 Fleece blanket featuring child's name and initial Heads up, affiliate links have been used! Most of the products we design are customisable, and buyers can add a name and/or additional information such as a monogram to the item before purchase. We do this by utilising 'print on demand.' The ability for companies to 'print on demand' has been around for decades. This process allows companies to print products individually, meaning that each will be altered to suit individual user's printing needs. WE LOVE THIS, for three primary reasons: - Personalised gifts prevent unnecessary product production, therefore creating less waste Rather than printing thousands of products, many of which would be going to waste, each item is made as required. - Personalised gifts show thought and care Finding a kind and well thought through gift should not be a frustrating and tedious task. Customising a thoughtful item is a simple way of showing the recipient you care. - Personalised gifts make wonderful keepsakes The huge majority of gifts for baby showers and kids in 'Simple Kids,' can be customised with at least the child's name. Customised gifts like this are precious and timeless. Very simply, print on demand products make fantastic gifts, because personalised products make fantastic gifts. They express love and care to the recipient; make wonderful keepsakes, and demote mass production. Any questions about print on demand or our products please don't hesitate to get in touch!
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 This time last year we were living a very calm and simple life in a beautiful and peaceful Myanmar - 2021 has brought an immeasurable amount of changes.
In February the Burmese government were taken down by corrupt military officials in a coup d'etat. A plan to hurriedly resettle in the UK was quickly put together, and after a torturous couple of months we finally flew home in April. After staying in Wales for a few months with family, teaching at our schools in Myanmar remotely, we were finally able to move to a home in Northamptonshire, England where we now live and teach. Throughout the year, I continued illustrating and creating products on Zazzle. Our little store has thrived through all these challenging transitions, and I have loved watching each milestone. Better still, I have been so encouraged and overjoyed to read through reviews sent in by customers. A huge thank you to everyone who has supported Simply_Kids or Little Jungle Prints this year, your encouragement has been massively appreciated! In 2022, we hope for more stability and more rest. We hope to make more memories with family and friends, and enjoy each day, whatever it brings. To all you wonderful people out there - we wish entirely the same for you. May your New Year be filled with happiness and a sense of purpose and place. If you ever need an ear to listen, please know I'm here. Happy New Year all!! Heads up, affiliate links have been used! Here are some gift ideas for kids who don't like the ultra pink or blue! All of these designs include the addition of your child's name.  Floral Bee and Woodland Flowers Kids Nursery Fleece Blanket If you're looking for a cute and whimsical gift - this lovely blanket is the perfect place to stop. This floral botanical kids fleece blanket design features gorgeous bees and woodland flowers and can be personalized with your child's name. The perfect nature-themed addition for your toddler's room or gender-neutral baby nursery.  Cute and Modern Springer Spaniel Dog Kids Throw Pillow This cute and modern kids throw pillow features an adorable springer spaniel dog cartoon with hills, a beach and a blue sky in the background, and can be personalized with your child's name. The perfect puppy-themed addition to your kids room or baby nursery, or gift for spaniel lovers!  Kids Cute Safari Animals Giraffe Zebra and Name Tote Bag This cute and adorable jungle themed kids tote bag features a giraffe and zebra, and can be personalized with your child's name in lovely typography. The perfect safari animal themed gift for your child or toddler, great for toting around small toys.  Cute Whimsical Rainbow Llama Kids Passport Holder This cute and whimsical kids passport cover features an adorable hand drawn rainbow llama, with a cactus, rainbows and plants. This lovely design also features a place for you to add your child's name, and the background color can be customised. The perfect pink alpaca themed design for any kid's first trip!  Cute Blue Space Alien Cartoon Kids Watch This cute and modern kids watch features a blue space alien cartoon and can be personalized with your boys name. With clear, easily readable numbers, this 'first' watch is great for kids or toddlers just starting out on learning the time. A lovely practical keepsake gift. The perfect space galaxy-themed design for your little one!  Cute 'This Book Belongs' Sloth Name Kids Bookplate These gorgeous kids bookplate 'this book belongs' stickers features a beautiful, hand drawn sleeping sloth doodle with flowers and leaves. This lovely design also features a place for you to add your child's name. The perfect jungle themed, wildlife design for your little one's school supplies! That's all for this list! Please take a look at my Simply_Kids store if you want to view a wider range of products. Happy shopping!
