Anime Expo 2009 in LA, CA is the next convention I have on the list. I'm looking forward to it as the AA Tables are in the same hall as the dealers(only a curtain is separating us)!! So it should be wild this year.
Table assignment is Artist Alley Table C14 and *Jianre-M is C15. Please come and visit! I love to meet the people that I talk to online in person.

Day 0:
Wednesday, I and a friend went and picked up the groups badges. Took a while to do so but it was fun. Just for kicks I took some of the stuff(jewelry) I needed to take pix of did so while walking and waiting in line.

First Day:
It went well. The staff are really nice and helpful. Kinda slow but a good intro day and a lot of interest. People were really nice and *Jianre-M's buttons were selling well. We even had a surprise visit from a fellow artist from a former con come by. ~phatpandax3 had a table a couple isles over. It was great to see her. After AA closed and kicked us out we went to the Manga Cafe to kill some time. After that we caught the last hour of the Artist Alley Jam & Mixer for the artists to mingle without worrying over our tables. It was really random and interesting.

Second Day:
Do they every stop!!??? Wait that didn't come out right! I want the marble commissions, I love doing them but by the end of the day my hands really hurt. I made some nice pieces and they went over well with the people buying them. It was really funny trying to eat and make pendants at the same time.

Third Day:
A little more manageable but still having 4 back orders waiting for pendants was kinda stressing. I did it though and everyone got what they wanted.
Oh, Yeah. I feel kinda bad but I was waiting out in front of West Hall when a girl in a loli-dress goes by and she has a frayed hem that was just trailing out behind her. The costumer in me keeled over at the site.(it really wasn't that bad it's just me.) I mentioned as such to *Jianre-M and she told me to go cut it off for her and handed me her scissors. I just jogged over, asked her to wait, and grabbed the thread and cut it off. At first she was like twisting around to see what I was doing but after she saw the clump of thread she thanked me. I apologized if I creeped her out and we both laughed as she walked away.
Well when I got to Jianre and my friends they were all cackling like mad. Turns out that when I kneeled down the girl and her friend had priceless faces. I can only imagine what they thought. So if they ever see this I apologize.

Fourth Day:
Things wound down but I sold a good amount this con. Thanks to all the people that visited my booth!!! It was awesome to meet people and make all the pretty sparkly stuff.



New Things:
In the process of making sure I update regularly I'm roughly setting up a basic layout to my journals. Makes it easier to quickly write up the next one and so on. So I'm making this a 'new' catagory so to say.
I'm also thinking I may change this type of thing (ex. all the updates on upcomming stuff and my new products) to regular (means like once a month? what do you think?) News updates and have more stuff on my actual jewelry in my journals. Hmm... What do you think? Advise, help, demands?
ChainLink(Chainmaille):
This isn't new per say but it is the first time I'm mentioning it in my journals. I'm slowly getting more into the chain designs. If you would like to look at some of them go check out my Chain-Link Gallery. I've been doing alot with copper lately. Right this moment I'm actually working on a 4 row bracelet for a Ice Skating friend. Very time consuming but I love the results.

Marbles:
This is my main jewelry type that I make. I take a marble and wrap it in wire so someone can wear it. To see some of the stuff I have made for people and myself take a look through my Marble Gallery.

Feathers:
Simply Done
Swirl Feather
Green Dream
These are the three feathers that I have made so far. Not many I apologize; I had meant to do more but I just seem to need space and time to get any done. Hopefully with almost a month in between our next con I will get my toosh in gear.

Chibi Charms:
*Jianre-M and I are still looking for characters to make charms of. All you need to do is suggest a character and if you can find a good reference picture, link it on that comment please. They are popular but we have a limited selection that I'd like to expand to cover a little more genres. For more detailed information Jianre's Journal on the Charms is up. If there is one on the list that you like alot tell us please! Any feed back is better than none.
Charms so far:
Final Fantasy 6
Locke Cole, Mog, Chocobo ...
Final Fantasy 7
Cloud, Tifa, Yuffie, Vincent, Cid, Sephiroth, Rufus, Reno, Rude, Tseng, Red XIII (Nanaki), Elena, Hojo, Aeris, Barrett, Marlene, Reeve, Yazoo, Zack, Loz, Kadaj, Angeal, Genesis, Cait Sith, JENOVA, Denzel, Bahamut, ...
Final Fantasy Tactics
Agrias, Cidolfus Orlandu, ...
Final Fantasy 10
Yuna, ...
Hellsing
Integra, Alucard, ...
On Jianre's Journal there is a list of the pending people if you want to take a look. Or just go to my previous journal. Thanks!!!



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Schedule for Conventions:

Anizona [Phoenix/AZ] (April 9-12 '09)
Fanime [San Jose/CA] (May 22-25 '09) - Artist Alley
A-Kon [Dallas/TX] (May 29-31 '09)
Califurr [Irvine/CA] (June 5-7 '09) - Dealer's Den
Anime Expo [LA/CA] (July 2-5 '09) - AA Table
Comic-Con [San Diego/CA] (July 23-26 '09) Art show table!!
Anime Festival Orlando [FL] (July 31 - August 2 '09) (AA table pending...)
San Japan [SAn Antonio/TX] (August 14-16 '09) decided not to go
Sac-Anime [Sacramento/CA] (August 28-30 '09)
AnimeFest [Dallas/TX] (September 4-7 '09)
Dragoncon [Atlanta/GA] (September 4-7 '09)
Nan Desu Kan [Denver/CO] (September 11-13 '09) Tables Sold Out
Autumn Dream(Ani-Magic) [Lancaster/CA] (October 16-18 '09)
Saboten-Con [Mesa/AZ] (October 30 - November 1 '09)
Pacific Media Expo [Monterey Park/CA] (November 6-8 '09)
Anime Los Angeles [CA] (January 8-10 '10)
Further Confusion [San Jose/CA] (January 21-25 '10)
Sakura-Con [Seattle/WA] (April 2-4 '10)

~Legend of Emotes~
= Got Badge and Table!!(or Other Exhibit for Art, or a Shared Table)
= Got Badge.
= Planning on attending.
= I WANT to attend! but can't... so far
= Can't go or decided not to
= Con is done and went well!!
= Dreaming of the Future...

Listening to: Final Fantasy S Generation - The Oath
Watching: Two little cockatiel chicks get fed
Eating: chicken
Drinking: Lots of water its hot!