2 posts tagged “anime”

Wow... Just - Wow.
Otakon was AMAZING!  I had a ton of fun selling with Maqqy and Craig, made new friends, lots o' cash (Ring Lord, here I come), met more than a dozen other maillers, took pictures, got my picture taken, got some connections, bought stuff...
So yeah - Wow.  My voice is still hoarse from all the talking; it felt like I answered a million questions!
Bad news is I sold more than half my stock, so this makes me a bit nervous for the Ren Fest, because it starts at the end of August and I do NOT have enough stuff to survive the first weekend. I just know I don't, so I need to get my ass in gear and get with the makin'. Luckily I have a ring order coming in the mail tomorrow (yay!) and I've rested up, so I should be good to go.  But still...  If I sold more than half my stuff at an event NOT geared towards people who are fans of chainmaile...  I'm doomed.  But in a good way.
In the Alley, I sat between to Maq (of course) and these guys from a company called "Bishonen House" that makes custom ball-jointed dolls and clothing. Needless to say, they were amazing!  Man, I wish I could sculpt. And the guys were really nice, too, and it turns out they're in Pittsburgh! ^_^ Who knows, maybe I shall be doing maille for their dolls in the future?  You should really look at their site.  Awesome things abound.
And oh - I forgot to mention that one integral part of con-going: SHOPPING! The Dealer's Room was confusing, but full of goodness. I got Brian a Totoro short (otakus, you know the one) that he'd been eyeing on the internet for as long as I've known him, a stack of manga (yay hentai!), a leather corset for only $145 (http://www.timeless-trends.com/L01.htm) and a doll! ^_^ After making that little maille vest for Kristi's doll Seth, I've been itching to get my hands on one so I can make maile for dolls. The people from Divinity Doll were at Otakon, and I bought the last boy they had available. Not sure which model I got, but I got one, gave him green eyes, a long honey-blonde wig, jeans, and a pirate shirt. Brian named him Roland. Once I get his wig to stay on right (the doll people said I need some velco dots) and fix his bangs so he doesn't look all emo and can see, I'll post a picture.
But - I do need to get to the making, and clean up all the stuff we unloaded from the car...

Later!
Crazed

Okay, this weekend my pal Kim came over from Ohio to sell her art at Tekkoshocon in nearby Monroeville.
Now, I've never been to an anime con before, but I've always wanted to.  So, I went with Kim to the con Friday morning and got a 3-day pass.  Kim insisted that I take some of my stretchy bracelets with me, and I took chainmaile play with, as well.  Figured I would sit with her and do some chainmaile, talk, etc.  So she sets up, and lets me have a little section of the table to set out the 8 or so bracelets I had made, and I start working on more.
Kin is a huge Megaman fan, and draws chibi stickers to sell at her table, along with some prints.  We got a lot of people just drooling over the stickers (Heh, I bought a set of Megaman stickers for our ex-roomies Anthony); it was awesome.  Anyway, not much time had passed before I had sold a few bracelets, which was pretty cool.  I make some more, and then I realize I've got more than $60.  I hadn't brought any cash with me, and I notice that there are a lot of free tables hanging around, including the one next to us.  So, at 3 o'clock I was able to buy a table! ^_^ Granted, I just had a handful of stretchy chainmaile bracelets on the table, but I was making them non-stop to keep up!  A lot of people asked if had anything else on me, and I kept promising that tomorrow there would be more.
And there was.  ALL OF MY STOCK.  Right there, on that table or on our person.
Saturday pretty much blew my mind.  We've only sold at flea markets and at a few little craft fairs, and we did well enough to justify continuing, but not enough to, like, live off of.  After three days of selling at the con, I am now left with less than a third of my original stock. O_O
So, yeah - my Etsy page is looking rather bare at the moment, compared to how it used to be.
But, I do have a lot of money to devote to stock, and I'm going to need it.  You want to know why?
I GOT INTO THE REN FAIRE!
WHOOO!
So yeah - I'm going to start working on my con commissions, and get to working on more chainmaile stuff.  I need to empty my camera and post the pictures I took of the cosplayers at the con, too.  It was like catching Pokemon, I swear...  "Ooo, I got an Aeris AND a Blue Link!"
I also need to make an order to The Ring Lord.  Hee hee. ^_^ Shopping!

Later!
Crazed