Etsy is the new eBay for people who make crafts to sell on the internet. I know this because a friend of mine who makes gorgeous jewelry raves about it. I have to admit, I have not been hanging out there much but it looks wonderful.
For those of you who are interested in making your own crafts and marketing them, here are two helpful web pages for you....
Tammy Powley offers a lot of help to those interested in making jewelry (including helping design a kit with a jewelry making book for "Dummies" that taught me how to make nice stuff for myself out of the rocks I bought in Tucson recently.)
The second link is to a neet gal who does an informative podcast through her site that is very interesting. The third is to good old etsy itself.
If you are in that rare space and time in your life that you want to create something and you have time to do it, you are fortunate. Enjoy!!
http://jewelrymaking.about.com
http://www.craftypod.com/?p=397
http://www.etsy.com
Best Regards,
Renee :-)
Wednesday, March 5, 2008
Sunday, March 2, 2008
Digital Frame - Simplicity Redefined.
I bought a 14.1 inch Westinghouse digital frame at Best Buy the other day. Supposedly you can put your camera memory card right into the slot on the side and you will have an instant slide show. This is a pretty nice thing to have if you like to change your pictures in your home frequently and get to see the ones that you don't think are worth printing. You will need a spare camera card and then you can have a nice slideshow running in a picture frame that will impress your friends until they get bored watching your vacation pictures and wander off....
So, I decide to get a card and load up my own pictures on it. I put it in the viewer and it ran for a while until it got to the picture of my cat dressed in a kimono. Then it stopped.
I checked to make sure my software drivers were up to date. I reformatted the compact flash card and reinstalled the pictures. Quite by accident, I decided to go and look the product up on the Best Buy site so I could put it into the blog. And guess what--other people are having the same problem. The product has a 2 1/2 star rating and lots of negative comments. Moral to the story? Don't get into a hurry. Check out technology goodies on the internet using Amazon.com (they don't edit any comments) or Best Buy (they probably don't edit either) and then see if you want to buy the new gizmo. This is the best advice I can offer today. As for me, I am taking this baby back tomorrow and doing a lot more research before I get another one. With a name like Westinghouse, it has to be good, or is that another slogan?
Remember when it was good enough to glue your pictures into an album? If you do remember that, you sure aren't reading this blog.
Renee :-)
http://www.rltphotoartist.com/
http://www.bestbuy.com/
http://www.amazon.com/
I have a history of insulting cats. Check out the image of Cookie ( 7 of 54 images at this writing. ) http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/customer-images/0761136193/ref=cm_ciu_pdp_images_all/102-3650340-4053734#gallery
So, I decide to get a card and load up my own pictures on it. I put it in the viewer and it ran for a while until it got to the picture of my cat dressed in a kimono. Then it stopped.
I checked to make sure my software drivers were up to date. I reformatted the compact flash card and reinstalled the pictures. Quite by accident, I decided to go and look the product up on the Best Buy site so I could put it into the blog. And guess what--other people are having the same problem. The product has a 2 1/2 star rating and lots of negative comments. Moral to the story? Don't get into a hurry. Check out technology goodies on the internet using Amazon.com (they don't edit any comments) or Best Buy (they probably don't edit either) and then see if you want to buy the new gizmo. This is the best advice I can offer today. As for me, I am taking this baby back tomorrow and doing a lot more research before I get another one. With a name like Westinghouse, it has to be good, or is that another slogan?
Remember when it was good enough to glue your pictures into an album? If you do remember that, you sure aren't reading this blog.
Renee :-)
http://www.rltphotoartist.com/
http://www.bestbuy.com/
http://www.amazon.com/
I have a history of insulting cats. Check out the image of Cookie ( 7 of 54 images at this writing. ) http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/customer-images/0761136193/ref=cm_ciu_pdp_images_all/102-3650340-4053734#gallery
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