So the site was fully up and running over this past weekend and we had a few sales. Thank you all who went through the checkout process and helped me de-bug any real issues on the actual user end.

The biggest problem with checkout it seems is the USPS shipping option page.The page calls for every offered shipping option USPS has if under a certain weight. Since most of the items i am selling are small right now, It brings up all options. So until i can start narrowing these options down to the 4 preferred types. I hope any new user will read the ORDERING & SHIPPING Policy to advert any confusion when they goto checkout their order. 

Other than that, i will slowly be adding new products daily before work. AS this past weekend also marked a 2 new jobs for me. I am gone back to Breadsmith working a 3rd shift full time. And started a part time job at A BBQ pit called Open Range. Both are close to home, hours work well, and it doing stuff i really enjoy doing. But that means i will not be as active as I've been on the internet and forums over the past 3-4 weeks. But i am still here and will keep loading inventory and configuring the CSS of the site. AS well as SEO, Promotions, and generally keep folks up to date with what I'm doing via the blog here. 

For those who want to see some of the old Blog info and photos, i will repost those in the coming weeks and add some more Quartzsite Show info that i never got to finish. Thanks again

  XML/RSS is something really popular on the internet now. For those who don’t know what it is. It is a way for you as a reader of website content, to pull that content down into a format that you see all in one place.  For example, when I start my day on the computer, when I goto the internet using Google’s "Chrome" web browser. My home page is set to my "igoogle" account. Which is a RSS reader that can compile website content into one page( more than one page if you want). Any site that offers a RSS link, I copy the URL into my igoogle homepage, and like magic. That said content appears in this page so I can easily access it without really having to surf the web for it. Most cases display up to 3 days of content in one box.  Which is plenty because when I see something in one of those boxes that catch my eye, click on it and away you go to the site, or specific page.

 Them USPS shipping rates now work right, paypal redirect is working, getting close here folks. I’ve started listing inventory, but I’m setting a start date of 2/20/10. To go in conjunction with the local AJ Gem show that weekend. Items I’ve begun listings won’t show until that date but I have opened the site now to registration.

Please take a moment to register, set your avatar and username if you like. And read over the basic info I’ve started to provide for this site to work. I accept all forms of criticism but know I am a bad speller. hehehehe.  

Thanks folks for stopping in a taking a look. 

This first one i really dont know the type, i think its called Brothwick Plume.

These next two are Regency PLume agate.

Last is the heel cut off that Pridat Red bed rough below. Not the best example, but one none the less.

 OK, SO I got my setup going, readied inventory to photograph. So I wanted to share in a find this morning in the overstocks. Looks like a red Bed Priday, real old piece when it has that milky agate. Looks to be so nice plume potential here, moss for sure. I took two shots with just the flood lighting setup, and one with added flash. Kind of like the darker look better than the lighter look, both are pretty actuate in color on my monitor. I think I’ll be fine for rough photos, although maybe a black background?  Cabochon & perform photos I would surely prefer black. What do you think?

Now, without the flash. 

 I'm not finished with this one yet as I think I’m gonna have to get new bearings for my main cabbing unit. They been going for some time now and I don’t think it has much life left. So I want to share this one off as I really like it. Hop you do too. 

Goes by and the site is coming back together now. I am pleased with how it’s coming along and look to start adding products by this weekend if not early. However, please note, I am not opening the catalog up for registration until I feel it’s ready, which may be another week or more. But I’m Ok with that. Today I spent time getting more links in, working on a little layout and images. Added a Privacy policy and plan to really just get ready to start adding inventory. I have still tons of old inventories, even with accessible photos. Those may come up first, but I do have lots of new unseen roughs, slabs, and cabochons so just check back soon to see what’s what.  

Here is a photo of a piece of really nice Graveyard White plumes with black tops. Rare old stock stuff here folks. I think it’s a winner, don’t you?  

 OK, so day two is filled with nothing really hugh, working on developing some better written content for some of these pages, like the About Us page or Lapidary service page. I plan to update this site with allot of good linking content, and sharing content, like rockhounding sites, metaphysical info and more. 

I did spend several hours today with a really important, old friend who has came back into my life at not a better moment. Enjoyed a nice lunch and afternoon at my folks place playing with the animals and general backyard fun at grandmas house.