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Tuesday, July 17, 2012

Octo Tuesday: A Walk on the Wild Side!

This week my husband and I went to the Cleveland Zoo! We had a lovely day and saw

Flamingos

Bears

Camels

Giraffes

Tortoises

Red Pandas

Me riding a camel

(Definitely not something you get to do everyday!)

Meerkats

Lions

(We even heard the king of the jungle roar!)

Koala Bears and More!

We had such a great time,
and it gave me some inspiration for Octo Tuesday!

Take a walk on the wild side with these limited edition zebra and cheetah print baby octos!
Each baby octo features it's favorite animal print, comes with a sticker pack, collector card and more!
Find them at www.ecofriendlyfun.com

*These will be released in two parts. Zebra octos on 7/17/12 and cheetah octos on 7/24/12

Be sure to catch your favorite before they are gone!

Tuesday, May 17, 2011

My baby chicks got a special feature today!

They were a hit at Oddmall, and now they are featured on Your Blissful Day's party planning blog!

This week's party theme is "Barnyard Bash", and my adorable chicks have found a spot amongst adorable farm themed party favors and decorations! Each day, new items by etsy sellers are introduced that will fit right in with cow print placemats, hand-painted picture frames, and napkin holders featuring horses. Everything to make your barnyard party a blast!

Head on over to check out my baby chicks, the barnyard theme, and other fun party themes featuring handmade items!

http://yourblissfulday.blogspot.com/

Sunday, April 17, 2011

Artfire so far

As I mentioned before in Testing new waters...Artfire, I opened a shop on Artfire.com LiveDreamCreate2. Since then, I have upgraded to "Pro", added all the items also listed in my Etsy shop, and checked out some (but not all) of the features Artfire has to offer.

Pro's:

Artfire "pro" has a lot of really neat features that Etsy does not have.

I was able to import all of my Etsy items fairly easily without having to reload each picture, description and tag from scratch. I still had to enter categories and eventually fine tune everything, but instead of taking me an hour to do 4 items, I now have 55+ items in my shop in the same amount of time.
I can alter and change the color of the header and text on my page to fit a lot better with my shop and banner.
I can add free shipping, buy one/get one, on sale, free gift, and coupons to items and it will mark each item with a label to make them easier to spot.
I can have coupons, free shipping, gift certificates, etc.
Like Etsy, I can set up shipping profiles to make it easier when listing items.
I can add up to 10 images per listing
Item descriptions can be far more detailed, including inspiration, time invested, materials, tags, categories, shipping notes, promotions, etc.
I can list an item quantity up to 999.
I don't pay artfire to list each individual item, adjust quantities, or a percentage when an item sells.

My items are available to more people, with potential to bring in more sales (I've decided I just can't give up my Etsy account.)
Artfire offers almost all of the things we love about Etsy.

Con's:

Far less views then Etsy. Items on Etsy that have 200+ views barely have 20 on Artfire. But remember, they haven't been listed on Artfire for nearly as long though.
No sales as of yet from Artfire. I am just starting to promote BOTH of my shops, so hopefully this changes.
There is so much to do, see and try on Artfire, I am still figuring stuff out! This isn't really a bad thing, because I keep learning new stuff, but I end up spending more time on the computer than I intend sometimes. ;)

All in all, I am going to try the Pro version of Artfire for a couple months, just to see if things pick up. If I don't make any sales, I can't afford to keep paying the $10 a month to keep it. I will then downgrade back to basic. I will keep both my Artfire and my Etsy shop open though! :)

GIVEAWAY! Win this...

Want to win this adorable yellow chick? Find out how!

Up to 5 ways to enter:

First Entry:

Subscribe to and follow my blog: http://ilivedreamcreate.blogspot.com/ (If you are already a subscriber, just drop by and leave a comment saying you would like to participate.)
Visit my facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/pages/LiveDreamCreate/173556846005338. "Like" my page. Leave a comment under the designated post. (+1 entry)

Additional Entries:

Heart my Etsy shop: http://www.etsy.com/shop/Kklaus (+1 entry)
Add my Artfire shop to your favorites: http://www.artfire.com/users/LiveDreamCreate2 (+1 entry)
Share a link to my Etsy or Artfire shop with friends (+1 entry)
Be sure to come back to this page and leave a separate comment/link for each entry you complete!

Winner will be drawn at random on May 17, 2011.

Winner will be announced and contacted at this time.
Giveaway open to those in the USA.

http://www.online-sweepstakes.com