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In case you missed this:Hope it made you smile...and hoping you can find a way to add some extra fun to your fabulous Friday!

For the past hour or so, I've been fiddling with my blog layout. Fueled only by vanilla bean coffee and a slice of Ultimate Cheesecake, I've come up with some exciting new colors. I wanted a change from the previously classic white background, black font look. Pink does match my new banner and logo, but OH, I hope this is not too garish or shocking to the senses - please let me know, won't you?I

I just wanted to share this great list of tips from Timothy Adams on getting more traffic to your Etsy shop:http://tipdrop.com/tipsheet/how_to_get_more_traffic_to_your_etsy_shopThere are some oldies but goodies in there, as well as some new ideas (for me, anyway). Here are the ones I plan on implementing right away: 1. Using Google Analytics to determine the optimal listing time for your shop.

I just wanted to share this great little site I stumbled upon...They offer text link advertising for your blog or website for only $5.95 per month. It looks like your ad will rotate and appear on blogs with a fairly high readership, so it seems like a great deal. I am going to give it a try.Click here for more information on advertising with Chic Chicks Media. And now for the cookies...Garion is

I simply cannot wait to see this movie!Looks like there's going to be another Girls Night Out!

As soon as I published my last post, I realized I didn't like the colors, and really needed some closer shots as well. So today I spent some time tweaking my new new photos. Ah, much better!

New Photos For My Etsy Shop!My Etsy shop is going through a bit of a face lift: upgrading to all Sterling Silver chains, new packaging and new logo & business cards. I really wanted to reflect the change with new photos that really had some life and eye-catching vibrancy.I took a look at some of Etsy's top jewelry sellers, and the photos I was most attracted to were the ones with bold background

Well, I'm up late with insommnia (another fun side-effect of prednisone) However, I was able to redesign a new blog banner and Etsy shop banner to match my new store style. While uploading the new banner and seeing my sad, little empty shop, I overcome with Etsy longing and suddenly decided to re-open a little sooner than my previous several-weeks-away plan had allowed......SO...here's a "soft"

It was a great day at the beach, can you tell?Aiden took the sand-castle building very seriously. Though judging from this picture, I'm not sure a career of engineering is in his future. Garion's classic picture pose. In other news, while working on my shop face-lift, I'm also designing new business cards. Here are the two that are my favorite so-far: I want it to convey pretti-ness and softness,

So if you hadn't noticed, I sort of disappeared during the last two months. I was so terribly sick, not eating, not knowing what was wrong, and pretty much languishing in misery on the couch. After much agonizing I decided to temporarily shut down my Etsy shop until my health improved. And it has...finally.Three weeks ago, I had become so ill that I had to go to the ER for severe malnutrition and