Just a quick note! I have just opened a new webstore in Zibbet!
The interface is the same as Etsy, I will be selling my bears and supplies there slightly at a lower price because I don't have to pay listing or seller fee in this new shop =)
I have also created a "Xmas Sales" section, I hope you can pop by to see my new shop. Get ready an early Christmas gift for your love ones!
For any enquiry please send me an email =)
Have a weekend!
I love the fact that with background colors I can create a bright store front. I do love being able to link out of the shop with live links in the Item description text and get my visitors, some collectors, great historical information on an Item in my shop. Color control is just a must have feature for an artist like myself, as well as video and widgets, Zibbet offers this freedom.
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Here is a recycled old burnt out light bulb I painted
How about these primitive Christmas Rag Wrapped and waxed Candy Canes
Do check out my ZIBBET shop for some great finds like these that are under 10.00!
So... save a coin and visit me on Zibbet :-)
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Also new Mohair fabric available in beautiful Autumn colors, great for aged or Primitive bears!
Very nice priced as well!
Autumn offer-All three colors, 3 times 25 cm x 35 cm for $18,-
Or $ 6,- a 25 cm by 35 cm piece.
Wishing everyone a wonderful, sunny and creative weekend!!!
Vivianne galli
This week we have a treat for you as you will see when you read about Walk In The Woods LLC. Rose has a shop full of spirited gifts inspired by nature. Her devotion to Mother Nature is clearly evident in her art, notebooks, jewelry, spirit cords, sculpture and botanicals. She is an herbalist, artist, healer, and priestess of the wild, but she’d like you to just call her Rose....... Read the rest of her interview on The Zibbet Blog
This week when I logged onto Zibbet I had a message from someone I didn't know. I will copy and paste it here....
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I just viewed your shop, it is displayed so well. I am having trouble selling, but I haven't worked much on my site. You have encouraged me just by viewing, maybe I can get mine up and going too.
Good Job & Good Luck Selling !
And it was so nice that she had taken the time to tell me that my shop had inspired her to do more in her shop. And my shop is definitely far from perfect...I am constantly adding more things and tweaking titles and descriptions and trying to improve my photos. But the more I work on it the better it gets and this week my new shop banner that I just purchased from Judy @
PortableGraffitiGraphics is something that I think is another big improvement. It is a work in progress but that "pat on the back" from Karen @
Angelswithoutwings really made my day.
Then when I visited her shop I discovered that she is a fellow dog-lover and she is an artist who does portraits of animals and has some of the cutest things in her shop! I ended up buying a doggy treat container that I had never even thought of shopping for. I have a drawer that I put the treats in but they always seem to get put on top of the microwave..and then I see this in her shop and it was like "Perfect! here's something that I never even looked for but could really use". So I told Karen that it was an honor to be her first Zibbet buyer and what a nice way to meet new people :)
But it lead me to thinking that other venues do have the "heart" or the "like" or the "favorites" etc.etc. and sometimes even if you aren't selling much you at least have some sort of validation that someone out there likes what you are doing :) So until we get that "button" or whatever is in the works for this venue...wouldn't it be nice to take a little extra time and send someone a message like Karen did to me? "Hey I think your shop is great"..."Hey I like that little girls' dress"....or whatever the case may be. And maybe a lot of you out there are already doing that but I hadn't done it here. But now I am going to start doing it whenever I can. What a nice way to meet new people and to spread some Zibbet Luv :)
Anyone have any Thanksgiving/turkey/travel stories? We are going to my son's house who left to take the kids to the playground. He was told to turn off the timer....he turned off the oven! Dinner will be quite delayed unless we have turkey for dessert!
Anyone else?
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Due to many family and business issues, I have been rather quiet the last few weeks. Well established 30 year old business needs to be closed down, and it is causing my husband much distress, which of course affects me too. Then my MIL dies less than a month ago, which just more stress and frayed emotions.
However not all has been doom and gloom. We have another beautiful grand daughter born to us just 6 weeks ago and she and her family are arriving in 10 days for 3 weeks with us or nearby (the DIL 's family live nearby and they want to share them too of course!)
Christmas is just around the corner now with parties planned and decorations to be made and food prepared. Of course there's the Christmas shopping or making that still needs to be completed.
For the month of November, I had a 25% special running and I wasn't too bothered that sales didn't come running through the shop as I really had enough going on at home. Then lo and behold I had a large - well it is my largest single order to date, on the last day of the month.
So hang in there. I will be back in January with more cards and explosion boxes and a new line of products that I am working on which I sure hope will be appreciated by clients
Michellehttp://www.zibbet.com/InkspirationalDesigns
http://inkspirationaldesigns.blogspot.com/
How fun, and yes a big undertaking.
I have made 3 tied quilts to date, and have one more in progress, and a waiting list for son and sister (they each want one.)
I do not have a rotary cutting tool, probably would be a lot easier, but I use simple fabric scissors. The first quilt I made I used old ones, and when I got new ones what a difference! Here are the ones I have made for your reference. My grandmother used to make quilts this way and I love the rustic look of them, and the ease of them compared to quilting, tho I never tried it on a machine.
