June Newsletter

I spent the evening, figuring out how to make a newsletter with Vertical Response and just launched one. Its been on my to do list, for WAY too long, and I don't know why I was so resistan to it. I hope I did it right, and it shows up properly. The newsletter option on my shopping cart has some bug since the last update they did, and it only sends out to the first 39 people on the list, that leaves out ALOT of people

For all of you on the newsletter list, you will get it tomorrow morning. If you aren't on the list, just sign up at the form on the top left and I'll send one right out to you.

I spent the day working on riveting and rings. I'll photo them tomorrow and post them here. I wanted to do some more etching, but I'm out of etching fluid...Thats a errand for this week.

Last night, I made bread pudding with some stale chocolate croissants. Rob got them at Whole Foods on Tues and they weren't fresh then, so we had nearly the entire box of them. I hate throwing food out, even dry croissants. I was afraid they were TOOO stale, but I let them soak for about 30 mins before I put it in the oven. I also did a water bath, so it wouldn't dry out. It was the best bread pudding ever!!!! go figure!

Being Productive

I had have a migraine or pre-migraine headache for 5 days or so. I have been moving SLOWWWWWW. Today I am FINALLY headache free!!! so I'm trying to be super productive and catch up on all the stuff I didn't get done already this week.

First-I wanted to announce that the general class registration is now open for the ZNE ConvenZione. I'll be teaching the Charm School resin casting class and Histories: Real or Imagined jewelry class. If you are interested in coming out for this wonderful art & fun filled weekend please visit the website for more info. There are a ton of amazing classes to choose from. This is one of the class samples I'll have on hand for viewing/sale.
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I applied to the American Craft Council show in Aug. I know there will be hundreds of applicants, so my fingers and toes are crossed and wish all the applicants the best of luck.

My 37 yr old sister went in for a hysterectomy this morning. So if any of you pray, please include her in your prayers tonight for a speedy recovery. She is doing fine except for being in pain. We have always had a really rocky relationship and we are now trying to be friends. We've had some intense/honest emails about our roles in the family and how we felt about the past and whatever. Its odd how people can live together and view things differently. I always felt she was my mothers favorite, and she always felt second best to me. We have similar feelings regarding how we got treated growing up, but didn't see it applying to the other person then.

I finished my big bug order-yay!!! well finished casting them, this weekend will be finishing and putting on the pins and wrapping them up to mail next week. I cast some extras to sell at Renegade.

I need to figure out some interesting jewelry displays. I wish I could afford 6 of those mannequin torsos and just pile necklaces up on them. But i have no where to store them if I could buy them all, so if anyone has any clever, interesting, and space saving displays-please share some pics!

I am almost ready to send out a newsletter. I transferred all the emails over to Vertical Response ONE BY ONE the other day. They didn't have a way to do a batch transfer, but its done now and I will send out a newsletter this weekend. I am thinking about doing a giveaway too and will mull over that.

I am in a couple of treasuries on etsy, here and here. so go click and look at all the lovelies up.

Also on todays to-do list is photo taking for ebay, etsy and the website . As well as making jewelry and trying to get a yarn spun in at some point. So I best get at it!

Get on the mailing list and get a coupon!

As part of my blog updating, I've added a snazzy little newsletter subscription box over to the left.

All you have to do to join the Saints and Sinners® mailing list is type in your email address and receive a 15% off coupon* for your next order!

IMPORTANT: you must respond to a confirmation email to receive your coupon. Add barbe@barbesaintjohn.com to your address book or check your spam folder for email if you don't receive your confirmation within 24 hours.

Email: * Limit one use per customer, good for online purchases only. Cannot be used with other offers.

Also, someone alerted me a problem on my website that wasn't giving international shipping options. Its fixed now and I ship WORLDWIDE!!! So if you got that error code in the past, its fixed and you can order without any problems.

And if you noticed the little ® next to the name=I finally got my registered trademark papers!!! WOOT WOOT!! and it only took 10 months. I had heard stories about how it took people nearly 2 yrs to get theirs. So if you are thinking about trademarking your name, don't be scared!

Bit of a glitch, I must apologize

I just found out that my newsletter sign up on the webstore hasn't been working.....for about 3 months, ever since we had to do the Zencart Update! YIKES!

am so sorry for this, and wish I had figured it out sooner....So if you signed up for the newsletter and discount, it didn't come thru. Thats why no one got their discount coupons. II lost ALOT of emails I got from shows, because I typed them all in then threw away the paper..NOT SMART.

I'm gonna create a booklet JUST For shows, for the future. But for all you online people, if you would please sign up again, I will send you a 20% off coupon for the trouble. This time if you don't get an email that says "please confirm your subscription" let me know.

So sorry about all this!
Back to my spinning wheel!