Windows..

No, not the Microsoft kind..just thinking about the way I seem to live so much of my day looking through windows, when the weather is inclement...
It seems as if it has been raining here for a month straight...this, after a record lack of rain for the Summer and early Autumn...today is beautiful, finally clear and cold.

Here are two images from my windows..what  are you seeing through yours?
Poor Richard's Almanac (yes, after all this time, still more accurate in projecting general patterns than all the modern meteorological forecasts!) says that this will be a mild winter for us, with snow not starting 'til mid-December...usually bang-on, so I'm hoping  that carries on in 2012..it's rather difficult to travel in snow to craft markets that no one goes to because it's snowing...but I shouldn't  worry needlessly...
Hope you all have a mild Winter, snow if you want it, and my thoughts are especially with those on the Eastern Seaboard who will have a very hard Winter this year...

B'lieve I'll Dust My Broom....

Getting bored with looking at my empty e-mail box from Etsy, decided to go ahead and get involved in some other sites...

I had a zibbet account from a long time ago, but decided to sign up for a premium account ($7 per month, no other charges) and figured, if nothing else, it's free advertising, because they let you post Etsy Minis on your shop site-(Etsy Admin is clutching their respective pearls at the thought of allowing such a thing!)
Their uploading system is a bit quicker too, and you can 'play' with the appearance of your shop, to a certain extent...no sales yet, but believe it or not, more views lately than Etsy!

In the Forums, I read about another site called CraftIsArt, so for free, 25 item maximum, I went over there and -I'm so very stoked about this- they do an instant upload of Etsy items-you pick the ones- and everything but the shipping profiles is instantly there, yes, pics and all!
(Etsy Admin feels faint, rushes to arrange itself gracefully on a beige couch with a beige backdrop)....
Now I've had more views there than Etsy too..so what's going on?

Dunno....but it's better to spread your little eggs around in different baskets, yes? So that's what I'm doin'...

Links:

http://www.craftisart.com/mizdarlin

http://www.zibbet.com/

I tried Artfire awhile ago, but too expensive for no return-although I love the fact that you are auto-listed with GA, and their one page listing is great...but the people who run it seem to be, oh, what shall I say, a bit bizarre, and their Forums are more of a blood sport than even Etsy's, so personally, I steer clear....

The way I see it, there's lots of opportunities to give someone else your money and advertise on their blog, etc. But having several shops means lots of exposure for practically nothing...