A word about shipping.

Since we are getting closer to "that time of the year", when packages seem to take FOREVER to get from point A to point B, I thought I'd write a quick note about shipping.
I have used FedEx, UPS and USPS all, as my primary carriers, in the five years I have been selling my art online.
My preference...

UPS for large packages. You can print a UPS shipping label through PayPal and then just drop the package at a drop site. It tracks the package from check in through to delivery...very good, especially at this time of year.

For smaller packages, I use USPS. Again, you can pay and print through PayPal and just;
1. drop off at any Post Office
2. schedule a Pick Up...you have to have a Priority, Express, International or Return package to schedule a free Pick Up...but then, you can include all kinds of ground packages - up to 70 pounds...by including just one upgraded package.
3. For the smallest of ground packages, I can just put them in the mailbox and raise the red flag.
Pay and print shipping includes Delivery Confirmation, so...while you can't actually 'track' the package, you can see when it is finally delivered.

The only 'drawback' to pay and print shipping, through PayPal or the USPS...

you can't print First Class International Labels, those need to be taken

directly to the Post Office, paid for and sent out from there.

Soooo...I only send International packages once a week...usually on Wednesdays.

With my schedule, I just can't handle long lines at the post office any more often than that.

Christmas Cards

I already have these...and others...Christmas Cards

listed for sale in my

CMZ Art Zazzle Shop.

Since I orginally designed them to

include in my

CMZ Art Etsy Shop

I will be listing them there, later today

or tomorrow as packets.

I will also be listing a few of my card

designs as prints.

I am featured on this blog....

I did an interview

for

Fresh Peaches
who (in her words) is an Aries who likes to live vicariously through others.

her blog is...
Such Cool Stuff!
Coupons, Sales, Artists, Crafts, and other cool stuff I find as I meander through this crazy internet thing.

It is in her blog today,

please visit her and see what you

think!

It would be great

if you would leave a comment

for her!

Thanks so much!

How many backlinks do you have?

This really isn't me 'crying'...it's me...exhausted!

I've been doing soooo much 'online studying' the past couple

of days, my eyes are beginning to droop...and yes, there is

a tear or two that escapes from time to time.

When I was much, much younger...I really wanted to write...

so I wrote and wrote...every spare moment I got.

I won't go into why I went into art instead...

Anyway...I have digressed....in my online studying (about writing)

I've run

across a lot of information that was new..to me..

the information I learned today was...

how to check for 'backlinks' on my different sites.

In short...

go to Yahoo search...

type

linkdomain:www.yoursite.com

and you get

all of the sites that are linked to your site.

I found it very interesting...

it gave me several sites that I had no idea

had included links to this blog

on their sites.

2008 Art by Me...Music by Moby

I have been wanting to put together some new You Tube videos of my art. Here is the latest!

Christmas Cards

My own design of Christmas Cards are now

available in my

CMZ Art Zazzle Shop.

Some more new prints...

'Winter Thoughts'

'The Storm Has Passed'

'In The Spirit'

I listed these three new digital prints in my
CMZ Art Etsy Shop
today.

I've got a few more new landscape
prints that I will be listing
later this week.

In the meantime...I am hoping to be able
to get a couple of new acrylic paintings
underway!

The week is shaping up to be quite busy..
and I've got a 'list' going..
we'll see how it works out!