February 26th 2006 from 10am-6pm I will be working the Co-Op booth at the Flagstaff Swap Meet where my products are sold. Admission to the swap meet is free so if you are looking for something to do in the Flagstaff area come by and check it out!! The address...

Well I have been crafting like a crazy woman over the past few weeks!! I just went out yesterday and bought tons of jean shorts, pants and skirts that I am going to turn into purses. I also stocked up on frilly yarn that I am knitting smaller “cell phone...

After about three days of frustration I finally managed to get wordpress up and running on my domain! It was a complicated process but I found many helpful articles on installing & configuring wordpress. Many thanks to Cricket (my SEO class Teacher) for the installing wordpress article! Also thanks to...

This week has been very busy yet very positive and my business has made so much progress!! I got the permanent spot at the Flagstaff Swap Meet so that is good exposure for my products. I also just found out today that the site Gift-Giving-Guide.com did a review on my...

Today is the beginning of a new chapter with my business!! I have the state and city business licenses and the tax id applications ready to be mailed back to the appropriate people.. That means I am an official business! I am also taking all my prepared product over to...

“It doesn’t look like any tree on this planet.” (Quote from http://www.apnmag.com/winter_2005/frankenpine.php) We are talking about a 100 foot cell phone tower disguised as a tree. It has been spotted in places such as San Diego, Washington, and Arizona. It has been described as a resembling a toilet brush and...

“The National Sleep Foundation (NSF) recently reported that 63 percent of Americans are sleep deprived.” (Source: http://www.didyouknow.org) Did you know that symptoms of insomnia include: Difficulty falling asleep. Waking up too early then not being able to get back to sleep. Waking up frequently throughout the night. Waking up feeling...

My website (Custom Gifts By Talina) went live in November 2005. Over the course of the last few months I have experienced many site building mistakes and frustrations. I am taking search engine optimization classes and chatting with several other small business owners on various groups (AZ Craft Biz Connection...

  Do you believe in life force energy?? This is the idea that energy is present everywhere, both in animate and inanimate objects. This idea has been widely accepted and is also believed to apply to our physical selves. Some quotes about this are “where thoughts flow energy goes” or...

I just read a great article about a farmer who acquired a cat for his farm. I really enjoyed the article, if you want to read it you can visit: http://www.slate.com/id/2133625/?nav=tap3&GT1=7641 I am very much a cat person; I actually own 5 cats (technically, they own us). I only meant...