PaintedBull

Apology...I am sorry.

noreply@blogger.com (PaintedBullShop.com) — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 20:01:00 +0000

I am very vocal about the attacks that happened on September 11th, 2001. My husband was there, he is a survivor. He lost three friends from his office. He saw groups of over 20 people holding hands jumping from the towers. He saw people burst into bloody heaps when their bodies hit the building, or the light poles in the plaza, or the ground. He saw the body parts strewn all over the ground. He had to dodge the bodies that fell, in fact one of the friends he lost died from getting hit by a jumper…right in front of my husband. He saw it. He was in a warzone. He experienced something that none of us can imagine. We (me and our kids) did not know he was alive until he walked in the door at 7pm that night. He still has nightmares about this, it ruined our lives. So yes, I am very vocal and emotional about anything to do with the WTC site or any comments about those attacks. If I offended anyone, I am sorry. I do not post “hate”on the web. Yes…I said that I think it was a bad thing about the 13 story Mosque and Community Center right in Ground Zero. I did write this:

“My husband, feels this Mosque built there at Ground Zero a slap in the face to those families that lost so much that day. Almost a decade later & nothing to remember those who were killed. But go ahead & put up a Mosque, he went thru hell that day, and lost 3 from his office. It still haunts him…it haunts all of us in this family.”

Sorry if it offended anyone, but there is so much pain associated with these attacks for me and my family…so again sorry if my emotions and feelings offended anyone.

I am not nor have I ever been a fan of Obama. I am a staunch supporter of Hillary Clinton. I have issues with the sexism that many seem to resort to when it comes to any woman running for office, no matter what political party…sexism against women is bad...any woman...period. (The recent crap with Mel Gibson comes to mind.)We are all strong women…yes? I never would have gotten so vocal about any of this 2 years ago. I guess that is something that has evolved in me because of the experiences I have had on Etsy. Standing up for myself in the Etsy Forums...I guess has given me the guts to say things that I feel strongly about. I don’t hide behind a façade.

I will no longer be sending any links...and I mean any links...to my @PaintedBull Twitter Account. I am sorry if it offended anyone. It was not meant to be offensive. I know it is repetitious but...again...I am sorry if anything I have said or tweeted offended anyone, I think of twitter as a stream of consciousness thing and write stuff as I think of it. That is all...it is not meant to persuade anyone.

Going forward I am sending links that I find interesting to my @MinkoffMinx Twitter Account. If anyone found those links interesting, then follow me here. Cause I think that my Pro-Women and Pro-Hillary links...and other stuff like it, will increase with frequency as the days and months pass...This includes anything I may link to regarding my opinion on Obama, and his administration. Just because I link it, does not mean I completely agree with it…It just means I read all of these and form my own opinions! Which brings me back to the stream of consciousness thing of Twitter...that is what I was reading at the time...so I sent the link.

The blog I started Minkoff Minx, was and is something I have been doing since Spring of 2008. I just kept my own blog of things I found interesting. It started primarily because of the 2008 Elections. It was about anything and everything...I kept this blog hidden and not public. It was like a notebook of my thoughts. That is what Minkoff Minx is, my own thoughts...I don't know why I went "public" with it. I guess I just have become bold and felt like I could say what I felt. The Minkoff Minx blog is not written for anyone but me. It is my way of working through thoughts. If what I write bothers anyone, just don't read it. Ignore it as just another opinionated blog that some "nobody" has written...that nobody reads.

Anyway, again I am sorry if anyone was offended.

-JJ aka Painted Bull

First attempt at toothbrush rug...

noreply@blogger.com (PaintedBullShop.com) — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 17:00:00 +0000

So I just started this whole naalbinding thing...and I am looking forward to making more. But need to work on it to get the speed up.

Since I did not have much of these bright jewel colors, I did a chair pad for my rocker...

I am working on shawls done in a naabinding style that resembles netting. Well see what comes of it.
-JJ & Painted Bull

Get Uppity!

noreply@blogger.com (PaintedBullShop.com) — Fri, 21 May 2010 16:59:00 +0000

New Video Ad for Uppity Minions...it is great to see this, with all the work we have been doing on the site.

