Well hello there!
I know you think that I have forgetten about my blog, but that is just the opposite of what has happened. You see, I attend a small college on this little island that I live on. This college feels .. feels that free time is just absurd! So I`ve been doing 2/3 essays a week and alot of accounting homework and studying for tests and so much other good stuff. And of course, I`ve been dancing 12 hours a week. So I haven`t had hardly any time at all for this thing you people call "fun". This is going to change soon though. I`m heading for a tutor or two anddd gonna start drinking sum energy drinks. Hopefully this adds a few more hours to my week.
Anyway, on to bigger and better things. My new website, I`ve been slacking off so it may be a bit longer than anticipated. But this week I plan on getting back on track! Also, my SLR camera is catching dust, so I`m going to get sum use out of that one day and hope to get some inspiration whilst doing so.
Well .. I`d better get back to my schoolwork (N). I should have some interesting updates by the end of this week!
Sunday, February 7, 2010
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Two thousand and ten.
My gosh! I haven`t updated you folks for the new year. I apologize greatly, but once school and dance & work got started, I got pretty swamped (N). My inventory and sales have been a little out of whack.. *get back on track Dandy!*
Okay so good news! We are MOVING! .. I know what you`re thinking "But Dandy.. what will I ever do without you? Your beauty, your creativity, your wit!" Ahh no fear my friends, I am only moving to a new website and brand name. I wont say what it is now b/c who knows what type of people are lurking just WAITING to steal it away from me. So I`ll redirect you once I get the website up & running. Fun Fun Fun.
So since I don`t have pictures of my inventory right now.. I thought I`d share a delightful story with you about my day
So I got to class today LATE because the college parking lot was full and I had to park wayyy down the road. So then I get to english and my teacher says "Okay class.. you`re gonna write for three minutes about anything you want .. but you must start with the word 'today'. Write absolutely anything you want .. ONCE YOU START WITH THE WORD TODAY. Okayy .. anddd .. start!"
So then I start off writing like I`ve never done before. These phalanges have never been so well engaged in something in a span of three minutes. So after 3 minutes passed, my teacher says "Okay stop! Now for the fun part .. everyone must now read what they`ve written aloud."
Then everyone starts to read .. as we go from person to person .. I start to wonder if I had misunderstood the task .. because everyone seemed to have write "Today I got up around 8, came to school and now I`m in english class where my teacher is making me write for three minutes for some reason.." or something along those lines. So when it was my turn, I said to my teacher "Okay so .. I think I did mine a little different from everyone else`s own .." and my teacher said "Did you start with the word 'today' " .. I nodded my head and she replied, " well then it`s fine" with a smile.
I proceeded to read what I had written in the 3 minutes. It is as follows:
"Today I woke up at 8am. Then I got up .. took a shower and put on my clothes when all of a sudden my emergency phone began to ring. The town was under attack by a giant monster. It was green and slimy and the slime was causing the streets to be slippery. Cars were sliding left, right and center. I knew exactly what to do; get my super monster laser beam (with pink accented flowers of course). So I broke the glass to that bad boy and jumped in my speedy car and then I realized that my car would slide in the slime. So, I quickly pressed my BIG YELLOW BUTTON which changes my car from a car to a super, magnificent floating aircraft. It was stupendous I tell you! Anywho .. I flew downtown to stop this monster. I saw it and it made my skin crawl .. "
My class went into an uproar of laughter. I laughed along to hide my embarressment. Ahh what a day !
Okay so good news! We are MOVING! .. I know what you`re thinking "But Dandy.. what will I ever do without you? Your beauty, your creativity, your wit!" Ahh no fear my friends, I am only moving to a new website and brand name. I wont say what it is now b/c who knows what type of people are lurking just WAITING to steal it away from me. So I`ll redirect you once I get the website up & running. Fun Fun Fun.
So since I don`t have pictures of my inventory right now.. I thought I`d share a delightful story with you about my day
So I got to class today LATE because the college parking lot was full and I had to park wayyy down the road. So then I get to english and my teacher says "Okay class.. you`re gonna write for three minutes about anything you want .. but you must start with the word 'today'. Write absolutely anything you want .. ONCE YOU START WITH THE WORD TODAY. Okayy .. anddd .. start!"
