Positive Changes at The Alt Bazaar

As you know, we’re still finding out feet here over at The Alt Bazaar. Thank you for bearing with us while we do so!

Yesterday I had a tiny quirk come up with how some of our settings were, well, set. Up until now you had to pay for your transaction when you made it (so you were paying site fees at the time of listing, etc..). This morning we’re switched over to “account mode” which operates more like eBay where you run a tab for the month and pay at the end.

Right now we have a 20$USD limit for your tab, but we are willing to raise it if the low limit causes problems. The minimum invoice value is 5$USD, so you don’t have to pay your tab until it is at least 5$. Good deal!

If anyone has any questions, please don’t hesitate to ask. If I can’t answer right away, I’ll ask someone who can.

Thanks for supporting Punky Moms and The Alt Bazaar! Don’t forget to advertise your shop or your auctions, and don’t forget to list away! We can’t grow without you.

We are currently offering a 1$USD site credit for new signups! That’s half a small shop!

Jenn
http://AltBazaar.com
http://PunkyMoms.com

I’ve got some Punky Moms news in lieu of new content

I’ve been sick. Not deathly ill, but sick enough to not want to do anything except sleep. Of course, instead of sleep I have done laundry, went food shopping today, taken photos, edited photos, done other misc. work, you know, life goes on, mucous be damned. In lieu of real content, please peruse some of this older, but still pertinent content.

Punky Moms: Kicking Motherhood in the Ass <– Clicky-Clicky!

We’ve got new goodies, old goodies, better goodies and tons of fun! Check out our new look today!

Don’t forget to enter the Cherry Canary contest in our newsletter! Click Here and scroll most of the way down the page. It’s pretty easy, just fill out the form! I’ve got three prizes to send out, a flower hair clip and two pairs of clips too! Winner is chosen on September 30, so enter today! You do not need to be a Punky Moms member to enter, but why wouldn’t you want to be?

Punky Moms Holiday Ad Book!
What is the Holiday Ad Book you ask? It’s a one stop directory of places to shop! It’s more than a holiday gift “guide,” it’s a resource people will hang on to and reference all year long. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve directed someone to this place or that looking for the perfect holiday gift, baby gift, mama gift… you name it! Whether you sell Avon, Body Shop at Home, Candles, Clothing, jewelry, you have a place in our book!

Punky Moms got over 6200 front page hits in August alone, PunkyMomsForum.com got over 63000 (yes, three zeros!) and that is where our ad book will be available for permanent download. That is some serious exposure!
We want to have this created and ready for download and distro at the beginning of November for those who like to do their holiday shopping early! As long as the ads are in it will go out on time!

What a great way to reach over 1000 people (and growing daily!) all at once! We’re planning for our holiday shopping guide and we want your ads!

For the ridiculously inexpensive rate of 20$ per 1/8 page ad (the size of a business card) you can have a spot in our holiday digital book. The book will be available for free download to everyone as well as being distributed around the web.

Want a larger size? All of our rates are ridiculously inexpensive!

We have 16 1/8 page ads available @ 20$ each
We have 8 1/4 page ads available @ 35$ each
We have 4 1/2 page ads available @ 60$ each
We have 2 full page ads @ 100$ each

We want to have this created and ready for download and distro at the beginning of November for those who like to do their holiday shopping early! As long as the ads are in it will go out on time!

http://punkymomsforum.com/2008/09/18/links/

Free Links! This tells you where to post your free links!
Since we moved (yes, again) over to WordPress, our links page is no longer available. Oh no! Well, we have a solution! If you would like Punky Moms to link back to your site, just comment on this post with your link information. It will display as soon as we approve it. We do ask you link back to us, but it is not required.

You can use HTML in your post. We do ask that if you use an image that you use one less than 400 pixels in width to preserve our template.

You do need to sign up with us in order to comment. Punky Moms will not sell, barter, give away or otherwise abuse your information.

Daisy Chainmail on The Bazaar

I was just looking at recently listed things and I love this! At 10$ it’s also fairly inexpensive for handmade jewelry. I bought an intricate chainmail choker a few years back and it set me back nearly 70$. I think in comparison this is a great deal!

4 silver daisy chainmaille flowers connected by beautiful blue glass beads
silver toggle clasp
a one of a kind piece made by my 2 little hands

Go check it out!

Just a few (free) things worth mentioning…

My good friend Leila of Immature Couture is sponsoring a give-away at Now Entering Momville. She has this to say about the blog itself:

This is a fantastic blog run by an amazing woman. I am sponsoring a giveaway contest for her right now to help promote the handmade kids contest and the Alt Bazaar! Please go and check it out, comment to enter in the giveaway and blog about the contest to get an additional win! She has a LOT of giveaways going so there are others to enter in as well!

-Kunoichi/Leila (you all know her nickname, now go enter the contest and spread the word!)

I also have the need to mention that Jess of And She Lived Happily is featuring none other than Punky Moms this week! We’re giving away a tote bag to one lucky winner, just fill out the form to enter!

Punky Moms is giving away some Cherry Canary goods this month, come enter the giveaway! The entry form is on that page, so take a peek, fill it out, and see what happens! Punky Moms destroys your submitted information as soon as the winners are picked, so your info is safe!

Canon S3IS for sale

I want to upgrade my camera, mostly since I just bought a new P&S and having two seems silly to me now. I thought I’d use them both, but… not so much.

