I LOVE working for myself. Being my own boss.  Working when I want to, and not really having a goal in mind (unless I have a custom order, and even then, I have to intersperse that with some fun glass time).  No deadlines, no RULES.  Except the normal glass ones, like… don’t mix 104 (effetre) [...]

What does my website do for me?, asks this week’s BlogIt from Flaming Hot.
Besides hosting my blog, which keeps things up to date and keeps people in the know about when I’ve listed, I’ve also got an Auctions page where buyers can find photos of things that have been recently added.  I base my listings [...]

Taking pictures can be the bane of the artist’s existence.  Taking pictures of GLASS… now, that’s challenging!  If you work with boro, it can be even more frustrating, because you know there’s a luminescence in the glass that just doesn’t show in photos, even under the most complimentary lighting.  During the winter, a big part [...]

This is a hard subject for me to broach for the new Blog It from Flaming Hot, and simply because Lyn Foley said it all so well in her blog. Customers often ask for a discount on custom orders, and our task this week is to comment on our feelings and thoughts about this.
I’ve [...]

The old saying goes, “Location, location, location!”, but when you’re talking internet sales, it’s not all about the location. Sure, having your website easily found is one big hurdle jumped, but there’s so much more to advertising your work on the web, whether you’re a glass artist, painter, pattern designer, seamstress, graphic artist, or [...]