I made and sold various crafts for years, first at craft shows and later, when I got weary of schlepping the stuff around I rented a booth in one of the Country Sampler stores. Every outlet has it's pros and cons. Internet is definitely the easiest. My niece sold her jewelry on the Ruby Lane Shops website for a couple years. Etsy is a good bet. I know someone who gets lots of orders for her hand-dyed yarns. It's best to get onboard before a website mushrooms to gigantic proportions. Ebay takes quite awhile to get a following although GP original Ruthanne has made a terrific business on Ebay with her hand painted signs and furniture. It took her awhile though. I'd love to see pictures of what you're creating. I think Wanda is talking about selling in an elementary school. Do you have any friends who teach grade school? At one point I had an entire little shop set up in the Xerox room of my children's school. The grade school teachers are notorious craft consumers. The teachers would all pray to get my kids in their classes because they knew I gave handmade gifts! The principal didn't care, everyone was happy with the little shop. Isn't it great to have a creative outlet? I just made some earrings today. Earrings are ridiculously easy. I'm also knitting some cute evening bags for Christmas gifts.

Carol, My apologies for not getting back to you as promised but it looks like you were in real bakers' hands! I have been busy making a float for the Garparilla Parade today. It paid off because my grandbabies won "Best of the Wagon" entries. Anyway, I made my dough yesterday and my first loaf from the Master Recipe today. It was perfect! To your original question, as our baker friend above said AND page 21 of the book says: Loaf has a soggy or gummy crumb (interior): Check your oven temperature with a thermometer. Make sure you are allowing the dough to rest for the full time period we've recommended. Your dough may benefit from being a litter drier. For the next batch, increase the flour by a quarter cup or decrease the liquids a little and check the results. If you're baking a large loaf (more than 1 pound), let it rest longer, and let it bake longer by 10 to 15 minutes. One final word of advice: if you're finding the breads just a little gummy, don't slice or eat your loaves when they're still warm. We know, hot bread has a certain romance, so it's hard to wait for it to cool. But waiting will improve the texture and when cool, the loaves don't compress so easily when cut. A sharp brad knife will go right through cooked crust and crumb with minimal compression. Again, I know the experts here have given you excellent guidance. Cathy

I am a binge challah baker from the abin5 book. Four challahs today-now are in the freezer. I, there is a lot of info on artisanbreadinfive.com that isn't in their books-especially their listing of publishing errors They call it errata ,on the web. I know you bake beautiful things. You might like to take a look at zoebakes.com, which is Zoe's own website-she is a pastry chef. Haven't tried ww as I am stuck on challah.

First, determine the quality of the jewelry. If it is ordinary costume jewelry, it probably is not worth the expense of having an artisan rework the piece. Instead, spend the money on new pieces. On the other hand, if the ear clips contain something like rubies, diamomds, tanzanite, etc. in a quality mount, then it is worth it. Be sure that the artisan can change from clip-on to post or pierced without destroying the stone mount. also, try to preserve the caret and alloy marking. About rings: To resize to a smaller diameter, a piece of the ring is removed, closed, and soldered. Before doing this, look inside the band for an inscription. A ring given to s special person may bear an inscription of endearment and you may not want to destroy that. to resize to a larger size, the ring is stretched over a sizing mandrel. The stretching should be done in stages. after the ring has been stretched a small amount, it is annealed so that it can again be cold worked. In this way, a ring can be stretched a couple of sizes without breakage. Of course, the band will be a bit thinner than original. For extreme enlagement, a piece of matching alloy can be soldered in. However, the patch will not be as continuous appearing as a stretch job. The problem is getting a color match between the solder and the ring. Nominally, the solder will have a melt temperature less than the base metal, and therefore is a different alloy with a different appearance to the base metal. It is easier to match color of solder to silver alloys than gold alloys. To locate artisans of jewelry making and repair, visit rock collector societies and clubs. Many of these produce a yearly show and you can view their work, also meet the artisan. Most are ametuers, but some do operate at a prosessional level with awards to prove it. Some may operate a jewelry business in their homes, while others do contract work with a local jeweler. A GIA certification is a plus. Pick up a copy of the magazine, "Lapidary Journal / Jewelry Artist" at your local rock shop or peruse a copy at the library. This will give you an idea of what is available. The ads can give you leads to locating artisans and services. Before reworking, make sure that the piece is not a collectable antique that is worth more leaving it as is. You really should not cut up a Cartier, Tiffany, etc.