I'm back!

Well it's been a great summer. I had fun, went places, lived adventures, and spent a lot of down time doing only what I wanted to. But the weather is turning and people are starting to look for those warm and snuggly items that keep us all warm, so I'm back and open for business.
I finally left etsy behind once and for all, I feel they never had my best interest at heart, but certainly had their hands out for my fees. I read on another blog where an artist closed her etsy shop, paid her bill, then promptly filed a chargback with her bank for "services not rendered" and she did get her money back. Although I am not ballsy enough to try that, (but big positive kudos to the person/people who did), I feel I've spent a lot of time and money for the same lack of services and have had enough. 1,000 Markets is no more so that's a bust, or a Bonanza as the case may be, which is a site that I truly didn't feel met my needs, (not a bad site however for what it's worth).
I'm selling at Zibbet and Artfire and just applied to Cargoh, (which is juried so it's not a given that I'll get in).
Early this year I joined a great group of women artisans, who's fan page can be found here:
http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Buffalo-Niagara-Falls-region/Women-Helping-Other-Artists-WHOA/323787254716
The connections I'm making there is upping my festival and show presence in the WNY area this holiday season and I couldn't be happier about that. So all in all I'm back and I truly do believe better than ever!