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Ahhh Jenny and The Rose! A Undead Ed conversion! I had alot of fun modifing her.
Gruesomeness - great work!
Cool man! you should do more of this before and after, this way we really understand your stuning work!
looks like she's going to be late to her quinceanera
good grief.
very cool to see the before pic on this one.
very cool to see the before pic on this one.
hell yes awesome job!!
Good god this is fantastic.... So sickly beautiful.. Nice work..
gawd...you are good
much better than the original version
much better than the original version
Really? Thanks I'm just not as happy as I thought I would be about her.
I don't know whuts worse... the fact that I love this stuff, or the fact that I started laughing when I saw it!! XD
Jesus christ in a sandwich! I love the before and after yay for undeadness!!!
I LOVE zombies!!!!!!and she is a perfect one (the neck bite with all the muscle tissue exposed is fantastic!!!)
LOL I love you XDDDD
What about modifying a bit the W.I.T.C.H> dolls? I hate them XD
What about modifying a bit the W.I.T.C.H> dolls? I hate them XD
WITCH dolls? what are those? Never heard of them. Give me a link to where I could buy them!
BTW I love you too!
BTW I love you too!
this one is so totally sweet! Nice one!

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Nekku is chosen to carry out a particularly brutal contract.
Speed was the only thing that mattered. The man ran; he ran for his very life. He had to escape, he had to get away, he had to LIVE!
But it was, of course, not to be.
Nekku raced after the man, speeding through the wet alleyways of Ba Sing Se's Lower Ring. It was raining a hard November rain, and the droplets of water pounded off his skin and clothes. He would have waterbended, but the contractor had specifically asked them to kill the man with that knife. He was breathing heavily, but he wouldn't stop, not until he had hit his mark.
Speed wasn't enough for the man, not this time. All his life he had been fast, but he wasn't fast enough to outrun an assassin.
Nekku ran the man down. He got within three feet of his target, and made a pounce. The man went down with Nekku, who was raising his dagger in the air. Water beat off the man's face, mixing with sweat. He was wild with desperation.
"No!" the man yelled. "No, please, you can't do this!"
Nekku didn't respond with anything except a short jabbing motion with his knife. It came down onto the man, and then sunk in him. Nekku shuddered at the feeling. His knife sank down into the man's heart as he drew his final breath. The young waterbender had just killed a man.
Nekku stood up shakily, then stumbled a bit, supporting himself on one of the walls of the narrow side passage. He would never get used to that feeling. He resisted the urge to keel over, and walked over to the dead body, from which blood was steadily seeping. He quickly pulled the knife out of the body, trying not to dwell on what he had just done. That had always proved to be the best way to get around it; he just needed to ignore it, think about something else.
Wei ran up to him, followed quickly by Feng. Wei walked up to the body, and touched it gently with the tip of her foot.
"Nice work, Nekku. Let's go cash this one in."
Feng nodded, and he followed Wei, with Nekku shakily following behind him.
"Man," Nekku whispered. "She's been taking the grieving process really well."
"Yeah, she has. I guess she took Lily telling her not to be too sad to heart. Although she does pray a lot more often, nowadays."
Nekku nodded. "Good. It's nice to see her up and about."
An Offer that Cannot be Refused
The three friends made their way through the narrow alleyways, and eventually got to the contractor's house. He accepted his knife back from Nekku, and paid the kids in full.
They hurried back to their small house. Wei immediately went inside and fell into bed, falling asleep quickly. Feng and Nekku went over near the small fountain in the middle of their square, and began to practice waterbending and sandbending.
They were out there for a few more hours, practicing their moves. The rain had stopped, leaving a cloudy, gray sky. They were out there for about two hours when the man came.
He was an unassuming man. He was wearing plain clothes and had his black hair in a long ponytail. He walked straight up to the two young assassins, and dropped a bag of money on the ground in front of them.
"That's your first taste," he said. "Come inside if you want to hear my offer." And, with that, he walked inside their house.
Feng looked at Nekku, who shrugged, and motioned to go on after the man, which Feng promptly did. Inside the house, Wei had already gotten out of bed, and was sitting at the table with the man, who turned around as Nekku and Feng entered the building.
"Please," he said, "Take a seat. Hear my offer." They did as he asked.
"Now," he said. "I come as a representative from the Merchant's Guild. You are familiar with us, I take it?"
Feng nodded. "A group of merchants that work together to increase profits and such. Yes, I'm familiar."
"Alright, good. We know of your... Skills. You three are gaining quite the reputation here in the Lower Ring. At any rate, we need a contract. There's been a man, an independent merchant, who's been making a killing. He buys so low and sells at just the right price, we can't hope to compete with him here in the Ring. He's cutting into our profits. On top of that, he's insulted the Guild to our face and in public. He needs to go."
Feng looked at him. "How much."
"Ah, of course. That bag of silver there is only a taste. We can't expect you to take the offer without a sizable sum of gold, of course. Believe me, you will be a great deal richer at the end of this."
"Alright," Wei said. "We'll take it. Give us the details."
The man produced a drawing from his coat.
"This is what he looks like," he said. "He runs a store on the other side of the Ring. Just ask around for directions to Chang's. Oh, and there is one specific thing I left out. We want it done both publicly and violently. One of you needs to be prepared for this."
He nodded towards Nekku.
"We'd like you to do it, Waterbender."
"Wh... But... Why me?" Nekku stuttered quietly.
"You're the youngest. We need to show them that the Merchant's Guild has the power to kill with only a young man."
"Hey, man, listen. I'm sorry, but of the three of us, Nekku's definitely not the most comfortable with killing. Especially with killing an innocent man in a violent manner," Wei said.
"No," Nekku spoke up. "No, Wei. I'm fine. I'll be fine. I'll do it."
"You sure?"
"Yeah. I'm sure. Mostly."
She sighed. "Alright, then," she said to their contractor. "We'll take the job."
"Excelent. Come to the Merchant's Guild headquarters in the Middle Ring when you're finished, and you'll be paid in full."
The man got up and left the room quietly. When he was out of the house, he ducked into an alleyway quickly. A voice came from the shadows.
"Did you give them the contract, Shao?"
The man looked at the wall, where a man dressed in the garb of the Dai Li stepped out. s "Oh, hey, Jin Lo. Yeah. It's done. We'll see how the boy responds to this."
"You know Long Feng still wants this dealt with."
"I know. I still say we give it just a bit of time. If the Shroud doesn't clean it up for us, we can do it ourselves. Give it a week or so."
"Alright. I'll tell Long Feng your advice. Be careful, friend. Don't let the Guild know you're with the Dai Li."
