I'm like most people. I watch the news to see what's going on in the world and the enormity of the issues we as a global community face sometimes makes me feel powerless. There are people all over the world struggling to survive everyday but we have our own lives to live. What can we do about it? The easy answer is nothing. It's easy to ignore what's going on if it doesn't affect us. On the other hand it takes effort to affect change. In fact, it takes lots of effort by many people. However, that effort can begin with something as small as raising the issue at the dinner table, or writing a blog post, or donating $10 to a charitable organization. I've found that my small effort can be promoting peace through the designs I create for WearFlags.com.

In light of the escalating drug war in Mexico and the thousands of lives lost I decided to promote peace with my latest product line. Below are my first two designs intended to show some support for the innocent victims in Mexico. I can't save them myself but maybe someone who wears my products can get the attention of someone who can.



Click here the entire line.

For the upcoming Valentine's Day Holiday, I've come up with a new concept that looks great and fits the WearFlags brand quite well. The new Heart Flag products each feature the flag of a country in the shape of a three-dimensional heart. These images are available on t-shirts, cards, hats, mugs, buttons, magnets, keychains (as you see below), and more. They're the perfect way to celebrate your love and your nationality at the same time. 

Where's your heart? 

In addition to my design work, I also dabble in web development. From time to time I'll get an idea for some cool little tool that I wish existed. I'll search it out and if it turns out that tool either doesn't exist or needs improvement, I get cracking. 

The t-shirts are looking fantastic but, why stop there? One of the greatest things about Zazzle is the wide variety of products they have available (350+). Taking advantage of this, I expanded my WearFlags offerings to include ties, keychains, mugs, buttons, magnets, mousepads and more. Each of the original countries has atleast one of each type of product. In the future, any design available on a t-shirt will also be available on these as well.

For my second set of designs, I decided to simplify my original designs by using only the first letter of the name of each country. This gives a slim yet profound representation of the country's flag and really lets the colors shine. Monograms were created for all of the original 25 countries. To find them, go to the gallery and search for "monogram" alone or "monogram" and the name of a specific country in the search box to the right of the page. (I decided to just put two letters for countries with two word names like "United States and United Kingdom so those technically aren't monograms but oh well, they still look great!)