Sorry! This is a month late, but I promised I'd post about this year's FanExpo and if you'd like a peek into what it's like to have a table in the Artist's Alley at a con like FanExpo, I am happy to oblige
Originally written Sept 1, 2011...FanExpo was four days long this year, for the first time and thus it was my first time doing a four days in a row convention. Let me tell you, it's quite the tiring thing to do, to go out for four days and talk for at least ten hours straight, passing the time with snacks and the occasional bathroom break, then try to get a solid if late dinner in you and then pass out before getting up early to do it all over again. This year I tried to get ahead of the fact that all the talking makes me lose my voice by babying it a little: tried to warm it up in the morning, drank lots of water and had some nice warm tea to soothe it. I even bought some sugar-free candies to suck on, which I don't know why I did that since I'm not much of a candy person. I still lost part of my voice by Sunday but it's slowly coming back. But besides the physical taxation, I had a really fun time! LOL
I had the great fortune of having my steampunk friends from WW Comicon as my next-door neighbors this year, which would be the lovely family that supports Mr.Tallgear's (
www.etsy.com/shop/MrTallgear) steampunk goggles, prop swords and other goodies. Not only is their stuff cool and excellent quality, they are really lovely people and kept me fed with delicious homemade sandwhiches during the day, omg HEAVENLY! LOL We had fun discussing con table techniques and the possibility of working together on future projects and other cons, I am delighted at the thought! *rubs hands together gleefully* On my other side was the incredibly lovely and kind Sarah McCully, author and songwriter who was there with her book "Female of The Species" (
www.amazon.com/Female-Species-…)which is a cool-sounding fantasy novel! It was really cool to hear about her job helping singers and working in recording studios, she's one smart cookie!
Lots of friends were around at other tables, including
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and my Standees friends, I could go on! I tried to visit and chat with as many people as I could but I missed a bunch, I am sorry! LOL And so many cool and nice people came by my table, I hope some of the people I told about the LJ comms I help mod - aatoast and tron_legacy - find their way over there (totally forgot my tron cards I had printed up! ARGH lol) and thank you so much to everyone who bought a squid/dragon/sticker/fangdana/etc or stopped to chat, I appreciate everything you guys bring to the table
Special shout-out to the lovely skwerly for keeping me company on Thurs!! Does my hair still make you thirsty?? LOL
I may have *ahem* strong-armed my friends into having sushi for dinner both Friday and Saturday night LOL But I will say that the Benihana sushi place at the bottom of the Royal York is a top-notch place, I'd definitely eat there again! We tried it out because we were actually staying at the Royal York due to my friend rxglitterpill being very clever and getting a convention discount on a room, it was AMAZING to be able to just walk down the street to get "home" at night and to go back to the con in the morning. The hotel has an arcade in the basement with a bakery that has breakfast sandwhiches so huge they resemble hamburgers! LOL Anyway, all my love and thanks to rxglitterpill for generously sharing her hotel room, now I can say I've stayed in the Royal York, which has some history and panache
I'm always fascinated by what sells and what doesn't at these conventions, and the flow of traffic and sales was different with the extra day, it was a bit strange. Stuff like having far more squid by the end of Saturday than I'm used to, but selling almost all my dragons which cost more - who can anticipate stuff like that? I'm thrilled most of the dragons got snapped up, it gives me an excuse to make more!
I definitely need to make a yarn run to Guelph to visit Len's Mill, which has the best selection of craft yarns that I prefer to use. Also need to get more black bitey fangdanas made, as I am currently SOLD OUT!
Nice to have to restock some things, very satisfying
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