Monday 30 January 2012

More little boxes!!

 

Here are my new tooth-fairy boxes, and my daughter showing her first missing tooth. Unfortunately I took the photo after she'd just eaten her tea so I do apologise for the slightly mucky chops, but I was very happy with the look of delight when she saw her very own box.

I'm just making a very romantic Valentines box for an order, surprisingly for a man. It's good to know some men are very romantic. Not sure I'm going to be getting a personalised gift for Valentines Day, in fact I'll change that statement...I know I won't be getting a personalised gift for Valentines!!! Aaah...never mind. I can always design myself a nice box.

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All the artwork and text on this blog are original and belong to SamMillerUK. They must not be used or reproduced without the permission of the artist. Thank you.


Friday 27 January 2012

Little boxes

Just put one of my new boxes on Etsy in my shop www.etsy.com/shop/SamMillerUk


Thought I'd share it here too. My tooth fairy boxes are coming soon but I've realised the glittery paint I've used looks lovely in real life but not very good photographically so I need to sort this little problem first!
Happy Early Valentines!!

Wednesday 25 January 2012

Lovely Feedback


I'm feeling great as I got some lovely feedback today from a customer I did a family portrait for, and also from someone who really liked my site. It does feel special when people let you know they like your work. Just posted out an order too. It's all really made me feel positive again. I'm going to put a profile and some work on www.deviantart.com next so watch out for me there...

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All these images are original and belong to SamMillerUK. They must not be used or reproduced without the permission of the artist. Thank you.

Tuesday 24 January 2012

Girly Princesses


Enjoyed a playdate with my daughter and her friend yesterday... here are my sketches to prove it! Girls are great aren't they??

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All the artwork and text on this blog are original and belong to SamMillerUK. They must not be copied, used or reproduced without the permission of the artist. Thank you.

Monday 23 January 2012

Disapointment!

Just got a standard email rejection from a company I was really hoping to sell my work with. Feel very disapointed and a bit upset, also a bit annoyed that the email didn't even have my name on it. Felt obliged to put this on here as I had vowed to write all the highs and lows of my business but had been hoping for it to be predominantly high!!

(Hopefully this is number 3 in my list as on a personal level I have broken my mobile and a very special bracelet in the last couple of days too!).

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New work

Hi, just going to work on my new ranges! Kept waking up in the night wondering whether to go for quite traditional pendants or quite modern resin ones for my necklaces. Undecided but excited!!

I'm also going to experiment with different designs for tooth fairy boxes which I'm looking forward to as most of the children I know at the moment are all losing teeth and seem completely obsessed with whose got the most wobbly ones! 

My first pendant is here...I'm chuffed with it!! 

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All the artwork and text on this blog are original and belong to SamMillerUK. They must not be copied, used or reproduced without the permission of the artist. Thank you.

Friday 20 January 2012

Welcome!

Hi, welcome to my blog. It's a bit scary starting this but here goes...

This blog will follow my progress over the next year to see if my new company can succeed as a small business. I'm sure there will be a lot of ups and downs on the way but hopefully Sam MillerUK will take over the world after 12 months...or at least a tiny bit of it!!

Some of my products can be seen at www.etsy.com/shop/SamMillerUK
and more work can be viewed at www.sammiller.org.uk





Do add any comments. Thanks, Sam X

© Copyright  Sam Miller 2012
All the artwork and text on this blog are original and belong to SamMillerUK. They must not be copied, used or reproduced without the permission of the artist. Thank you.