Dear Friends,

What a rainy day we are having this morning.  I’m thankful for the rain and the bit of coolness that it brings.  Makes for a quiet day at home to embroider, and read.

I pulled out Mackinac Island Fudge coffee this morning for a pick-me-up and the girls like it too.

I want to remind you to be sure to pick up the free cross stitch letter “q” this week.  I will be changing it out early Wednesday morning so you still have a couple of days.

Finally, and this is the first time I’ve shared this with you all, I’m working on getting Embroidery It up on Shopify.

There are several reasons for this.  I think it is a good next step.  I’ve still struggled with getting my own website shopping cart system working here.  I just don’t know enough yet and if I had problems with the shopping cart, I wouldn’t know how to fix them.  Shopify is more like Etsy in that they handle the payments securely and safely for everyone and I’ve heard wonderful things about Shopify.  I think I can basically sell directly here on my website and then when you click to buy, it will take you over to Shopify.  Still working out the details on that.  On Shopify, I can arrange my designs in a way that will be easier for customers to navigate and find.  Shopify will cost me less money.  It is a monthly fee plus a small percentage that will be less than what Etsy charges.

It is a learning curve for sure though.  Some of my pictures show up dark.  I think I need a different photo editing software to correct this problem.

I won’t be leaving Etsy so for those of you who love Etsy, you will still be able to find me there.  Etsy has a special place in my heart as that is where I started.  Finally, I think it is a good thing to be a couple of places in that if Etsy ever decided to shut down for who knows why…I have a back up going.  Or, if Shopify went away, I would still have Etsy.

Shopify will have a newsletter sign-up form and if all works as planned, it will merge with the one here so you won’t need to sign up again.

Update July 20, 2016 – At this time I’m no longer moving forward with Shopify.  It still is not giving me what I want in a website.  Pooh!  I just need to get my own website here up and running properly.

That’s all for now…Have a wonderful day friends, no matter what the weather is like in your area.

Hugs and blessings to you all.

Nancy

be creative daily and live life beautifully.

Heart applique quilt block can be found HERE.