Leaf it to me…

This summer I want to create an eye from leaves in the garden – to make an Eye-Heart-Buffalo collection of three pillows!

Last summer, as I was wrapping up tour season, I took some time to take some photos that I’d been thinking about for quite a while.

The result was a series of photos featuring leaves from my garden–from annuals, perennials, houseplants, and shrubs. I ended up enjoying the process and the final images a lot. I’d posted them on my Instagram and Facebook pages, and they seemed to get a good reaction.

I like the photos so much, it seemed a shame to have a print or two put in our guest room, and then the rest of the photos end up sitting on a hard drive in my office, unseen and unloved for eternity.

I decided to dip my toe into the water of on-demand printing and offer them up to be used on products to be ordered online through Fine Arts America.

My online store is here

I took another couple photos and a leaf hearts poster I’d created years ago and set them up too. Any image allows a buyer to choose a product in many categories:

Wall Art

• Archival paper
• Canvas prints
• Posters
• Acrylic prints
• Metal prints
• Wood prints

Great for offices and housewarming gifts! They can be ordered from 5.5″x 8″ up to 39.5″x 60″ and come framed in a variety of frame and mat styles and colors – even tapestries are available.

Home Decor

• Throw pillows (I’m gonna’ order me some of these!)
• Fleece blankets
• Ornaments
• Coffee mugs
• Even shower curtains and duvet covers!

Lifestyle

• Tote bags
• Weekender tote bags
• Yoga mats
• Jigsaw puzzles
• Round beach towels

Apparel

• Men’s t-shirts
• Men’s tank tops
• Women’s t-shirts
• Women’s tank tops
• Long sleeve t-shirts
• Hoodies
• Kid’s t-shirts
• Baby Onesies (Great baby shower and baby gifts!)

And for each of these to get to choose–not only sizes from small to 2XX. You choose from a variety of colors. Even the size of the image on the clothing–from large centered on front to small over the right chest.

Stationary

• Greeting cards Cards can be imprinted with a custom greeting/invite/thank you text up to 500 characters! Most popular item so far.
• Notebooks
• Stickers

I still sell my books–the one I co-authored with garden writer Sally Cunningham, Buffalo Style Gardens, Create a Quirky, One-of-a-Kind Private Garden with Eye-Catching Designs, as well as books and posters I designed

Books and Limited POsters

I hope you can find something that spurs you to make a purchase!

Future plans

In the future I’d like to expand the site to include stock photography. I have tens of thousands of photos of gardens that I’d love to have available. I often gets calls from magazine and book publishers looking for specific garden photos. It’d be great to have them all in one place, categorized and tagged. Right now when I get a call, I’m mostly going from memory on what I have in photos–NOT a good system!

I set up the site because people seemed genuinely interested in having posters or clothes available with the photos. I’ve had a smattering of sales – well more than enough to pay for the annual fees for the online store. I’m not counting on Fine Art America to do much pushing and promoting. Marketing and promoting is my day job, so it’ll only do as well as I promote.