Computer Identity
With one's business, in today's world, it is extremely important to saturate the www. In doing this I have been busy setting up accounts everywhere for the past 5 years. My accounts in this endeavor include flickr, blogger, forums/groups about everything from photography to lampworking, all types of beadart groups/forums and lets not forget the getting listed onto search engines with websites/blogs. There is so much out there, the possibilities are endless.
In our travels friendships are made. These wonderful friendships we build with like people from all over the world are great gifts. These friendships spur swaps, trades and round robins in all forms that are all lovely and most gratifying. I find this all a search not only for venues to sell our art but also places to find others like us to share with and build from.
The images out here are a phenomenal bank of inspiration to gather in our brains. We don't realize how they affect our work. I have been extremely busy uploading such images on Flickr of my artwork and day to day at http://www.flickr.com/photos/mossnbeads/
I love this site for it again, gives you a bank of images plus, a community to have them seen in all types of groups. I have started two such groups:
http://www.flickr.com/groups/homevignettesthursday/ and another with my State in mind
www.flickr.com/groups/realizationsofpennsylvania/
funstuff....
All this said..... The craft/art groups on flickr have been praising www.etsy.com since June. Etsy is a selling field for Indie Artists and really a fabulous selling venue. About a month ago I started an account and www.stephaniedistler.etsy.com is my shop. I love the look of the site and this is a unique approach in selling for artists. They really work to keep it easy and productive for us and it has been free since June up until the first of this month.
I have not been able to upload images to my shop. The only reason you see the Teal and Copper Mermaid up is because they uploaded it to see if it was the file and then my profile image was done by my computer friend. It is my settings on something....but, what?
I changed browsers and virus protection for this. In the next couple of days I will have it resolved with again, my computer friend, for he is my pc hero. I am so jealous of all these wonderful talented artists that are just uploading their work on here. I have been able to on everything else for years, what the hey, :(.. I need my Etsy too...
In our travels friendships are made. These wonderful friendships we build with like people from all over the world are great gifts. These friendships spur swaps, trades and round robins in all forms that are all lovely and most gratifying. I find this all a search not only for venues to sell our art but also places to find others like us to share with and build from.
The images out here are a phenomenal bank of inspiration to gather in our brains. We don't realize how they affect our work. I have been extremely busy uploading such images on Flickr of my artwork and day to day at http://www.flickr.com/photos/mossnbeads/
I love this site for it again, gives you a bank of images plus, a community to have them seen in all types of groups. I have started two such groups:
http://www.flickr.com/groups/homevignettesthursday/ and another with my State in mind
www.flickr.com/groups/realizationsofpennsylvania/
funstuff....
All this said..... The craft/art groups on flickr have been praising www.etsy.com since June. Etsy is a selling field for Indie Artists and really a fabulous selling venue. About a month ago I started an account and www.stephaniedistler.etsy.com is my shop. I love the look of the site and this is a unique approach in selling for artists. They really work to keep it easy and productive for us and it has been free since June up until the first of this month.
I have not been able to upload images to my shop. The only reason you see the Teal and Copper Mermaid up is because they uploaded it to see if it was the file and then my profile image was done by my computer friend. It is my settings on something....but, what?
I changed browsers and virus protection for this. In the next couple of days I will have it resolved with again, my computer friend, for he is my pc hero. I am so jealous of all these wonderful talented artists that are just uploading their work on here. I have been able to on everything else for years, what the hey, :(.. I need my Etsy too...
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