Get Uppity! www.uppityminions.com

-JJ & Painted Bull

New blog...new post

noreply@blogger.com (PaintedBullShop.com) — Tue, 18 May 2010 21:45:00 +0000

I have my own website now, and it has a blog...so I started writing some entries there... primarily as a way to write the new running series I have on the Uppity Minions Blog.

So here is what I have been working on, if you really care or want to read the rest, just click the link...

Chronology of Crap Confessions of a Former Mall Rat

Yes, I was a 80’s mall rat. When big hair was in and androgynous men looked a lot more fashionable than most women…and that was before the term “metro sexual” hit the scene. My first job was at a t-shirt shop in a mall, you know the ones that iron on decals while you wait. This employment was the induction of my “mall culture” experience. A mall was essential back then, the internet was not around so online shopping was not ingrained into the society as it is today. If you needed anything, the mall was where you went. So like many young adults of my generation, working at the mall was something that we just did.

My period of mall rodent status continued over 11 years, graduating from t-shirts to hosiery to upscale womans wear. This was a learning experience and I have carried it with me. Being able to connect to your customers with a simple “Welcome to Chico’s” and giving personal service is something I find lacking online. This individual customer service and non-boring shopping experience is something that we want to bring to Uppity Minions…but that is off the real topic at hand…which is this confession of a former mall rat, so here goes the confessional part:

Read the rest here...

-JJ & Painted Bull

Come and check out the Uppity Minions Fan Page on Facebook

noreply@blogger.com (PaintedBullShop.com) — Mon, 17 May 2010 15:34:00 +0000

I've gone out on my own...

noreply@blogger.com (PaintedBullShop.com) — Sun, 16 May 2010 03:22:00 +0000

Okay, so I have really given up on the idea of selling online on Etsy...or Artfire...or any other venue for that matter. It was a frustrating 2 years, but now I feel like any work I do for promoting my own site will actually be a good thing...cause it is my own site and I don't have to deal with all that venue crap. Damn those handmade venues, they are nothing more then idealistic, groupie favoritism, and cupcake bands of followers...very much like the shit you have to deal with in high school, it sucks ass!

So this is why I have finally gotten the balls and got my own site. And that is why I have started this Painted Bull Shop Fan Page on Facebook... So if you are on facebook, please like me...so that I can shorten my Facebook Fan Page URL!

I also have joined up with other women artist who are fed up with the venue shit...and we have created a collective of shops, sort of like a cooperative called: Uppity Minions

But that is another story...and another posting.

Ta!

Click this link and get some Clevergoods!

noreply@blogger.com (PaintedBullShop.com) — Tue, 04 May 2010 15:19:00 +0000

Coupon we have Coupon... (sob of gratitude)

Join us as we celebrate our opening (drumroll) enter clevergoods at checkout and get 20 percent off entire Uppity Minions purchase!

-JJ & Painted Bull

Uppity Minions Site is a Go!

noreply@blogger.com (PaintedBullShop.com) — Mon, 03 May 2010 16:28:00 +0000

We Are Go!

Hey, come visit us at our new shop! No illusions of grandeur, just a site that works, people that respect one another and happen to think our buyer's are pretty important too.

Think Little Engine that finally got pissed off enough.

Hell yeah!

I am an Uppity Minion and I am proud!

-JJ Painted Bull

And Goodbye to Etsy...

noreply@blogger.com (PaintedBullShop.com) — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 15:31:00 +0000

Well, this last bit of Dopplegate Google issues was the final straw that broke this bull's back. I finally took the chance to get my own website. I am very excited about this because I will be able to have control over all aspects of my shop.

I am still working on loading the site up, which is www.PaintedBullShop.com so stop by and take a peek...

I used Pappashops and really recommend their services.

For my template I had Emily from Emmarie Designs change up one of her basic templates a bit...

She did a fabulous job.

So stay tuned for the official grand opening of Painted Bull Shop, the postcards and mailings are being designed now...but if you absolutely need some funky necklace, I am running a 20% off sale for Mother's Day on the site, so check it out.

