Just a quick question

First! Let me say Hello to everyone! And Thank-you for still reading my blog even though I'm in the 'habit' right now of being a very bad blogger! Money! That's all I gotta say....Everything costs money...and well...I ain't got any, Lmao!! So.... Here's my question.....Anyone know of any online program that I can edit my pictures in? I think I've actually lost all of mine, which really makes me mad! But there's nothing I can do about it, and I've got to move on.....Dang on Computers! They will be the death of me yet! I just want to blog....Is that Just too much to ask for??? lol

Thank-you in advance for any help you may offer:)

Until Next Time!!!
.....Oh and wait till you see the mini Churches birdhouses I made! They're almost as awesome as the barns:)

Questions....

Nope, No pictures yet! And I'm too scared to go digging around for them, So hopefully the next time I go home, I can talk my Brother-in-law into fixing it again. But in the mean time..... I'm keeping myself busy! I made some 4 tier birdhouses.... (the one I had made before had only 3 tiers) ..... And I've made a couple of fat ones. Just have to finish up the roofs, and I'll be done with this set of birdhouses..... Then I have to make some stands. I did manage to order some supplies from HBS.. So I gotta wait on that to get here before I can finish the posts. I think I'm most excited about the 'dental molding' that I bought:) Can't wait to get my hands on it!! I also ordered some drawer pulls and door knobs..... But you'll have to wait to see what I come up with.

So...On to those questions....

What color birdhouse should I make next?? I tried red last night, and could not get it crackle~ So I'll have to play around with that some more! I did make one yesterday using the 'sand' colored paint I have~ And I really, really like it. The age and green mossy stuff show up so much better on the sand:)

An Etsy question~ How do you price your stuff? Sometimes I feel like I'm over charging... and sometimes I feel like I've really cut myself short and not charged enough. I want to be able to give my customers the best price I can...... without them, my store would be nothing. But if this is a business that I want to keep going, then I've got to figure out how to price things right.

Anyone got any good pointers on making 'miniature' strawberry jam? I got 2 tiny little jams jars from Nikki, and I'd like to fill them with some kind of jam/jelly for Marshmallow Manor.....

What do ya'll use to stick things down with in your dollhouse? I have some of that yellow tack stuff, and it just doesn't seem to work like I think it should..... Or it ends up sticking out from under the object you're trying to place...... Any suggestions??? I don't want to glue things down.... I like rearranging them....

OK.... I'm off to work on the birdhouses...... And finish watching Benny & Joon........ I love Joon's studio..... I love Johnny Depp~ and all his quirks.....love the music...... Just one of my all time favorite movies!!

Until Next Time......

Etsy questions.... again

First I wanted to say thank-you to the comments on the earlier post! I got my page set up, and even managed to get a banner made.... only took me all day to figure that out. I'm not totally in love with it, but it will do for now. I've got a paypal account now.... so I think I'm on a roll.

((Isn't Uncle Freddy Frou-Frou such a good Kitty! He's keeping Wilbur all snugly!)) Oh....and poor Wilbur is now being called Goo-Bur! Short for Good Wilbur. I told the bf he could't call my kitty a goober No More!

Nikki! Don't feel bad~ I don't get the shipping thing either.... or the sales tax thing. I guess I can only learn as I go right?! Anyone want to explain how to do it??

Julia~ I totally see what you mean about them chopping off the side of the pictures! I wish I knew that yesterday... I spent the better part of my day, cropping my pics..... LOL

Debbie~ Thanks you for the link to the translator! I will get to it soon! And Julia... when I figure it out, I'll let you know:)

So I still gotta upload a profile pic.... I've got to do all the bio stuff..... and figure out this shipping thing.... Until then, people who order from the USA will get free shipping, lol.

Oh... And I guess you might want to know the link, huh?! LOL

www.etsy.com/shop/Katiesclaycorner

There's only one thing listed right now..... Just wanted to get 'er up and going..... This week I hope to get more listed:)

First, I'm off to buy something.... I got a MaoneyPak card at 7-11 loaded up with a little bit of money. I want to see what it is like to buy something, so that way I know what you guys go through/see. Then..... Well maybe not in this order... But I need a nap! LOL All this reading has made me tired:)

.....LOl... one more thing.

I tried so hard not to use my blog name for my Etsy shop, cause I don't 'just make' things from clay anymore.... but wouldn't you know that every name I tried was taken. I finally got frustrated... and thought what the heck, let me see if it's there.... and it was. I swear It's fate!

I've got questions.... about Etsy

Do you have answers??

LOL

But first.... I wanted to show you my new Pumpkin Pie Pie Dish..... I just love the big pumpkin in it:) ....it's for my real kitchen, not mini:)

OK.......

Now for the questions....

First.... How do you add a google translator to you blog? I had someone recently request this, but for what ever reason, I'm not finding it.

And for the big question:

I'm in the process of opening an Etsy Shop.... and have No clue what I'm doing, lol.

So

First things first.... I gotta make a banner. I'm good at photoshop, so that doesn't scare me, but what picture should I use. Guess this is a question for myself....lol

OK, So what's up with the credit card, do they put charges on it, or can you redirect the charges to paypal. can you only take paypal...or if you take credit cards, does etsy process that for you??

well, my mind has drawn a blank at this point, but I know I have questions.... I'm sure I'll be back later to add to this....

Oh... any tips, Anything I need to know? I feel so lost with this. It wasn't something I really wanted to do, I'd rather give everything away, but I think this is the only way I'll ever be able to go back to 'work'. And we all know people need to make a living. I love to make stuff, and for some reason I can never make just one of something, so my extras will go into my store. I'm hoping nothing changes about me blog.... I still plan on telling and showing you how I did stuff. And that way those of you that have the time can make it, and those of you that don't can buy it:) I'm taking baby steps with this until I figure it out........

So

Until Next Time...