New art pattern, “Kari”

Vibrant, colorful flowers, swirling ornamental leaves with a painterly, watercolor scratchboard feel is the newest piece from Color Bakery’s pattern gallery. “Kari” is available for custom manufacturing on ALL Color Bakery products.

Ornamental, vintage floral French illustration

Desaturated, muted blues and pinks are very hot right now in home decor color schemes. This piece has a vintage French feel with lots of ornate floral swirlies and flourishes. “Hannah” is available for custom manufacturing on ALL Color Bakery products.

Stained glass tote bag?

Yup. The beauty of our stained glass art is that we can print it on ANYTHING, not just glass: ceramic, stone, wood, even fabric.

It’s canvas, zips closed, and is guaranteed to be the most unusual tote bag you’ve ever seen. Yes, your friends will ask you where you got it. That’s what our clients tell us.

This particular tote is extremely roomy and very well-made. And the price is amazing, given that a bag of this quality can sell for double, easy. Click the image to buy/learn more. Image shown: Changeling, from our Stained Glass Art Gallery.

Brand new: oak spice rack, recipe box, utility rack

It just does not get more adorable than this: brand new, we’ve just added a precious decorative spice rack, recipe box and utility rack–all matching. Extremely well-made and carved out of rich oak and made in the USA, these lovely kitchen decor items will hold and display anything else you consider close to your heart. Custom printed hardboard inset, we’ll send it to you with any image of your choice. Ready to spice up the most wonderful kitchen in the world-yours. Click the images below to see/purchase each individual product. Of course, you can choose any Color Bakery image from any fo our art galleries and we will custom make your oak spice rack, recipe box or utility rack/caddy.

Michael Jackson’s “Stranger in Moscow”.

Off-topic post here. I wanted to share something special with you.

Yes, I liked Michael Jackson’s music, but it wouldn’t be true to say that I put his songwriting skills among the greats such as McCartney or Sting or Stevie Wonder or Elton.  I knew he had it in him to write beautiful music—I remember listening to “Human Nature” over and over again–but while “Beat It”, “Billie Jean” and “Thriller” were iconic, I never considered them genius works of art, and I never considered him a songwriter with depth. Just a genius entertainer (and tortured soul) who moved like liquid velvet on stage.

I was wrong.  The man was a songwriter, and a brilliant one. Unfortunately, his best songs didn’t get much play in the United States. Those smart Europeans appreciated the piece in particular far more than we ever did. It’s called “Stranger in Moscow”, from the HIStory album.

Jackson wrote “Stranger” right after his first accusation of child abuse in the early nineties. He was on tour in Russia and this must have tore some organs out of his chest as he penned it. I am not going to get into the “was he guilty?” question here, I don’t want to postulate about that. I will say, however, that the ability to capture pulsating pain in a jar and pour it all over musical clefs like dark blood is a special gift. Listen to it, watch the video--which is equally brilliant. I dare you to be unmoved. Anybody who can write this song was tuned into something beautiful and pure.

Click the image below to watch on YouTube.

New art: black Christmas cat, stained glass art

Hi guys

Sorry I’ve been neglectful but I’ve been busy with so many different things. We’re researching some new products and I’ve also been doing some custom design work for some clients for tile murals, so I haven’t been posting as much as I should.

One is a new stained glass piece featuring purple glass butterflies, and the other is a vintage-toned Christmas or Holiday piece featuring a black cat gazing out a window at a winter scene.  The holiday piece is called “Home for the Holidays” and the stained glass piece is called “Purple Wings.”

Thought you’d like to see some brand new artwork; both pieces are already online at Color Bakery, and, as always, both are available for custom printing on ALL our beautiful products and that includes tile murals. If you want these images on posters, greeting cards or custom postage, click here.

Color Bakery art fans: we’re now on Zazzle.

Color Bakery is basically a high end, upscale home decor and art gift company. Our concentration is on custom, quality tile: whether it’s ceramic, glass tile or tumbled stone/marble tile, and art gift and decor accents. Since we are an intensely customized home decor company, we have not concentrated on more traditional, less expensive formats, such as paper goods and tee shirts. We’ve not been real big on paper products, which is why you can now purchase all kinds of Color Bakery artwork on Zazzle: greeting cards, poster prints, postage, and all kinds of other less expensive art goodies. There’s original art pieces there that are not available on Color Bakery, along with classic works from artists like Monet, Van Gogh and Mucha, as well as fairies, nymphs, vintage seed catalogues, vintage French postcards and more.. and you can even customize your product with your own text, added photo, greeting, etc. You’ll find value priced items such as greeting cards, mugs, magnets, tee shirts, postage, all with Color Bakery art, and all customizable. Take a look at our Zazzle Store by clicking here, or click the flash panel below.

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