Indie Junction

I must confess, I “stumbled upon” StumbleUpon a few months ago, installed the toolbar that allows you to be shown a certain website and you can either choose the “thumbs up” if you like it, or choose the “thumbs down” if you do not.

The overall goal of a Facebook Fan Page should be to provide added value to your fans.  Not only will this ensure that existing fans are active and engaged, it also gives prospective fans a reason for joining your page at a good level of involvement.  The level of fan interaction enhances the overall viral [...]

I discovered ThisNext when a fellow jewelry artisan recommended one of my necklaces…thanks August Studios!! ThisNext  sends visitors down one of three paths: Discover, Recommend and Shopcast. The discover section lets users browse products recommended by others. Clicking on a item allows them to add it to their wishlist, recommend it, or find out where to [...]

I have recently been experimenting with social shopping networks as a way to promote my own designs and to

promote my fellow artisans as well. Sites like Kaboodle, This Next, and Wist have spearheaded a category of e-commerce sites called “social shopping” in an attempt to combine two favorites online activities: [...]

For the last month, I’ve been having my bedroom redecorated.  Since I maille in my room, I got a whole workspace makeover.  I bought a six and a half foot desk, shelving, and a drawer cabinet.  I can dedicate half the desk to the computer and the other half to maille.  I’m really enjoying mailing [...]

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First you start off with your cut sheets, I believe my envelopes were 4 x 6″ so the black pieces were about 3.75 x 5.75″. Each piece of black paper was cut using my die cutter on high quality card stock. The white paper was high quality card stock which had my halloween party [...]