Update on clove seed availability, shipping, and an Etsy treasury

It's a while since the clove seeds started, but they're still slow. If you're on the waiting list for larger orders, that may still be a while but I can accommodate a few small orders per week. Check my on-line shops :).

I have recently changed my policies to say that orders received before 7 a.m. will usually ship on the same day rather than 8 a.m. as it used to say. This is because on some days I have to be at work earlier, and if I start packing an order at 8 and still have to take it to Ag inspection I'm not going to be at work in time for 9 a.m. meetings. Other days orders may still go out if I receive them at 9 a.m. but I can't promise that, so it's 7 and will probably stay that way for a while.

As I received a clove seed order from Canada I found out that I can now ship to at least some countries (Canada is one of them) by first class mail from the USPS website, with the customs form and a tracking number, no more having to go to the post office for that. As I go along I will add shipping to Canada, and probably some other countries to my on-line shops, not just Etsy which has allowed first class international mailing labels for a while already.

And a treasury from a while back:

'Blue Hawaii' by GlassDreamsHawaii

Inspired by Hawaii's tropical beauty this Treasury brings you a small sampling of its talent.

Transcend, Giclee Print from... StudioKWN $50	Hawaii Owl Tshirt for boys o... PetrinaBlakely $15
Royal Blue teardrop Dangle E... KuuipoDesigns $45	Handmade Tropical Batik Cott... KoloaQuiltsand... $75
Aqua sea glass gold necklace labeadbouteek $28	Hawaiian Monk Seal limited e... carenloebelfri... $70
Tropical art - ocean paintin... GraciousArt $175	Ocean Waves of Kauai II Orig... kauaiartist $49
Ceramic Tile 4.25"x4.25... VisionsoftheTr... $15	Blue and yellow eyelash lei,... hilobeads $20
Whale Coconut Postcard, Birt... NutsAboutMaui $14.75	Silk Crepe de Chine Handpain... JuliettVandyke $65
SALE on Natural Cocoa Butter... TheWesternBeeC... $3	Hawaiian Hand Carved Authent... LindseysBeachG... $28
Personalized Letterpress Sta... alohaletterpre... $40

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New international shipping rates, another custom order and another Etsy treasury.

Last weekend the US Postal Service increased the shipping rates for international packages significantly. While the price for first class packages went up, in comparison the priority mail flat rates went up more. What I used to ship priority flat rate will now be shipped first class parcel if possible - I haven't changed all the shipping rates in my Etsy shop yet, for some things I have just taken international shipping back out as it's ridiculous to pay $23.95 for a priority mail flat rate envelope to Europe if the items costs (e.g.) $3.50. I'm working on it as time allows and so far this week there hasn't been much of that. Of course I didn't want to increase shipping ahead of time.

I mentioned the Hilo High School Craft Faire in an earlier post. One of my coworkers came by with his wife and a friend, and the wife really liked some of my lampwork beads.

He came to me the week after and asked would I make a necklace for her in time for Christmas. I had to redesign once because the seed beads went into the holes of the lampwork beads, but this is how it came out (click on the picture for a bigger one):

The lampwork is goldstone chips (worked too hot) on Moretti ivory and Moretti light teal - and I changed the clasp to a sterling silver one after taking the picture. It's strung on softflex as almost always, with 4mm crystal Swarovski bicones, 6/0 seed beads and twisted square liquid silver.

And my lilikoi seeds made it into another Etsy Treasury:

'Passion' by ursulasalcove

Inspired by the passion flower and my own passion for fiber arts, I hope this treasury inspires you to pursue your passion.

Lilikoi seeds - pur... hilobeads $7.00	Deep Purple Handwov... FortuneWeaves $50.00
Silk Ribbon Purple ... lornabateman22 $56.95	Vintage Charm Brace... MoonHollow $19.95
Cagoule feutre/soie... zregine $77.00	Winter Sale Purple ... folkowl $38.00
Passion Flower Neck... jewelrita $35.00	Needle Felting Wool... egprimitives $5.00
Purple Swarovski Cr... ProtectiveSpir... $60.00	Purple Passion Hand... VioletRose258 $27.00
Purple Passion Pin GypsyPurl $58.00	Sangria Throw/Wrap ... VanessaTCunnin... $750.00
Royal Purple and Go... sunrisehandwov... $80.00	Purple Passion Flow... Gypsyharte $38.00
8/0 Czech Glass See... PiecesParts $3.99

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(and extra spaces again taken out by me. It's really easy - on a Linux/Unix system. You copy and paste into vi/vim, close the file, open in pico (or nano which is basically the same thing), justify with a ^J and copy back out of the result.)

International shipping from my Etsy Shop

Etsy now has international first class mail shipping. I have started adding that to my shop, starting with Canada (doesn't require agricultural inspection for most items), and with small items of which I have some idea what they weigh. I'm going to need some time to add everything, and every location (postal rates are different depending on where things go), and please make sure that you are aware of import duties and taxes that your country will charge to you (not to me, and I have no way of knowing what they will charge, they are up to you to pay). A treasury from Pamela of the 808Hui:

'808 Hui Handmade on Hawaii Island, Hawaii' by bytheseasoaps

Coastal Seaglass Be... GardenLeafDesi... $12.00	Handmade Paper - Te... TheWhatNaught $11.75
Mermaid Sunrise She... PueoBoutique $95.00	Long Sea Shell neck... Hokulewa $12.50
Big Island Of Hawai... HamakuaWoodWor... $12.00	Dangly SRA lampwork... hilobeads $28.00
White Gardenia Soap PassionMoonPot... $4.75	Tahitian Costume Se... HoniHoniCreati... $115.00
Lava Explosion Natu... PuaArts $150.00	Fuchsia Chiffon Flo... littlemaikobou... $7.50
Designer Alfred Sha... ManilaExtract $50.00	Girls Couture Bouti... HotLavaClothin... $38.00
Sea Glass, Ocean Tu... JillsWhims $70.00	Baby Onesie 18 mont... AnnThenBaby $15.00
Hawaii Island Chain... HamakuaWoodWor... $75.00

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(Sorry, I didn't remove all the extra spaces from this one, I removed some manually rather than by editor though. Don't try this if you don't speak html)