Baci's Creations

Baci's Creations is a mother/daughter team of crafters, Sandy and Karrie. The main designer behind most of the jewelry you will see is the mother, Sandy. She has been crafting for as long as I can remember and loves doing it. She started to make jewelry about 3 years ago and has never looked back. She has made almost everything under the sun, from sprays to clothing to stained glass etc. She has found something she really and truly loves, jewelry. Most of her items have been bought by word of mouth or many pieces have been bought right off of her! Her jewelry is being currently sold on Cape Cod and Marthas Vinyard in a shop called "Green Eyed Daisys". You can also find her at craft shows in the area.

More of their jewelry..

Calico Cat

CalicoCat offers hand knitted socks almost exclusively in her ArtFire Studio. Treat yourself or your special someone to the ultimate little luxury. Nothing says “Love” quite like a pair of hand-knitted socks! Everybody needs at least one pair! In fact, keep a few pairs on hand as gifts for those unexpected, last-minute occasions we ALL have. After all, everyone needs socks.

More socks here..

Top 9 Featured Friday 06/26/09

1. Harteman
2. Eager Beaver
3. I Love Whoo
4. Owl Power
5. Woodland Creatures
6. Curly Q
7. Maghee Anime
8. Rocker
9. Sock Bear

Pick a favorite and leave a comment with link to your Artfire Studio to be included on next Friday's featuring.

All items have been submitted to Vote Handmade as well :) Vote plz!

Totally Tyra

Any little girls would look cute rocking this tutu dress! Totally Tyra provided home made baby clothing and attributes, also cute cards like the one featured below. If you're looking for baby stuffs for your children or as a gift, please consider this shop first before stepping another foot to the mall :)

More of her stuffs..

Dancing Wind Designs

DancingWindDesigns makes hand woven seed bead creations-everything from jewelry to Christmas ornaments.

A lot of her creations are one of a kind, but if you have a color preference, you could contact her and she may create something for you by changing a color scheme.

She love playing with seed beads and color and only use good quality Japanese and Czech seed beads and hypo allergenic findings in her work. However, her designs are not designed for children simply because the beads she uses are small glass beads.


More of her designs..

BHR Artisan Shop Directory

THIS WHOLE THING TURNS OUT TO BE A SCAM JOB! I'M SORRY THAT I EVER PROMOTED IT :( We thought they were the real deal. So many artisans got hurt, financially and emotionally, in the process. But now we know who to trust (hopefully) and who to avoid.

 

BlockHeadRadio has a new artisan directory for ArtFire and Etsy sellers! For a limited time, it's offered only for USD 10 for life! That's a freaking good deal :O Reserve a space for yourself today!


See my shop's directory here.




Reserve your spot here!



Thank you BHR 8)

LicaLee

LicaLee creates unique handmade stained glass jewelry and art, much of which is made from reused or recycled materials. All of her pendants come with your choice of rubber, satin, or ribbon cord with clasp. Her creations are one of its kind, bright, colorful, and come in affordable prices. It's time to buy handmade and have one made especially for you. Forget mass produced jewelry.

More of her stained glass jewelry..

Top 9 Featured Friday 06/20/09

1. Organic Bunny
2. Is That Grass
3. Lemon Balm Au Naturale
4. Blossom Charmer
5. Cherry Blossom
6. Aromatherapy
7. Gingersnaps
8. Bunny Heath
9. Li'l Bit of Flower

Pick a favorite and leave a comment with link to your Artfire Studio to be included on next Friday's featuring.

All items have been submitted to Vote Handmade as well :) Vote plz!

Haffina Creations

Haffina Creations has a quite diverse gallery. From polymer clay beads to cross stitch mobile phone pouches. Despite the variations, you will notice that her main element is polymer clay. She makes beads, cabochons, magnets, pendants and all things polymer clay. Besides creatings stuffs with polymer clay, she also has a talent in seed beading. Gorgeous seed beads pendants you will find in her studio. Visit her now!

More of her products..

