Again with the artfire...

Ok, I know I have written about this for three days now, but I just wanted to add that I just listed a second item there and after I got the hang of it, I find it to be easier than Etsy (no, I'm still not leaving Etsy) and if the no fees and the easier to use site aren't enough reason for you to check it out I just found this link I will list below because this computer is giving me trouble, that says they (artfire) is going to plant a tree for every member in an area of ecological distress with a goal of one million trees in 24 months~! How cool is that?!

http://www.killerstartups.com/Site-Reviews/artfire-com-handmade-interactive-artisan-marketplace

Art Fire

OK, so I took the plunge and signed up for the "verified" or paid account. So far I only have one listing, but will be adding more. I like that all of your new listing info is entered on one page; much easier than Etsy. So if you want to check out my shop there, it is http://LuckyBunnyLampwork.artfire.com

Art Fire

It seems there has been quite a bit of buzz in the lampwork community lately about Art Fire. So, tonight I took the plunge and signed up; just for the free account so far. I am fairly sure I will go ahead and sign up for the "verified" account but I want to give myself some time to get accustomed to it first. Right now they are having a special and membership is only $7 a month and that price is good for life if you sign up now. Not bad when you consider that they have no listing fees! :) Am I leaving Etsy? Not anytime soon, but this seems like a good way to branch out too. It is also important to note that if you can get 10 people to sign up under you at the $7 a month level, then your membership becomes FREE for LIFE!! How sweet is that?! So, go ahead and sign up, and if you twist my arm I will let you use my link and be one of my 10. :)

Well, some of you may have noticed I've been absent for a while, seems that post-Christmas things got more hectic than pre-Christmas! We did get to go to my brothers house on Christmas Eve, and even though we didn't get to stay as long as we would have liked, we enjoyed being able to spend the time with family. I will try to put up some pictures later of my beautiful niece and oh-so-handsome nephew. :) Lately I haven't felt like doing much of anything, started out with a headache a few days after Christmas that would come and go every other day or so. Finally on Wednesday I made an appointment with my Nurse Practitioner because by then I had had a headache everyday for the past 6 days straight. She put me on an antibiotic, thinking as I did, that it was probably nothing more than a sinus infection; but she also thinks I may be having migraines as some of the headaches cause nausea and dizziness as well as sensitivity to light. She prescribed a medicine that I can take when I have a migraine, but I'm sort of skeptical about taking it. So today is day three on the antibiotic and the headaches are better but I still don't exactly feel well. I did decide to go back to work today and I may even fire up the torch tonight. I have some beads made that I should be getting listed, and more ideas than I can keep up with which is unusual. Next week is my birthday and a friend of mine and I will be making a trip up north, Kansas City area and try to find some lampwork supply stores, there has to be at least one right? If we find one, it will be the first time I have gotten to buy glass from a person rather than over a computer, I'm very excited about that! :)

More Christmas!

So yesterday I finally got some presents wrapped. Unfortunately, I'm not totally finished shopping...I just can't really get in the mood for it this year. I also made 2 batches of hard candy last night, my brother asks for cinnamon candy every year so I have one batch of that and a butterscotch. Tonight I made orange (per request of my hubby) and now I'm working on a batch of butter rum. I managed to get the 23rd and 24th off of work (we have our Christmas on the 24th) so tomorrow will be another day of cooking. I am planning to take green bean casserole and pumpkin fudge to my brothers house but we are supposed to get some ice and snow tomorrow and since my brother's family lives about 2 hours north of here we aren't totally sure we are going to be able to go. :( Even if we don't make it up there, we still have 2 other parties to go to and then my husband's parents are coming over to our house after all of that to exchange our gifts. It will be a long day but I'm sure it will be great!