"I won't. You be careful. as well."
Jin Lo folded back into the shadows, where he tapped the wall, opening a door, which he stepped through, leaving Shao alone in the small alleyway.
Wei took her daggers from her room, and her knives from a dresser. Feng got Shi from the wall. Nekku grabbed his bow and two scimitars from the Si Pan Desert they had taken off a target a few weeks ago. Wei told the boys she had to get something, and walked out of the house, promising to be back in a few minutes.
"Nekku," Feng said. "Are you absolutely sure you want to go through with this?"
"I- I am. I'll have to get used to killing sometime, Feng. And with the amount of gold the Guild is offering us..."
"I guess so. If you decide that you don't want to, just let us know. Me or Wei can handle it if need be."
"I said I'll do it, Feng, and I will."
Nekku walked into the kitchen. Feng sighed, and followed him.
Wei was back. When the two boys walked in, she beamed and held up her newest purchase. Two cloaks, with black hoods, complete with pieces of cloth to hide all of their faces but their eyes.
"Pretty cool, huh? I figure since the kill has to be public, we should get some disguises. And these are about as badass as they come."
Feng grabbed one, feeling the quality of the fabric. "Hey, nice thinking, Wei. Man, why did I not think of that?" Wei chuckled.
"Alright, guys," Feng said. "Get ready. We'll be leaving from the back. We aren't going to put our cloaks on until we're ready to make the kill, but we should probably stay out of sight as much as possible nonetheless. Someone might recognize our weapons."
Nekku nodded, and swallowed hard. The three friends quietly and quickly snuck out from the back of their small abode. They made their way through the alleyways. Feng led them to a small corner of the city, and gently kicked the mound on the ground.
"Oy, Joe. Joe. Joe!"
The mound rose slowly.
"Ugh, yeah, yeah, whaddaya want?"
"Directions. You know where a guy named Chang has a shop?"
"Of course. A lotta people are talking about him. Best prices in the city, they're saying. Just head over to that big-ass fountain they got over near Leo Square. It's near there."
"Got it. Thanks, Joe." Feng flipped a silver coin his way.
"Yeah, yeah, no problem. By the way, you know those guys you told me to watch out for? The ones in the black cloaks?"
Feng stopped, then nodded.
"What about them?"
"I've seen them. Talking with the Dai Li."
"What. When? Why? What'd they say?"
"Oh, they never pay attention to us beggars. One of them met with one of the Dai Li right here. Black-cloaked fella called himself Rayu. Dai Li's man called himself Jin Lo. There was a lot of talking about how long Rayu'd stay in the city. Eventually he just said he needed three weeks to get his 'target'. You'd better be careful, Feng."
"Uh... Yeah. Thanks, Joe. You've helped a lot with this information." Feng flipped the old man a gold coin, and walked off with Wei and Nekku.
"One week," Wei said. "One week. Rayu... I guess there's a fourth member we don't know about. We need to be ready for them. The Shroud thinks they only need a week. They're gonna make a push."
Feng nodded. "We'll be careful."
A Violent Death
The trio snuck their way through the alleyways of the Lower Ring. They let no one see them but Joe. When they got just outside of Leo Square, they all donned their cloaks, and walked out into the bright sunlight.
The clouds from earlier in the day had disappeared, though the ground was still wet from the showers. The square was one of the bigger ones in the Lower Ring, and was crowded with people peddling goods, gossiping about someone or another, or laughing together. Nekku felt the light on his face, and sighed.
"You guys ready?" he said. "Go steal from him. Bring him out into the square. I'll... I'll do it when he's out here."
Wei nodded, and she and Feng turned towards the small shop with a sign labeled 'Chang's Change' over it.
They walked into the establishment silently. It had a few lingering customers, but business was slow that day for Chang. The man himself was leaning on the counter, whistling a tune. He smiled at the newcomers. He was naively unsuspicious of their black cloaks. This would prove to be his fatal mistake.
"Welcome to Chang's Change!" he said. "Feel free to browse!"
Wei nodded to Feng. The two of them walked to the counter. Wei quickly grabbed a sack of coin lying near the shopkeeper, while Feng grabbed for an expensive-looking vase. They turned tail and ran with their prizes.
"Hey!" Chang yelled out. "Hey, what the hell are you doing?! Get back here! Guards! Guards!" He dashed out of the shop after them.
When he got out, however, they were gone. In their place was a smaller boy, wearing a similar black cloak. A bit of his blonde hair was showing through the hood.
"The Merchant's Guild says hello," the boy said, loud enough for people around them to hear.
Without pause, without hesitation, with the unthinking efficiency of an assassin, the boy unsheathed his two scimitars, ran up, and drove them through the shopkeeper, so forcefully that he was lifting the man in the air with the swords.
He looked into the man's eyes at that moment. They were surprised. Confused. Sad. They didn't want to die. They weren't meant to die. They were eyes full of life.
Nekku put his foot on the man's chest, and kicked, sending his body sprawling. The life-filled eyes rolled back into his head, and suddenly Chang wasn't so filled of life anymore.
Nekku was shaking. "What... What have I done..." he whispered to himself. "That man was innocent... He did nothing... He never hurt anybody... He helped people..."
He didn't see the guards around him. They were drawing their weapons, pointing them at the boy. "You there!" one of them shouted. "Drop your weapons and come with us! You're under arrest by authority of the Earth King!"
Wei ran up, and grabbed Nekku by the wrist.
"Come on," she yelled, "We've got to go!"
Nekku fumbled along blindly behind her. The guards continued to shout their warnings, but the three assassins paid no mind. Arrows and earth started to fly. When it was finally clear to the guards that they weren't going to yield, they began to earthbend and shoot from bows at them. Feng suddenly turned around, opening a sword-wielding soldier from shoulder to armpit. Wei loosed knives at a bowman, sending him reeling to the ground, bleeding from three new holes in his body.
"Nekku!" Feng yelled. "Wanna help us out a bit?"
"Oh, um... Yeah..." Nekku drew some water from his pouch, but he was shaking. He lost concentration, and the water spilled to the ground.
Feng ran toward him. "Nekku!" he yelled. He grabbed the young boy by the arm, and dragged him behind him, arrows and earth raining behind the two. Wei ran in front of them and skewered two guards running towards them, and Feng stomped the earth, sending out a rock. In addition to leaving a long ditch in the ground, it sent an earthbender flying. He made an upward motion with his arm, bringing up two large boulders, and kicked, sending them both flying. Wei motioned at Feng, who brought a pillar up under her. She propelled through the air, landing perfectly on a rooftop archer, burying a dagger in his neck. Three earthbenders ran up. One launched a pillar from a wall, directed at Feng. He stepped to the side of it, and stomped the ground, sending one of the benders flying. The last sent a boulder at him; Feng punched towards it, and it shattered. The remaining earthbender sent three boulders flying towards Feng. He dodged two of them, and caught the last with his bending, sending it at the enemy. It hit him square in the chest, sending him into a wall.
