This 'n That

I’m having another contest!  This time, it’s on my Facebook page – Julia Hutchins Designs.  I’m trying to get to 200 fans by the end of October.  If I do, I’ll give away a $40 gift certificate to a random fan!!  Great chance to win again – just like my blog contest was.   I also offer discounts to my Facebook fans, so it’s a win/win situation!  Join now and please tell your friends and family about the contest.  How easy can it be to enter?  Super easy!  Just become a fan!
Julia Hutchins Designs

Aubrey Baby Blue Hand Painted Wall Letters $18.00 These beautiful letters will add that special touch to your little ones room. Hand painted to order with your child's name.You canalsochoose a coordinating [Read more] Dwell Baby 4 Piece Dots Chocolate Crib Set $384.00 The Dots Chocolate Crib Set is part of dwellbaby's renowned collection of stylish bedding and accessories. Crib set includes play blanket, bumper, fitted sheet, and crib sk... [Read more] Sweet Baby Pink Frame $32.00 This adorable 7x 7 wood frame is hand painted and accented with a bow. Holds a 4x4 pic. [Read more]

This summer, while I’ve been working full time to promote & market my online businesses (handcrafted jewelry and political gifts & apparel on Zazzle & CafePress), I’ve found so many great places to buy and sell handmade items!  I thought that I should post about a few that I’ve joined, just in time for Christmas shopping!  I plan on buying handmade gifts this year, and I have so many great places to shop now!

One of my favorite sites is ArtFire Studios. They have a beautiful site that is easy to navigate, easy to list, and they are so very much in tune with what their sellers want! They recently added an ArtFire kiosk that you can use on your Facebook profile or page, and the new coupon option is wonderful! (I have one of the coupons posted on my blog sidebar – be sure to use it if you order from me!)

To join in the fun and open your shop on ArtFire, click the link! You won’t regret it! Register on ArtFire.com

Here is my ArtFire Rapid Cart (another cool widget that they have)

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Another place that I’ve been spending a lot of time at is Ning. There are so many groups to join on Ning! I’ve met some great new friends and fellow craftspeople there! I’m a member of several groups over there. Have you tried Ning? If you join, please let me know and I’ll add you as a friend! Here’s my Ning profile.

One of the most recent sites I’ve joined is called FuzzB – I just love that name! FuzzB is another place to buy and sell handcrafted and other items. I just opened my shop over there and really like the set up they have. You can even upload a video commercial to your profile! To join, click here  Register on Fuzzb.com.

Here is a link to my FuzzB shop (again, using one of their super cool widgets)…

These are just a few of the many new sites and networks I’ve found and joined recently. I’ll add some more later. There IS a reason that they call it the “world wide web”. It’s just like a spiderweb, once you get started. If I wasn’t a multi-tasker before I started selling and blogging online, I would for sure be one now. I have no less than 5 or 6 tabs open on my browser at all times, and I’m constantly updating, adding, joining and traveling around the never ending web! I always think that I’ve joined just about everything that I can, and have seen it all, but every day I find more places to join and more friends to meet and things to do!

Aubrey Baby Blue Hand Painted Wall Letters $18.00 These beautiful letters will add that special touch to your little ones room. Hand painted to order with your child's name.You canalsochoose a coordinating [Read more] Dwell Baby 4 Piece Dots Chocolate Crib Set $384.00 The Dots Chocolate Crib Set is part of dwellbaby's renowned collection of stylish bedding and accessories. Crib set includes play blanket, bumper, fitted sheet, and crib sk... [Read more] Sweet Baby Pink Frame $32.00 This adorable 7x 7 wood frame is hand painted and accented with a bow. Holds a 4x4 pic. [Read more]

UPDATE 10/03/2009: Thank you to all who entered!  Lizzie was the randomly chosen winner for my $40 gift certificate!  Congratulations!  If you would like to participate in my future contests, please sign up for my newsletter!  I offer special coupons and announce my contests to my subscribers.

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To celebrate my first week of blogging, I decided to have a contest!  I’ll be giving away a $40.00 gift certificate to Julia Hutchins Designs – Handcrafted Jewelry.  This certificate can be used to buy pieces that are already made, or for custom orders.

There are several ways to enter my contest.  Each thing that you do from the list below will earn you one entry in the contest.  You may perform each item as many times as you want throughout the contest period.  Contest runs from August 27th through September 30th, 2009.

IMPORTANT: To be entered in the contest, you MUST copy your post or tweet and paste in the comments section of this blog post – be sure to include your Facebook or Twitter name, or the address to your blog or website (a bonus link for you – we can all use more links to our sites!) if you posted a link as your entry.  If you are “fanning” or “following” me, just post your Facebook or Twitter name in the comments section and tell me that you “fanned” or “followed” me.

The ONLY entries that will be counted are ones in the comment section below this post.

To enter, do one or all of the following.  Each counts as one entry.

