Rainbow Duct Tape

The Rainbow Duct tape finally arrived, so today I will be working on a Nyan Cat Wallet and a Rainbow Dash Wallet.  I hope everyone likes it.  I take a lot of time thinking about my designs before I make them to make sure they will look great.

Rainbow Dash, Pendant Problem, New Goals & Success

My newest addition to my store should be finished soon.  The Rainbow Dash Wallet will be posted, hopefully, be the end of next week.  I have been waiting for some rainbow duct tape to come in the mail.  I hand drew Rainbow Dash, outlined it with black ink and then scanned it into the computer.  Then I used Photoshop to color it and add some special effects.  For some reason I just can't get enough of gradients, lol.
On another note, sadly, the pendants haven't been working out right.  First I used TLS to protect the image, but it cam off too easy.  Then I used a clear resin, but it ran off most of the pendants or created a weird haze after curing.  That was one failure out of many successes though, so I can't be too sad. 
I am also trying to make a Fluttershy Figurine.  So far it is going well, but I still need to add ears, a mane and tail.
Things wrapped up very well in December for Dexter's Boutique.  I had the most views, sales and gross earnings that I have ever had.  It was alot of hard work and I think I worked just about every single day in December.
I also have some new goals for this year in my shop which include:

• Q1~ 1000+ views in one month
• 2013 ~ 11+ sales in one month
• 2013 ~ 1500+ views in one month
• 2013 ~ $1000+ gross earnings for the year

I think thats a good start.  They might change if I happen to beat the goal before the end of the year.  Gotta make this business grow.  Little by little it will get there.

Final Fantasy & Hell Girl Pendants - Nyan Cat Wallet

I've been super busy lately making a customer order and some holiday gifts.  I made and posted a Hell Girl Logo Pendant, a Sephiroth Dissidia Pendant, a Yuna & Lenne Pendant, a Moomba Pendant and a Nyan Cat Wallet.  The custom order I am working on is of a different version of the Sailor Moon Super S Purse with the Cosmic Heart Compact and Red Bow.

I have lots more Final Fantasy & Hell Girl Pendants in the works as well.

I hope people like them as much as I do :)

https://www.etsy.com/listing/117955173/nyan-cat-wallet

2 orders and a Nyan Cat

I am working on some more orders and decided that I wanted to give my boss a gift for Christmas.  I heard that he liked the Nyan Cat and decided that would be a fun wallet to add to my shop.  I took an original picture of just the Nyan Cat and added my own rainbow and background with photoshop.  I think it turned out pretty good.  If you like the design, please visit my Etsy shop because Nyan Kitty will be done in about 1-2 weeks :)  I am also planning on adding a Legend of Zelda Skyward Sword wallet soon.

Busy as a bee

I am so tired.  Work at the coffee shop has been keeping me very busy.  I'm glad for the money, but I want to be able to work on my business more.  Since NDK is approaching quickly I have to get my Miku costume finished and finish designing the Sailor Moon R purse for a customer.  I really want to make some cool Sailor Moon and anime jewelry too.  Luckily tomorrow I'm heading to Hobby Lobby and Michaels to see what my options are.  I though about doing the Laser Cut Acrylic jewelry, but it isn't hand made enough more me.  I am looking at using polymer clay and shrinky dinks for my designs.

Goal Attained & Miku Cosplay

Yeah!  So not only did I blow my goal out of the water I also sold 5 things in the month of June.  That is so awesome considering I would only sell little things off and on each month since I opened.  I know I didn't have much in my store and that is why I sold so little.  So I ended June with 691 views.  That's amazing!  My goal for this July is 800 views and hopefully 6 sales.  I will need to take a bit of a break from making new items to make my Duct Tape Miku costume.  I will still be filling all orders during that time, but not designing anything new until I get the costume finished.  It's gonna be so awesome.  I might sell those too, but I'm not sure yet.  I need to see how long and how much it costs to make one.  I think it will cost considerably less to make than a normal costume and it should go alot faster too.

Finished Purse & Price

Yeah the Sailor Moon Super S Purse is all done and it is awesome!  Pictures will never do justice to the stuff I sell.  I do the best I can, but it is really hard to capture sparkles in a camera.  If any of my readers could please give me a comment on how much you would pay for the Sailor Moon or Mini Moon purse please tell me.  I just don't know what a good price is for it.  Some of my friends think I am not charging enough.  Thank you.  Check it out at https://www.etsy.com/listing/103234496/sailor-moon-super-s-purse