Hi there! Yeah, international shipping is really expensive now and it does unfortunately price some customers out of buying from us here in the US. I don't think much can really be done about it unless you have a really big profit margin on your work and want to absorb the costs of discounting shipping.
Either way, someone is paying for shipping, and it is my opinion that it should always be the customer...but I do feel your pain. My international orders have slowed down quite a bit too :/