First quilt:
http://raigecreations.blogspot.com/2010/02/quilt-story.html
Second quilt:
http://raigecreations.blogspot.com/2010/03/quilt-story-2.html
Third quilt:
http://raigecreations.blogspot.com/2010/12/stages-of-my-little-girl...
As you read about my quilts, you may learn something about trial and error, a common theme in my quilt making. :)
I hope this helps. Let me know if you have any other questions, I will be glad to try to help you.
A bad weekend for us. Posted by Nancy Herzog on September 10, 2011 at 7:02pm in Chit-Chat View Discussions Our youngest son was in a 2 car accident & is in the hospital. He was going home after work & a truck turned in front of him & hit him almost head on in his jeep. He is very lucky to be alive, pinned in & the fireman got him out with the jaws of life. He is in the hospital with a broken left leg, broken left elbow,broken right foot & cuts etc. It's been a bad couple days & we thank God he is alive. If you seen his Jeep, you wouldn't think he would be. We are so lucky! He has a long haul ahead of him & with at least 8 weeks in the casts & therapy after. He & his fiance are the couple who just had the baby boy Riley who is alittle over 3 months. It's going to be hard & if you could pray for him, I would really appreciate it. Thank you so much! Nancy Tags:
Permalink Reply by Nicci Weber on September 11, 2011 at 8:13am Sending hugs! ? Reply 
Permalink Reply by MissElany2 (Margaret) on September 11, 2011 at 8:39am my heart goes out to you and your family Nancy I pray for a speedy recovery for your son ? Reply 
Permalink Reply by handmadefuzzy (Frauke) on September 11, 2011 at 8:56am will keep him and his family and yours in our thoughts and prayers. Hoping for a good recovery! ? Reply 
Permalink Reply by IzzysPlace (Pat) on September 11, 2011 at 9:04am In my thoughts and prayers Nancy. ? Reply 
Permalink Reply by MillicentRaven ( Dawn ) on September 11, 2011 at 9:21am I'm so sorry to hear that. I hope he is able to make a speedy recovery and will be ok. ? Reply 
Permalink Reply by Portable Graffiti Graphics on September 11, 2011 at 9:44am Oh Nancy! So sorry!
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Permalink Reply by Norma Rudloff on September 11, 2011 at 9:54am I know how powerful prayer can be Nancy so my prayers go out to him for a full and speedy recovery and to you as parents because I know how concerned you are right now. I also offer prayers for his fiancee and their baby as this has to be a scary time for them. Best wishes!
Norma Rudloff
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Permalink Reply by Sensual Scents (Michelle) on September 11, 2011 at 10:01am I wish your son a speedy recovery! Sending hugs! ? Reply 
Permalink Reply by Holly (Royal Metals) on September 11, 2011 at 3:50pm {{{{{{NANCY}}}}}}}} I'm sorry your baby was injured. Yes, you were indeed lucky and will have a long haul getting him better. I'm sending healing vibes for him and peace vibes for you! ? Reply 
Permalink Reply by Valerie Reeves on September 11, 2011 at 4:19pm oh Nancy, SO SO sorry to hear this news. May he recovery quickly and fully. And you, too. ? Reply 
Permalink Reply by Roni's Boutique on September 11, 2011 at 5:14pm Nancy,
I'm so sorry to hear such sad news.... It is a blessing that he is okay and on the road to recovery. My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family. Take care.
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Permalink Reply by All About The Buttons on September 11, 2011 at 6:08pm Oh,Nancy, so sorry to hear your news. you and your son are certainly in my thoughts. (((HUGS))) ? Reply Welcome to
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Shipping Easy Posted by Chastity00 on November 23, 2011 at 11:56am in Site Help / Questions View Discussions I got the newsletter and have heard so much about the launch of shipping easy. However, I like to ship with paypal. I find it to be easy and like the way it works. Are we going to be able to continue to ship with Pay Pal? I run 3 other on line shops and I want to keep it as simple for me as possible. I like shipping with Pay Pal and I don't want to change.
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Permalink Reply by Sweet2Spicy on November 23, 2011 at 12:08pm Interesting concept. This seems to be directed to sellers living in the US. I live in Canada and this would not work for me because 99% of my customers are in the US. I sell small items (beads, earring, pendants, etc) so it's still far cheaper to send small packets to the USA via airmail then a courier service.
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Permalink Reply by Sweet2Spicy on November 23, 2011 at 12:49pm Also, because 99% of my customers are in the USA, I have to take every packet I mail to the post office because the customs forms need to be stamped. Any other system would not work for Canadian sellers shipping to the USA. I'm sure I'm not the only Canadian seller whose main customer base is in the USA.
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Permalink Reply by HannahsGems (Hannah) on November 23, 2011 at 1:03pm That's the process here in the USA too, international packages have to be taken to the Post Office.
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Permalink Reply by Two Little Witches (Samantha) on November 23, 2011 at 1:17pm As I recall, you can fill out the custom forms online when you use PayPal shipping. But you would still have to drop it off.