-JJ & Painted Bull

New Bull, and that ain't no shite!

noreply@blogger.com (PaintedBullShop.com) — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 23:31:00 +0000

So I opened a new shop on Etsy:

Crocodile Deliverance selling Handspun Yarn....you can find it at www.CrocDeli.com

Then all the Dopplegate stuff happened on Etsy...and like the many migrants found my self over at Zibbits.

My Zibbet shops are: www.Zibbet.com/PaintedBull
and www.Zibbet.com/CrocodileDeliverance

I am really liking the set up over and Zibbets, and my CrocodileDeliverance shop is a premier account so I can fix it up how I like.

Another thing happened to me on the way to the forum...the Etsy Forum that is!

Safe to say that a picture is worth a thousand words...right?

Nuff said!

So...until the shite hits the fan... adiós!

-JJ and Painted Bull and Crocodile Deliverance aka CrocDeli

New shop on Etsy!

noreply@blogger.com (PaintedBullShop.com) — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 17:27:00 +0000

Please check out my new shop on Etsy: Crocodile Deliverance

I spin and ply all my own homespun yarn on my handcrafted Majacraft Rose Wheel, or my Jonathan Bosworth, Tracy Eichheim, Forrester or Grizzly Mountain Arts handmade spindles. All the alpaca fiber is from our own alpacas, and I wash and card this fiber by hand. All yarn is washed in extremely hot water to set the twist and to full and soften the yarn. Please convo me if you have any questions or comments. See my Fiber Art Jewelry Etsy Shop PaintedBull.etsy.com or my personal Etsy account jjwalts.etsy.com for positive feedback. Thank you.

Support handmade items and supplies, Buy Handmade!

-Painted Bull’s Crocodile Deliverance

-JJ & Painted Bull

Weavolution

noreply@blogger.com (PaintedBullShop.com) — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 23:46:00 +0000

What does Weavolution offer that you cannot find anywhere else online?

1. Discover a dedicated gathering place for handweavers. Weavolution allows you to focus on your weaving. We are ALL weaving ALL the time. Nothing else.

2. Post your projects, looms, drafts, and yarns--all in your notebook called My Stuff. (And edit your information any time).

3. Upload images at 800 x 800 pixels, allowing you to record, share and view minute details of color and stucture (Tips on Pics under the Help tab).

4. Find roomy comment fields allowing up to 2000 characters and pictures to document your creative warping, weaving and finishing processes.

5. Click on any project picture or draft entered in the last month and it will automatically enlarge (Try a second click for even greater detail!).

6. We know what features are most important to handweavers: looms, drafts, images and a wide variety of groups to join and forums to discuss their interests with other weavers.

7. Calculate the materials needed for your next project with our enhanced Resources section or find a guild to visit on your next trip!

Why not give it a try? Join the Weavolution!
Come check it out!

-JJ & Painted Bull

My little girl can fly an ultralight!

noreply@blogger.com (PaintedBullShop.com) — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 02:26:00 +0000

Here is a video of my daughter flying an ultralight airplane. My dad has been teaching her to fly:

-JJ & Painted Bull

Link to Etsy Wars....

noreply@blogger.com (PaintedBullShop.com) — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 00:12:00 +0000

http://etsybitch.blogspot.com/2009/07/here-is-article.html

The link!

-JJ & Painted Bull

Something close to my heart...EtsyFAIL

noreply@blogger.com (PaintedBullShop.com) — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 17:32:00 +0000

Etsy Bitch has a new post that I really cannot wait to see fully fleshed out.

Since my Fuck You Etsy incident, I have often wondered why Etsy can still get away with all the crap they dump on their sellers. So perhaps this Fortune Small Business article can be a starting point, and Etsy will actually begin to be accountable for their actions.

I will post the link to the FBS article when it becomes available.

-JJ & Painted Bull

View from my back porch...

noreply@blogger.com (PaintedBullShop.com) — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:10:00 +0000

Just some pictures of Mulky Gap...

