My First Convetion!

 So I attended my First Convention EVER, it was called SabaKon and it was this past weekend april 26th and 27th at AlexisPark. I had a blast, got to meet a bunch of new people and see a lot of Cos-Players in really nice  Costumes. I shared a table with a friend of mine :D She was selling premade and custom beanies (AdoraBeanies ) which by the way are AMAZING! I sold (Zethans Craft Shop) Patches, Fat Unicorns and Sitting Owls.  Here are some picture of them while I was working on them. I didn't get a ton of time to work on everything because we only found out about getting the table last minute so we were kinda unprepared.

Princess Bubblegum's Crown and Lumpy Space Princess's Star

The Version I like better of LSP's Star

Peppermint Butler (adding the stripes)

My Little Pony Patches (color coordinating with friend)

Pony Patches on some of her hats ( they turned out so good) P.S. I took this picture of the Awesome Lizard!!! I didn't get and pictures of cos-players but I HAD to have a picture of him!

Quickie

So I haven't been working out this past week. I have been walking to the buss stop everyday >.< my car broke ( steering colum) *sigh* one more week but I plan on staring back up again. I have been trying to get a second job and so have been busy with that as well. Also Toro is now living with a friend of mine till I move to a new place (wont go into details but its dumb). Got too stressed out this past week and said screw exercising (not a good idea but that's how I justified it in my head) I promise by Monday I will be back on track, You can hold me to that :) I think I will do a weight up date and measurements ^.^ That way you have more proof I'm trying and not just telling you lies.

Remember When ...

So remember how I said I would update when I bought and sold on Tophatter and Yardsellr well so far here it goes

Tophatter : I finally sold on  and  they ask for 10% of sale unless it comes to under a dollar. $1.00 is the lest amount you can pay  once your item has sold. Which is not bad because there is no member fee, no listing fee (I haven't gotten to buying quite yet I keep getting out bid ) it would be fine because they allow you to link your shop so people can but directly from you but some of the deals people put up are just too hard to pass up and so you bid war with others hoping to get it. Also if your item doesn't sell the first time relist its free and chances are the next group someone will buy it. I have also found that the lower the starting bid the higher the bidders will go. Take listing something for 1.00 and 2.00 shipped has the potential to go really high verses starting at 15.00 and 5.00 shipped. People like to feel they got a deal whether they did or not. So just a heads up if you are wondering about using this site. So once I shipped my item  I went in and changed the statues to shipped and added tracking number, super easy and simple but just a little confusing to get to that page on their site. Other then that its a fun site to try out.

Yardsellr : Not must to say yet I haven't sold anything on here and while I am given the option to change the price of my listed items I don't know that making them cheaper will make people buy it more.

               Though like I said before everyone loves a deal. However there is a line between handmade and made in a sweatshop. As my Husband put it they want handmade for sweat shop prices and it doesn't get crafters anywhere when they are paying to to take their items they worked hard to make. Like I could list a Queen size hand crochet blanket on my shop but to even make it worth my time I would have to list it for $250+ not including the ungodly shipping I would have to add to that 25+ if I'm lucky. So yeah

OH also if you have been thinking about selling on Amazon.com give it a try I have sold a ton of books on there, its always been a good experiment and if your worried about taxes they have included a (1090?) tax form that you can use during tax time.

Over and Out
-Zethan

Year of The Dragon

Year of the Dragon Crib Mobile, now available in my store as a custom made item!Each mobile will be made with 4 Dragons and 2 clouds along with 4 cute owls(this can be changed if you would like something else) LOTS of detail goes into each one!
Hung by a 2 hoop system made of wood covered in ribbon. I use lots of colors to catch the attention of the child.
Simply point a fan at it to make it move or touch it while you watch your little one.

Super cute and simple AND if you keep the mobile as your child gets older you can cut the stuffties off the ribbon and now they have a bunch of soft toys to play with.