I got this response back today:

Hi, I appreciate the work you put into your product and that you took the time to set up your shop and seek approval. Unfortunately, we are focused on “finished” products and do not yet have a place for wonderfully handmade supplies like beads and yarn.

There’s just one thing — they already have approved two lampwork bead artists who are selling actual beads, not just finished products.  There’s also nothing in the terms of service, policies, or anywhere else that mentions “finished” products.  So I questioned the decision. Nothing’s resolved yet in regards to the supplies issue, but I am going to take some decent pictures tomorrow of my “finished” products, post them, and see if I can get approved at least for those.

As far as I am concerned, it is 1000Markets’ choice whether to consider handmade supplies as proper for their venue or not. It’s their site!  I just think there should be a definite policy and they should adhere to it for everyone.  I’m going to feel like a real rat, though, if this pushes Andrea and FormFire Glassworks out of there. I didn’t raise the issue to try to screw them!

If the truth about my stuff was that they didn’t feel like my pictures (they do rather suck), or my work, is up to their standards, then don’t B.S. me about it — that’s REALLY offensive. Tell me the truth, and I can either improve up to the standard or move on.  Just DON’T feed me B.S.!!

Best lampworking-related blog entries for the week ending 1/6/2008:

• Charlene Anderson’s New Year’s Resolutions, received from a friend, are worth considering.
• Luann Udell does some year-end musing about organization, plans, and goals.
• Joanna Mueller reminds us we can find “pure elegance in the simplest details.”
• Kendra Sanders describes how color changes her life and her beadmaking for Collective Creatives.
• Etsy’s The Storque newsletter shares a downloadable inventory worksheet for artists.
• Lori Greenberg blogs about bead designs as personal expression for Watch Me Create.
• Also on Watch Me Create, AngelinaBeadalina’s rusty goodies have returned.
• Finally, if you feel like you just aren’t making a dent in the glass stash, Cindy Gimbrone’s inventory report will tell you that you’re not alone.