Heads up, affiliate links have been used! Last week we shared some of our favourite girls Christmas stockings, and today we will be sharing our favourite stockings for boys!  1. Rustic Farm Tractor and Animals Boys Cute Tractor and Farm Animals Blue Kids Christmas Stocking This cute and rustic kids Christmas stocking features farm animal cartoons, with a red tractor, cows, pigs, sheep, chickens and flowers, and can be personalized with your boys name. The perfect fun agriculture themed Christmas gift for your baby, toddler or child this holiday season! Get a free coloring page to match this stocking here!  2. Fun Dinosaur Pattern and Monogram Boys Cute and Fun Blue Dinosaur Pattern Kids Christmas Stocking This cute and fun kids monogrammed holiday Christmas stocking features a dinosaur cartoon pattern, with a t-rex, stegosaurus, rainbows and jurassic jungle plants, and can be personalized with your boys name and monogram. The perfect dinosaur themed Christmas keepsake.  3. Elegant Grey Fox Boys Neutral Woodland Forest Fox and Name Kids Christmas Stocking This trendy kids Christmas stocking features an adorable, hand drawn woodland forest fox. This lovely neutral design also features a place for you to add your boy or girls' name. The perfect animal themed stocking for your child or baby this Christmas time.  4. Cute Space Aliens Boys Cute Blue Space Alien Rocket Cartoon Kids Small Christmas Stocking This cute and modern boys Christmas stocking features a space alien monster cartoon, with a rocket ship, aliens, stars, planets and moon, and can be personalized with your kids name. The perfect cool and unique space themed stocking for your baby, toddler or child. Get a free coloring page to match this stocking here!  5. Classical Blue Transport Pattern Monogram Cute Boys Transport Tractor Digger Pattern Kids Small Christmas Stocking This cute and classical blue monogrammed kids Christmas stocking design features a blue cartoon transport pattern, with cars, pickup trucks, trains, airplanes, diggers, tractors and helicopters. There is also space for you to add your boys name and monogram in a beautiful font.  6. Woodland Fox Baby Boys Cute Woodland Forest Fox Kids Small Christmas Stocking This cute and modern baby boys Christmas stocking features a watercolor forest fox, and can be personalized with your kids name. The perfect gender neutral woodland themed gift for your baby, toddler or child this holiday season!  7. Red Farm Tractor Boys Cute Blue Fun Farm Tractor Cartoon and Name Small Christmas Stocking This cute kids Christmas stocking design features a hand drawn red farm tractor cartoon on blue, and can be personalized with your boys name. Perfect for any farm lover this Christmas! Check out our store for other fun kids holiday stocking designs. Get a free coloring page to match this stocking here!  8. T-Rex Dinosaur Cute Baby Boy T-Rex Dinosaur and Name Small Christmas Stocking This cute kids Christmas stocking design is a part of a collection featuring cute dinosaurs for baby boy's apparel and accessories. The design features a hand drawn doodle cartoon t-rex dinosaur and can be personalized with your baby or child's name. Get a free coloring page to match this stocking here!  9. Quirky Christmas Llama Kids Cute Christmas Festive Llama and Name Small Christmas Stocking This cute festive Christmas stocking design features a quirky Christmas llama wearing a holiday sweater and Christmas hat, as well as a snowflake pattern and space for you to add your child or baby's name. The perfect gift for any llama lovers this holiday season! Get a free coloring page to match this stocking here!  10. Farm Pattern Boys Cute Blue Farm Animal Pattern Kids Small Christmas Stocking This cute and modern monogrammed kids Christmas stocking features a farm animal cartoon pattern, with a tractor, cows, pigs, sheep, chickens and flowers, and can be personalized with your boys name and monogram. The perfect agriculture themed gift for your baby, toddler or child this holiday season! These are our top picks - but we have plenty more designs in our shop which you can check out at the link below! Premium stockings (not featured) are also available, as well as a better array of gender neutral options. Happy holidays everyone!