Wei, still on the roof, watched Feng take down the three benders. She spotted an archer to her left, directing an arrow at Feng. She ran forward, slitting the bowman's neck. She sent a few knives down from her roof, hitting a bender and a large man with an axe, killing them both.
Wei looked on as more guards spilled into the small square.
"Hey!" she yelled down. "We've got to move! Now!"
Feng nodded, as Wei jumped down to join him. He grabbed Nekku by the arm, as the three of them ran.
"Nekku," Feng said. "Please. You've got to get moving!"
He nodded silently.
"Sorry. Yeah, I got it," he said, as he began running alongside them.
The mob of guards ran after them. Fighters armed with swords, axes, hammers, and such weapons ran close behind them, with earthbenders mixed in, and archers following them on the rooftops.
They stopped as a group of five guards popped out suddenly from an alleyway.
"Cut them off!" one man yelled. The guards moved to surround them. Feng saw an opening, and took off through it, Wei and Nekku following close behind. Archers rained arrows around them, while Earthbenders launched boulders.
Nekku was faltering. He kept stumbling over his own feet, nearly tripping. Wei tried to keep him with the group desperately.
On the roof, an archer saw his chance. He took careful aim, and loosed an arrow. It flew through the air, and hit the youngest of the group.
Feng heard the thump as Nekku hit the ground. He turned around, and looked on in horror.
"Nekku... Nekku!" he yelled, running back. There were nearly twenty guards around them. Feng couldn't stop, so he picked Nekku up, and carried him on his back.
"Come on, Wei!" he cried. "We gotta get out of here as soon as we can!"
She nodded. They ran through the city streets, stopping every once in a while to take out a guard or two. They ran through alleyways and small roads that would get most people lost, but they couldn't seem to shake the guards. Nekku was losing a lot of blood.
"In here!" Wei yelled. She kicked open a door. The two of them went through and shut it before any guards came.
Wei looked out through the window quietly, and watched the guards run past the small building they were in. Feng leaned down to Nekku, examining the wound. It had pierced through his upper body, on the bottom right side of his chest. Nekku was moaning in pain.
"Alright, buddy," Feng said. "Just relax. Relax. I'm gonna pull the arrow out. Just relax."
He broke off the head of the arrow, and quickly yanked out the shaft. He put his hand over Nekku's mouth as the young boy screamed out in pain.
"Alright, man, you're doing great. Just let me stop the blood flow. It'll all be good, you'll see."
He picked his cloak up, and ripped a piece off. He carefully spread it out over the wound, stopping the blood as best he could.
Wei turned away from the window and towards Feng and Nekku.
"Alright, guys," she said. "The guards are gone. We escaped. How's Nekku holding up?"
"He's passed out. We need to get him to a doctor, now."
Wei nodded. She ripped off her hood and cloak. Feng did the same, and ripped Nekku's off as well. He carried the young boy out the door, following closely behind Wei.
The two of them wove their way through the streets of Ba Sing Se, until they came to a small house in the middle of the Lower Ring. "Wait here," Feng told Wei. He carried Nekku inside the building.
A man was calmly wiping his blood-stained hands inside. He looked up as Feng entered.
"Hey there, son, what can I-" He stopped when he saw Nekku. "Put him there," he said, motioning to a table in the middle of the room.
Feng went and got Wei, then. They both sat in the room, watching the doctor go about his business. After a long while, he came to them.
"Alright, the arrow missed any vital organs. It went through clean, and you managed to get it out clean. I've patched it up, all Nekku needs now is some rest. By the way, can I ask how he got an arrow shot through him?"
"Erm, you probably shouldn't," Wei said. The man nodded.
"At any rate," Feng said. "Thank you." He gave the doctor a silver piece, and he and Wei carried their injured friend home.
Three Weeks
Two days later, Nekku was feeling much better, though his wound still pained him. Feng and Wei had gotten their reward the day before: Nearly four hundred gold pieces. Feng approached the waterbender during breakfast that day.
"Hey, Nekku," he said. "You feeling okay?"
Nekku took a bite of his apple. "Yeah, I guess so. Still hurts, but I'll be fine."
"Alright. Hey... You wanna talk about... You know. What happened?"
Nekku lowered his apple.
"I killed a man, Feng. An innocent man, who did more good than harm. Why?"
"We're assassins. That's what we do. We don't think, we don't question it. We act. We kill."
"Then what kind of people does that make us?"
"The kind of people who do what we must to survive. The kind of people who serve. Listen, Nekku. I'm no saint. Neither is Wei. Neither are you. We're sinners, all three of us. We've done some horrible things. I won't say it's for the greater good. But it's what we do. Everything dies eventually."
Nekku took a bite of his apple.
"Just don't let it get to ya, okay, buddy?" Feng said.
Nekku nodded. "Alright. Thanks for the pep talk, Feng. I'll try. It'll be hard, but I'll try."
Feng patted him on the shoulder.
"Are you well enough to fight? We know what's coming."
"Not right now. Within three weeks I might be able to."
Feng nodded. "Good. We're gonna need all three of us."
Nekku smiled. "Ha, don't worry. I'll be good."
The two friends settled down for some breakfast, as Wei stumbled out of her room sleepily. They were going to enjoy their last days before the next fight as much as they could.
Ehan mulled over a meal in the building he and the others had made their base. He poked at his fish with a fork, not feeling very hungry.
He shoved it away from him, and looked around. Airan was sharpening his greatsword in a corner. Kayla was throwing spikes of ice at a dartboard.
Rayu was looking at a map of the city. He spoke, without turning his back.
"Three weeks. The Dai Li has given us three weeks."
"So?" Ehan said to him. "Three weeks is more than enough time. I say we bag 'em tomorrow."
"No," Rayu said back to him. "No, we're not ready. Not yet. They've been talking to that beggar. They know we're coming. We'll catch them unawares."
Airan nodded.
"Rayu. The Shadowborn... He's certainly inherited his father's ability," he said. "But he is untrained. Unrefined. A child. The four of us will kill him and his friends." "Let us hurry up and finish with this tedium," Kayla said, falling into a chair. "This constant came of cat and mouse bores me." She threw another dart at the board.
