introducing the Tartbeats!

I made the banner 

(except the flying monkey with the shield on the left; that was made by Beth of Great Graphics)

Find out about us HERE (we just started a blog). 

We orginanally all came from Artfire, then became a team of close friends who support each other and chat about everything under the sun. Some of us are in the process of starting up our own e-commerce sites. We are a diverse group of sellers (supplies, vintage, art and handmade). 

I think we are an unusual team because most teams have a medium in common. We have friendship in common. We invite you to become a friend too by following our blog and commenting on our posts. Hope to see you there! 

Wow! Upsurge in blog followers!

I just logged in today and found that I had gained 5 followers in one day (previously I had 14 followers). Thank you all. Of course, I'm wondering how you all discovered my blog (especially in one day)... will look at what interesting lives you are all leading from your blog posts as time permits!

The Facebook dilemma

I have been told by some of my marketing genius friends, that I should have a public facebook site in addition to this blog, twitter, the myspace, the renspace, my band sites, et al, but I have been so resistant to do that because it is yet another site to keep track of and to post pictures and news. 

I will open up a public profile facebook site if my personal facebook site gets too flooded with requests (I prefer that my private one be fairly small for family, old friends, people I know in some capacity in the music and art world, i.e. not just total randomness-- it is the only way I can enjoy the site and reading the feeds).

Which is to say, I would like to spend more time at my actual work and to put more into this blog instead of spreading out yet again into another social networking site which I may or may not be able to upkeep properly.

My Website

Music MYSPACE (hear clips)

My Etsy on-line store for purchasing some of my CDs and some of my art

My band site: Saratoga Faire

My Renaissance band MYSPACE (hear clips)