The joys of growing

This past week or so we have been working on our latest new toy, Quick Books! It is a task getting to learn all this at once but it is coming along even though it is slow going with so many things to learn at once! I am not at all a comupter geek so getting the thing to send an e-mail through the program took some toying with tonight but I finally got to send out the first invoice of the year through QB! Now we are almost in business. Its a good feeling when you can work through issues and learn something new like that.
Learning curbs are all over the place right now. We are learning more about venders and which ones work for us and which ones we will have to work on fitting in right for them to work for us later. Shipping...what a trip! It is an adventure every day trying to chose the things that make your business work for you. Shipping was one of those also. There are a lot of choices out there but I find the cheapest and easiest works for me.
While things are crazy here being a business owner just starting out in this economy and with all the task and learning is made more interesting buy working for someone else while I get started. This eats into time I need some days but it also pays the bills and gives me some money (later on) to add to the business. It can be hard at times working on their stuff all day and then coming home to find something I have to take care of right away with mine.
Meanwhile the Network is still growing and I am excited about having some time soon to work on a village again myself. I have not had any time for months now to work on one. The Christmas village is still half done and set up in the studio still. Got to take that down and start on a spring and summer one. Maybe this time I can finish it. I want to get some more tutorials on the Network so I hope this is the season for it.

2008 Christmas Contest enteries and winners

2008 Main Contest



2008 Main Contest


2008 Newbie Contest



2008 Newbie Contest

2008 Accessory Contest



2008 Accessory Contest

This Years Winners for the Building New Worlds Christmas Contest!

This year was not only an amazing year for entering the contest BUT the results were amazing also. There was a Land side in one contest, some close calls in another one and one that really shocked me how it turned out with some great close calls that I ended up giving some shout outs too because it was THAT close.
Villagers, here are your 2008 results for what will no doubt be one of the contest I will never forget!

Newbie Conest
First Place Entry 11 Devin
Second Place Entry 1 Beth
Third Place Entry 12 Dolores

Special Mentions going out to Odette and Jea for coming extremely close in. This contest was very VERY close and a lot of great villages to judge from.

Main Contest
First Place Entry 5 Helen
Second Place Entry 4 Nella Llama
Third Place Entry 1 Mary Lyn "Village Idot"
Wanna guess which of the contest was a HUGE Land Side?

Accessory Contest
First Place Entry 1 Nella Llama
Second Place Entry 6 Patty D
Third Place Entry 4 Georganne

I want to thank every one who entered this year for this contest and for sticking with me while I brain burped trying to get it going right. Thanks to those who helped me get it back together also.
Each of our members who entered this year get a thumbs up from me. I think this was the HARDEST contest I have seen yet in some ways. My votes were way off the mark in some ways and in others I was on the same page with many of you.

Congrats to every one who entered and those of you who placed!

Results of the 2008 Halloween Contest

Building New Worlds hosted the 2008 BNW Halloween village with fewer entries than normal but it was a successful contest none the less. Here are the results of this years contest which BNW retail store sponsored.

Main Village contest go as follows
1St Place Entery #4 Georganne
2Nd place Entery # 1 Cithie
And Ties going for 3rd Place to Jason and Sly Granny!

Accoessory contest
1st Place entery 2 Jea
2nd Place entery 1 Georganne
3rd Place entery 3 Pam

Newbie Contest We only had two enteries this year
1 Place Entery 2 Tim
2nd Place Entery 1 Donna

We will be starting the Christmas 2008 contest after the Holidays and are taking entries from our members from now until Dec 30th 2008.