100th Post Competition

Well here is my first ever blog competition to celebrate my 100th post which should be coming pretty soon. I started this blog on the 1st October 2007 and oh my, I have learned soo much and met a bunch of wonderfully creative and inspiring people. The reason I decided to start one was that I had found a couple of other designers had pages and I got great pleasure reading what they had been up to and seeing little snippets of their work. So I decided I would do the same! It has been such a delight making contact with people all over the world and forming electronic friendships, Flickr, and of cource you showed me ETSY! So thank you! My business is now growing much faster and wider than it was with just my website and I am motivated on a daily basis to create something new.
I would say my top bloggin tip is to share as often as you can and want to, and show a picture of something, whether it's something you have made or something that is inspiring you. I love sneeking little peeks into other peoples creative worlds! And my next tip would be to find a cluster of like minded folks whos blogs you like and comment on their posts. I remember the first comment I recieved and it warmed my heart that someone out there, from another country had found little old me!

Anyway enough about me, this is all about YOU now! Tell me why you started your blog and your top blogging tips, and in return I'll draw one lucky person and design and make them their very own Bloggin Bracelet! I will use your blog as a theme as inspiration for colours and style.
So get thinking, typing and spreading the word!
I will close the competition on Monday the 31st of March and announce the winner on Tuesday 1st of April. (This has nothing to do with April fools day, the date just falls with when I should be writing my 100th post!)
GOOD LUCK
xoxox

Sibble and Dibble

Tonight's Yibble inspiration came from my bo bringing me a small bunch of dafodills. We were out visiting my bestist friend and on the way home he nipped in to get some bread and came out armed with flours! What a man, this is so special because it's not really his thing, he prefers to buy me a plant that will last for years not just days. But he said they had been reduced to 30p and he couldn't resist.

Now less of the soppy stuff, I have decidied on my competition so pop by tomorrow evening for more details and how to enter.

Just finished this bracelet as a little commision and wanted to let you see. I love the cubes of rose quartz with the large gunmetal beads, pink and jet are one of my favourite colour combinations. I think I'll make another one up for the shop this week.

30 days to a better shop - Day 1

well today has been a productive one, I made this bracelet "Ice Queen" yesterday and photographed it and got it listed in my shop today. It has a lovely selection of beads and really sparkles in the light.

I made this one this afternoon "Ruby Tuesday", as part of my valentine collection. I took this photo tonight so I'll take it again in the morning in good natural light. I love the swarovski hearts and the carnelian beads.

Day 1 of 30 days to a better shop has been go go go! I have set out my weekly, monthly and long term objectives for Laura Baillie Designs. I got a beautiful notebook from bestist friend and have started a mamoth things to do list, then a sectioned off one, so I feel focused and delighted that I managed to score so many things off today. I feel when I have a list I have a structure and clear objectives. I also decided to have a look at the Etsy Success Stories Series and see how other people are doing it and what tips and advice they have. What an inspiration! Luxedeluxe is one of the featured sellers and her work is beautiful, so good my bo bought me something last night for our anniversary!

making and ebaying!

What a day, I have been non stop and not as much to show for my efforts as I would have liked but never mind! I have been making charm bracelets for my Christmas Girls Nights and wanted to get some on ebay too, and I managed to make 4. I love making them, I love the sparkliness and luxury of them and the stones and beads are yummy. I'll need to add my jewellery to my FLICKR thingy. So it turned ou half the day making them and half the day trying to get them and their descriptions to load onto ebay, it took ages!

Thanks again to everyone who commented on my peice for Ispire Me Thursday, I love this getting given wee projects and challenges to keep me on my toes. It is so easy to get bogged down with have and must dos so a wee project for my self is great. I am sticking with the knitting too, I am still working away with my barbacue squers although I was given proper needles last night but they are too fat and slippy. I have decided I am going to try to do one square a night, 10 stitches by 10 rows hehehe and decide later what I want to do with them all. I am just having fun doing it and thats what counts, right.

And I have just worked out to get the links to work on this too, today is a good day!