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!

Week 3 No Car

Not my car but its what it looks like : P

So I have been without my lovely Maroon Car for "3" weeks now and summer semester if almost over I mean like days away. SO excited about it but the SUN is killing me with heat. I swear I get close to an hour+ of walking down in the heat of the SUN and then I tell myself I'm going to work out in the garage before bed. *hahaha* Yeah so I did it Monday and (Tuesday).... I really wish my memory was better but oh well. I had a Calendar going but it has fallen my the wayside. So yeah  I am working on a queen size knit blanket and it is taking FOREVER!!!!!  but in the mean time  I made a new bag (the one I bought ended up having too much metal on it for my skin and I looked like I had a  gotten bitten my hundreds of little ants on my arms).  So I made a nice purple and "pearl" colored bag and again (do but don't like the way it turned out).  I will post pictures at a later time I swear!  Monday my coworker came it with a question about crocheting a hat and I tried to help her, but she didn't bring it with her. However she brought it the next day and I figured out where her problem was and why it didn't match the picture. Oddly enough I have found a lot of Crafty people at work, more then I thought there would be. (I work with Computers all day)..  


.... Okay I'm done for now.

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Strawberries

 So I decided to make a few cat toys  and put them up in my shop. The pattern for them came from UME Crafts, I just love her work (and yes I did get her permission though I have to say its been a few years, I hope she remembers : /  ....)

I Found "It"

 So I found my connection cord for my phone ^.^
This young man -----> is Mr. PK (PurrKittens) he is the son of Midnight the last one in the litter when he was born. He lives with my Sister (we shall call her Red because I have a lot of them ^.^) he is kinda the slow one but super cute  with he's gray suit and white accents.

  <---- This one is Mr.Killua named after Hunter X Hunter, we were really big into it at that time. He was one of the three white babies that lived. (the mom had one that died at birth, it was hard I cried   while on the phone with the vet.) I wish I still had a pic of all the boys on a chair waiting to go to a good home. He ended up with my sister Red as well. He is also from the same litter and Midnight was the dad. I don't think I have posted pictures of the mom here, her name was Eclipse.  I no longer have her or Mid. they are in a better place I hope.

 THIS IS SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO AWESOME!!!!! I found the pattern here PEARS!!! OMG I love pears soooooooooo much so I had to make it. She has other patterns that are cute too def. check out her blog!!!!! DO IT!! (she didn't ask me to talk about her). I JUST REALLY LOVE PEARS!!!!!!!

Last but not lest at recent picture of The Fat Cat or (Princess Fat Tail) as I so have named her lately. I just love my Evening she will come to anything I call her ^.^ 

Counted Cross Stitch

 So I wanted to work on something different lately. I rummaged through my craft closet for something, anything that strikes my interest.





I ran across this and was like hay I'll start working on it.

 Working on the inbetween part of the wing section, the above pic is going the  wrong direction lol I was almost done when I noticed ---->

 I took it out and started going in the right direction. *sigh*  but I know it would bother me later, like bad. I have taken out an entire cross stitch because it look awkward to me. I am super picky some times.

Here is where I left off so I could upload a few pictures and tell you about it. This is only one wing of a rather large dragon.










-Zethan

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

Getting Ready for the next Holiday!

Working on New item for the Shop thought i would share my drafting pictures with you so you can see the process. What you can't see are the erase lines on the page but there it I promise not even sure this is the final. Guess you will have to wait and see in the shop :)

As promised Picture updates on the hood/scarf I actually have it finished and ready to ship but I haven't taken the final pictures yet, that and the Ears came out looking like cow ears and not cat so I might go back and fix it .... still not sure though.
Close up of the ears detail ! Oh yeah looks real :P
Well that is all for now until next time , Keep Crafting!

-Zethan

Working on things!

Valentine Item I made for my shop this year!

























Year of the Dragon Mobile made for my Sister. It took my a few days to come up with what to do but after that it was just cut and sew/stuff.

Been busy working on a throw for my sister I am hoping to add patterns to my shop soon. Crochet and knit patterns that is. Working on a few that are going though the trial and error process as we speak!

Good Luck to all the New Mothers this Year!!!

-Zethan