No Murrini Monday

That's right, I'm not going to do a Murrini Monday today because my pictures are so bad! I have some awesome murrini to show off, too, but my blurry photographs wouldn't do it justice. Once I get my photo issues cleared up, I will have a super-deluxe Murrini Monday.

In other news, I'm breaking up with ArtFire. I'm just not getting the attention I crave. I wanted this new relationship to work out, but I'm just not feeling it. Sure, there was the occasional bit of excitement. You know how it is in the beginning. But soon it began to fade. I was putting so much into the relationship, but I wasn't getting enough back. Call me needy, I can take it. I will keep the fire burning over at Etsy. ArtFire, I hope we can still be friends, just on a different level.

My ArtFire shop is currently open, but will likely close by the end of the month or whatever my last payment covered. So stop by for some deals, like the owls above.

Thanks, and Happy Monday!

I've Gone Pro

This spaniel pup is wearing his best sweater, and looking for a home.

That's right, I'm a pro. Along with thousands of other artists and suppliers, I've upgraded my ArtFire account to the Pro level. I originally opened my ArtFire shop with the basic free account, and basically I ignored my shop. Now that I've gone Pro, my items will appear higher up in searches and I'll have more freedom on the ArtFire site - I can make Collections (which are similar to Etsy treasuries), have featured items in my shop and even import listings directly from Etsy to my ArtFire shop. It's pretty darn cool. I still have a lot to figure out (like how to get my banner to not look smushed), but I've made good use of the importer tool and brought a lot of my critter beads over to ArtFire. The critters are loving it, because they think they're wizards in Harry Potter books, apparating from shop to shop. And I'm hoping my customers will find my critters over at ArtFire because I've lowered the prices on lots of beads that I've moved there. Most beads in my ArtFire shop are $10 and under! Custom orders will stay the same, but for now there are lots of little glass animals available at very low prices.

This pretty patriotic cow doesn't want to wait until the 4th of July to find a home, so I've mooooved her to ArtFire and marked her price down.

Hoo Who doesn't love an owl bead with murrini eyes? This one is perched happily in my ArtFire shop, showing off not only her flower murrini eyes and silvered ivory belly feathers, but her new and improved price.

This pea green and purple murrini turtle is available only in my ArtFire shop, so don't go looking elsewhere for it.

Another really neat thing about ArtFire is that you don't have to be a member to make purchases there. Isn't that nice? I've put my ArtFire "Rapid Cart" back up on my blog, so my listings will not only randomly appear here, but they can be purchased by clicking on them in the Rapid Cart.

Thanks for reading, and I hope to see you over at ArtFire!

ArtFire Comeback

Elrod the Elephant on ArtFire

I'm listing more beads in my ArtFire shop, so please be sure to stop in and take a look around. Some will be beads from my Etsy shop that have expired, so I'll mark them down. Some will be brand new beads. Either way, I plan on filling it up!

Raleigh the Rainbow Bellied Bird on ArtFire (this one has been marked down)

New ArtFire Beads

I admit, I haven't paid a whole lot of attention to my ArtFire shop. But that's about to change. I just added a new turtle bead to Maybeads on ArtFire, and I plan to stock up my shop in the next few days with dogs and other critters. Also, I have a few kids' stretchy necklaces there that are only $10! These normally go for $15. So please keep an eye on that shop for some new goodies! Thanks!