"It will be finished. Rest up. The Dai Li is watching us. We can't afford to attract any more attention to ourselves than we already have. That bombing of the monorail was sloppy, Airan."
"Yes, yes, you've gone over this."
Rayu sighed, and rubbed his temples.
"The Shadowborn will die," he said, walking away from the map. "I will make sure of it."
- I siriusly doubt someone would be walking around after two days, if they even survived a wound like that. But this is a series where people can randomly jump enormous heights in combat, so whatever.
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This is a dishonest company with difficult customer service. They only allow you to communicate with them through email - I was never able to find a phone number and when I asked in the email if there was someone I could speak with on the phone, the representative I was working with ignored my request. I was only registered as a seller for a few days and within those days they took a good amount of my money and refused to give it back when I closed my account less than a week later.
Long story short, don't work with this company.
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Ordered item a month ago and still have not recieved it. Seller will not email me back. Have filed a claim with paypal. I will never order from them again. Crooks
We've been selling via Artfire as well as other platforms online for years, then all of the sudden we're lock out from Artfire for no reason. Post contacting Artfire, only Facebook works guys, there is no email contact, we tried, did not work..anyway, the problem is they claim we have a unprocessed order. We keep better records than Thomas Jefferson and show them that that order was shipped and delivered 2 months ago-that somehow their system had a bubu and lock us out. There were no email warning or inquiry, had no problem withdrawing account payment form us-they set that up very well...just close the door on us. During and after our communication with them, there were no apologizes of any kind or professional manner in dealing with problems originated by their poor system, as if the whole thing was run by some teenagers...bad experience over all.
Don't bother trying to sell there. They don't need your business. That's the attitude you will get once you have paid them to sell there.
They lured me in with their promo of $35.85 for 3 months. No contract, blah blah blah. They immediately take out $35.85 plus $5. I found their platform is crap (very illogical, very confusing, pictures take FOREVER to upload onto their website, even using a .csv file as they have listed on their site doesn't integrate properly, you will still have to go in and manually fix every single listing before it can even become live). If you ask for help, they are short as if it's a bother.
If you are dissatisfied and cancel. Don't bother trying to get your money back or trying to speak with someone. They are useless. Had to file a dispute with Paypal to get my $5 plus the additional $18 they took back)-no refund for the $35.85 for services they half a**ed provided. Had to have Paypal cancel the contract w/them so they could no longer take money from my account.
They will not prorate a refund for you even if you have only used 2 weeks of their 3 months. The "No Contract" is a scam. Once you pay for 3 months, that is your contract--even though it is not stated on their promo, which they should.
Yeah, learn from my mistake. There is no traffic there either so not only will you waste money, you'll also waste time.
I ordered a tu tu for my daughter for her first birthday, but later on had to cancel it due to it not being able to be delivered to me on time. I emailed TheTutuLadies and asked for a refund, no response! If refunds are not allowed they should have least told me that and I would have def. Told them to send the order anyway that I PAID for!!
Order leggings for my wife for christmas. Got the run around and day 15 and still nothing. Was told it was at the post office cause there was no address given. If no address was given how did you know to send it to the post office around the corner from me. Finally went to the post office and what do you know they have no package for me and have no clue what I'm talking about. This place is a joke and fraudulent. Stay away I never recommend this place. Run
I ordered a tee shirt for a friends birthday at the end of last month...... my "seller" is very unhelpful.. like " she" said " it will be there from 3-7 days!"
About 3 weeks..... and where is my shirt!!
ok so i deactivated all my listings to close my shop. But hey!! They just reactivated all my listings and took 60$ from my credit card!! So i deleted all my listings and wrote to support to close my shop. And what do you think?! They took another 12$ from my credit card because i hav no listings and this means i need a new plan for my shop which is a "per month" whatever i do. So now i have to close my credit card. I whish i could go into court.
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I ordered from The Paper Penny. They had no trouble charging my credit card but I never received my merchandise. Total ripoff. Emailed the seller many times with NO response. Needs to be reported to the Better Business Bureau. TOTAL SCAM
I ordered a bathrobe. After making the online payment and a week of waiting got an email saying "this bathrobe has been out of stock for a while. Wld you be interested in a pj set? We also have slippers"
I replied telling them to mark it as out of stock going forward and pls refund my money. She said she will consult with her boss. That was the last time I heard from her.
I feel like this website is a well thought out internet scam. Just wanted some way to let ppl know never to buy from here.
I ordeed a watch from maripur through Art Fire seven weeks ago and have been trying to get help from Art Fire because I have not received my watch. Unable to talk to anyone at Art fire or maripur to resolve my problem. Art Fire customer service is the worst company I have ever dealt with. Do not buy anything from Art Fire or any company on Art Fire if you have any problem you will never be able to get them resolved.
Adrianezh, is the person we got our birthday cake topper from and cheap packages your cake topper in a small box and ships it to you. Ours broke because the box was too small, plus and her contract it states how exactly she should shift your product and she does not ship it that way. So because she didn't ship it the way she was supposed to and stuffed it in a small box, or cake topper broke. She will not email back if your product is broken and she will not refund you any money either. The cake topper cost $50 and we received it broken.
1) They take 2 biz days to respond.
2) They don't read the emails; rather they blindly respond to a few words -- thus, your 2 days have now expanded into 4 days or more.
3) I had to make the same request 3 & 4 times because they did not read emails thoroughly.
4) There are hidden details which don't come up until you're ready to open your shop. I told them that all info like this needs to be revealed upfront.
5) I spent about 3 weeks trying to open a shop -- what with the delays & the staff not understanding English, I ended up asking them to delete my account.
6) Even when you follow the directions, their directions are scrambled, not clear, one hand does not know what the other is doing -- NO ONE IS MINDING THE SHOP!
Ordered from a vendor. Never arrived. Good luck getting a hold of Artfire support, they don't want to be found. Never again. Hope they fail before they can rip anyone else off.
I purchased a purple stone bow ring for my daughter at Christmas. She loved it. Four days ago, one of the stones fell out. I E-mailed the seller and she said no refunds after 30 days. I don't think a stone should fall out of a ring in less than 2 mos. She is an adult with a desk job, and it must've been cheaply made to fall out so quickly. Will never buy from artfire again.
I purchased something 12/26/2015. Never received my order and all contacts to artfire got no response. Stay away!
