Crawfish, Crayfish on Porcelain Christmas Ornaments

Fresh Boiled Crawfish by figstreetstudio
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Crawfish Pinch Me Cartoon Ornaments from Zazzle.com

Crawfish Pinch Me Cartoon by figstreetstudio
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Blue Crab by figstreetstudio
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Crawfish Cartoon by figstreetstudio
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

For the marine crustaceans commonly known as crayfish, see spiny lobster.

Crayfish Fossil range: Mesozoic–Recent PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Northern koura, Paranephrops planifrons(Parastacidae)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Crustacea
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Pleocyemata
Infraorder:	Astacidea
Superfamily:	Astacoidea Latreille, 1802 Parastacoidea Huxley, 1879
Families
Astacoidea Astacidae Cambaridae Parastacoidea Parastacidae

Crayfish, crawfish, or crawdads – members of the superfamilies Astacoidea andParastacoidea – are freshwater crustaceans resembling small lobsters, to which they are related. They breathe through feather-like gills and are found in bodies of water that do not freeze to the bottom; they are also mostly found in brooks and streams where there is fresh water running, and which have shelter against predators. 

Cartoon Crawfish by figstreetstudio
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Got Crawfish? Cartoon Christmas Tree Ornament http://ht.ly/3aPz0

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Art In The News: Easy to elope to New Orleans: http://bit.ly/dhU5RF via @addthis

New Orleans French Quarter Plaza D'Armas Sign Postcards from Zazzle.com

New Orleans French Quarter Plaza D'Armas Sign Postcards from Zazzle.com

New Orleans French Quarter Plaza D'Armas Sign by figstreetstudio
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New Orleans Famous Water Meter Cover on Ornaments

New Orleans Water Meter Cover Replica by figstreetstudio
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Original New Orleans Water Meter Lid Christmas Tree Ornaments

Original New Orleans Water Meter Lid by figstreetstudio
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Well Behaved Women Don't Get Jewelry by figstreetstudio

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Well Behaved Women by figstreetstudio
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Well Behaved Women by figstreetstudio
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Well Behaved Women Don't Get Jewelry by figstreetstudio
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Well Behaved Women Don't Get Jewelry by figstreetstudio
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Your product, Well Behaved Women Don't Get Jewelry , is now in the Zazzle marketplace!

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Your product, Well Behaved Women Don't Get Jewelry , is now in the Zazzle marketplace!

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Fig Street Studio sells art and shirts in Europe

Art, prints, cards, invitations, shirts, and more printed and art gifts are sold by Fig Street Studio in its Zazzle Shop on the web. The gifts are sold in all European countries see web page and click the flag of the country to go to that language page to order.

  French      http://www.zazzle.fr/figstreetstudio

Art, estampes, cartes, invitations, chemises, et plus imprimés et des cadeaux d'art sont vendues par la figure Street Studio dans son Zazzle Shop sur le Web. Les cadeaux sont vendus dans tous les pays européens consulter la page web et cliquez sur le drapeau du pays pour aller à cette page de la langue à l'ordre.

 German    http://www.zazzle.de/figstreetstudio
Kunst, Drucke, Karten, Einladungen, T-Shirts und vieles mehr gedruckt und Kunst Geschenke sind durch Abb. Street Studio in seiner Zazzle Shop zu finden verkauft. Die Geschenke sind in allen europäischen Ländern verkauft siehe Web-Seite und klicken Sie auf die Flagge des Landes zu dieser Sprache Seite in Ordnung gehen.

Spanish     http://www.zazzle.es/figstreetstudio  Hacem

Cráneo 2 de la hoja Por figstreetstudio

Ilustraciones, grabados, tarjetas, invitaciones, postales, impresos y más de arte y regalos se venden en la figura estudio de la calle en su Zazzle tienda en la web. Los regalos se venden en todos los países europeos consulte la página web y haga clic en la bandera del país para ir a la página del idioma a la orden.

Sternenklare NachtRiverboat von figstreetstudio
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New Orleans Handmade Replica Spanish Tile Murals http://ht.ly/39fQF

Inappropriate Favre Picture- http://ht.ly/38UHQ

RT @vesparazziclub: #NFL releases pictures-Favre http://ht.ly/38S7a #football

NFL releases pictures-Favre http://ht.ly/38QVL

New Vikings Coach??? http://ht.ly/38QQV

I Love Mid-City Long Sleeve T-Shirt - nola

I Love Mid-City Long Sleeve T-Shirt - CafePress

Mid City Blue Tiles by figstreetstudio
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Mid-City New Orleans
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

"Mid-City is a neighborhood of the city of New Orleans. A subdistrict of the Mid-City District Area, its boundaries as defined by the City Planning Commission are: City Park Avenue, Toulouse Street, North Carrollton and Orleans Avenues, Bayou St. John and St. Louis Street to the north, North Broad Street to the east, and the Pontchartrain Expressway to the west. It is a historic district on the National Register of Historic Places[2]. In common usage, a somewhat larger area "

