No matter what your medium, where/how you sell, or what your business model is, sooner or later you’ll face a slow time. I’ve heard/seen/read about people in all kinds of businesses complaining about slow times of as little as a couple of days up to many months. A slow time isn’t a bad thing; it’s […]
As a mom myself, I have such respect for moms everywhere, but one in particular just made my jaw drop! This lady was born in Frankfurt, Germany and now lives in Central Virginia. Due to financial issues at home when she way young she found herself in foster care at the age of 2. As […]
Now that you can set your camera and adjust the settings (try different settings and take multiple pictures of the same piece), you want to have other items so you can take the picture in focus and be able to duplicate your environment every time. To do this you need four basic items: lamps, backdrop, […]
There is nothing more exciting to me than seeing a couple working together and making it work! It does not always happen, but when it does it is magic. Such is the story of Reef Botanicals and the dynamic duo behind the magic. So, art you ready for a story? Sit down, close your eyes […]
I am always amazed to read about the people behind the work as they never seem to be what I would have pictured; which is exactly what happened with this talented artisan! Picture a man that spent years in the US Navy (thank you for that service!) and then moved on to work in construction […]
I am a person who does love shopping at Windsorfinejewelers.com as they sell the most exquisite designs I have seen till date, I too love trying on the handmade jewellery made of beads that at times goes with a few of my dresses. I often hear about people that found their passion early in life […]
In recent years paypal has rather decided to give a buyer their money back regardless of the what the real situation is. Buyer’s remorse? Sure, file a claim, check item not as described, provide paypal with tracking number of buyer sending it back – and the buyer has their money back. No questions asked by […]
John Atwell Rasmussen I am John Rasmussen. I was born in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, but we moved soon after that. My family lived in several different states because my father was transferred from assignment to assignment. As I grew up, I developed a love for geology and natural science. I have taught geology, then […]
Clay, we play with it when we are little, squishing it around in our hands and creating fantasy worlds for hours at a time. Our mothers find globs of dried clay under the furniture embedded in her cookie cutters; but as we grow our clay becomes a thing of the past. Well, not for everyone! […]
Rasmussen Gems and Jewelry LLC began in 2008 when my wife purchased a parcel of gemstones from a television show. She brought them to me and said: “You’re the geologist, what are these?” Thus began my journey into gemmology. I queried the internet and found multiple textbooks and websites dedicated to gemmology. I purchased texts […]