Heads up, affiliate links have been used! Christmas is just around the corner, and it's the perfect time to start shopping for personalized Christmas gifts and decorations. These customized girls Christmas stockings make a wonderful gift for little ones excited for the holiday season, or new parents needing a special gift for the new addition to their family! Check out our top ten picks below.  1. Natural Floral Reindeer Kids Cute Customizable Gray Reindeer with Flower Wreath Christmas Stocking This adorable kids or baby's stocking design features a cute reindeer with a watercolor Christmas flower wreath with poinsettias, pinecones and mistletoe, and space for you to add a name in cute typography. The perfect neutral floral design for any reindeer lover, child or adult, this holiday season! Get a free coloring page to match this stocking here!  2. Elegant Snowman Girls Sweet Pink Customizable Christmas Snowman Christmas Stocking This quirky and sweet design features a unique watercolor-style snowman wearing a Christmassy garland, as well as space for you to personalize the item using your girl's name. The perfect keepsake for you little one's first Christmas, or for a snowman-loving kid. This design is already proving to be a favourite this year!  3. Modern Botanical Girls Elegant and Modern Watercolor Flowers Christmas Stocking This fun and modern floral kids Christmas stocking design features cute and colorful watercolor flowers, pastel pink polka dots, and has space for you to add a name in a hand-written font. The perfect botanical gift for your baby's first Christmas or child this holiday season!  4. Sleepy Sloth Kids Sleeping Sloth Pink Christmas Stocking This gorgeous and girly kids' Christmas stocking features a beautiful, hand drawn sleeping sloth doodle with flowers and leaves. This lovely design also features a place for you to add your girl's name. The perfect jungle themed, wildlife design for your child or baby this Christmas season! Get a free coloring page to match this stocking here!  5. Rainbow Unicorn Cute and Girly Rainbow Unicorn and Name Kids Christmas Stocking This trendy kids Christmas stocking features an adorable watercolor rainbow unicorn cartoon. This magical design also features a place for you to add a name. The perfect fairytale themed whimsical stocking for your child!  6. Pink Floral Reindeer Girls Cute Pink Floral Reindeer & Name Kids Christmas Stocking This cute and fun kids holiday Christmas stocking features an adorable woodland reindeer with a flower wreath on a pink background, and can be personalized with a name. The perfect girly floral deer Christmas keepsake for your baby, toddler or child this holiday season! Get a free coloring page to match this stocking here!  7. Magical Purple Unicorn Girls Cute Purple Unicorn Rainbow Kids Christmas Stocking This cute and modern kids purple Christmas stocking features a unicorn princess, planet, stars, a crown, a rainbow and heart, and can be personalized with a name. The perfect fun and magical gift for any unicorn lover this Christmas. Get a free coloring page to match this stocking here!  8. Christmas Wreath Girls Cute Flower Wreath Kids Christmas Stocking This adorable kids Christmas stocking design features a unique watercolor-style Christmas flower wreath, with a polka dot background and space for you to personalize the item using your girl's name. The perfect Christmas gift for a flower-loving kid!  9. Pink Tabby Cat Cute Girly Pink Gray Tabby Cat Cartoon Kids Christmas Stocking This cute modern kids or pets Christmas stocking features a gray stripy tabby cat, and can be personalized with your girls (or cats!) name. The perfect cat themed stocking for your baby, child, or fur baby this holiday season! Get a free coloring page to match this stocking here!  10. Floral Panda