-JJ & Painted Bull

Frustrated and Confused

noreply@blogger.com (PaintedBullShop.com) — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 19:41:00 +0000

I just do not get it sometimes. See...my idiot husband has switched his dip preference to this new chew from Camel (snuns or something like that), he says that you...uh this is sickening...do not need to spit it out (it is spit less chewing tobacco). So knowing Dan, I am a little curious that perhaps he has got it wrong, I mean spit less dip? Anyway, I go online to Camel.com to check it out....

...and would you believe that you cannot even see anything on the site unless you actually sign up online and give them all sorts of information. Now, I am no prude but I bet you anything that I can go online and see tits and ass with absolutely no problem at all (no sign up needed)...Damn it to hell!

Now to see if I can find out about these little smokeless, spit less chewing tobacco or dip...they look like little tea bags in the shape of large elongated rodent turds....

Okay, I digress...

-JJ & Painted Bull

Weavolution Official Press Release

noreply@blogger.com (PaintedBullShop.com) — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 18:29:00 +0000

Press Release
June 8, 2009
Contact: Claudia Segal (240) 994-3099
claudiajane@weavolution.com
www.weavolution.com
JOIN THE WEAVOLUTION
The new online gathering place for hand weavers
Weavolution.com, an online social network designed to meet the unique needs of
handweavers, launched its beta test on June 8, 2009. Designed to bring handweavers
together from around the world, Weavolution.com is a one-stop resource for every type
of handweaver.
From hobby to production, from peg to dobby, Weavolution provides a place for weavers
to meet, discuss and participate in moderated user groups and forums.
Members may post projects, looms, yarns, books, and accessories to share with others
and solicit feedback from other members.
But you donʼt have to be a member or even a weaver to explore the site and learn about
weaving free of charge.
Weavolution aims to become an inclusive, global community that encourages weavers
by enabling them to discover and follow trends in weaving; find local, national and
international resources; and find businesses catering to their needs. Weavolution
members can search the siteʼs databases to view items, group postings and research
information catalogued by others.
Weavolutionʼs goal is to provide a website for handweavers that is useful, fun and
helpful, and to be a resource for shops, products and ideas from around the corner and
around the world.
The project began in 2008 when three weavers from across the United States, Claudia
Segal, Tien Chiu, and Alison Giachetti, met online and formed Weavolution. Working
together with a host of dedicated volunteers, the team forged Weavolution.com into a
website with the potential to become a community.
Come, take a look. Weavolution.com is available for anyone to explore. You donʼt have
to sign up to see our site. But if you do, we hope youʼll decide to
JOIN THE WEAVOLUTION

-JJ & Painted Bull

Possibilities?

noreply@blogger.com (PaintedBullShop.com) — Sun, 10 May 2009 02:23:00 +0000

Well my husband has been going on and on about a food cart...so I thought it would give me something to do:

So I did this logo...I know it is not much but...it is keeping me busy. He is thinking Chicken Wings, Hot Dogs, and Pulled Pork Butt Sandwiches...I am thinking, Damn he is going off on the deep end!

-JJ & Painted Bull

Birthday....

noreply@blogger.com (PaintedBullShop.com) — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 14:17:00 +0000

It's my birthday today...I am 39 years old.

-JJ & Painted Bull

What I have been working on...

noreply@blogger.com (PaintedBullShop.com) — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 12:18:00 +0000

I have been working on a new market for 1000 Markets. It is a cooperative market with a twist....

I started a blog to journal the experience of creating this market:

http://cavalcadeofthemes.blogspot.com/2009/04/update-and-continuation.html

So here is to hoping this cavalcade gets of and running...

-JJ & Painted Bull

Wow, what an honor!

noreply@blogger.com (PaintedBullShop.com) — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 16:14:00 +0000

I am so proud to be a featured artist on Ninja Jenn's blog:

http://ninjajenn.blogspot.com/2009/03/free-press-friday-painted-bull.html

She has done such a fantastic post, I am so honored! Thanks woman!
-JJ & Painted Bull

Moving

noreply@blogger.com (PaintedBullShop.com) — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 16:15:00 +0000

Well we are moving to a new place this week, so I have sporadic internet service. I will try to check in as the week progresses. I just can't weight till it is all over!

