PMX was mostly lovely.

I had tons of fun. My sales were actually pretty darn good when I properly consider the size of the convention. I talked with/meet tons of incredibly fun and interesting people. I lost almost all of their business cards for the moment. I'm sure they're somewhere.

Almost all of the staff was incredibly helpful and friendly. I may be doing a panel or two for them next year, even. Oh, and that raffle is still going, so go sign up for it!

However, I never even saw the guy who was in charge of Artist Alley. Things worked out, but the lack of communication made me rather nervous a few times. I've been told that Things Will Happen next year that will prevent the problem. Since I don't really know the cause, I can't guess as to the things.

Next up? Some requests, a bit of designing, and ALA in January.

Would I do this con again? Yeah, but I'd stress a lot less about getting merchandise made.

Current Mood: tired

And now my etsy shop is in vacation mode.

To get ready for the convention, I still need to go to the back, pack up my merchandise, and finish 18 scarves.

Oh, and I still need to finish off more homework.

Oh internet, I love how you help me procrastinate!

Current Mood: crazy

PMX starts Friday.

I have 22 scarves to finish.

I have a paper for one class to finish by Friday..

I have a presentation to prepare for Sunday for another class. (Yes, right after the con. I have the smart when it comes to planning.)

Oh, and I have a long term subbing job that starts Monday, and my lesson plans are wobbly.

And what am I doing? I'm blogging.

Current Mood: rushed

OMG. PMX is in less than a week. I have soooo much to finish! :(

Also, I have homework.

I suspect I don't have sanity.

Current Mood: rushed

I think I'm about halfway to what I can realistically expect to finish making for PMX. It's a little hard for me to judge since I've got subbing work all this week and half of nxt week. As of right now, I'm not subbing for the week before PMX, but with a teacher due to go out on maternity leave soon....

Also, I did a presentation to an economics class about running your own business. I felt like I rambled a bit, but the teacher was really pleased with how it went.

Maybe I'll post some of what I said here, but with slightly less rambling.

Current Mood: busy

40 or so minutes until I know if I get a table at ALA. I HATE this kind of waiting.

Also, I still haven't heard back from PMX, but I've started sewing for it already since it's in a month.

EDIT: 8:05PM. I'm in!!

EDIT: 10:35PM. Poop. I can only have a half table.

Current Mood: hyper

I'm so excited about this! My etsy shop was featured in blog for the OC Weekly! Check it out!

Current Mood: ecstatic

Heh, heh, oops. I totally failed in my challenge to myself to create 4 sewing patterns. While I'd like to whine about school and subbing taking up all my time, I know perfectly well that I had a nice little failure to manage what free time I had instead.

Dunno if I'll try to finish my challenge late or call it a loss. PMX is in a little over a month and I need to get moving on that and holiday sewing.

Current Mood: thoughtful

See how much I rock?

Current Mood: accomplished

Two patterns down, sort of.

The first pattern is a fleece capelet. I haven't actually made this yet because I can't make up my mind on how to do the lining, and despite going to the fabric store twice, I haven't bought the closure for it. Still, the hardest part is done.

The second pattern is BORING. Seriously. It's a vent cover. It's a big old mesh circle, but there's a company that needs a whole mess of them. Technically, the pattern isn't done until the fit is confirmed, but I'm pretty confident that all will go well as long as the blue prints I got were right.

I'm not sure what my next two patterns will be, especially because I got a book on making kanzashi, and it's eating my brain.

Tags: sewing challenge
Current Mood: accomplished