What is Art Fire Doing?

I don't know what's up with Art Fire recently.  First, they chose the holiday season to initiate a big roll out, along with it's associated bugs and glitches.  Now, they're adding new fees to what they are already collecting from their sellers.

I've been on Art Fire as Wyvern Designs for quite a while and have what they now call a "legacy" account.  When I signed up, the deal was that I would pay this monthly fee for as long as my shop was active on Art Fire.  It seemed like a good idea, but ever since the roll out sales have tanked.  They brought a program called Google Boost where you pay Art Fire a set amount and they use it to promote your shop on Google Shopping and while I did get a few sales during the holidays that were purported to come from Google Boost, my feelings are that Google Boost is a Google Bust and I will not be giving Art Fire any more money for that program.

I have looked at other venues and found a new one called Aftcra where I'm in the process of moving all my fiber crafts, knits, crochet items and felted items.  I'm there under the name Tiny Weasel Fiber Arts.  No sales yet but my shop is relatively new.  I've been looking at creating my own web store but the prices are not something I want to take on right now without some assurance of a return. 

here's a few example of the items list in my Aftcra shop.
Coiled Hand Dyed Basket

Needle Felted Amulet Bag

Sea Turtle Wool Felted Pincushion

Welcome To My World

Welcome to the wonderful, marvelous  world of Wyvern Designs!  My name is Nancy and I am the owner, creator, and mastermind of  all that you shall see.

Okay now that that's over with, let me introduce myself.  As I said above, I'm Nancy and I can be found all over the web as Wyvern Designs. 

 Wyvern Designs on Art Fire where I sell my jewelry.

 Ancient Pagan Goddess Pendant







 Bohemian Beaded Batik Beach Bracelet

  Etsy  where I sell my hand made wool felted pincushions and sewing accessories.

Miniature Recycled Bottle Cap Pincushion

Miniature Strawberry Sewing Pins Set Of 5

  Meylah  where I am currently in the process of listing my knits and crochet items.

 Summer Leaf Scarf and/or Belt

 Skull Design Boot Toppers

 Goodsmiths  which contains my doggy related items, inspired by my Lab mis, Finn.

Finn's Favorite Patriotic Pull Toy

 

Finn's Favorite Bandana 

 Finn's my model for all my dog items.  He hates it but just barely tolerates having his picture taken.

I have been creating things for as long as I can remember.  When I was little, I would sit by my mother and sister while they sewed.  They would give me bits of cloth, lace and beads and button to play with.  I don't remember exactly what I made with these treasures but I do know that my artistic ability grew from those happy shared times with my family.

I've always drawn, painted, and sculpted.   My mom taught me to knit and crochet.  In the last few years, I've resumed knitting and crocheting, making fingerless gloves, scarves and belts.  I taught myself several new techniques in the knitting arena, such as knitting gloves and mittens on two circular needles, intarsia, and double knitting.  I even wrote some blog posts about my adventures in knitting, learning these new techniques.  They can be found here if your interesting in reading them: Adventure 1
Adventure 2  Adventure 3

Once upon a time, I was listing all my stuff on Art Fire.  As time went by, I didn't like the look of my shop.  It had become a chaotic mess, with my jewelry, knit, crochet, sewing supplies like wool felted pincushion, and items inspired by my Lab mix called Finn.  I decided to split everything up into separate shops.  As I was already signed up to sell at all the above places, I've been in the process of moving items around to my different shops.  I don't know if it's a good plan or not, yet, only time will tell.

I live in Central Massachusetts, about 45 miles from Boston.  I have a wonderful husband who supports me in all I do,  three grown children , one grandchild and, of course, my loving and enthusiastic dog, Finn.