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New Beaded Bracelets

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I got my hands on some awesome top-notch pony beads and love these bracelets I’ve made with them!

Handmade knotted macrame adjustable bracelet made with black bamboo cord and high quality sparkly pony beads.

Handmade knotted macrame adjustable bracelet made with black bamboo cord and high quality sparkly pony beads.

Handmade knotted macrame adjustable bracelet made with white bamboo cord and high quality glow pony beads.

Handmade knotted macrame adjustable bracelet made with white bamboo cord and high quality glow pony beads.

I also have some different shades of purple that I’m toying around with.

Black and White, Purple and Purple.

Black and White, Purple and Purple.

I have tentatively priced these bracelets at $5 each, but am considering modifying that as needed.

You can find the listings to purchase these here.

Anyway, thanks for reading and have a beautiful day!

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Websites – Hosting Questions

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Currently I have two free websites for this venture: one at Weebly and one at Wix.  The Weebly site is more intuitive and easier to modify, but the free e-commerce limits you to three items at a time.  I don’t know of any fees associated with those sales, however.  The Wix website is something I feel never meets my expectations, but I don’t know if that’s just due to my design shortcomings or to their options.  They seem to have fee-free e-commerce now, but I haven’t played around with it much.

I’ve also played around with Webs, which hasn’t seemed very fruitful.

I’ve been looking into purchasing a real domain and paying for hosting.  My brother is much more techy than I and recommends GoDaddy, but I really don’t want to be their customer.  I’ve heard too many bad things about both their service and their [lack of] ethics.

I’m looking for a website domain registrar and host that offers the following:

  • WordPress integration
  • Good SEO and I know several give ad credits, which would definitely help me out
  • Easy to use, safe, and reliable e-commerce
  • Easy to customize and professional appearance

It’s also very important that the website be as green as possible (or as green as I can afford).
Which brings me to my final point: at this time I do not have very many sales under my belt (around 20) and I have a very limited budget, so as close to free as possible is ideal.  I really don’t think I can afford the $30/month plans some websites have.

So far my favorite potential host is AISO.net, which is the greenest of the options.  

Many of the available options are very expensive – or at least seem that way to me, someone with low-to-no income.

This is one of my sources: http://www.blueacorn.com/blog/ecommerce-business-issues/organic-ecommerce-the-lowdown-on-green-hosting/

Here are the links to my existing sites: http://knotbyknotetc.weebly.com  &  http://knotbyknotetc.wix.com

I’m open to any suggestions, so let me know what you think.

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Blog Transfer – Knot By Knot Etc – Macrame and Nonprofits

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Hi there, I’m so glad you’ve found me.

My previous WordPress blog was http://bitbybitknotbyknot.wordpress.com  and I just decided to switch things up and streamline my online presence to just “Knot By Knot Etc”.

I’m sure you’ve seen my “About” page, but just to reiterate a bit:

I’m a disabled crafty maker and designer, and I work with several local nonprofits, making them bracelets to support their cause, increase awareness, and provide a source of donations.

I love doing what I do and want to share the art of my work and the good that nonprofits do with as many people as I can reach, so I’m very glad I reached you!

Please check out my gallery for some photos.

You can see more at my Facebook page, which should be accessible through a widget on the right side of this page, or you can check out my faux website, http://knotbyknotetc.wix.com

Thank you, have a wonderful night (or day, depending on when you’re reading this and from where)!