So then I start off writing like I`ve never done before. These phalanges have never been so well engaged in something in a span of three minutes. So after 3 minutes passed, my teacher says "Okay stop! Now for the fun part .. everyone must now read what they`ve written aloud."
Then everyone starts to read .. as we go from person to person .. I start to wonder if I had misunderstood the task .. because everyone seemed to have write "Today I got up around 8, came to school and now I`m in english class where my teacher is making me write for three minutes for some reason.." or something along those lines. So when it was my turn, I said to my teacher "Okay so .. I think I did mine a little different from everyone else`s own .." and my teacher said "Did you start with the word 'today' " .. I nodded my head and she replied, " well then it`s fine" with a smile.
I proceeded to read what I had written in the 3 minutes. It is as follows:
"Today I woke up at 8am. Then I got up .. took a shower and put on my clothes when all of a sudden my emergency phone began to ring. The town was under attack by a giant monster. It was green and slimy and the slime was causing the streets to be slippery. Cars were sliding left, right and center. I knew exactly what to do; get my super monster laser beam (with pink accented flowers of course). So I broke the glass to that bad boy and jumped in my speedy car and then I realized that my car would slide in the slime. So, I quickly pressed my BIG YELLOW BUTTON which changes my car from a car to a super, magnificent floating aircraft. It was stupendous I tell you! Anywho .. I flew downtown to stop this monster. I saw it and it made my skin crawl .. "
My class went into an uproar of laughter. I laughed along to hide my embarressment. Ahh what a day !
Thursday, December 31, 2009
Time for the new year !
Okay so New Year is just under three hours away and I`m tryinggg to finish this post before my ride comes to take me to church.
I had a really good Christmas! Did you?? I sure hope so. But this Christmas break.. not only was I ripping the wrapping off of all types of new and intriguing things butt I was working on getting this business up and going. I took two of my friends to take some pictures with the jewelry and after they posted the pictures on facebook, I now have people contacting me inquiring about the jewelry! The pictures haven`t even been properly edited yet, so I`m hoping that this is a taste of what the future holds for my business.
So I`m trying to make as many charms and stuff so that once school starts and I start selling, I wont fall behind on orders and sales. I think I`ve made enough donuts to last a lifetime .. my mother has actually forbidden me from making anymore or them anytime soon. I am trying to diversify my inventory as much as possible. The more diversification, the more personal each product will be to the consumer, which is exactly what I would like.
I still haven`t finished those cupcakes that I told you about from last time .. the oven just seems so much further than it used to be. Also working on some cupcakes and waffles. Yum yum yum! :) Andddd I just bought some chain to try them out with charms to make some necklaces .. I need to find someplace that sells it wholesale though, b/c my wallet is crying right now and there`s nothing more unfashionable than tear-stained jeans.
^ Waiting on the forbidden donuts to dry.
^ Chains :)
^ WIP.
^ Lol okay .. so I was trying something new for the icing of the cupcake .. Can you say Fail ?
I had a really good Christmas! Did you?? I sure hope so. But this Christmas break.. not only was I ripping the wrapping off of all types of new and intriguing things butt I was working on getting this business up and going. I took two of my friends to take some pictures with the jewelry and after they posted the pictures on facebook, I now have people contacting me inquiring about the jewelry! The pictures haven`t even been properly edited yet, so I`m hoping that this is a taste of what the future holds for my business.
So I`m trying to make as many charms and stuff so that once school starts and I start selling, I wont fall behind on orders and sales. I think I`ve made enough donuts to last a lifetime .. my mother has actually forbidden me from making anymore or them anytime soon. I am trying to diversify my inventory as much as possible. The more diversification, the more personal each product will be to the consumer, which is exactly what I would like.