SEO 101

As great as ArtFire was, now they become more awesome because they're sharing the secret of SEO to us!

What is SEO?

As quoted from ArtFire.com, SEO or Search engine optimization is a term used to describe the activities and actions taken by website owners in order to increase their page's rankings in search engines, usually for particular keywords. The goal of search engines is to return the best and most relevant content to their users (people performing searches). Search engines strive to answer a user's question (searches) with the best, most relevant information it can find in its index. This is why you need to make sure that the content on your page is "optimized" for what the majority of people looking for your product would be searching for.

Search engines use many, many factors in determining which pages to show and how those pages rank for different searches. The basic way that search engines work is:

• Search engines use many, many factors in determining which pages to show and how those pages rank for different searches. The basic way that search engines work is:


• Search engines can tell what content is on a page and what that page links to.


• Spiders index pages and follow links to find new pages; they then repeat the process over and over again.


• Search engines then use that data to build their index and it is that index that is used in displaying results to searches.

SEO is a serious matter for us, online sellers, as we want to reach the right target market for the products we're selling. Learn more about SEO 101:

Intro to SEO

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Patricia Hall

DesignsbyPatriciaHall specializes in making natural stone, lampwork glass, and shell beaded items. A lot of her designs are simple but done in attractive colors and selection of stones and beads. Besides beading, she also works on stained glass and has been in printing business her whole life. Go to her studio to see more of her products. She has quite a lot, 6 pages of jewelry :)

More of her designs..

KickinsKreations

Don't be fooled, these tasty treas are not real. They are wax art candles by KickinsKreations. They are located in the Catskill Mountains of N.Y. Besides making desert candles, they also make other stuffs such as handmade soaps, trays, lip balms, and other shape of candles.

More of their creations..

Top 9 Featured Friday 06/12/09

1. Aqua Bling
2. Cloisone Heart
3. Finger Friends
4. Bats
5. Steampunk
6. Dragon
7. Around the World
8. Hoop
9. Summer Shawl

Pick a favorite and leave a comment with link to your Artfire Studio to be included on next Friday's featuring.

All items have been submitted to Vote Handmade as well :) Vote plz!

GottBeads

GottJoy has been beading for about 10 years and this is her detash store. On her own words "I have been known to over indulge when purchasing beads, often buying 2, 3 or more strands when 1 strand was probably enough.

I have now decided to share my over stocked inventory with you, as I have just about taken over every room in the house.

I will continue to make jewelry and sell it in my other Artfire Studio "AccessoriesByGottjoy". And yes, I'll probably still over indulge myself when it comes to buying beads - which means I'll just have more to sell in my destash studio."

More of her beads..

So I've been away for a while..

Some people might already informed that I was on a vacation with my fiance.. hehe.. He's visiting for 2.5 months so I might not be online as much in the next 2 months. lol.

So we went to Bali where one of my close friends got a wedding party to celebrate. She's married to an American Navy guy and just got the chance to visit Indo again after 5 years (been married for 4 years). They selected a place in Nusa Dua, Bali, as a place for their Christian blessing with a reception to follow. This would be the first time her hubby visited Indo. He was a nice guy and could talk some words in Indonesian. Fun!

Silly me, I was feeling overwhelmed by the packing routine and that I had to buy a dress in last minutes that I didn't bring any of my jewelry with me besides a couple of earrings and a bracelet. Darn me.. Especially since Bali is such a place to wear many layers of jewelry! And I got to meet many old friends, supposedly a good place to promote my jewelry too, right? Oh well..

Many pictures on my facebook.



btw, got me a new iMac right before our vaca. Love it!! iPhoto 09 is great! I can't believe I can edit the colors and everything on it and it's almost as good as Photoshop. maybe not as advanced, but really enough for photo editing for sure! That program rocks! Also I could upload my pictures straight to facebook from iPhoto. I think it automatically resized my pics as well. hurrah! (I hadn't figured the photo editing ability when I posted these pictures. So they were uploaded as is from my camera.)


Anyway, I'm back! And it was a great vacation :)