I Had A Great Day Today

Hi,

Today I made several piece that will. of course, become jewelry. I still have to piece together. It turned out to be a rather exciting day for me, I got my first online order, www.smileysdesigns.etsy.com. I've been smiling about it all day. There is nothing like getting that very first one. Especially when you have being trying so hard to make that sale. I just hope and pray that it is the first of many.  My Facebook friends have been so support and helpful on this journey and I don't know what I would do without them. There are a few that have been a tremendous help to me. I'm not going to name any name because I don't want to hurt any feeling if I accidentally leave someone out, they know who they are. A quick funny story, my mom was telling my sister about my sale and she told her it was on my "itsy bitsy shop." Bless her heart you just have to love her.

I am feeling better and I hope that tomorrow is a very productive day and another sale would be nice too.

Well, I'm tired and think I shall turn in for the night. Once again Thank you to all my Facebook friends for they congratulatory comments. You guys are the best.

Until Tomorrow,

Dana

Monday Morning

Hi,

Hope everyone had a good weekend. I'm sorry I didn't post anything the last couple of days. I was not feeling up to pare this past weekend. I did try to do a little claying none the less.  I made a couple of simple canes and put them aside for later work and I made a necklace and earring set. Oh yeah I had a girl contact me about making her some CF (cystic fibrosis) ribbon earrings. So I guess it wasn't a totally wasted weekend. I will try to post the events of today this evening will all depend on how this old gal is feeling. LOL

Here is a picture of the necklace and earring set I made.

This was a fun set to make!

I hope everyone has a great day. Besure to make some time to be creative.

Until later,

Dana

Didn't Get Much Done Today

Hi,

For some reason been a little tired today, haven't done what I wanted to do. I have been reviewing some YouTube Craft Video's on some different things that I've been having trouble with. I wonder if other people have had as much trouble as I have learning all the different techniques. This week I did learned how to do the Mokune Gane and the Rose Cane, both of which I'm no expert at and will keep practicing.

Now I want to tackle the Skinner Blend....dadadadom. I finally got it to where I could put the 2 triangles together and put them through the PM and I got them to blend very nicely, it was just to small in my opinion to do what I wanted with it. I had used and 1/4 of both bars, so maybe I will try using 1/2 bar each color and see if that will help me. I'll get it figured out one way or another. I am also open to other peoples opinions, ideas and instructions. So feel free to leave me any helpful hints you want to.

Hey, I also need to spend sometime on here so I can learn what all can be done here. LOL, I don't even know where to go to upload a pic on here. So see no matter what we do in life we always have something to learn.

Yesterday, I forgot to thank a dear friend. Deborah Steinetz came up with the name of my blog, so thank you Deborah for all your help in getting me started in this journey and naming it for me.

Until Tomorrow,
Dana

Welcome To My First Blog

Hi,

Welcome to SmileysDesigns' blog.

My name is Dana and I have no idea what I'm suppose to do, so I'll just have fun. The last two days have been very productive days for me. I got alot made and I've also learned how to do two cane.

I've only been playing with clay for about a year now, but most of that time I was just doing my own thing. The last couple of months I've been working on the techniques of claying. I feel I have improved and can only hope to get even better.

I love my FaceBook friends, we all have a great time. We help each other on everything, but especially when it come to clay. We can be laughing and having a good old time, but let someone need help with their clay and everyone attention goes there. It is great.

I hope to get better with this blogging, please just bear with me....It's a new adventure for me.

Until Tomorrow,
Dana