619 Shuto review, Animarathon and Core Membership

So, please please please help me out my core membership is almost up (2 days left apparently)

Commissions are open, and I think I might be changing my digital prices soon. Thank you so much.

So, Shutocon! Drove up their Thrus, that was nice and compact. Setting up took longer than usual, but mainly because I was really trying to figure out the placement of things. [Photo of table will be up soon.] Got to relax and hang out with a couple of other artist friends afterward and try and get some sleep...that didn't go well because our room heater worked far too well and we all melted.

Friday got to the con with plenty of time and got to chat a bit, my friends and helper showed up and con began. People asked a lot of questions about my dolls which I enjoyed, I hope a few of them contact me if they have more questions. Sales well, those weren't so great that day. I hope to blame it completely on the fact it was Friday and also we had insane weather, I didn't get to see it, but I hear it rain which switched to hail which switched to snow and then back to rain. Crazy~ After the alley closed we had dinner at our traditional Shuto stop, a local sushi place, with the best Tarro milktea. From there we called it a night and relaxed back at the room with the heat off, the room was comfortable but as the night went on it got a bit too chilly for me.

Saturday the weather was looking a bit more normal, and we saw some crowds, I was pleased to sell some more items and I got 2 commissions. Sort of wished I had gotten more, but people didn't seem as interested in that. [Those will also be posted up soon.] I was super excited to sell a necklace (I almost never sell the jewelry) oh and a TON of the keychains, I'm like wait...WHAT? Two people at different times stopped by and bought over 10. That has never happened before. So cool there. Also credit card sales were up, so glad for my square. I had almost no problems. Midday we had a mini BJD meet up which there was all of 4 of us, but that's okay. We still had fun chatting and asking questions. [Photo of all the dolls will go here.] When the room closed for the night we gathered a few more people, all artists and we headed down the road to the PHO place from last year. SO WORTH IT! Amazing. Though oddly enough Meg and I both didn't get a fortune in our cookie at the end of the meal. WHAT DOES IT MEAN!!!!!! When we got back to the room we kicked the heat to 1 which was the lowest it could go on heat and the room seemed pretty good to me. I think I slept the best that night, but won't know until I check my fitbit.

Sunday I was still concerned I wouldn't make enough to return to the con, so I put up a sign letting people know they would need to buy from me if they wanted to see me back the next year. I don't know how much that actually helped or not but crunching number I did in fact make enough to return. HAZZAH! For the first time in what seems like forever I didn't buy anything at the con, but I did do one trade with a friend, yay! I need to figure out where I'll put those items. And I walked around to about 2/3s the alley. It was hard because it was mostly to catch up with the artists I did know. For those of you that stopped by or caught me, thank you! It was a wonderful time and I love coming to this convention and hope I'll be able to come back for years. *smiles*

A little extra note, I learned more about my phone and what never to do when the battery gets low. XD;;; I gave myself nearly a heartattack with it.

This coming Saturday I'll be at a more local one day con called Animarathon. If you're going I'll be under OOAKCRAFTS, she's letting me buy one of her table spaces. Have a good week everyone!