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Sep 21, 2010

Just a quick post to let my 1000Market customers know that another online marketplace, Bonanza (formerly Bonanzle), has purchased 1000Markets.  I am unfamilar with Bonanza, but I am assured the transition will…

Sep 19, 2010

For the first 6-7 years of marriage, when someone would call in the evening and ask my husband what I was doing he'd say "not sure, but I think she's knittin'."

The funny thing was I had no…

Sep 15, 2010

Those of us selling our handmade work online have to do our own marketing.  In a sea of worldwide competition it often seems like I'm barely treading water.  Getting noticed often means a lot of networking and in some cases advertising.  None of that is really what we artists and crafters want to do.  We want to just have time to dream and create. 

Sep 14, 2010

Last Saturday I participated in the Opulent Art Show held in sunny Sequim, WA.  Sequim is better known as the lavender capital of the world, but for those that don't live in the greater northern Olympic Peninsula area: we're also a hot bed of creativity.  Amazing artists of all ilks live and create here.  How can one not be inspired with all the natural beauty that surrounds us, from the sea to the…

Sep 10, 2010
Honey from the Bee Artisan Jewelry booth.

Tomorrow I'll be hopefully standing for hours meeting new fans and remembering pieces the returning fans purchased before.  The…

Sep 7, 2010

The vestiges of summer blooms still brighten a corner or two.