Sneak Peek at the New MyArtFire Page

I have been lucky enough to be given a sneak peek into the new look for the MyArtFire page. ArtFire has been making steady strides in continuing to improve and streamline the look and feel of its web presence. As the tools and capabilities of this selling venue become more sophisticated, so do the web pages from which we use those capabilities.

ArtFire has recently updated the look of its homepage at http://www.artfire.com/, and has given artisans the capability of customizing their studios to reflect their own brands and styles. Now the MyArtFire page, the dashboard from which we can manage our ArtFire experience has been given a new look.

Below you can see what the current page looks like, and what the new page will look like.





As a person who usually has a hard time with change, I like serious look and feel of the new page. I was fond of the fun colors and icons that have been used up to this point, but as ArtFire emerges as a serious contender in the selling handmade marketplace, where the Internet the crux of its business model, it needs the power of a polished, sleek, well branded site.

I'm liking it…what do you think?

Fall is in the Air!

Fall is in the air, one of my favorite times of the year, and yet a time that always kicks off the busy holiday season. I like to make my kids something to commemorate the season, and with the cute and affortable lampwork beads out there, this is relatively easy to do.

My daughter loved the bracelet, and I made a zipper pull so my son wouldn't feel left out.

Our family enjoys Halloween, and we usually have a party every year, with some of the most outrageous homemade costumes you have ever seen. For my mother and her two sisters, I made matching spider web earrings.