Streetcar Named Desire Art at New Orleans Art Studio

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Streetcar Named Desire by figstreetstudio
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Desire Streetcar on Canal St by figstreetstudio
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Streetcar Named Desire by figstreetstudio
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Streetcar Named Desire by figstreetstudio
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Latest news and Desire streetcar map at this link:

New Orleans Rekindles Hopes for a Desire Streetcar, 

 http://www.thetransportpolitic.com/2009/05/26/new-orleans-rekindles-hopes-of-a-desire-streetcar/


Historical Info on Tennessee Williams play: http://www.turgingsomedrama.com/streetcar/streetcarbackground.htm

Famous New Orleans Streetcar Painting JK Schwehm, artist

I see in the search engines people ask for the famous New Orleans Streetcar painting. Does that mean the streetcar is famous or is it the painting that is famous. Either way I am pleased that my painting shows up in the search.



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New Orleans Streetcar Painting by figstreetstudio
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Crawfish Fleur De Lis Christmas Ornaments from Zazzle.com

Crawfish Fleur De Lis Christmas Ornaments from Zazzle.com

Crawfish Fleur De Lis by figstreetstudio
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

"Crayfish, crawfish, or crawdads – members of the superfamilies Astacoidea and Parastacoidea – are freshwater crustaceans resembling small lobsters, to which they are related. They breathe through feather-like gills and are found in bodies of water that do not freeze to the bottom; they are also mostly found in brooks and streams where there is fresh water running, and which have shelter against predators. Most crayfish cannot tolerate polluted water, although some species such as the invasive Procambarus clarkii are more hardy. Crayfish feed on living and dead animals and plants"
"The fleur-de-lis (or fleur-de-lys; plural: fleurs-de-lis; French pronunciation: [flœʁ də lis]) is a stylized lily (in French, fleur means flower, and lis means lily) or iris that is used as a decorative design or symbol"

Peace Love Gumbo T-shirt from Zazzle.com

Peace Love Gumbo T-shirt from Zazzle.com

Peace Love Gumbo by figstreetstudio
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

"Gumbo is a stew or soup which originated in south Louisiana. It consists primarily of a strong stock, meat or shellfish, a thickener, and the vegetable "holy trinity" of celery, bell peppers, and onion. Gumbo is often categorized by the type of thickener used: the African vegetable okra, the Choctaw spice filé powder, or the French base made of flour and fat, roux. The dish likely derived its name from the native word for either okra (ki ngombo) or filé (kombo)."

Gumbo Shirts and Aprons

GUMBO Oval by figstreetstudio
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Blue Letter Tiles, GUMBO by figstreetstudio
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Peace Love Gumbo by figstreetstudio
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Peace Love Gumbo by figstreetstudio
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Well behaved women, Don't get Jewelry: http://ht.ly/37dbR

Chaplain JK Schwehm at wedding courtesy Kristy May Photography, http://ping.fm/Grm1B http://ping.fm/pUOaF

RT @figstreetstudio: Fig Street Art Studio: Streetcar Christmas Cards from Fig Street Studio New Orleans: http://bit.ly/9wYKut via @addthis

New Orleans: Old French Lady By The Riverbank « Fig Street Art Studio Blog: http://ht.ly/34Wby

Starry Night Mississippi Queen by figstreetstudio
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Jackson Square New Orleans by figstreetstudio
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Starry Night Light House by figstreetstudio
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Catching Crawfish in Roadside Ditches

Crawfishing In Lousiana Ditches: Fig Street Art Studio Blog: http://ht.ly/34WQj

 Blog about how to catch crawfish in a canal or roadside ditch. See link for full story.

Crawfish: Suck What? by figstreetstudio
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I laughed at a comment made recently in a forum when a lady stated she would never eat a crawfish taken from a ditch. Growing up that is the only place we would crawfish, large ditches full of plants as the critters eat decaying plant matter. Later on when I was old enough to pilot a pirogue I could get deeper into the swamp, not a big ditch and a lot more work to get to. Roadside ditches throughout Louisiana were the best spots to crawfish on a Saturday morning. Nets made of heavy wire in a four sided tripod shape, chicken necks, or better yet ‘Smelt” were used as bait. I am not sure what ‘Smelt’ was or is but it did do just that, smelled. I understand today there is a lure or sauce that has an odor crawfish love and you can spray on raw meat to help attract them. I remember the old days, sitting in a lawn chair along a side road with buckets, a cooler of soft drinks, a bamboo pole for setting out and taking in the nets placed in the ditch. A good morning and you have several buckets full of fresh from the ditch crawfish to boil that afternoon. Boiling them is an art. Beginning with the ‘purge’, a bath of sorts in clean water in a large wash tub, then the propane boiler rig, and the Louisiana spices plus whatever vegetables you want to add, like garlic, onions, potatoes, corn, and a few lemons. Each family has its own special recipe for boiling seafood and most keep it close. Never forget the salt, the boil doesn’t go well without a lot of salt in the water. Lucky for new comers the Louisiana spice packages have a good recipe to how to boil.

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Gold Fleur De Lis

I have a lot of fleur de lis designs and seems the gold on red or black sells the most. Here are a few of the fleur de lis designs gold on black and more.