I still haven`t finished those cupcakes that I told you about from last time .. the oven just seems so much further than it used to be. Also working on some cupcakes and waffles. Yum yum yum! :) Andddd I just bought some chain to try them out with charms to make some necklaces .. I need to find someplace that sells it wholesale though, b/c my wallet is crying right now and there`s nothing more unfashionable than tear-stained jeans.
^ Waiting on the forbidden donuts to dry.
^ Chains :)
^ WIP.
^ Lol okay .. so I was trying something new for the icing of the cupcake .. Can you say Fail ?
Wednesday, December 23, 2009
The Eve of Christmas Eve
Hello again my many followers (or more so my only follower: daddy). Back again to update you on all the new and exciting things that have been happening.
Still working on inventory. Donut rings have been assembled & now just need to be glazed and packaged. But I need some new paintbrushes. You see.. in the frustration of glazing with the aforementioned glaze, I left my paintbrushes without washing them.. who knew glaze was so rock hard and stiff?? Not me! So unless I plan on trying to salvage them with some acetone or.. idk.. only God knows how I even get that stuff out, I have nothing to glaze with. I guess I could just rub it on with my finger huh? But then that would leave glaze on my hands .. and then it would distract people when I`m doing my spirit fingers.. and my spirit fingers are golddd. So I`ll just buy some new brushes.
So once I glaze, then it`s time to package in my new mini ziploc bags. Eeeek! After much searching and googling and what`s not, I realized that this place right near my work sells the bags. So I go there with my little brother and found the bags. I bought a thousand of them. I know what you`re thinking: "Dandy The Great, why did you buy oh so many bags? Your inventory must be extraordinary!" Well quite the contrary my friend. I currently have less than 50 items in my inventory, but it seems that these ziplock bags are sold in packages of a thousand, so I had no choice but to buy so many. But look on the bright side, if I ever have to send 950 miniature children to school with miniature sandwiches then I will be amply prepared!
Lookie lookie! I`m making some lollipop charms, maybe some earrings as well .. who knows what the future holds for these lil` beauts! This is the first time that I`ve tried to make them so I hope they don`t come lookin` too wonky.
I need to pay a visit to the craft store.. I`m running low on supplies. Oh how I love that store. Going through each aisle looking for something I've never noticed before. I just ooze joy and excitement.
I actually had much more to tell you about but I had a pretty busy day, so I will have to update you after Christmas.
Happy Holidays !
:)
Still working on inventory. Donut rings have been assembled & now just need to be glazed and packaged. But I need some new paintbrushes. You see.. in the frustration of glazing with the aforementioned glaze, I left my paintbrushes without washing them.. who knew glaze was so rock hard and stiff?? Not me! So unless I plan on trying to salvage them with some acetone or.. idk.. only God knows how I even get that stuff out, I have nothing to glaze with. I guess I could just rub it on with my finger huh? But then that would leave glaze on my hands .. and then it would distract people when I`m doing my spirit fingers.. and my spirit fingers are golddd. So I`ll just buy some new brushes.
So once I glaze, then it`s time to package in my new mini ziploc bags. Eeeek! After much searching and googling and what`s not, I realized that this place right near my work sells the bags. So I go there with my little brother and found the bags. I bought a thousand of them. I know what you`re thinking: "Dandy The Great, why did you buy oh so many bags? Your inventory must be extraordinary!" Well quite the contrary my friend. I currently have less than 50 items in my inventory, but it seems that these ziplock bags are sold in packages of a thousand, so I had no choice but to buy so many. But look on the bright side, if I ever have to send 950 miniature children to school with miniature sandwiches then I will be amply prepared!
Lookie lookie! I`m making some lollipop charms, maybe some earrings as well .. who knows what the future holds for these lil` beauts! This is the first time that I`ve tried to make them so I hope they don`t come lookin` too wonky.
I need to pay a visit to the craft store.. I`m running low on supplies. Oh how I love that store. Going through each aisle looking for something I've never noticed before. I just ooze joy and excitement.
I actually had much more to tell you about but I had a pretty busy day, so I will have to update you after Christmas.
Happy Holidays !
:)
Thursday, December 17, 2009
Post Numero Uno !
Welcome Welcome Welcome !