Girls Whimsical Floral Watercolor Panda Christmas Stocking This gorgeous and girly baby's Christmas stocking features a beautiful, hand painted panda bear holding a bunch of flowers. This floral watercolor design also features a place for you to add your girl's name. Perfect for your child or baby this Christmas season! Heads up, affiliate links have been used! Here are some of my favourite personalized baby boy designs! As all of these items are fully customizable, they make the perfect gift for new parents who have already announced the name and birth details of their new little wonder. Here we go!  1. For Farm Loving Families Cute Farm Animal Tractor Milestone Baby Blanket First up is this lovely milestone blanket. This cute design features farm animal cartoons, with a tractor, cows, pigs, sheep, chickens and flowers, and can be personalized. The blanket features a monthly growth tracker, the perfect prop for milestone photos during any baby's first year! The perfect agriculture themed gift for new farm loving parents.  2. For Readers Boys Cute Blue Safari Elephant Kids Bookplate Stickers Our next suggestion is bookplate stickers. The first books that children receive are incredibly precious. These stickers are a great way of making sure that these books don't get lost! This whimsical bookplate sticker design features a blue elephant cartoon, and has place for you to add a child's name in lovely typography.  3. For Those Who Hate Cleaning Personalized Baby Boys Colorful Space Rocket Ship Baby Bib One thing is for sure, babies are MESSY! This gorgeous baby bib features a beautiful and colorful hand drawn rocket ship in outer space. The design also features a place for you to add a name. Perfect for keeping little space lovers clean!  4. For Travelers Boys Cute Blue Airplane Baby Bodysuit Baby clothes are much cuter when they're customized! This cute personalized baby bodysuit design features a hand-drawn doodle airplane with a background of blue sky and clouds, and can be personalized with a baby boy's name. Perfect for a little one who will be travelling a lot!  5. For Dinosaur Enthusiasts Boys Cute Stegosaurus Dinosaur Personalized Pacifier New parents can never have enough pacifiers! These tiny but lifesaving objects are easy to lose. Having a customized design can help make this pacifier outlive the rest. This cute and modern baby's pacifier design features an adorable green jungle stegosaurus dinosaur, and has space for you to add a baby boys name in a hand-written font. The perfect unique gift for new parents.  6. For Commemorating All Those Crazy Birth Spurts Boys Cute Car Truck Tractor Transport Growth Chart This cute baby blue transport themed personalized growth poster features a train, tractor, car, airplane, digger and helicopter and has a place for you to add a name! This chart starts at 21 inches and goes up to 5'2 inches, and is the perfect way to note a child's growth spurts. The perfect addition to a baby nursery or kids room!  7. For All Those Special Birth Date Memories Baby Boys Cute Space Alien Birth Stats Name Throw Pillow This cute and modern baby birth stats throw pillow features an alien space pattern cartoon, with rocket ships, aliens, suns, moons and stars, and can be personalized with a baby boy's full name, date of birth, place of birth, birth weight and birth height. The perfect whimsical baby boy birth announcement keepsake gift for new parents. This pillow would look wonderful in a space themed baby nursery!  8. For Parents Who Appreciate Elegance and Simplicity Baby Boys Cute Blue Elephant Nursery Round Clock This cute and modern kids clock features a blue elephant, and can be personalized with a name. The perfect safari themed addition to a kids room or neutral baby boys nursery. Great for elephant lovers.  9. For Those Dark Scary Nights Cute Personalized Baby Boy Dinosaur Nursery Night Light Getting through long dark nights while stumbling around the nursery is something that every new parent has to go through! This little night light can help brighten up those long evenings of night time feeding, and serves as a cute piece of decor too. This particular night light design features a doodle triceratops dinosaur. A very thoughtful gift!  10. For A Dinosaur Themed Nursery Four Large Dinosaur Educational Nursery Printables Lastly, these beautiful, dinosaur-themed, educational printable posters are perfect for a baby boy's nursery, child's bedroom, or playroom. The listing includes:
For further ideas and designs, please visit our store, Simply Baby. If you’re looking for ideas for baby girls instead, click here!
