I’m excited to let you know about my latest project, Vintage Bliss Network. Anyone who knows even a little bit about me, knows of my love for all things vintage!
It all started about 15 years ago. My daughter discovered Barbie and I think I loved that Barbie more than she did. I started researching Barbie and ended up on eBay and discovered the amazing world of Vintage Barbie. I was hooked from my first purchase.
I lived in a large metropolitan area wt the time and I began to scour my local antique stores and flea markets for vintage Barbie items. I never did find any Barbie items, ever. But I discovered so many other treasures – depression glass, vintage jewelry and a myriad of other treasures. I loved them all and had an insatiable desire to learn about them. I was fascinated by why some things were considered so valuable and others were not. I wanted to know about the items, when they were made, who made them, where were they sold…
Over the course of several years, I sold over 10,000 vintage Barbie items on eBay. In 2006, when I decided to learn how to build websites, I wanted to build the ultimate, definitive Vintage Barbie site and I started Fashion Doll Guide. It now has well over 1,000 pages and many, many more to go.
My second greatest love is glassware. My mother has always loved and collected glass and I love it as well. Glassware is a much bigger topic than Barbie, but I also wanted a vintage glassware website, focusing on Depression Glass, so I started SuzieMax Depression Glass in 2007.
I have played around with some other vintage themed sites and I finally decided to bite the bullet and get them all up and moving forward. I have spent the last week working nonstop to move sites around, to reorganize and to get ready to move forward with them. Finally, I organized them all into the Vintage Bliss Network - it is the hub, or the mother-ship for all of them. As I move forward, I will be creating more smaller vintage sites. There is an unfilled need online for well organized information about many vintage collectibles.
In addition to Fashion Doll and SuzieMax Depression Glass, the network of sites also includes Vintage Bliss Vintage Dolls, Vintage Jewelry Guide, Vintage Cookie Jars and Vintage Perfume Bottles. I had tried to combine all of these together, but I like having them separated much better as they are all small, but very well defined niches.
From a website building standpoint, I am using SiteBuildIt for my Barbie and Depression Glass sites. I am using WordPress with the Thesis theme and the phpBay plugin for the smaller sites.
Those who know me, also know that I am as passionate about beauty, skincare, makeup and fashion as I am about vintage items. So yes, there is a Beauty Network in the works. Stay tuned…
Welcome! I am truly blessed to work from home full time on my many websites. This site is the "mothership" that links them all together. This is my personal blog where I write about many things, including the business of building successful niche websites. I hope I can share what I have learned to help others find the joy and success that I have found. Thanks for visiting! Suzanne Prochaska 