I ordered a decal to make a t-shirt for my daughter's 5th birthday. Ordered 18 days before her b'day, It is now 10 days AFTER and it still has not arrived. Paid on my PayPal account and 2 weeks later nothing has arrived. Luckily I can file a complaint through PayPal. It was not expensive but in the end there was no response from several emails to the seller, and we made our own decal and t-shirt in about 30 minutes, so no excuse is acceptable. They only had to send a decal. Ridiculous. Take this site DOWN!
I have been selling on Artfire for years and am a legacy seller. It was once a great site selling nice handmade and designed items from a great variety of artisans. There are still great shop owners who care about their craft and clients. I am one of those. I have kept my shop open and have sales but ETSY (sexy2wear) and my own site do much better. I work hard on providing great customer service and custom body jewelry designs. I have purchased from several vendors on Artfire and have had good experiences. It is very disconcerting to read all the negative reviews on here. I do believe they need to have a better resolution process for unsatisfied clients if the shop does not resolve the issue. Since Artfire is a conglomerate of many shops it's hard to rate the individual shops except based on each purchase. Therefore I'm rating my shop based on my own feedback. lol
Tip for consumers: Look at how many sales they have had, a good number of sales is usually a good sign and check their feedback rating. If there's not much feedback (sales are less on Artfire) then touch base with the shop owner prior to purchasing and see if they have feedback on another site. Most shop owners will also have another shop on Etsy or some other site where you can check the feedback.
Hidden fees.and if u don't pay them the reports go to your credit report.contacting them is almost immpossible except thru facebook messenger.i hope they crumble soon.I'd like to punch and kick the ceos of this company.
I have decided to give them a try. Several hours after I placed my order I have received the following e-mail -
"Unfortunately, we have some bad news. :(
We were unable to process your payment with PayPal and so we need to cancel order #
If you need any assistance please let us know."
And I have more than $3000 balance..... Surprisingly they no longer have the item for sale ;)
Maggie did an amazing job. Was very helpful and put up with my craziness. We love the shirts and can't wait for the kids to wear them.
Just become a seller on the Artfire.com . Pay for $20/month for a selling plan with additional 9% of combination fee . That's all I see on the plan . Listed over 900 items in the month of July/2015 . Sold only 2 items . And last week I got a bills for the commission selling , and I was very surprised because they added more 3% on each items sell . So I end up paying 12% . Email them ask why I got the additional 3% . They email me back saying that is the Hidden fee for commercial top-level category . And I still don't know what's it . If you want to because a seller , just stick with Etsy . This site is totally not worth a try . Many hidden fee and not many traffics . Listed over 900 items in 30days and got 2 items sold . Lost money , wasted time .
This is going back 2 years ago but couldn't find a place to put in my review until now,I bought some eyeshadows from a store that was Called hi fi cosmetics,after two weeks nothing came so I contacted the seller via email and she said they are on their way,another week went and still nothing so I contacted her again this time she didn't reply to my email,the eyeshadows never came and I found out that hi fi cosmetics shut down,it was my first purchase on artfire and because of the experience I had I haven't used the site at all since,I have had a much better experience with etsy than I had with artfire and I reccomend to stay away from artfire and you will find better stuff at etsy and as it was the first and last purchase I would ever make on artfire.
On May 13, 2015 I made an order with Butterfly Bowtique. I paid $55 for a bubble guppies tutu outfit for my daughters 2nd birthday to wear on her birthday. She said her turn around time was 3-4 weeks from payment to shipment. Well I emailed her the first time & she replied back saying every item is made to order so it will take 3-4 weeks from payment to shipment & said once its finished I would get a confirmation with my tracking numberoonce the label was printed. Well I emailed her 3 times and no response. I even went on her actual website and sent a message through there as well and still nothing. It is now going on what 6 weeks? And still nothing. No refund and no package. Pisses me off that someone could be so cold hearted to rip me off $55 and also do this to a 2 year old for her birthday. I had wanted it by June 12 but of course that didn't happen. I don't know what to do or who to report this person to. I will never order from this site to just be on the safe side. Yeah everyone on here may not be bad sellers but sorry I'm not going to take that chance.
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Beware! I never received my items nor a refund! Horrible company to do business with.
I get the feeling that when a seller attempts to respond to a buyer's questions, the seller responses are "lost" because somehow they are routed through AF. Found out via an email that this is what happened to the responses sent to me regarding my order. I think AF is a very bad business model. I don't know if this org is losing sellers but it is bleeding customers at this point.
Save yourself money and aggravation and stear clear of Art Fire!
Sure seems that way, Nana. It's a shame because I like to support small businesses but unless I win the lottery and can waste my $$$ with abandon, I am done with AF.
Dear Laura, I dont know if they are an active shop - the sad part here is that when dealing with AF you have no recourse. You can not reach them - ever. I have heard many similar complaints from buyers. I hope that your itme purchased was not too costly and that you can move on - we all have our AF nightmare stories. They are really the worst .
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The 4-star senior quarterback of Denton Guyer was awarded the sole QB spot on the first-team lineup of the Texas 5A All-State Football Team, released Thursday.
J.W. Walsh finished the 2010 regular season with 2,107 passing yards, 23 touchdowns, and only one interception- in addition to 869 yards on the ground with 11 rushing TDs.
Throw in his postseason numbers, and it's easy to see why he is still playing in December.
In five playoff games, Walsh threw for nearly 1,000 yards with his laser gun of an arm. He currently sits with 3,097 passing yards and 35 TDs. (Ignore his current 4 INTs. The three Walsh committed last weekend in the semifinal quickly became history after he accounted for all four of Guyer's TDs in the second half to lead his team past a Longview squad that had defeated Guyer the previous two years in the semifinal.)
Walsh enters the weekend with an accumulated 1,300 rushing yards and 16 touchdowns scored on his own.
When asked how he felt about his all-state selection, Walsh replied, "It feels great. I didn't think it would actually happen."
Why not?
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Walsh says Saturday can't come soon enough- the day he and his Wildcats will head to Cowboys Stadium to compete in their first state championship as they take on Offensive Player of the Year (RB) Malcolm Brown and Cibolo Steele.
Both teams bring 13-2 records into the 5A Division II matchup.
So what has Guyer head coach John Walsh been telling the guys this week at practices leading up to then?
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J.W. is soaking up every last second of his final high school season. Although he said he was honored to be named all-state, he said it would not mean much without a state title.
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Well cared for home on the end of a private cul-de-sac has much to offer.Living room with fireplace, vaulted ceiling and wall of windows, kitchen with snack bar, spacious master bedroom, remodeled bath and two other bedrooms with views of the beautiful private yard plus a delightful 3 season room. The basement offers plenty of storage, and half is a recreation room. Fenced yard is a gardeners dream, beautiful landscaping and perennials will be delightful surprises in the spring complete with pond and a private patio. The carport with additional storage might be able to be turned into a garage buyer wishes in the future.