Thanks all! Let me know in the comments if any of these ideas worked out for you. Happy Shopping! This year parents are having to make the very difficult decision of whether or not to send their children to school. There are pros and cons to both choices, and everyone’s situation is different. As a teacher, my hope is that the children who end up back in class are prepared for a school that looks just a little different. Here are some ideas of things that could make the transition to school just a little bit easier. We’ve highlighted several personalized items here. The reason that we think that personalization is particularly important this year is that sharing books, pencils, masks can sadly be one of the fastest ways to spread germs. Even before the pandemic one of my greatest teacher horrors was watching a pencil that is still wet from being chewed up be shared between students.. it will now be even more important that this doesn’t happen! So here we go!  1. Personalized Bookplate stickers Girls Floral Bookplate Stickers Bookplate stickers can help to prevent unnecessary sharing of school books (or can just be a cute addition to your child’s library!) This particular bookplate sticker design features cute watercolor flowers, and has space for you to write your girls name in an elegant font. Find numerous other bookplate designs in our store!  2. Personalized Notebooks Boys Cute Space Alien Notebook Make sure your child isn’t accidentally picking up other children's notebooks by getting them one of their own that they love. This cute school notebook design features a space alien cartoon, with a rocket ship, aliens, stars and moon, and can be personalized with your boys name. The perfect space themed gift!  3. Kids Clothing Labels Kids Cute Rainbow Llama Clothing Labels Clothing labels are a great way of keeping your child from losing those things you spent ages buying for them! These labels are waterproof and laundry safe. This particular label design features a hand drawn rainbow llama cartoon doodle. This whimsical item also features a place for you to add your girl's first and last name.  4. Personalized Pencils Boys Personalized Dinosaur Pattern Pencil Now, everyone’s chewed up pencils can stay separate! This cute kids pencil design features a blue dinosaur cartoon pattern, with a t-rex, stegosaurus, rainbows and jurassic jungle plants, can be customized with your boys name. The perfect dino jungle themed addition to your boys school supplies.  5. Lunch Box Girls Cute Pink Sloth School Lunch Box If your child is apprehensive about the start of school, a cute lunch box might be just what they need to make them feel a little better! This pink girly kids lunch box features a beautiful, hand drawn sleeping sloth doodle with flowers and leaves. This lovely design also features a place for you to add your girl's name, and your own message.  6. Customized Kids Watch Boys Cute Farm Tractor Watch Another great back-to-school ‘gift’ idea, this watch is perfect for little ones who are just starting to learn the time. This cute design features hand-drawn red tractor cartoon on blue, with clear numbers, and can be personalized with your boy's name. Perfect for a farm and tractor loving kids first watch!  7. Cute Kids Masks Kids Gender Neutral Rainbow Narwhal Mask Sadly this year at the top of the list comes a mask. A great way to make sure your child wears their mask is to chose designs they love. Masks can be a pain to wear, and making it fun for children is vital to ensure they don’t just ditch their covering as soon as you or their teachers aren't looking! This cool blue kids face mask features a cute rainbow narwhal pattern, with jellyfish, seaweed, starfish and shells. A cute, cheerful and colorful design! I hope that these ideas have been useful to you! If you can’t see a design you like, click through to our store where you will find countless others. Stay safe everyone!
Heads up, affiliate links have been used! Kids are not the easiest to shop for. Personally, my biggest challenge is always finding a gift that my nephew/niece/cousin doesn’t ALREADY have! Kids are usually drowning in unused toys and I really would rather not buy a piece of nonsense (especially plastic trash!) that’s going to end up broken in a few weeks and in landfill, or in a bag for Goodwill. My solution? Personalized gifts. It’s almost impossible to order a customized gift that won’t be well received and treasured! These are just a few of my favourite products and designs for kids (we recommend these for girls and boys under 10 years old). If you like the product, but the design isn’t quite right for the child you need a gift for, have a look at Simply Baby. There you will find our full range of designs for each product.
