Creating a blog date icon in photoshop

In this tutorial, I will teach you how to create a trendy icon, to display the date, for your blog.
See this final result:

Now just follow these simple steps and create yourself a nice date icon. Enjoy!
Step 1:
Create a new document 100×100. Fill the background white.

Step 2:
Select the rounded rectangle tool and set the radius to 3px. Set your Foreground color to #3c3c3c, and make a rounded rectangle like I’ve done.

Step 3:
Create a new layer. CTRL+Click the rectangle layer icon. Go to Select>modify>Contract. Contract by 1px.

Step 4:
Select a soft white brush, roughly around 65px, then brush the selection like I’ve done.

Step 5:
Now that you’ve brushed the selection, lower the opacity of the layer to 27%. Create a new layer, and make a white rounded rectangle, as I’ve done.

Step 6:
Create a new layer, then CTRL+Click the white rounded rectangle layer icon. Go to select>modify>contract, use 2 pixels. Brush the selection with a soft black brush, like I’ve done.

Step 7:
Lower the opacity of the layer to 39%. This creates a nice shade effect.

Step 8:
Now all you have to do is add some text and your done! Feel free to experiment with new colors. Here is how mine has turned out.

And there you go, a fresh created blog date icon.
This one has worked out pretty nice, what do you think about it?