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Ed and Sally Budd are taking their first tentative steps towards running their own smallholding. Earlier this year they bought a run-down bungalow with 40 acres near Hay-on-Wye, Herefordshire, where they keep two cows, two calves, five ewes and five lambs. They spend weekdays at their London home where Ed leaves each morning for his high-powered job as a City banker, while Sally has just started maternity leave from her marketing job.
Each Friday they hop into an old Land Rover which they keep at High Wycombe (to avoid the worst of the London traffic) and drive to Herefordshire, where they stay with Sally's parents. A planning application to transform the bungalow into an energy-efficient, environmentally friendly house is about to be submitted and Sally is already steeping elderflowers for her first batch of elderflower champagne. They have laid hedges, got in their first crop of potatoes and spring onions and made hurdles with hazel cut from the land.
"A local farmer looks after the animals when we aren't there in return for putting his herd on our land," says Sally. "There are a lot of smallholdings in Herefordshire, so it is all about getting to know people, going to the shows to see how things are done, reading what we can, and buying equipment and tools. Eventually we hope to move to the smallholding full-time because we want to bring up our children in the countryside. We want them to be able to make dens in the wood."
They are at the vanguard of a national renaissance in smallholdings. While the White House and Buckingham Palace are taking up turf to grow their own, others too are yearning to reconnect with the land, to know where their food comes from, and to move away from the dreariness of the desk. A plethora of television programmes – Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall's River Cottage, Dick Strawbridge's It's Not Easy Being Green, Jimmy Doherty's Jimmy's Farm – has whetted our appetites.
Even Britain's most prestigious farming event, the Royal Agricultural Show, will have a dedicated smallholders' area when it opens at Stoneleigh Park in Warwickshire this week (July 7-10). Goats will be milked, alpaca wool will be spun, pigs will show off their litters and a snail farmer and expert bee keeper will be on hand.
Some smallholders have already learned the hard way. Liz Shankland and her husband Gerry Toms have a smallholding 800 feet up a mountainside near Caerphilly. "We went about it in completely the wrong way," says Liz. "We fell in love with a traditional stone farmhouse with six acres. We saw it in the paper, came up for a drive one hot July evening and moved in late autumn. Then the rain set in."
That first autumn, the fields turned to mud and they realised they would need to install drainage to make them usable. "Gerry said, 'let's get some chickens'. I had no idea what I was doing. But people loved the eggs, so we ended up with a flock of 50. Then we got some ducks, and traditional bronze slow-growing turkeys, about 60 of them. Then we got an accidental flock of sheep. I wanted lambs to raise meat for the freezer but each of the two ewes had twins and soon we had 20."
They tried beautiful pedigree Alpine goats as well. "Don't go near them is all I can say. They were possessed by the devil," she says. "I had an orchard of fruit trees, carefully grafted, traditional Welsh varieties. The goats broke out and I only have four left." Her greatest problem now is that Hamlet, a Tamworth pig which has been adopted by BBC Wales to follow from farm to fork, is becoming too successful to be meat. "He won the best male Tamworth award at the last show I took him to."
Liz is up every day just after sunrise to feed and talk to the pigs – Tamworths and wild boar crosses, 14 altogether. She has said goodbye to commuting into BBC Bristol to work long days as a producer. The smallholding has changed all that. She now writes for Country Smallholding magazine, does some agricultural broadcasting and has written a book on how to run a smallholding. By day Gerry runs Cardiff's Millennium Stadium, then comes home to put on his wellies and mend fences at night.
Those with experience in the field are anxious that newcomers shouldn't see it as an easy option. Liz herself now offers advice. "A lot of it is learning by experience," she says, "but I do tell people to try and get some training. After we moved I did a smallholding course at the local agricultural college and an HND in countryside management. People should also talk to farmers and breeders as much as possible. One of the problems is that people think they can live off the land, but I haven't yet met anyone who is self-sufficient."
- Book tickets to the Royal Agricultural Show at Stoneleigh at www.royalshow.org.uk or phone 0844 581 1400.
- Buy The Practical Guide to Buying and Running A Smallholding in Wales by Liz Shankland (University of Wales Press, £17.99).
- For properties with enough land to keep animals or grow crops, go to The Smallholding Centre on http://thesmallholdingcentre.co.uk or phone 01239 851242.


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Coach Colin Henderson: Having been asked!! to coach the Under 14 Boys this season, I said "adieu" to last years U16's who are now playing U18 Conference.
I left them in Kyle's capable hands and joined the U14's one week before their first game. The first training session didn't go according to plan and we stepped on the court at home, the players proved they play better than they train and it was a result I wasn't expecting!
However they are now beginning to understand the work ethos expected in trainingThe players have a long way to go, but are capable of beating all the teams in the Nations smallest league. They are beginning to understand the reasoning behind the training sessions and what is expected of them both on and off the court.
They are evolving into a difficult "team" to beat and as we have players of 11, 12 and 13 on the court at the same time and all players getting court time. The U14's are in a better place than at the start of the season and although there is still a long way to go with all these players, but things are boding well for the game here in Derby.
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Jake Woodroffe Bird: "In the 1st and 2nd quarters we were playing how 'they' wanted us to play, as the hosts went up at half time. So we all upped our game and played our way back in to it.
In the 3rd we played how Trailblazers U14's should play, with pride and passion.Then before we knew it, we were up and playing harder defence. I hit a hotly contested 3-pointer in the 4th quarter and the bench went crazy.
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Over the past three years, central Washington has seen unusually high numbers of babies born with a rare birth defect. No one has determined a cause. Public health officials are holding two listening sessions this week to learn more from community members.
For babies born with anencephaly, the rare defect is fatal. During the first four weeks of pregnancy, the baby's brain and skull do not form completely.
There have been 23 babies born with anencephaly in Yakima, Benton, and Franklin counties from 2010 to 2013. Normally, health officials would expect to see one or two cases.
Investigators at the state health department compared healthy pregnancies to those involving children born with the defect.
They checked out risk factors: nitrates in well water, obesity, Hispanic ethnicity. Nothing seemed to be a cause.
Now, health officials are turning to the public for more clues, with two listening sessions this week.
Epidemiologists say they want to hear from people locally, who may know something investigators haven't yet considered.
The sessions will be on Tuesday, May 13, in Sunnyside and Wednesday, May 14, in Kennewick. Both start at 6 p.m.