 2. For the Narwhal Obsessed Gender Neutral Narwhal Pattern & Name Kids Bath Towel Set This trendy, modern and cute towel set design features a cute rainbow narwhal cartoon pattern, with jellyfish, starfish and seaweed, and has space for you to add a child's name and inital in a hand-written font. The perfect ocean themed monogrammed gift for any narwhal lover! Especially good for those needing a cute gender neutral gift.  3. For Little Farmers 🚜 Boy's Cool Doodle Red Farm Tractor with Name Kids' Apron This cute kids apron design features a hand drawn red farm tractor, and can be personalized with your boy's name. Perfect for little farmers who love to get messy by painting or cooking! This apron is perfect for boys and girls who love tractors too. If you would prefer a pink tractor apron, find one here!  4. For The Child Who Has Everything Girls Cute Watercolor Rainbow Unicorn & Name Kids Notebook This magical and girly kids' notebook features a beautiful hand painted rainbow unicorn and flower. This fairytale design also features a place for you to add your girl's name. The perfect addition to any kid's school supplies, and a great gift to give to the child that has everything.  5. For The Future Astronaut 🚀 Kids Cute Space Rocket Ship & Name Kids Nursery Tripod Lamp This cute and trendy kids tripod lamp features a simple space rocket ship cartoon, and can also be personalized with a child's name. This lamp is the perfect navy blue space themed addition to a kids room or baby nursery, making this a gift one that parents will be extremely happy with!  6. For The Child Who Loves Pink Girls Cute Sleeping Sloth Animal and Name Kids Fleece Blanket This gorgeous and girly kids' fleece blanket features a beautiful, hand drawn sleeping sloth doodle with flowers and leaves, with a pink striped background. This lovely design also features a place for you to add a name. The perfect jungle themed, wildlife design for any sloth obsessed child.  7. For Little Travellers Baby Boy Doodle T-Rex Dinosaur with Name Passport Holder This cute passport cover design features a hand drawn t-rex doodle dinosaur and can be personalized with a name. This is a great gift for little ones who travel a lot, or for dinosaur obsessed toddlers! A pink t-rex dinosaur version of this passport holder is available here.  8. For Flower Lovers 🌼 Girls Cute Floral Watercolor Flowers & Name Kids Throw Pillow This trendy and modern floral throw cushion design features whimsical watercolor flowers, and has space for you to add a name in a hand-written font. The perfect cute botanical gift for any little flower lover!  9. For The Money Saver Boys Colorful Rocket Ship Space Pattern and Name Trifold Wallet This gorgeous kids wallet features a quirky and colorful hand drawn rocket ship in outer space. The design also has a place for you to add a child's name. Slip a $10 note in the wallet to make this an extra special gift! Perfect for any toddler or child's first wallet.  10. For The Gender Neutral Kids Room Cute Watercolor Sloth and Name Kids Poster This gorgeous kids' poster features a beautiful, hand painted watercolor sloth mother and child, floating up in the sky holding a balloon. This whimsical design also has a place for you to add a name. This gift is perfect for those on a budget who are looking for that perfect thoughtful gift. Let us know if any of these ideas worked for you! Happy shopping!
Heads up, affiliate links have been used! Today I spent a long time designing customisable products. At the end of it, I looked through everything I had made and felt really happy! I love the process of design! It's easy to get bogged down in the monotony of life, but being able to create on a daily basis has been a really positive experience for me. Here I share some of my favourite items, all of which are specifically geared towards new parents of little girls.  1. For Rainbow Lovers 🌈 Girls Cute Pink Whimsical Rainbow Name Birth Stats Baby Blanket This adorable pink baby blanket is the perfect keepsake for a newborn baby girl. The soft and cozy blanket features a boho rainbow and pink background, with places for you to add the child's name, date of birth, weight and height at birth, and place of birth. This is great for sentimental parents who want their baby girls date of birth well documented!  2. For Book Enthusiasts 'This Book Belongs' Unicorn Name Baby Girl's Bookplate This whimsical set of' bookplate stickers feature an adorable, hand painted rainbow unicorn and watercolor flowers. This magical and colorful design also features a place for you to add a child's name. You are also welcome to edit the text 'this book belongs to..' The perfect addition to any baby girls library! These stickers are perfect for parents who want to prioritise reading. There are multiple other options for bookplate stickers in our store, if unicorn's aren't for you!  3. For The Tired Girls Cute Sleeping Sloth Animal and Name Kids Throw Pillow Everyone knows that sloths are totally on trend right now, making this cute cushion perfect for any little one! This lovely throw pillow features an adorable lazy sloth, and can be personalized with a child's name. A unique gift that will be well appreciated by new parents!  4. For those who appreciate Sleek and Simple Girls Beautiful Flowers Watercolor Panda and Name Baby Bib This gorgeous baby bib features a beautiful, simple, hand painted panda bear holding a bunch of flowers. This floral watercolor design was lovingly designed to ensure a high quality of print. The bib also features a place for you to add your girl's name, making this a wonderful keepsake. A cute and easy gift for your friend or family member's new little one.
