Lovely Lilacs Collection From Artfire Featuring LilacsNDreams

Lovely Lilacs

Curated By: FishPrincessD...

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Hello, and Welcome to LilacsNDreams! I wanted to stop by quickly, and share this collection of "Lovely Lilacs" that was curated by FishPrincessDesigns at Artfire. I was featured with this adorable collection. 1 of my repurposed items is showing in the upper left corner with the lilac colored plate, and glass pedestal stand. This repurposed treasure along with other treasures can be seen in my LilacsNDreams Artfire Store. Make sure you visit there along with viewing this collection shown more, and with other great sellers & artisans at Artfire. 

Thanks for visiting with me today, and know you can drop in anytime to view, browse, ask questions, and leave comments too. Great hearing from everyone, and having everyone share with us all here too. Have a super Sunday everyone!

 

Google Shopping Changes, USPS Postal Increases

Hello again everyone, and Welcome back to LilacsNDreams! Hmmm....spring, and I just LOVE the smell of Lilacs. Don't you? Course, right now for the past few days we have had rain, snow, rain & snow, it melts right away, but how depressing for the start of spring! I just keep thinking of lilacs, and smelling that scent in my mind, and it gives me a smile. 

If you have not heard yet, or maybe you have noticed some issues with your items being submitted to Google lately....it is pending, things are acting funny, you are seeing some of your listings, but not all of them, and so on. Google has some changes that will be taking effect by May 3rd. Google Merchant is making some changes which will effect Google Shopping, and how you show there. It will not effect the Normal Google...LOL don't ask me to define normal now:) NO effect to the Normal Google Organic search which is the majority of a shoppers visit with most sites, and anywhere. Also, keep in mind there are still other searches out there that help you with placements, and being seen too. Places such as Bing, Yahoo, different social medias, and the list goes on. As always make sure you focus with your titles, your keywords, backlinks, your anchor text, and that wonderful SEO.

The change that Google is working with is your unique product indentifiers (UPI). They are product codes, or other values associated with an individual product, or listing. They are something like a UPC code, MPN code, and your ISBN codes. For Google Shopping you will be required to show this within your descriptions, or your items will not show with google shopping searches. 

Categories NOT currently requiring the UPI is: Apparel (including asseccories like jewelry) Collectibles, Vintage, Antiques, One-of-a-kind (OOAK) and Custom Made Goods.  IF the UPIs are available by another retailer, then you must also include the UPI as well. There are a few sites where you can look for some of these codes. So, a little more search has been added to items that we sell. What I find difficult is that majority of the treasures I sell are vintage, collectibles, and gently used. Also, the one-of-a-kind treasures I am including with my Artfire Store too. With the gently used treasures that is how I buy them for resale, and most of the time there is No code with them as they came without the box, they are not marked, and etc. So, Google wants us to research things like that further to get the code because if you don't find it, another person can show it, then your product does not show with Google Shopping. Hmmm....we as sellers have to do so much work with research now, and this has added more for us to do. I am not sure how this is suppose to benefit the shoppers yet, but that is the new change being worked on.

Also, if you do not know this already, or have noticed already, USPS Postal Rates have increased again too. Flat Rate Priority Mail boxes have no change in their cost. But, there were increases for Priority Mail, First Class Mail, and I do believe for International Rates there was an increase too. The increases range from .05 to .20. This started April 17th when the changes for that took effect. So, sellers make sure you are watching your postage right now, and making any adjustments. And, for the shoppers please know that not all sellers put that hike in the shipping costs. There are many of us that are true to the shipping charges that we collect, and when you see an increase like this know that we the 'sellers' had nothing to do with this, ok? Thanks so much for understanding!:)

So, now you are aware of a couple of changes that have happened, or will soon be happening. Hope I was able to help a few understand why some things have been off with Google again, and what is happening. Gotta love Google, right?

Thanks again for visiting with LilacsNDreams. Remember that with my LilacsNDreams Store at Artfire I sell items vintage, collectibles, glassware, dinnerware, tableware, home decor. I have also been adding inventory for repurposed, upcycled, and recycled treasures too. Visit when you can, and see the treasures being offered by LilacsNDreams Artfire Store. Take care till the next time everyone. If you have any questions, please contact me, or know you are always welcome to leave comments here too.

 

Vintage Collectibles Repurposed Upcycled Artfire and Addoway

Hello, and Welcome to LilacsNDreams Blog! Glad to see you here, and if it is your first visit to my site I do hope you enjoy your visit!:)

First of all, I wanted to apologize for being a little off with visiting here, and posting for ya'll too. I have gotten caught up with transferring items from my 1 store at Artfire to my other store at Artfire LilacsNDreams Store. Putting them together has been going well. I have spent time with some of the listings, redone a few, rearranged some pictures, and etc. I am almost done with that transfer. I think I have about 4 more items to go. I have tried to spread the items of repurposed, upcycled, and recycled items through out the pages in my store so that it is a little more pleasurable to view the pages. If you wish to see all of these items without looking through the store pages, look to my categories listed on the right side of the page. There you will see a category I did make for Repurposed, Upcycled, and Recycled Treasures. Click on that, and you will see them all showing there too. Hope this helps you.

