushes
* Inspiration
* Tutorials
ZAZZLE TECH BLOG
FIND HERE EVERY KIND OF HOW TO TOPICS : store customization ,embroidery design , font types ... what every zazzlers should know....
Easy To Follow Tutorials For Zazzlers by DT
These tutorials are set out in an easy to understand language %u2026 sometimes its a bit difficult to follow any official tutorials %u2026 and on the zazzle forum the same questions can be asked time and time again by all users but especially new comers %u2026 what I'm hoping is that this site will become a place to redirect those designers / artists to %u2026 just view the posts on the right or use the search feature .. if you can't find the tutorial you need .. just leave a message
The Top 10 Mistakes Zazzlers Make v.2.01
Learn about the traps you wish to avoid when selling your art at Zazzle .

HOW TO WIN AN AWARD 

sites that are looking for designs

zazzle online store
you register , you create and wait for the awards
no need to submit anything to be awarded -just your stuff should be on their marketplace
no cash - just the honour !
threadless online store
here you can win cash weekly: $2000
if your design is selected for print
they are expecting only outstanding designs
Design By Humans
Your design could win $8,500!
At DBH, you can participate in 2 types of contests:
1) The DBH Daily Contest
2) Special Contests
La Fraise
The designer of the chosen design receives 1,000 euro once he has signed the contract.

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silverswandesigns today best awards 

yesterdaysgirl awards 

Samhain Poster 

Today's Best September 10, 2009

peace embroidered baseball cap Today's Best September 01, 2009 

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What do you think about these designs ? 

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    almawad almawad Oct 14, 2009 @ 11:01 am
    Thank you for everybody !
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    WeddingZazzle WeddingZazzle Oct 13, 2009 @ 11:00 pm
    Great lens! Congrats on all your awards!
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    fanfreluche fanfreluche Sep 23, 2009 @ 5:26 am
    Great design and nicely done lens, lensrolled to my zazzle lens!
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    Pink Pig Pink Pig Sep 20, 2009 @ 4:25 am
    Enjoyed your lens-nice to see what other designers are producing on Zazzle.
    And some good designer links too.
    Nice one!
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    joseph joseph Jul 12, 2009 @ 5:46 pm
    hey every one just have a good one.

    www.zazzle.com/justjoseph
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