mikicatdesigns | September 13, 2009
Street fairs are fun but in the heat and humidity of South Florida’s rainy season, they’re brutal as well. Cat and I attended the Third Second on Second Thursdays block party, pub crawl, art fair last Thursday. This is a relatively new event that 7 restaurant/pub owners in Downtown Himmarshee (Second Street) in Ft. Lauderdale [...]
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mikicatdesigns | September 2, 2009
This article is coming out of a wonderful discussion I had with a very talented goldsmith who is trying to educate people on exactly what custom work is. He writes this whole article on his site where he talks about fabricating a ring for you, or making a wax carving and then manufacturing it for [...]
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mikicatdesigns | July 1, 2009
Well, our Grand Opening for our online shop is scheduled for this 4th of July weekend. Let me tell you it’s been a hectic month here. First with finding the right web designer who can not only design the website but program the shopping cart, help with marketing and all the other stuff involved with [...]
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mikicatdesigns | June 5, 2009
Is there such a thing as a “perfect” web designer? I’m not sure, but perhaps we can come close. I’ve been looking for someone to re-design my website and blog, put up a shopping cart on my site and help me with SEO, search engine optiminzation. So, I found DesignQuote.net. There I listed my requirements, [...]
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mikicatdesigns | May 29, 2009
So, how do you break into a field where there are literally hundreds, if not thousands, of other men and women doing the same thing you’re doing and trying to sell the same or similar items? As someone in that position myself, let me tell you it’s not easy. People like to buy from those [...]
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mikicatdesigns | April 24, 2009
I never imagined when I decided to design, create and sell jewelry that I would not only have to be an artist, but a top notch photographer, web designer, graphic artist, marketer and writer as well. Not all of these jobs come easy to me but if you want to sell your creations, you have [...]
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