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Bangor win over Armagh keeps title race and promotion hunt alive
Bangor 2-0 Armagh City
As the Belfast Telegraph Championship One title race enters its final straight, it's worth remembering that it is points – not performances – that win prizes. For while Bangor may not have produced the latter against Armagh City on Saturday, a 2-0 victory at least ensured them the former.
With Carrick Rangers level on games with Bangor, but two points ahead in top spot, and Ards in second with an extra game played over both, three points were an absolute must for the Seasiders to stay in the three-way chase for promotion, either automatically by winning the league, or by means of the play-off route awarded to the Championship One runners-up.
A number of factors should have made this a more comfortable afternoon for Bangor – home advantage, Armagh's mid-table position, the fact that their opponents were fielding their fourth choice goalkeeper, that City have an important Mid Ulster Cup final against Dungannon Swifts to prepare for on Tuesday, and that the away side were reduced to 10 men after just 20 minutes.
But in the end, this was a win that Bangor had to sweat for… and not only because of the simmering mid-Spring heat.
Bangor manager Jeff Montgomery later admitted: "At the tail end of the season, it's all about getting the three points. It is more important to get the result than to worry about the performance.
"We put on some good early pressure, and were disappointed not to be 2-0 up by the time of the sending-off, but after that, we didn't seem to cope with having the extra man. That was credit to Armagh, and how well they pressed us.
"All we can do is to try to keep winning and putting pressure on Carrick and Ards. It is an old cliché, but it really is one game at a time… and now we have two left to play."
Bangor's start to the game was as bright as the sun-kissed conditions providing its backdrop. Andrew Long and twice Barry Walsh were unfortunate to fire over the bar from close quarters in the opening 10 minutes.
However the hosts' positive approach was duly rewarded in the 13th minute, as Ethan Boylan rifled the ball home on the volley from just inside the area.
A few minutes after this, there was a shaky moment for home keeper Darren Gibbons when he missed the ball after coming out to challenge Stephen Murray, but fortunately for him, Kris Pike cleared from the Armagh striker's eventual shot to spare his blushes.
However, the away side showed themselves equally capable of blundering at the back, with that red card offence on 20 minutes, and while there did not appear to be a great deal of malicious intent in Luke Grimley bringing down Boylan, the fact that he was the last man left referee Graham McIlwrath with no choice but to dismiss him.
This was Bangor's chance to assert some dominance, but Mark Cooling was just wide with the resultant free kick, and Walsh couldn't quite get the ball over the keeper with an attempted chip.
In fact, Armagh could easily have had the scores level in the 26th minute, but Philip Donnelly drove narrowly wide from an excellent Dale Montgomery forward pass, while Gibbons had to be quick off his line to intercept a flick-on from Donnelly heading towards Murray.
The apparent unease amongst the Bangor faithful turned into a detectable anxiety on the stroke of half time when Murray yet again beat Gibbons to the ball before crashing a shot against the upright, while the Bangor keeper did well to get to a low shot from Eamon Kelly just seconds after that.
The second half didn't begin with any great signs of urgency from either side, and although Richard Gibson did tap in from a Pike free kick in the 57th minute, the whistle had already gone for a foul on debutant Armagh keeper Eoin Donaghy.
Meanwhile, a wide shot from Armagh's Murray, and an effort just over from his team-mate Andrew Moore drew gasps from the home support, serving as a reminder of how slender the lead was in this crucial fixture.
Bangor boss Jeff Montgomery was clearly mindful of this too, bringing on Jordan Forsythe with less than half an hour to go… and the former Lisburn Distillery winger had an almost immediate impact, whipping in a superb cross, with one of his first touches, for Gibson, who directed his 68th minute header beyond the impressive Donaghy's reaches.
With Forsythe on, Bangor looked a much more purposeful, threatening prospect, and the substitute could consider himself unfortunate not to get himself on the score-sheet in the 90th minute, when after a neat piece of individual skill, he fired just past the far post.
"It was a hard job for us, after going down to 10 men," accepted Armagh boss Marty Rice. "But I was pleased with how organised we were.
"It has been a massive learning curve, coming up from Championship Two. Our goalkeeper today hadn't ever played at this level before and deserves huge credit, while our back three were aged 20, 21 and 22."
Darren Gibbons: Can take satisfaction in clean sheet. 7
Dean Youle: Cleared the danger when required: 7
Kris Pike: An impressive defensive display. 8
Thomas Wray: Never looked unduly troubled. 7
Colin Nixon: Did a solid job. 7
Barry Walsh: Persistent, unlucky not to score. 7
Andrew Long: Made some decent headway down the right. 7
Mark Cooling: A towering midfield presence. 7
Andrew Morrow: Had a quiet afternoon. 6
Richard Gibson: Deserved his goal. 8
Ethan Boylan: His opener was a fine finish. 8
Jordan Forsythe: On for Long, 62
Edward McCallion: On for Youle, 70
Paul McDowell: On for Boylan, 75
Andrew Ferguson: Not used
Armagh City
Eoin Donaghy: A promising debut. 7
Dale Montgomery: Composed and assured. 8
Ryan McGarrigan: Covered a fair amount of ground. 7
Luke Grimley: Sending off meant an early bath. 5
Dara Noonan: A reasonable contribution. 6
Eamon Kelly: Commanding in the centre. 8
Andrew Moore: Used his strength well. 7
Liam Cullen: Provided decent cover. 7
Stephen Murray: Pressed well. 7
Philip Donnelly: Industrious and fleet-footed. 8
Sean Mallon: Kept things tight. 7
Conor McAnalen: On for Noonan, 54
Gary Boyle: On for Cullen, 70
Andrew Hoey: On for Donnelly, 82
Marty Havern: Not used
MAN OF THE MATCH: Jordan Forsythe (Bangor). While only on for less than half an hour, his introduction had a notable impact.
MOMENT OF THE MATCH: Richard Gibson's 68th minute header was the moment most Bangor supporters breathed a sigh of relief.
SAVE OF THE MATCH: Darren Gibbons from Eamon Kelly's close range effort at the end of the first half.
BLOOPER OF THE MATCH: Athough a fairly harmless challenge, Luke Grimley will regret bringing down Ethan Boylan on 20 minutes.
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This trip was for my husband's entire family. We had never been to an all-inclusive resort before and weren't sure it would be worth the expense. We read tons of reviews; some made us nervous. However, our expectations were exceeded on this trip. Everything and everyone was wonderful. We were picked up at the airport and transported quickly with an amusing driver. We were dropped off at the check-in lounge for our part of the resort, where we were greated with a cocktail. Although we traveled at the busiest time of year and the resort was booked, we didn't wait long enough to even finish our drink! Our luggage was dropped at our room - we stayed in the French Village. I would recommend the French Village as it was newer. Another part of our group stayed in the main building and thought their room was a bit smaller than ours and more dated / musty. Our room was very clean and they constantly brought fresh towels and water. We never had anything taken from our room - even the tip we tried to leave for the maids.
