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Part of making dragons is making the clay for their scales. I try to make a whole bunch of cane at once, and then a whole bunch of wings, and THEN I sit down and make dragons.

Tonight was a cane night. I made three: green / yellow, brown / red, orange, yellow & Glow in the dark.

Tomorrow I make glow in the dark wings... I hope. Still working on the method for that, but I'm feeling confident. Wish me luck!

So I waited and waited and I made a bunch of sales all in one weekend. Two were random browsers on Etsy, one was my coworker, one was my sister's coworker and one was a friend who needed a last minute birthday gift.

And now I need to re-stock my shop. I'm just about out of winged dragons. It's pretty cool.

I made a bunch of scale canes the other night AND figured out how to make cost-effective glow in the dark wings. Unfortunately I've been focusing on trade items and gifts and haven't had muc… Continue

I'm going to use this blog as a place to talk about all the Etsy related business stuff my friends are sick of hearing. My husband is very encouraging but I swear all he hears is "blah blah blah Etsy blah blah money".

Random thought #1) So first off, the sales thing. I haven't made any on Etsy yet but I'm certainly not doing badly. Currently one of my coworkers is my biggest customer. She hasn't placed the order officially yet, so the items are marked as reserved in case she changes her mind.… Continue

I'd never hear of Ning before joining FAE, but I am nothing if not curious. I'm liking what I see tho.