As you can see, the website is now up and running & I will be using this website to update you every couple of days on what`s going on with Dandy. So let`s get to it!
Firstly I`d just like to ask everyone if you like the website, and any thing you think I could improve. I was up until about 3:30 am last night working on this website and the logo and blah blah blah. So here`s the thing, you may comment and say some things that I could improve, but I am gonna just ignore your comments for a bit while I bask in my glory okay?
^ New pieces just baked last night. Just waiting on my ring pieces to arrive from Art Chix. They told me that they would be shipped anywhere from 2 to 20 days. I know right TWENTY ?! They must be shipping illegal weapons of mass destruction as a free gift to me. And you know how strict Customs is. Anything look fishy, they gotta be all up in your grill. I could just imagine them doing the little x-ray thingy:
Customs Officer named Johnson: "By golly Johnson! Look in that the x-ray of this package!"
Customs Officer also named Johnson: "What is it Johnson?!"
Customs Officer named Johnson: "Well Johnson.. it's these weird shiny circular things. They look super dangerous. Who knows what kind of evil these things are used for."
Customs Officer also name Johnson: "I think we should hold them for 2 to 20 days, Johnson."
*both look at each other, then hi5*.
Both Johnson's: "Agreed.Good work Johnson!"
*both give each other the-wink-and-the-gun*
Ahh .. those sneaky customs officers!
^ So if you read my livejournal, you would`ve known that my good ole sculpey glaze has completely dried up for some odd reason. So, I bought myself some of this new fangled "Studio Sculpey" glaze (i accidentally photographed the wrong thing if you notice). This stuff is crap okay. It has this weird milky color before it dries. And not only that, but the directions say that you are supposed to apply the glaze BEFORE you bake the piece. But that`s not the Dandy way. I like to live dangerously and I`ve been applying it AFTER I bake the pieces. Aha! "sucks to your assmar" new studio sculpey glaze! (- quoted from Lord of the Flies).
^ A bought a good amount of hair clips just BEGGING to be decorated. Any suggestions ?
Goodbye until next time!
As you can see, the website is now up and running & I will be using this website to update you every couple of days on what`s going on with Dandy. So let`s get to it!
Firstly I`d just like to ask everyone if you like the website, and any thing you think I could improve. I was up until about 3:30 am last night working on this website and the logo and blah blah blah. So here`s the thing, you may comment and say some things that I could improve, but I am gonna just ignore your comments for a bit while I bask in my glory okay?
^ New pieces just baked last night. Just waiting on my ring pieces to arrive from Art Chix. They told me that they would be shipped anywhere from 2 to 20 days. I know right TWENTY ?! They must be shipping illegal weapons of mass destruction as a free gift to me. And you know how strict Customs is. Anything look fishy, they gotta be all up in your grill. I could just imagine them doing the little x-ray thingy:
Customs Officer named Johnson: "By golly Johnson! Look in that the x-ray of this package!"
Customs Officer also named Johnson: "What is it Johnson?!"
Customs Officer named Johnson: "Well Johnson.. it's these weird shiny circular things. They look super dangerous. Who knows what kind of evil these things are used for."
Customs Officer also name Johnson: "I think we should hold them for 2 to 20 days, Johnson."
*both look at each other, then hi5*.
Both Johnson's: "Agreed.Good work Johnson!"
*both give each other the-wink-and-the-gun*
Ahh .. those sneaky customs officers!
^ So if you read my livejournal, you would`ve known that my good ole sculpey glaze has completely dried up for some odd reason. So, I bought myself some of this new fangled "Studio Sculpey" glaze (i accidentally photographed the wrong thing if you notice). This stuff is crap okay. It has this weird milky color before it dries. And not only that, but the directions say that you are supposed to apply the glaze BEFORE you bake the piece. But that`s not the Dandy way. I like to live dangerously and I`ve been applying it AFTER I bake the pieces. Aha! "sucks to your assmar" new studio sculpey glaze! (- quoted from Lord of the Flies).
^ A bought a good amount of hair clips just BEGGING to be decorated. Any suggestions ?
Goodbye until next time!
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