Soooo excited to report that the DNS issue that was not allowing me to access the Etsy website has FINALLY cleared up! Is anyone else still experiencing issues?At last!Happy Tuesday!www.capitolagirl.com...

More About the Etsy DNS IssuesWell its July 1, which marks 5 days of having trouble accessing Etsy. Out of boredom and frustration, I decided to make some DNS changes on my computer. These changes were published as a use-at-your-own-risk recommendation by non-Etsy employees in the Comments section of the June 29 post on the Unofficial Etsy News blog.In a nutshell, there are two workarounds floating...

Venting About EtsyOK. I haven't been able to get access to my Etsy shop since Friday morning. The folks at Etsy decided to move their servers to a new data center, and the DNS entries for the servers were changed. I understand the whole concept of updating DNS, and I get that one just has to wait as the changes are populated throughout the internet.BUT...I will say that their handling of this whole...

Who Sparkled This Saturday?Passamenterie JewelryToday on Saturday Sparkle, I thought I'd share the work of a talented jewelry designer whose collections really give me a goal to aspire to. I've always dreamed about working with expensive materials, but I'm not quite there yet (and for me, its still a hobby). So, I look with awe at the gorgeous collection of high-end jewelry that comes from independ...

This week, I have a secret to confess with you...(I have a ring fetish!)As a little girl, I used to dream of how romantic it would be to get a ring from the man I loved as an engagement present. However, now that I'm all grown up and single, receiving that kind of ring is still one item on my waiting list. So, instead of moping around and moving about town with these painfully bare fingers showing,...