But until now, I haven’t had a really great way of showing them off.

Over the weekend, I started a small gallery on Zazzle. Zazzle is another print-to-order company that hosts merchant shops and galleries. It’s smaller than CafePress, but has some very interesting products.

What totally made me smile, though, was the product carousel feature that they provide to their shopkeepers. I created maybe 10-12 products… and they magically put my virtual products on a carousel so I can show them off! Check it out:

The designs are the same ones I have in my big shop on CafePress, but you can get them on slightly different items at Zazzle. I think their two-toned mugs are pretty darned cool! You can click here to see the beginnings of the Lizart Design shop on Zazzle.

Another really cool thing about Zazzle is that as a shopper, you can find a design you like, put it on an item you like, and even write your own text to be part of the design! Or you can upload your own artwork. Among the more crazy (and cool!) items you can create are custom sneakers, skateboards, silk ties, and postage; they also have the usual assortment of shirts, mugs, bags, buttons, stickers, notecards and posters.

And what if you find a design you love, but you don’t like the product that it’s shown on? Well, you can select the product, then “customize” it!! So, for example, if you love the Hippie Heart design, but hate baby doll t-shirts, you can click on the Hippie Heart baby doll tee, then choose a completely different shirt style or color! The system seems to be pretty cutting edge and flexible to give you exactly what you want.

They also have a feature that allows you to become a fan of the LizArt Design shop on Zazzle. If you visit the shop and click to join the fan club, you’ll be automatically alerted when new products are posted!

I’m still learning how things work, but so far, I’m pretty darned impressed!