About a year ago, I escaped the shackles of the workplace with the conscious decision to retire on my terms while there are years ahead of me. When that new freedom allowed full time Dog Dad duties, I was exploring hobby options along with woodworking, cooking and naps. Somehow the diamond painting bug bit me with with such force, that an enjoyable, harmless little hobby transformed into a knowledge quest, resulting in the awareness of, and ultimately the pursuit of totally welcoming everything diamond art into my retirement with such swiftness I wasn't sure what hit me. I noticed there was only a tiny little sliver of the entire planet's body of art being used for diamond paintings that originated with or depicted life or love or experiences of people like me, Nope, not a gay diamond painting kit to be found, lots of doe eyed digital waifs with kittens or puppies, no shirtless hunks or pin-up calendar guys I was hoping to find. Occasionally a rare piece would surface, but I began to realize what I needed to do.
I learned on 2 different programs how an image is converted, rendered and eventually becomes a diamond painting kit. The relative obscure past time I had never hear of a year prior was now my obsession, to bring gay art, gay themes, ultimately to more normalize what many keep out of sight and out of mind. Understanding the process, my efforts moved to the far east, the home of the entire process, where every step of the creation of a diamond painting kit was closely held secret, the lines of ownership back to the physical printing of the canvas, the licensing or piracy of online images or competing creators.
I found my source of kit creation through a bad experience trying to buy bulk diamonds for the kits I was learning to print on my inkjet and practicing on the grid spacing, symbol placement and then creating my own version of a kit at home. Long story short, that is the company I now rely upon to take the dozens of works of art I have acquired permission or rights to create diamond painting kits based on those images. 7 to 10 are being sent weekly for sizing, rendering, and returned as complete kits of varying sizes of the same image, just like the ones I had bought. These were different, these have a high gay factor! It was working.
Now I'm all in. My little house is becoming a warehouse, production line, transportation and shipping hub. Bits and pieces for tool kits fill every possible storage space, the newly created canvases are rolled nicely around a foam tube to prevent wrinkles and creases, their necessary drill counts attached to prevent a mixup, everything is organized and labeled and ready to go when the order arrives.
What I'm doing is what I wished others had been doing -- have the item on hand before collecting money that sits in an account for a couple of weeks while the China contingent fulfils the order, leaving the selling party nothing to do but count the money as it rolls in. There is always a reason for delays, transaction processing time, shipping issues, weather, holidays, time differences. Not many we haven't heard at this point. My vow is that I will not allow that laziness if I can fix it. I intend to ship your order the next day, period. If it is listed for sale, it is here waiting for you. I have the ability to help you customize your kit if you choose, just ask and I'll see what can be done. If you would like a particular area of a painting to use Aurora Borealis diamonds instead of just regular ones, let me know, I've probably got it on hand and it takes just a couple of minutes to toss it in your package before shipment. I handle every single item that comes in or goes out, I am ultimately responsible and I take that seriously.
If you love what you do, you'll never work another day in your life. That is my reality, I get to spend tomorrow vacationing in Diamond Art Emporium land yet another day. I always respond to messages and message requests, no secretary or staff or assistants or interns, I take the responsibility for your satisfaction in the products you choose to buy and I am honored to accept your challenge to live up to my word.
https://DiamondArtEmporium.com began accepting web traffic on April 26, 2024, just 2 days short of the first anniversary of my retirement. Couldn't be happier, please let me know if there is something I can do to make your experience with diamond painting a pleasant and enjoyable one. Pushback over missing diamonds or slow response times, I may be able to help, even if you didn't buy from me, I can probably send diamonds out the next day. That's what I love to do.
Thank you for reading all of this, if you got all the way here. Thank you for visiting the site.
I'm going to go do some diamond painting, it never gets old.
Ren
aka Dog Dad
I learned on 2 different programs how an image is converted, rendered and eventually becomes a diamond painting kit. The relative obscure past time I had never hear of a year prior was now my obsession, to bring gay art, gay themes, ultimately to more normalize what many keep out of sight and out of mind. Understanding the process, my efforts moved to the far east, the home of the entire process, where every step of the creation of a diamond painting kit was closely held secret, the lines of ownership back to the physical printing of the canvas, the licensing or piracy of online images or competing creators.
I found my source of kit creation through a bad experience trying to buy bulk diamonds for the kits I was learning to print on my inkjet and practicing on the grid spacing, symbol placement and then creating my own version of a kit at home. Long story short, that is the company I now rely upon to take the dozens of works of art I have acquired permission or rights to create diamond painting kits based on those images. 7 to 10 are being sent weekly for sizing, rendering, and returned as complete kits of varying sizes of the same image, just like the ones I had bought. These were different, these have a high gay factor! It was working.
Now I'm all in. My little house is becoming a warehouse, production line, transportation and shipping hub. Bits and pieces for tool kits fill every possible storage space, the newly created canvases are rolled nicely around a foam tube to prevent wrinkles and creases, their necessary drill counts attached to prevent a mixup, everything is organized and labeled and ready to go when the order arrives.
What I'm doing is what I wished others had been doing -- have the item on hand before collecting money that sits in an account for a couple of weeks while the China contingent fulfils the order, leaving the selling party nothing to do but count the money as it rolls in. There is always a reason for delays, transaction processing time, shipping issues, weather, holidays, time differences. Not many we haven't heard at this point. My vow is that I will not allow that laziness if I can fix it. I intend to ship your order the next day, period. If it is listed for sale, it is here waiting for you. I have the ability to help you customize your kit if you choose, just ask and I'll see what can be done. If you would like a particular area of a painting to use Aurora Borealis diamonds instead of just regular ones, let me know, I've probably got it on hand and it takes just a couple of minutes to toss it in your package before shipment. I handle every single item that comes in or goes out, I am ultimately responsible and I take that seriously.
If you love what you do, you'll never work another day in your life. That is my reality, I get to spend tomorrow vacationing in Diamond Art Emporium land yet another day. I always respond to messages and message requests, no secretary or staff or assistants or interns, I take the responsibility for your satisfaction in the products you choose to buy and I am honored to accept your challenge to live up to my word.
https://DiamondArtEmporium.com began accepting web traffic on April 26, 2024, just 2 days short of the first anniversary of my retirement. Couldn't be happier, please let me know if there is something I can do to make your experience with diamond painting a pleasant and enjoyable one. Pushback over missing diamonds or slow response times, I may be able to help, even if you didn't buy from me, I can probably send diamonds out the next day. That's what I love to do.
Thank you for reading all of this, if you got all the way here. Thank you for visiting the site.
I'm going to go do some diamond painting, it never gets old.
Ren
aka Dog Dad