St. Patrick’s day may be about Ireland traditions, but it has become a multicultural holiday of drinking and wearing green. The sale of beers goes way up and there are plenty of bars that celebrate the holiday. I’m not sure if I have any Irish blood in me, but I’ve celebrated my fair share of Saint Paddy’s days.

In the college tradition of drinking large amounts of beer on this holiday, I definitely wanted a beer bottle centered design. I took 5 beer bottles standing next to each other and decided to integrate the flag of Ireland. It seemed obvious to take the flag and have it appear to be painted across all of the bottles. It came out really well, so I put the seal of approval (my logo) on the side of the last bottle.

It’s a design that I definitely need seen in multiple places, so I also added it to my Zazzle shop under the Irish Beer Bottles.

I wanted a political design that was centered around the health care debate, but I didn’t want some corny slogan or saying. The caduceus medical symbol was a great place to start. It’s not the traditional medical symbol (see the rod of Asclepius for that), but it has become widely excepted and I like it for this situation. It’s interesting to think that those 2 serpents (or snakes for modern sake) wrapping around the staff with wings atop came to represent medicine

This design is a more 3 dimension version of the classic design. Silver looked much better to me than gold or white, so I went with that. I gave it a little more of a bevel to make it pop out a little extra. My logo wraps nicely around with the serpent. I went through all the internet magic to get it all set up in my store and I also added it to the Silver Medical Symbol section of my secondary store.

The earthquake in Haiti did come as a huge shock, so I can’t imagine actually being there. It’s a very scary thought to have the earth moving below your feet while debris is falling form the sky. I’m glad that our country has shown the amount of support that is has, but there is that lingering shady feeling.

There was a minute that it felt like the semi quick response was almost an attempt of trying to make up for the whole Katrina debacle in a way. You probably know someone that feels the same way, or maybe you also feel that way. There is still much to be done in Louisiana, but it’s hard to argue against the fact that Haiti is in much greater need at this moment.

Despite the small questions that we all have, I have no question that you should definitely try to donate a little something. Yes, I know that part of our relief efforts come from your taxes, but a few more dollars from you can go a long way. You can go to UNICEF USA and donate what you can spare. There’s also a way for you to shop for gifts while helping out. Check out the Haiti Earthquake Relief Effort shop to find out more.

Getting back to the design, I have a whole shop devoted to my version of the graffiti style. The goal is to eventually have every State, Country, Ethnicity, etc., in graffiti style lettering. I’m always wondering which design I will do next, but Haiti has obviously been on the mind. I took the red from the Haitian flag to be the main color of the design and gave it the shadow/beveled effects.

The image above will take you to the products on my website, but I’ve also added this design to the Haiti graffiti section of my secondary shop.

Previously, my sales did not make any noticeable jump, but today they have. I would create a design to celebrate the day, but it’s a little late to create a design for a day that has almost passed.

Enjoy your Monday of online shopping and take it easy on those credit cards.

My best dives were off the coast of Florida in the Gulf of Mexico. I’ve always dreamed of diving the great spots around the globe. It would really be great to go to the Great Barrier reef or dive a famous wreck. There are so many other great locations under the see around the Scuba World. My love for scuba is no secret and it was necessary to put my own spin on the dive flag.

This design wraps the red and white international diver flag around a bump mapped globe. Maybe wrapped is the wrong way to say it, because it looks more like it’s painted on. The idea behind the design is simple, but it took much longer to master than I previously thought. I’m not sure how long it took, but it was a test of patience getting the globe and flag integrated correctly. This newer version masks the brand name much better to avoid taking away from design. I’m more than confident that any fellow scuba diver will enjoy this design as much as I have.

I’m sure that most people would agree that nuclear war is high on the list of fears. Many popular movies center around the danger of terrorists getting a hold of a nuke. The atom bomb is the most dangerous technology ever created by man. This warning sign design passes on that intimidation. I never got too deep into the atomic sciences, but I had to give a nod to this symbol of danger.

I took the basic form of the radiation sign and gave it a beveled appearance. Yellow was chosen with caution in mind. Black was used to outline the entire symbol to make it pop in any color. Finally, I integrated the brand into the very bottom in a subtle way.

I don’t know too much about the state, but I knew that residents would enjoy the graffiti style design. I gave each letter of LI the curvy spray paint style. The “I” took a little extra customization, but the final product came out as I hoped. The color of the letters was based on the Illinois State University red.

As I have been doing, the Illinois Graffiti was first added to my Zazzle wall first. Cafepress has definitely retaken the lead for my top sales source, though.

It was a natural fit for the Texas Graffiti to have the color of one of it’s greatest teams. TX is a great state that is famous for it’s cowboys, but there is definite urban appeal to parts of the culture. The graffiti style lettering really suits the lone star state well with it’s flowing lines.

The S was the perfect spot to integrate the brand and it finished the design off nicely. I definitely like this placement and blending better than the original version.

There are so many nations that I plan on adding to the baseball flag theme, but Cuba was near the top of the list. The flag was a little tricky due to the length, but I finally got it to work correctly with the more detailed version. I think it’s now worthy of every National defector from the Communist island that is a fan of the Major League. It’s amazing how many Cubans have traveled from Havana to Miami. Not everyone is a fan of this type of immigration, but that’s a whole other subject.

Hopefully every Cuban will enjoy this design as much as I have come to.

This is one of the teams that you will find in many World Baseball Classics to come. The Dominican Republic Baseball has that unique banner that true fans of the Country’s team wave in support of each game.

This version of my flag covering a baseball design set gives the Dominican people a chance to celebrate their team in style.