27 November 2020
Life of Art #562 [Black Friday Sales at Rocklawn Arts]
20 November 2020
Life of Art #561 [Custom Photo Tote Bags, Wrapping Paper, iPhone Cases]
Created a new collection of Custom Photo Tote Bags featuring a 5 photo collage or a single large photo with a gingham check pattern frame. Both styles are available in several colors. Click to see all of the designs:
Created some new shiny Silver and Gold Foil Wrapping Paper Sheets:
Created more Create Your Own 5 Photo Collage Wrapping Paper Sheets color variations:
See more in the collection:
Created Double Arch Desert Photograph OtterBox iPhone Cases with and without name. Available for several models and devices on the product page sidebar:
Pinned to boards at Rocklawn Arts on Pinterest.
Created Personalized Gifts Under $25 board.
How was your week?
15 November 2020
How to Be an Antiracist
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
This would make an excellent addition to high school social studies classes.
Kendi defines many types of racism as well as their intersections with other bigotries. He also shares stories from his life when he had racist ideas and how his ideas evolved and continue to evolve towards anti-racism which humanizes the book.
It's not "Think this, do that" but rather here's how to recognize racist and anti-racist ideas and policies. Here are strategies that have and haven't worked to combat racism.
I have more work to do dismantling racist ideas I didn't recognize as such or hadn't considered. But I will also keep my eye on and work to fight the true cause of racism: self-interest, particularly that of policy makers who create and uphold racist policies to maintain or increase their own power, privilege, and financial gain.
The book has a lot of information to take in. It's very likely I'll be back to read it again.
13 November 2020
Life of Art #560 [New iPhone 12 Cases, Custom Photo Wrapping Paper, Your Logo 2021 Calendar Mouse Pads]
Created a variety of new iPhone 12 Cases.
Cases are available for other models and devices when you click through to their product pages.
Created Make Your Own 5 Photo Collage Wrapping Paper Sheets and Wrapping Paper with different background colors:
Created some new Custom Logo 2021 Calendar Mouse Pad designs in various colors:
See all of the versions in the 2021 Calendar Business Mouse Pads collection:
Pinned to boards at Rocklawn Arts on Pinterest.
11 November 2020
Democrats Can Still Win Control Of The Senate! [Donate now to help make it happen]
Democrats can still win control of the Senate!
Georgia has 2 runoff elections coming up on Tuesday, January 5, 2021.
Why does this matter?
We can't let Republican Mitch McConnell keep calling the shots. We've seen what the current Republicans do when a Democrat is president: they obstruct everything out of spite. They won't even acknowledge that President-elect Biden won. They are hoping to steal another election with their stacked courts and lies about voter fraud. They are the frauds: they do not work for the American people. They work for themselves and their big money donors without any care for the 241,000 American lives lost due to Covid-19.
For perspective, that's almost 20% of Covid-19 deaths worldwide. We are only 4.25% of the world's population, so that shows a colossal mishandling and lack of response by Trump and his administration. The GOP continues to stand by him.
We can't leave Republicans in charge of the Senate.
If you live in Georgia, request your mail in ballot now!
Not registered? The voter registration deadline for the runoffs is December 7. If you are an eligible Georgian and you are not yet registered to vote, click here to register so you can vote in the runoff elections!
Check back at this link soon for more information on Early In-Person Voting.
What else can I do? How can I help if I don't live in Georgia?
Donate as much as you can to help elect Reverend Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff and help Democrats take back the Senate.
06 November 2020
Life of Art #559 [Custom Name To Do List Post-it Notes]
Created some more Modern To Do List with Name Post-it Notes in various colors:
Pinned to boards at Rocklawn Arts on Pinterest.
Most of this week was behind the scenes training, analysis and such.
Shot 45 photographs and more I've yet to upload.
How was your week?
02 November 2020
We Have to do Better for America: It's Up to Us
Show up and vote for Joe Biden and Kamala Harris.
Vote for Democrats all the way down your ballot.
Your vote matters.
If it didn't, Republicans would not spend so much time making it harder for you to vote.
Voter suppression, by the way, is cheating. Cheating the system to rig it in their favor is something Republicans excel at. Enough. Vote them out.
This is our country. I do not want my country's reputation to be family separations of immigrants seeking asylum, kids in cages, police attacks on peaceful protesters, police brutality against Black and Brown people, hundreds of thousands dead from Covid-19 because the President thought increasing testing would increase positive cases which would make him look bad, where Trump plays down how serious the virus is, making fun of people wearing masks for months, continuing to hold rallies without social distancing, where Trump abuses his office to coerce a foreign country to investigate his opponent, where the President always lays the blame on someone else for his actions or inactions.