-JJ & Painted Bull

New Direction Going Forward

noreply@blogger.com (PaintedBullShop.com) — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 09:37:00 +0000

So what is my happy news...

Please see the following links for more information:

Coming Soon to 1000 Markets!

1KM's new "Cooperative Market" is in the making...the Promotion/Marketing is the "product theme" of the new market that I will be managing. It is a cooperative effort between the artist who are members of the Market.

Here is the plan...The shops on 1000 Markets all have quality items, and the 1KM site is very pleasing to look at. What the "Idea" of this Co-op market would be is a combination of all different kinds of artisan products, that will appeal to many people who appreciate quality and the time it takes to make these products. Instead of just one shop marketing itself, all the shops within the market will focus their marketing for the whole "Cooperative Market."

One person can only do so much for their own shop, if we got together and all promoted the Co-op market...this will be utilizing all the individual shops within the market to bring customers to the "Cooperative Market" site on 1KM.

When many get together to promote the entire Co-op Market, it creates a sense of urgency and excitement. I know that this concept can be a success.

I have 11 years of experience with retail sales. Seven of them as a Manager and Regional Outreach Coordinator for Chico's in Sanibel Island, the company has its HQ in Fort Myers. This was back in the early 90's when Chico's was building and expanding it's company. I was fortunate to be involved with the company at such a crucial time because the whole "Chico Culture" as it was called was a very specific form of retail sales. It was more about the experience of shopping at a fabulous looking store that sold amazing quality stuff.

The 1000 Markets venue itself is going for a more polished look, and since it is a juried site, the focus seems to be more on creating a visual experience as well as shopping for Artisan Products... there is a different feel about the site. I feel the "market" idea is a fabulous one...These markets can be utilized as a selling tool.

There is a huge opportunity with this "market" concept that I think some are not truly grasping....the ability to shop using a "Market" brings a group of potential buyers that already are a "focus" or target market. Instead of being one individual shop among many, the market brings a group of us together and give us something to build on. The Market is like an athletic "Team" in the true sense of the word...even though there are individual rewards (ie your shop sales) the success of the "team" also depends on the effort that the individual puts into the "Team Events."

That is what I mean by this being a working market...a business market...the possibilities are endless.

I will be working on developing a cohesive plan for the market and flesh out the various forms of participation that would be required to join this market. This "member cooperative participation" must be distinctly understood by all future members of the market.

I will be posting more information regarding this market on this thread, as well as here on my blog, so please be sure to check on the progress of what I hope will become a sort of flagship market on 1000 Markets. It will be a bold and active member participation market that I think will really make a difference and become a powerhouse of talent for the 1KM site.

This is the beginning of a beautiful day and productive future. Thank you all so much.

-JJ & Painted Bull

Fellow 1KM Shop Owners

noreply@blogger.com (PaintedBullShop.com) — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 18:36:00 +0000

1KM Artist Cooperative Market!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Let us start a market for quality artisan products, and the 1KM artist shops who want to promote themselves and the market as a whole.

This can be the markets “theme”...

1KM Artist Co-op…working together to create sales and marketing opportunities for all members.

Oh boy, anyone with me on this one?

I just looked at all the markets on the site...This would be something totally different. Where shop owners can take part in marketing their own shops as part of a Market. It can be open to anyone who is willing to be supportive and contribute to the promotion and marketing of the 1KM Artist Cooperative Market.

Where quality products and a wonderful shopping experience are what the market members want to promote...to work together to build a following and create a real business like arena for artist who want promote and sell their wares...

This would not be just a social group market...but a serious business minded market. Where we all contribute to building relationships with others who see the "Market" as a business opportunity.

Lets get the word out there about our shops, we are here, we have fabulous products, and we want to get people to visit our shops and actually create energy that generates sales!

That must be understood. This is a working market, a business minded market...

If you are a member of 1KM then please check out this post:

http://www.1000markets.com/forums/19/topics/2841

I am curious to see what kind of response I get.

-JJ & Painted Bull