The French Village looks far from the beach, but nothing takes too long to walk to and you enjoy the journey. The pool by the French Village was wonderful. It had a hot tub and a baby area. The swim up bar was great and staffed by the amazing O'Brian who makes a kickin' Dirty Banana. The kids (ages 10, 10. 11. 12. and 17) were rarely to be seen except for check in with the parents. They had a blast at Pirates Island, snorkeling on the beach, beach volleyball, and Iguana's Pool with all of its activities. The youngest member of our group was our 2 year old daughter. She swam and played on the beach. She was enthralled with the Sesame Street shows at 5 p.m. just outside of our room on a couple of evenings. We did take her to the daycare for a couple of hours on a few days. They could swim and play on the playset. Otherwise it was pretty much like daycare for that age group. The hours are 9 -12, 1-5 and 6-9. The 6-9 allowed us to go to dinner as adults one evening.
We thought the food was good. We loved Kimono's - that was by far the most fun. Arizona's was good too.
While we were there we celebrated New Years Eve with a big party. And there was a beach party on Friday night that was a lot of fun. So evenings seemed full - although most of our group was in bed by 10 and glad to do so!
None of us could believe that we were never crowded in a full resort - not on the beach, not in the pools, and not at dinner. It was amazing. You really felt like you were special there and everyone tried to make you happy. We want to say how wonderful Joel was and thank Iguana's bartender, Patrick, for all his great drinks and fun conversation.
Some of our group tried out the fitness area and a bunch of us enjoyed the Red Lane Spa. Wow did we enjoy that!
We went snoreling at Grace Bay on a glass bottom boat - it was scheduled through the resort at $75/person. It was great snorkeling, but the glass bottom is simply not what you expect. However, there is a boat right on the resort beach that was called the Kitty Kat - it was brand new and some people we met from Canada (we loved all the friends we made) went out on it for $100/person. They had all the food and drinks they wanted and spent about 3-4 hours visiting islands and snorkeling. It sounded like a better trip! We also did learn how to pilot the Hobie Cats (free) and Kayaking (free). The banana boat was $25/person and the kids thought it didn't go fast enough.
We probably spent a total of $300 extra (3 people snorkeling, 2 t-shirts, a bottle of nicer wine, some photos, and some diapers - at $4/piece - don't run out of diapers or else!)
Here are some final Murphy's tips:
They take lots of photos for you - but they are expensive.
No one got burned, but we did take rash guards for the kids and they wore them everyday. We didn't need the bug spray (time of year?) The new water park is adjacent to the French Village and will be alot of fun!
The Murphy clan will certainly be going back.
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Mon, 13 June 2016
Have you outgrown your current job? Do you find yourself looking for a more challenging work environment? Is the question between finding your dream job and working for yourself coming up time and again? If the answer is yes, then this conversation might just be for you!
Dustin talks about the value of sacrifice and how stepping out of your comfort zone is key to creating a career that perfectly fits your lifestyle.
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Mon, 23 May 2016
There has never been a better time in history to get a business started. If you've been thinking about it at all, we want to help you make it happen!
In this training, Scott walks you through what you need to know and consider before taking the plunge into becoming a business owner. He goes into everything from first understanding your "why", handling time management, doing your target market research, and building your roadmap so that you end up with the business that's right for you. Visit happentoyourcareer.com/sbm to apply for Side Biz MBA!
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Mon, 9 May 2016
Think being a park ranger is about as far from the business world as you can get? Think again. Jody Maberry says the time he spent as a park ranger gave him a solid education in public relations, public speaking, negotiation, and the customer experience. He traded the cubicle for the great outdoors, got his MBA, and discovered that not only could business lesson be applied to the parks system but the parks had lessons to share with the business world too.
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Mon, 25 April 2016
What do you dream about? What are your biggest goals?
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Mark Sinclair is an HTYC listener who has been making some impressive progress in building a photography business on the side of his full-time job working in tech support. With clarity and through consistent action, in just a few short months, he's begun to see his dream of owning his own business emerge as a very real possibility!
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Mon, 11 April 2016
Are you stuck in a job you don't like because of debt? Do you wish you could stay home to raise your kids but can't see a way to make it happen? Scott and his wife Alyssa paid off over $130k in 3 ½ years and because of that, they're both able to stay home with their 3 children! Alyssa joins Scott on the mic to give us an inside look at what defeating debt and finding financial freedom was really like for the Barlows. It all comes down to priorities. For help discovering the work you were meant to do, enroll in our free 8-day video course at figureitout.co!
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Mon, 14 March 2016
Jessica Rhodes is the host of Rhodes to Success and has built her expertise around leveraging the medium of podcasting to grow businesses. "Niching down" worked like a charm for her as she transitioned her business from general virtual assistant services to specializing in services for podcasters. Jessica talks to us about breaking down her own mental barriers around income and the possibilities that have opened up in her life and her business as a result. Want to start a business that works for you and your unique strengths? Don't miss this interview! For help finding the work that fits you, enroll in our free 8-day video course at figureitout.co!
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Mon, 6 October 2014
Have you ever wondered what the right time is to pursue different work?
Sometimes it's painfully clear! (we work with people every day that have some serious disdain for their jobs)
But what if it's not as obvious? What if you actually like your job and just aren't sure if you should be pursuing something more meaningful... or what if you have multiple opportunities but aren't sure how to measure which one would be better for you.?
This is exactly the question that we just faced just recently when setting out the goals for the rest of this year and into next year!
How do you know when it's time to move on to something else?
This is hard, even for us (and it's kind of what we do here at Happen to Your Career.)
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Wed, 1 October 2014
Do you wonder why you can't get what you want in your career? I'll bet it's because you are not focusing on the 20% of stuff that ACTUALLY MATTERS.
Wondering what I'm talking about? Today's episode talk's about Pareto and what he observed in nature that is critical to your career (and your whole life)
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Mon, 2 June 2014
Find out what is going on at HTYC as Mark and Scott make a couple large and 1 wierd announcement!
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Mon, 26 May 2014
We are out and about enjoying this memorial day weekend with our families! In the mean time enjoy this episode with one of our favorite friends, Jo Casey
We'll be back next week for a VERY LARGE announcement that you won't want to miss!
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