• Follow me on Twitter, and post a comment about it here in the comments section of this post (be sure to include your twitter user name in the comment section, so that I can identify you as a follower.
• Go to my website – Julia Hutchins Designs or my ArtFire Studio and choose one of my items to “tweet” about.  Tweet about that item on Twitter, with a link to the item in your tweet (you can use a shortened link or the full link), and then come back to my blog and copy your tweet in the comment section of this post.
• Send a tweet promoting my website - http://www.juliahutchins.com – or my ArtFire Studio – http://www.artfire.com/users/juhutchins – in general – no particular item.  Post a copy of your tweet in the comments section of this post.
• Send a tweet promoting this contest, with my blog address included – http://juliahutchins.com/blog1/ (can be shortened), and post a copy of your tweet in the comments section of this post.
• Fan me on Facebook and post a comment about it in the comments section of this post (be sure to include your Facebook name so that I can identify you as a fan).
• After you become a fan on my Facebook page, post a link to any item from my website or my ArtFire Studio on my Facebook page, add a comment to your post about the item and copy your Facebook post in the comment  section of this post.
• After you become a fan of my Facebook page, post a blurb about my blog, with a link to my blog attached to your comment.  Copy your post in the comment section of this post.
• Send a tweet promoting this blog, with the blog address included – http://juliahutchins.com/blog1/ and post a comment about it in the comments section of this post.
• Promote any my website, my Facebook page, my blog or my ArtFire Studio on your blog or your Facebook page, and copy your post about it in the comments section of this post (be sure to include a link to your blog, facebook page or website in the comment section so that I can verify and view your promotion – plus it gives you an extra link back to your site!)
• Subscribe or follow my blog and post a comment about it in the comments section of this post.

It’s very important to copy your post into the comments section of my blog post so that I can make sure to count each and every entry.  I’ll be verifying the tweets and posts as we go through the contest, but I’ll be using the comments section of this post to to randomly choose the winner at the end of the contest.  You must copy your post or tweet here in order to be counted!   Comments that are found to be false will be removed so that only legitimate posts will be included in the contest.

Contest will end on September 30th, and the winner will be posted on my blog, Facebook and Twitter accounts.   Enter as many times as you want, but please avoid spamming.

This is my first contest, and I’m looking forward to seeing who wins!  Good luck!

Baby Freshwater Pearl & Crystal Christening Name Bracelet

Aubrey Baby Blue Hand Painted Wall Letters $18.00 These beautiful letters will add that special touch to your little ones room. Hand painted to order with your child's name.You canalsochoose a coordinating [Read more] Dwell Baby 4 Piece Dots Chocolate Crib Set $384.00 The Dots Chocolate Crib Set is part of dwellbaby's renowned collection of stylish bedding and accessories. Crib set includes play blanket, bumper, fitted sheet, and crib sk... [Read more] Sweet Baby Pink Frame $32.00 This adorable 7x 7 wood frame is hand painted and accented with a bow. Holds a 4x4 pic. [Read more]

Social Networking & Marketing… I’ve been doing it all since moving back to my small home town this summer! I’m now a “Tweeter”, a “friend” to many, and “fanned” by some…thanks to social networking sites Facebook, Twitter, Ning and various other sites I’ve started using!  The last month, I’ve really been concentrating on getting my website and jewelry “out there” – it takes a lot of time, but I’m learning so much and gaining new friends along the way!

My Twitter profile, juliahutchins, is a place where I regularly post my jewelry and interesting sites I find in my travels on the web.  I also pass on interesting posts and sites that come through my Powertwitter dashboard.  If you are a “tweeter”, I’d love to have you follow me!  I’ll follow you back and look forward to exchanging tweets!

I’ve also added four new jewelry pages on Facebook – Julia Hutchins Designs, Custom Baby Jewelry, Handmade Custom Jewelry and Free Jewelry or Cash! I enjoy interacting with fans of my pages, and hope you’ll become a fan of any or all of my pages!

I’m also working on my 2nd newsletter for my business.  I know that it is sooo important to publish a regular newsletter, and I’m resolving to start sending one out at least monthly!  Please subscribe if you would like to receive these e-mails.  I will not spam you with unwanted junk – you will just occasionally receive a newsletter to update you with news about my jewelry.  I’ll also include special coupons or sale information that can save you some money!  To sign up, click here.

Here’s one of my newest pieces…

Aubrey Baby Blue Hand Painted Wall Letters $18.00 These beautiful letters will add that special touch to your little ones room. Hand painted to order with your child's name.You canalsochoose a coordinating [Read more] Dwell Baby 4 Piece Dots Chocolate Crib Set $384.00 The Dots Chocolate Crib Set is part of dwellbaby's renowned collection of stylish bedding and accessories. Crib set includes play blanket, bumper, fitted sheet, and crib sk... [Read more] Sweet Baby Pink Frame $32.00 This adorable 7x 7 wood frame is hand painted and accented with a bow. Holds a 4x4 pic. [Read more]