Hi Readers. I’m moving this blog over to a different spot. I can be found HERE.
April 24, 2009
Do you twitter? I mean REALLY twitter? Then you know, don’t you? 🙂 You can follow me HERE
If you don’t….. I can’t explain it, but you might want to check it out.
April 1, 2009
The other day I actually opened up a piece of junk mail. You know those local coupon envelopes you opened once to learn you should just keep throwing them away? For some reason I didn’t. It must have been some cosmic force that prompted me to open it up while chatting on the phone. I leafed through the coupons and found one that made the paper cut worth it. Next week I’m switching over to bio fuel for our heating system.
Simply Green is a company located in Portsmouth, NH. They provide a heating oil alternative made from soybeans and animal fat. Designed to work in current oil systems, it costs about the same as traditional heating oil. It burns cleaner and and cuts back on my family’s fossil fuel usage. Amazingly all I have to do is call for delivery. How easy is that?
January 21, 2009
Handmadeology
Posted by Susan Sheehan under Uncategorized | Tags: art, business, craft, learn |[2] Comments
Timothy Adam is not only an amazing metal artist, but he is a pretty neat guy. I have seen many of his helpful hints in my web travels. I thought I would share his latest. Handmadeology is a site dedicated to teaching creatives how to sell online. The first class starts January 26th, although the information will be up for you to read at any time after. Join me!
December 18, 2008
Artfire
Posted by Susan Sheehan under Uncategorized | Tags: artfire, Beads, biagi, charm, etsy, european, jewelry, lampwork, pandora, sell, troll |1 Comment
The internet is a wonderful place for those that embrace change. I embrace change so well I’m afraid I squeeze it a bit too tight. I’m never happy to sit still with one sales venue. I explore and keep looking for the next great thing. I have stumbled on a new one that just might be it.
Artfire is a site similar to Etsy. They have a front page showcase of products that is constantly updated as new items are listed. Sellers have studios where all their products are listed in categories. Listing is a one page deal and much easier to use than many sites I have encountered. Probably the single most important item for me is the seller statistics. I love being able to track views and where they came from.
Being brand new, Artfire still has plenty of bugs to work out. The search continues to improve daily and you can express your ideas and concerns on their forum. Part of me is rather excited to be watching the site develop and grow. The neat thing is you can sign up now wrenches and all, for a flat rate of $7 a month for the life of the site. I spend that just listing on Etsy in a week. I’m willing to take a chance signing up early will pay off. After the first 5,000 sellers sign up the deal goes away.
Now Etsy has been very good to me and I won’t be leaving anytime soon. But I’m a firm believer in keeping all my options open and exploring new things. Interested? You can sign up here.
November 20, 2008
The Reason I Have This Blog….
Posted by Susan Sheehan under Uncategorized | Tags: humor, present, t-shirt, woot |1 Comment
I just love sharing the trivial. Have you heard about Woot? A site that sells one thing at one low price for one day until it runs out. Buy nifty gadgets for a bargain. But, if you have my sense of humor you’ll find shirt woot even more fun. Click on a few past t-shirts to see what I mean. Guess which two I got for my kids?
September 28, 2008
About a week ago I returned from a vacation in Venice. It is the most amazing city I have ever seen. Days of walking or taking a boat to get places, eating amazing pasta, drinking red wine from mid-afternoon on and all the glass made it a trip I would make again and again.
Here’s a quick look for now, but I’ll be back with more:
August 18, 2008
Got Chalk?
Posted by Susan Sheehan under Uncategorized | Tags: art, cartoon, chalk, contest, draw, joe hill |Leave a Comment
My kids are getting older and it occurred to me I have not drawn one sidewalk chalk mural, maze or face all summer. This is a bit sad. Do I really have to wait for grandchildren to relive my dreams of sidewalk art fame? Nope. This is your lucky day. I’m about to let you in on a great chance to win a video ipod. I mean really great. Your chances are going to be about 1 in 26. But, you do have to do a bit of work, because you are going to be competing against me 😉
Grab your sidewalk chalk, a chunk of pavement and get to it! Joe Hill’s sidewalk chalk contest
June 27, 2008
I wonder where mine is…
Posted by Susan Sheehan under Uncategorized | Tags: dusting, extreme, humor, ironing, sports |[4] Comments
My iron, that is. I rarely iron. I can’t even think of what I would iron for myself, but I will iron for my children if needed. I may have found another way I would consider ironing. You know, if I can’t seem to find my way to fame through glass.
Extreme Ironing, oh yes I’m talking about the fine sport of ironing. The actual ironing part isn’t the sport so much as getting to the spot you will iron. I suppose once you are there you would be foolish not to iron. After all, it was the whole point of doing the extreme activity in the first place. And, you need to take that picture for the website gallery.
But, I have a problem with this extreme ironing thing. How do you get the items back without wrinkling all over again? No, I think something along the lines of extreme dusting might be more worthwhile.
Yes, now that I think about it (and you do know I just found the extreme ironing link minutes before writing this, right?) extreme dusting has more purpose. First off, it is a renewable resource sort of thing. No matter where you dust, someone else can always come along and dust again. You never limit the opportunity. Secondly, you only need a cloth and maybe a bit of spit to dampen it. Easy, peasy. But finally, you leave behind your mark, fleeting as it may be. Isn’t that what we all long to do anyway?
June 13, 2008
The Awwww Factor
Posted by Susan Sheehan under Uncategorized | Tags: adorable, Beads, cute, glass, lampwork, marcy lamberson |1 Comment
Marcy Lamberson has it. Her beads are cute. I mean that in the nicest way. They really are cute. Flying pink pigs, happy babies and litte peas; they all make me go aawwww.
She is clever too. I love bonehead. Her beads make me smile and browse in awe. The ones I keep returning to are the puppies. They tug at my heart every time. Only this time, I bought one.
Susan Sheehan 
