Web Site Updates

Checking the sources of the traffic to my sites a couple of days ago, I came across a post about my polymer clay work at some forum. The post had a link to the gallery at my Eugena's Creations web site with a short comment, something like this: “Polymer clay imitations of cloisonne beads, but very beautiful.”

While I am flattered by the “very beautiful” part of this statement, I felt quite uneasy about the rest of it.

The choice of preposition (“but”, not “and”), probably, says something about the author's taste. I feel, she does not really like cloisonne in general, or she is not a fan of the polymer clay versions of this style. Whatever it is, there is nothing I can do about it.

The first part of this comment, however, made me spend a few hours updating my site. I realized that in fact, the gallery did not represent my work in its variety. I had mostly my faux cloisonne work there (plus a few sculpted flowers), but none of my other works – in steampunk or rustic style, for example. So, I added 25 new gallery pages. Take a look when you have a few minutes.

It was a timely update, indeed. I am shifting priorities in my polymer clay work, concentrating on my tutorials now. I never liked “production” type of work, and with closing of my 1000Markets shop, I decided not to list my jewelry for sale anywhere else at the moment. So, Eugena's Creations web site is now becoming a showcase of my works rather than a tool to lead to my on-line jewelry shop. It is also becoming a portal to my PolymerClayTutorials.etsy.com shop, which will be the center of my attention now. In either case, my gallery definitely benefits from showing a wider variety of my works.

New Shop

Eugena's Creations

at 1000markets.com

I am in the process of setting my new on-line shop at 1000markets.com.

The idea is to move there all my jewelry, while leaving the tutorials, beads, and polymer clay supplies at Etsy.com.

1000markets offers many ways to manage my products, sorting them into logical collections and controlling the page layout. It is a juried environment, which, I think, will be more suitable for my jewelry. I also like the fact that the products do not need to be constantly renewed in order to be seen by the customers.

I am planning to list most, if not all, of my available polymer clay jewelry by the end of this month. Meanwhile, I am adding new listings every day.

Giveaway

You can win a $25 gift certificate to use in my Etsy shop!

There are many nice items in my shop, and I will be adding some new ones every day.

Rules: The winner will be randomly chosen from all entries. You may have up to four entries per person:

- For the first entry, all you need to do is visit my Etsy shop and choose your favorite item, then come back to this blog, post a comment, and leave a link to the item you've chosen;

- For the second entry, subscribe to my mailing list and then leave a comment in this blog to let me know that you did it for your second entry (if you already a subscriber to my mailing list, you can still participate - just leave a comment in my blog about it);

- To qualify for the third entry, mention my blog, web site, or my shop in your own blog (please leave a comment with a link to your post);

- For the fourth entry, buy anything from my Etsy shop, then come back to this blog and leave me a comment.

Deadline: The winner will be announced here in two weeks, on March 21, 2009.

Small Print: You do not need to have a blog or even a Google account to participate, but you do need to have an E-mail address. Please specify your E-mail address in every comment to this post (and please use the same E-mail address for multiple comments!). Your E-mail address will not be published and will not be shared with any third party, I promise.