Use Free Pictures at Pixabay to Create For Zazzle

Pixabay has beautiful scenic photos and each time I visit the site, I find more and more beautiful images to choose from.  If making photo templates is not your thing, use any of the free images and create something else for your Zazzle store.

Each photo or graphic has a download offer and for Zazzle I choose the larger image size and then covert it to 300 dpi size that I need for the product(s) I will use it on.

** Make sure you only use the free images, as they include links to other professional images that must be purchased - unless you want to pay for your images.

Please remember that just because Pixabay says it's okay to use any photos for any purpose, there are guidelines to follow when selling any photos.

For instance, you shouldn't overstep the boundaries of legally using photos and some things such as vehicles, certain buildings, statues, bridges and other structures which may have copyrights which don't allow the general public to use them to make money.

Be careful when you are looking at any photos which contain items that were made by, or belong to, someone else.  I don't know all the rules concerning this, so if you are in doubt, do some research, or forget about using the picture.

I love to combine elements from various images to create a totally unique design.

The floral photography at Pixabay is so beautiful that once the backgrounds are removed the flowers can be added to any type of design for any occasion.

Here I used the blue sky portion from one image and combined it with a sunflower border to make a country themed wedding invitation.

The sunflowers came from two individual photos and I removed the backgrounds, uploaded them side by side, and made a pretty border.

Pixabay's public domain images include some great shots of people (models) which can be used as photo holders for your photo template products at Zazzle.

A photo card, custom mug, personalized Christmas ornament or anything you post for sale that has the option to add a personal picture will need a "photo holder" that will allow the customer to easily switch the example photo with one of their own.

Adding an interesting picture will make the item more appealing and will get more attention than an empty or boring holder. Subsequently it may be purchased more often.

Find Ms. Thumbs Up at PublicDomainPictures.

I needed musical instruments to create ornaments for my Holiday Store, so of course I searched Pixabay.  I found a collection made by Nemo and have added them to some products recently.  First I customized them in the graphics program to give them the look I wanted and added a new background.

Although I began with an image made by someone else, I have changed it and made it uniquely my own.  This is the way I like to use Pixabay images. 

I hope to sell these to customers searching for personalized ornaments with a music theme.

This Christmas card has a photo template on the front for the purchaser to customize with their own family photo.

The template holder image with a father and child snuggled up and sleeping came from Pixabay. It's one of the sweetest photos, and the photo tells the buyer that this card is about the precious gift of family. It is perfect for personalized holiday cards about family love.

Generous and very talented photographers are constantly uploading quality photos to Pixabay so all you need is a little imagination to turn them into products in your store.

Personally, I don't think it would be right to just take someones picture and sell it, but there is no rule that says you can't.  It's just my way of thinking.  All photos are sitting there free to use, but I prefer to add my own touch to them in some way.

I've looked into buying photo holders at other sites and one picture alone can cost close to $100!  So I am very happy to find pictures and graphics to use at a free site.