Etsy Shop

I have opened a shop at Etsy to sell my jewelry. It seems like a better idea than trying to keep my website current with new items, and manage the pay pal shopping cart. So far I've made one sale , I'll just have to wait & see how it goes. Here is the link to my jewelry shop.

http://www.etsy.com/search_results_seller.php?search_type=seller_usernames&search_query=ColganDesigns

My website has been revised and updated, check it out, and let me know what you think.

Starting a blog

Well it is really the current thing to do, but I'm not sure the world really needs another person babbling on about themselves in cyberspace. Does anyone read most of the blogs? Is anyone interested in what I do making glass beads? Anyhow I decided to do this for my own entertainment if nothing else.

There is a Gaffer glass store right down the hill from my house, so I finally got down there about a month ago and purchased a few rods to play with. The girl at the desk was so friendly and helpful, let me buy one of each and rang up my small sale with a smile. They also have frit in 2oz packages which is great for trial. So far I love this glass, it melts fast, isn't shocky and the colors are clear and intense. My favorites are Lt Tobacco (beautiful glass in spite of the name), Copper Ruby, Gold Ruby & Apricot. They also have veiled cane which as transparent with streaks of darker color through it.

I listed a bunch of things on Justbeads.com this week and sales have been good. I started there back in January , then we went on vacation and I didn't get back to listing.