Con Wrap up - Furry Fiesta

[lauragarabedian]

Soes.
Wow.
I mean, just wow.

Texas Furry Fiesta, you totally just rocked. A HUGE thank you to all the staff/volunteers etc who made that event possible.  You were SUPER helpful, ever so sweet and kind and just generally amazing. So again, just thanks thanks thanks.

I rather liked what I did about good/bad/learned thingy so I'm doing that again.

We'll start with the bad (why? because there was hardly ANY of it and none of it was the cons fault and yeah - want to end with the good and the learning)

Couple of uncomfortable people who assumed since they watched me online we were like BFF's - made me a little squirmy
I'm a great big dummy head and kept leaving important things at home *D'OH!* the perils of a local con is that I am worse about keeping my S**T together and making sure everything is packed properly
A-KON Reg was Sunday night so I couldn't hang out after the con/packed up a little early
Hmmm only thing I Maaaaay have changed is the times on friday seemed a bit odd (in that it opened rather earlier than I expected and didn't stay open as late - since people are coming in from work etc) a few artists went over to do work in the alley, but as I'm local I was having a problem justifying that
To that regard also sad I missed having dinner with the group that went to Peruvian, just couldn't do it do to scheduling etc.
Didn't sell anything in the art show (but whatever, I rarely do)

SEEE! Not many bad things at all!!
The Good!!!
The staff was FANTASTIC! Just lovely people all around who were super helpful and even had a scanner setup so some of the badges I really liked doing got scanned in :) Didn't get a chance to get them all done but that was super sweet to offer that service
The People! Dude - this was one of the more friendly cons - I thought I remembered that from last year, but definitely confirmed, so many awesome people who took the time to say hi and that they liked my work - less people that just did the glance and give you and odd look (which always seems a bit awkward I haven't deciphered that look yet)
Got a chance to have dinner with the lovely Kyell Gold and Kit Silver, and meet the fantastic Mitti - that was just such a blast, I am so glad to have had a chance to hang out with you all.
Met and talked food with a lovely commissioner, that was super fun and I can't wait to find the recipes later
Was RECOGNIZED by people -*blushes* I mean this is my first repeat con so that was just really cool, lots of people who remembered me from last year
I finally made enough at a con to justify actually buying something for myself at the con - Got a book from Kyell :) super fun
This con was the best by far that I have been to, so I am super excited about that, the size was right the vibe was excited but not uber-excited-oncrack like they can get, the fursuit parade came right by - which was kind of cool  - I never leave from behind my table so wow, fun! (and mad shout out to whoever was in the Beautiful Plague Doctor costume - just lovely work)

The Learning things
Learned that I need to bring more treecreature prints :) Which is awesome! Thanks guys!
My mugs sell pretty well, I will probably always stock five designs or so, but as a reminder I can ship ;) can't stock too many - breakable, take up a lot of space, and everyone has their own idea about what design they want, but the chicken and tea, cheshire and tea, and treecreatures are pretty good (and dragon librarian was quite popular)
TFF sold more bunnies than any other con - interesting - tribal and otherwise, people wanted their bunnies!
My steampunky owl needs more product :)


And the 'list' - this is everyone that I have down that has CUSTOM work and it is in order of payment (so workload as well)

Asurea - Full Body Dragon Badge
Ceolan - Bust Cu Sith Badge (sorry don't know how to do all the fun things on letters here)
Coyo  - Watercolor sketch with three char
QuickKyk - Watercolor Sketch of Coyote and fire
De_Sade - Cheetah Full Body Badge
James Swift - Bust Badge dragon
Cometfox - Bust Badge Dark Red Fox
Niku & Indu - 2 badges TBD
Glacier - Bust Badge with Sharp ink linework


SideNote List- (everyone who ordered product that needed shipping)

Xia - Shiba Inu Magnet
Glacier - Keychain with Red Dragon
Kyle - Tribal Fox Die Cut Magnet
Araya - Dragon Librarians on a Mug
SveeMon - Red Dragon Magnet to ship elsewhere as a gift

IF you ordered something and don't see yourself on either list let me know - I will double check receipts


But seriously.

Best.
Con.
Ever.

Made me have much more faith in what I'm doing and that maybe, just maybe, I can make a living doing this. Thank you all.