I looked on ebay and they are going for anything from 100$ to 240$. Amazon has it new for 320$ I am asking 200$, priority shipping included for the following:

Canon S3IS
AA-size battery (x4)
SD Memory Card SDC-16MB plus a 128 meg Lexar SD card
Lens Cap
Neck Strap NS-DC4
USB Interface Cable IFC-400PCU
Denali camera bag (currently holds my personal battery charger, plus the camera, plus the chord, plus room for extra batteries, cards, etc..
English instruction manual

I do not think I have the disk it came with, but the drivers can be downloaded from the canon site (linked below) but I’ve never needed anything that was on the included disk. If I find it, hey, added bonus :-) The camera is totally plug n play and as soon asyou plug it into your machine to transfer the images, your machines default program will open.

I love this camera. You guys have heard me tout how fabulous it is almost everytime a camera thread come sup, and frankly, I am probably going to have sellers remorse right up until I buy a brand spankin’ new DSLR. I spent about as much (new) on my new camera just last month as I did on the S3IS when I bought it, and judging by the auctions and sites I found selling the S3, 200$ is a steal. The camera is used, but has zero scratches or any other imperfections. It works beautifully, feels great in my hands and I actually was tempted to buy the S5 instead of the Panasonic I bought. Michael talked me out of it because well, I already had a Canon S-series lol

You can see the specs better laid out here: http://www.newegg.com…N82E16830120043
and here is the company page: http://www.usa.canon.com…p;modelid=13077

This camera has the following features:
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Specifications
Type of Camera
Type of Camera
Compact digital camera with built-in flash, 12x Optical / 4x Digital / 48x Combined Zoom
Image Capture Device
Type
6.0 Megapixel, 1/2.5 inch type Charge Coupled Device (CCD)
Total Pixels
Approx. 6.2 Megapixels
Effective Pixels
Approx. 6.0 Megapixels
Lens
Focal Length
6.0-72.0mm f/2.7-3.5 (35mm film equivalent: 36-432mm)
Digital Zoom
4x
Focusing Range
Normal: 1.6 ft./50cm-infinity (WIDE), 3.0 ft./90cm-infinity (TELE)
Macro: 3.9 in.-1.6 ft./10-50cm (WIDE)
Super Macro: 0-3.9 in./0-10cm (WIDE)
Autofocus System
TTL Autofocus (continuous/single)
Viewfinder & Monitor
Viewfinder
Low-temperature polycrystalline silicon TFT color viewfinder
LCD Monitor
2.0 inch low-temperature polycrystalline silicon TFT color LCD with variable-angle function
LCD Pixels
Approx. 115,000 pixels
LCD Coverage
100%
Aperture and Shutter
Maximum Aperture
f/2.7 (W) – f/3.5 (T)
Shutter Speed
15-1/3200 sec. (settable in Tv or M)
Exposure Control
ISO Sensitivity
Auto, High ISO Auto, ISO 80/100/200/400/800 equivalent
Light Metering Method
Evaluative, Center-weighted average, Spot** Metering frame is fixed to the center or linked to the AF frame
Exposure Control Method
Program AE, Shutter Speed-Priority AE, Aperture-Priority AE, Manual; AE Lock is available
Exposure Compensation
+/-2 stops in 1/3-stop increments
White Balance
White Balance Control
Auto, Preset (Daylight, Cloudy, Tungsten, Fluorescent, Fluorescent H, Flash), Custom
Flash
Built-in Flash
Auto, Auto w/ Red-Eye Reduction, Flash On, Flash On w/ Red-Eye Reduction, Flash Off
Flash Range
Normal: 1.6-17 ft./50cm – 5.2m (W), 3.0-13 ft./90cm-4.0m (T)
Macro: 1.0-1.6 ft./30-50cm (W) (when sensitivity is set to ISO Auto)
Recycling Time
12 sec. or less (battery voltage=6.0V)
Flash Exposure Compensation
+/-2 stops in 1/3-stop increments
Shooting Specifications
Shooting Modes
Auto; Creative: P, Av, Tv, M, C; Image: Portrait, Landscape, Night Scene, Sports, Special Scene (Foliage, Snow, Beach, Fireworks, Indoor, Night Snapshot, Color Accent, Color Swap), My Colors, Stitch Assist, Movie
Photo Effects
Vivid, Vivid Blue, Vivid Green, Vivid Red, Neutral, Sepia, Black & White, Positive Film, Lighter Skin Tone, Darker Skin Tone, Custom Color
Self-Timer
Activates shutter after an approx. 2-sec./10-sec. delay, Custom
Wireless Control
Not available
Continuous Shooting
High-speed: approx. 2.3 fps
Normal: approx. 1.5 fps
Image Storage
Storage Media
SD Memory Card, SDHC, MultiMediaCard
File Format
Design rule for camera file system, DPOF Version 1.1
Image Compression
Still Image: Exif 2.2 (JPEG)
Movie: AVI (Image: Motion JPEG; Audio: WAVE (Stereo))
JPEG Compression Mode
Normal, Fine, SuperFine
Number of Recording Pixels
Still Image: 640 x 480 (Small), 1,600 x 1,200 (Medium 2), 2,272 x 1,704 (Medium 1), 2,816 x 2,112 (Large), 2,816 x 1,584 (Widescreen)
Movie: 640 x 480 (30 fps/15 fps) / 320 x 240 (60 fps/30 fps/15 fps) available up to 1GB or 1 hour for each file size