 6: For the Dreamers Girls Cute Watercolor Sloth Animal and Name Kids Tripod Lamp This gorgeous and girly kids' lamp features a beautiful, hand painted watercolor sloth mother and child, floating up in the sky holding a balloon. This lovely design also features a place for you to add your girl's name. The perfect adorable design for a new baby's nursery!  7. For the Photographer Cute Girly Pink Rainbow Narwhal Growth Milestone Baby Blanket This gorgeous and cute pink baby girl milestone blanket features a rainbow narwhal cartoon and underwater doodles. The blanket also has space for you to add a child's name in lovely blue typography, as well as a monthly growth tracker. The perfect girly ocean themed keepsake gift for any new parents!  8. For the Llama Obsessed Girls Cute Rainbow Llama Cartoon and Name Baby Bodysuit This trendy baby bodysuit features a beautiful hand drawn rainbow llama cartoon. This modern design also features a place for you to add your baby girl's name. The perfect whimsical gift for new llama-loving parents.  9. For the Decorator Girls Flowers Cute Floral Birth Stats Baby Nursery Poster This elegant and modern floral birth stats baby nursery poster features watercolor flowers, pastel pink polka dots, and has space for you to add a baby girls full name, date of birth, weight and height at birth, and place of birth in a hand-written font. The perfect whimsical and botanical baby girl announcement keepsake for any newborn and their parents.  10. For Those Embracing Farm Life Personalized Baby Girl Pink Farm Tractor & Name Pacifier This cute design features a hand drawn pink farm tractor, and can also be personalized with your baby girl's name. Perfect for little farmers. In our store we also have many more transport themed baby products, just click through to this pacifier and you can easily visit the rest of the collection! Enjoy shopping! If you have any comments or questions please post below.
 For those who don’t know, Zazzle is a print on demand website. This means that individuals can create designs for products, and when these products sell, the designers will get a basic royalty for their input (royalty set by designer, usually <15%).
I started my journey with print on demand many years ago. I was a British graduate fresh out of university, and I was planning on moving abroad with my husband, so I wasn’t looking to start a full time job. We spent the year after graduating visiting family in the US, and I had a lot of time to doodle and paint, something which I hadn’t had the time for since high school. On a whim, I added some of these designs to Zazzle, making a few collections in a very poorly set up shop *cringe.* Life got busy again, and it was only after about a year that I looked back on my store. To my surprise, one of my designs had caught on, and I had made around $70. As someone who had never believed that I could make any money out of being creative, this was an amazing find! My favourite art teacher had always told us “no-one needs artists! If you really want to make it in life try anything else. Perhaps plumbing?!” (He might sound like a jerk but he was actually wonderful.) Needless to say, I was pretty happy. I worked hard on opening a new store that was better organised. Over the next few years I have worked in my free time (while still working full time) to add new products and designs and improve the overall user experience for those who find their way into my store. There have been several months when I didn’t have any time to devote to Zazzle, but the time that I have been able to give has always been rewarded. Last year I hit ‘Pro Bronze’ on Zazzle, and really decided that I need to be investing more time into this ‘hobby.' My Zazzle income now covers our rent, as well as a little to spare! For anyone considering opening a Zazzle store, I would hugely recommend it. In this blog I want to share some of the tips and tricks I have learnt over the last few years, for those hoping to make a passive income through Zazzle, as well as some of my favourite personalized designs for babies and kids. I hope that by reading this you will be able to avoid the many mistakes that I’ve made. There’s nothing more frustrating than pouring your heart into something before realising that you’ve been doing it wrong the whole time. Stay tuned! |
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