Now, I just have to work a little more with my website which can be found at LilacsNDreams. I have a few more things to do, but it is visible, and you can visit it. Between my blogs, and my website eventually it would be nice for ya'll to visit those without having to view my stores. And, better yet, purchases can be made directly from those places too. Now, if you see something you would like before I get things done, please ask me. There is no problem with sending you an invoice from paypal for a purchase to be made off store sites too. 

By the way, how has everyone been doing with their sales lately for those who sell? I made a couple this week. Nothing steady to report for sales, but I do get them. I have also emptied my booth at Bonanza too. I have a store at LilacsNDreams Addoway Store, and slowly am adding inventory to that too. There have been many things happening with Bonanza, and due to some of the circumstances, and things that have happened, many have gone to Addoway. They are also reporting making sales with Addoway, and are very happy with the support team there too. So, if you are looking for another place to sell, you might want to try there also. If you are there, please let us know here how you have been doing there, and what you think of Addoway too. 

Ok, time to leave you here again. Taking a break, and back to working on things. Want to finish up some things so they are ready for everyone to see fully this weekend. That is my goal. Don't forget that you can also visit my LilacsNDreams Store Blog which you can see pictures to treasures also being offered. I only show pictures, and links to my stores, and website there. Just a hop, and a skip from here. Thanks again for visiting LilacsNDreams, and please visit with me anytime. Take care, and Best of luck with all you are doing. 

Simplicity with LilacsNDreams Vintage Collectibles Glassware Repurposed Upcycled Recycled

Hello everyone, and Thank You for visiting with LilacsNDreams Blog today. This won't be a long note, but wanted to keep you updated with things just a bit. Long weekend, kids all grown up but still wanting a piece of you, babysitting, and just did not get things done as I had planned on doing. 

Last week I did get about 9 items of repurposed, upcycled, recycled treasures done by Me transferred to my LilacsNDreams Artfire Shop. You can see pictures of the items transferred so far on my LilacsNDreams Store Blog. So far it has been comforting doing this, and knowing that the things I like to do can be housed under one place. I have gotten some really nice comments from some with this transition....Thank You to all for this, and on some of the pieces I have gotten some really nice views within a few days too.

Once everything has been transferred to my Artfire Shop I will go back into it, and work with rearranging the pages a bit to help spread things out a little. Stop by to see my shop, and how it is looking so far. If you find something you like, give me a holler. Thanks for visiting with LilacsNDreams, and hope to see you again. Take care everyone till the next time.

Vintage, Collectibles, Glassware, Repurposed, Upcycled, Recycled With LilacsNDreams

Hello, and Welcome to LilacsNDreams! Glad to see you here, and hoping ya'll have a super Hump Day too!

Busy busy busy weekend, but it is over with. Many hours spent driving, but I was also able to enjoy much of it too. Seen family on husband's side, and I got to surprise my Home Shop Girl friend by visiting with her for a bit too. 

With all the driving I did...Monday was like 12 hrs trying to complete some things, and get home. But, I was able to spend some time thinking about things, questioning some things, and answering some of my own questions too. I have been speculating for a while about maybe closing my 1 store at Artfire, and put pretty much everything into 1 location. As my friend would say "simplify" things. With my Lilacs Shop I sell vintage, collectibles, glassware, home decor, kitchenware, dinnerware, etc. What if I would also add with that some of my RePurposed, UpCycled, Recycled treasures from my 2nd shop with my Lilacs Shop? Many people have a variety store, house everything under one place which gives a big variety of things for shoppers to view also. I have different store names right now, and yes sometimes it can become confusing. Or, at times I only have enough time to spend with 1 shop, and the other one will be pushed off a bit till I can catch up properly to work with it. 

Put most of my treasures into 1 shop, and spend more time working with things there, less email addresses would be needed, better for organizing with, and so on. Also, some of my RePurposed, UpCycled, and Recycled treasures are sometimes made with a vintage piece that does not sell, it is a single piece that does not sell, might have a minor flaw that it will not sell alone, etc. Since I don't like things going to garbage, the landfills, the dumps, etc why not bring them to life in another way, right?:)

So, since I have pretty much decided, am now home, done running for a bit now, I am hoping to start focusing on combining things into one. Then, I will have 1 Artfire Shop, and 1 Ecrater store. All 1 name, and easier to work with that way too. I have had my LilacsNDreams name since like 2004-2005, working on websites, my blog, and it really feels better to keep focusing with the one name too. 

Wishing ya'll a great Happy Hump Day! Enjoy, have fun, be productive, make sales, and thanks again for visiting LilacsNDreams. In your spare time please visit my 2 stores at LilacsNDreams Artfire Shop, and LilacsNDreams Ecrater Store. Watch for the new additions of my conversion going into my Lilacs Shop within the next few days, and wish me luck!:) Take care, and have a Happy Day Everyone!:)