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Permalink Reply by The Artful Badger on November 23, 2011 at 3:13pm Have you checked out the paypal ship now link? Maybe you already know this, but when you pay for and print out the shipping label through Paypal it does all the customs info for you, so you can drop it in any post box, without having to go into the Post Office at all. It doesn't give a discount on small packet, but it will print out the label. There is a discount on expedited parcels (to Canada and the US). Quite a substantial one, actually, over and above the Venture One discount. You don't even need to have sold the item through Paypal, just go in through the ship now link and it will work. The only thing it won't do is print out letter post shipping labels. That's what I would like, then I could stop having to buy stamps and try and make them add up to the right amounts for international shipping!! :)
I am curious, why do you have to get your customs labels stamped? I use the green customs labels on letter post items and I just pop them in a drop box....no need to get them stamped. Maybe it varies by Post Office...what the employees are willing to let by.
? ReplyPermalink Reply by Sweet2Spicy on November 23, 2011 at 4:58pm I ship mainly Light Packets (probably over 1,000) and the odd Small Packets to the USA. These require customs forms to be filled out and attached (the green customs labels have never been used on these types of packages). I've been to a number of actual Canada Post office locations (not the sublets in drugstores) and this is the only way they will accept these packages for mailing.
I'd love it if there was an alternate way.
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Permalink Reply by Sweet2Spicy on November 23, 2011 at 5:20pm I'm on the Canada Post website right now to find out why I'm supposedly "required" to mail Light & Small packets at the post office. So far I can't see anything that says it is mandatory. Very interesting ... I'll keep reading.
It does say that a laser printer is required to print postage labels and I only have an inkjet. I'm wondering if they just mean "printer" in general.
Thanks for the info!
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Permalink Reply by Wildfire Pottery on November 23, 2011 at 6:04pm I usually use letter post for buttons, but sometimes small packet or light packet, depending on what I am sending, I always put the green customs label on and have never had a problem so far (I'm in the high hundreds, not thousands yet! :)
Here's what I found on the Can Post site:
"Customers can deposit Small Packet and Light Packet items (including items processed online through the eBay shipping platform) at any one of the following locations:
a post officea street letter box (items processed by a Canada Post online shipping system only)."Also it says it must have "a Small Packet CN22 Customs label with the Customs Declaration portion accurately completed". The green label is a CN22.
I use an inkjet printer all the time to print my Paypal labels, never had a problem yet. I get the international labelopes free from the Canada Post Venture One supplies shop online. Do you use it? There are all sorts of little freebies there. The labelopes are what you put the paypal label inside. They are clear plastic with a peel off sticky back that attaches to the package. And when I say label I just mean a half sheet of printer paper stuck inside the labelope.
I send most of my buttons letter post, actually. But I do sell used books and my pottery online as well and that's when I use the paypal the most. You should try it, it really is great. Also it doesn't show the amount you pay for shipping, so if you have a handling fee included in your shipping charges then your customer doesn't get upset when postage is more than actual. I'm not saying jack up the shipping, just that there's room for recovering at least your packaging costs in there... Ok, now I'm just rambling!! :) If I can be of any help if you decide to try Paypal shipping, just ask.
Sarah
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? ReplyPermalink Reply by Sweet2Spicy on November 23, 2011 at 6:13pm Thanks again!
I too found where it says the Packets can be put in a mailbox. I'd still put mine the mail slot at the drugstore postal counter though as the value of my packages are usually $20-$50 and there is no insurance included on Light Packets. (I self insure). I don't trust neighbourhood postal boxes, but I've got a drugstore right across the street that has a Canada Post outlet, so I'd just drop it at their mail slot without having to stand in line!
The Small Packet customs form (white 4" x 5" form) is also called a CN22. According to the post office this must go on light packets & small packets. This is interesting because none of the outlets I go to have ever applied a green label to my packages. I can't take a chance on screwing up a mailing, because all the beads and pendants I make are one of a kind creations and I'd be out the money if my package didn't make it because of incorrect paperwork etc.)
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Permalink Reply by Wildfire Pottery on November 23, 2011 at 6:22pm I am lucky, I live in a rural area of Cape Breton, NS with daily mail pick up, so just have to pop them in my mailbox and they are picked up by my great mail lady. :) I don't worry about theft. Also there is a small post office about 20 minutes away with a super Postmistress. I am spoiled, really. :) As a matter of interest my husband and I both do a lot of shipping and we were concerned when we switched to Paypal a few years ago that it would take away from the 'quota' that our little post office needs to stay open. Our Postmistress checked and as long as it goes through her Post office it counts...ok, now I'm really really rambling! :)
? ReplyPermalink Reply by Sweet2Spicy on November 23, 2011 at 6:26pm No rambling at all! I enjoy hearing from other Canadians and how they go about their online sales & shipping. I really appreciate your input! :)
Permalink Reply by Two Little Witches (Samantha) on Friday I think they suggest laser printers so that the ink won't smear if it becomes wet. I use an inkjet printer for mine... If you don't have one of their clear envelopes to attach to the package, just apply clear tape or a clear label over the postage label to protect it.
I use small pack and light packet air all the time and have never used the green customs label described. The customs declaration is inputted online.
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