Gold Fleur de Lis, DEAUX DAT by figstreetstudio
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Fleur De Lis New Orleans by figstreetstudio
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Fleur De Lis by figstreetstudio
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Black and Gold Washout Fleur De Lis by figstreetstudio
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Fleur De Lis Yellow by figstreetstudio
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Fleur De Lis Red by figstreetstudio
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Starry Night Light House Ornament from Zazzle.com

Starry Night Light House Ornament from Zazzle.com

Starry Night Light House by figstreetstudio
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Porcelain Christmas Ornaments At Fig Street Studio

Golden Fleur De Lis by figstreetstudio
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French Quarter Coffee Stand 1950 by figstreetstudio
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Zazzle now has the 3 inch round porcelain Christmas ornaments available. The new porcelain ornaments can be printed on both sides so you can add in your sentiments, names, or dates. These ornaments are long lasting and great for gifts like a baby's first Christmas. I have placed up many of my art designs and will add more as I think it is great you can add onto the ornament some text right on the web. Click one of the images or stop in my Zazzle Shop and look on the left side for products and click on ornaments to see what is there now and the new ones I will add over the next few days.

Love Is Not A Victory March by figstreetstudio
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New Orleans Streetcar by figstreetstudio
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Fancy Fleur De Lis red and Gold by figstreetstudio
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Water Meter Fleur De Lid and other designs copied from my collection

Fleur De Lis Washout in White by figstreetstudio
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Some time ago I began to use "cut outs" of various art designs in the shapes of hearts, ovals and fleur de lis. My favorite was the New Orleans Water Meter cover cut out into a fleur de lis shape. I used my computer software to do that using a fleur de lis I composed a long time ago with a paint program. I place those images on various shirts and gifts I sell on the web.

As I visit other shops locally I always notice some of my designs are duplicated often. As I have been around a long time I assume people must see my designs then feel they can improve on them so they do one. I have asked people in the past not to duplicate my designs. One such cases was another person in a far away state copied one of my Katrina designs I made to help me recover immediately after the storm. It was an exact duplicate in a different color. Often the copies are simply another color like that. I e-mailed them and they removed the image. I thought how rude to copy one of my designs when I desperately needed income to recover from a terrible crisis. That one episode was the worse case of duplication of my designs so far. After that from time to time I make silly designs just to see if anyone copies them. Yes, they do. I did a comical rendition of a Loteria, Watermelon cards. A card game from Mexico. Just for fun I painted a Mexican Watermelon card then put it on some gifts. The other day while in the French Quarter I saw one similar to my tiles. That incident confirms someone regularly copies my ceramic tile designs. Who would make a Mexican Card on a ceramic tile independently from viewing all my many ceramic tiles? I guess imitation is the high form of flattery?

La Sandia Loteria by figstreetstudio
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This weekend I was on Magazine St and found a duplicate of my "Fleur De Lid". The image is a photograph of the Water Meter Cover cut into the shape of a fleur de lis. Maybe the person came up with that originally but as I walk around and see almost exact copies of designs I have made in the past always makes me wonder, did they get the idea from seeing my designs?

Water Meter Lid Fleur De Lis, by figstreetstudio
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The best example is 10 years ago I found a nice unique fleur de lis on an old ancient image from France on a building. I hand made that particular fleur de lis from that picture. It was unique and not like any other fleur de lis found in clip art. I used it to make several colored shirt designs and put it on my ceramic tiles. I was contacted by a person who wanted to open a 'Fleur De Lis' shop and asked how did I get all of my fleur de lis designs. I explained about clip art and how at times I hand draw designs. The shop open a few months later and there on her shirts were my hand made fleur de lis designs. I mentioned it to them and they said they got it from clip art? So I dropped it as it would be expensive to file any legal action over a design I came about from a photo even though I did hand draw the image that they downloaded off the web. Another local shop now routinely uses my hand drawn image on their shirts too. To me making an effort to do a design even if one of my designs was the inspiration is better then downloading one of my designs to use. Now as I see more and more that hand drawn fleur de lis seems to be everyones favorite to use in New Orleans. And I know it is the one I did from how I drew it. I have small defects in it that appear in the other peoples image. From now on I will put a minute initial in any design I make to see where it eventually shows up.



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New Orleans Water Meter Lid Fleur De Lid by figstreetstudio
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Fleur De Lis Blue Tiles by figstreetstudio
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Fleur De Lis Fancy red by figstreetstudio
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Here is a link to the many unique fleur de lis I have designed over the years, some have yet to be duplicated by others-http://www.zazzle.com/figstreetstudio/fleur+gifts?pg=9#products

The Video Blog: I'm Way Behind the Times

Just keeping up here with this blog takes a lot of time but now days it seems the thing to do is have or include video in your blog. I am sitting here thinking of just what I can do? Make a video of me painting? Maybe a better tour of my studio then the one I currently have on You Tube? It's the pits but I am not a videographer at all. I guess I can try to dove tail my art with existing videos now on You Tube like something about Vincent Van Gogh? I'll do that until a brain storm hits me about how I can showcase my artistic talents in a video??