Happy New Year! 2014 Already?!

Wow, the year has just flown by yet again. I guess it is true, once you become an "adult" the years just seem to fly by lol. I say "adult" because I don't feel like a full fledged adult yet. I know some of you know what I mean ;D

I hope everyone had an amazing holiday season! I did. I got to spend it with my family and then I also got to go to New Orleans for Christmas with my boyfriend and his family! Aside from losing my drivers license it was really cool. There were artists and musicians everywhere! In the middle of the streets even! And the food was amazingly delicious. I'm lucky we walked all over the place hahaha!

I have a few attainable goals this year ;) Most of them are shop related. My big goal is to try and do at least one show ever 3 months. So far I'm off to a good start. I have a show coming up on Feb 1st called "Soda Pop Culture 2" It being up on by a local shop called Nine Tails. They are very big on working with local artists and vendors. There will be live music and live art as well. I'm super excited about that.

In March I'll be doing a show with Allison of Hobbit.Town Jewelry in Houston for Anime Matsuri. Its going to be my first away show. I'm nervous and excited all at the same time. I wont have to luxury of being able to come home and make charms every night so I'm a little worried about not having enough merchandise with me :S I guess I better get to making charms!

In April Allison and I will be doing another show in Schertz at LoneStar Comic Con. Its another away show. Okay its like an hour away but still its not in San Antonio lol. Its going to be interesting since its a smaller convention. Keep your fingers crossed for us!

That's it for all the confirmed shows right now. I've listed my prospected calendar for the year so far. The TBA are shows who have yet to open their registration or post dates yet.

Goals for 2014
1. To do at least one show every three months. I feel like this is a good goal. I've got a few shows scattered throughout the year already. Its the fall/winter I have trouble booking.
2. Actually list items I sell at shows that I don't have in my shop. I'm very bad about listing items I make for conventions that are popular. I took me a year wise up and list my doctor who charms lol.
3. Figure out how to consistently sell more than one item a month. I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong but my traffic flow through Etsy is horrible. While I sell pretty well in person at events and shows I really don't sell well online. Maybe if I blog more? I've found making connections with people at conventions helps a lot though. Maybe this goal should be work on networking ;)
4.Find enough crafting buddies to have crafting parties/hangouts. Its sounds silly but there's so much you can learn from others :D

So there you have it! Goals for the future!! Until next time y'all <3

Show and Convention Schedule
February:
Feb 1 - Soda Pop Culture 2 San Antonio, Tx

March:
March ? - Lost in Wonderland San Antonio, Tx
March 14-16 - Anime Matsuri Booth #631 Houston, Tx

April:
Apr 11-13 LoneStar Comic Con Schertz, Tx


May:
Anime Odessy TBA San Antonio, Tx

June:
Jun 22-24 - Texas Comic Con Booth #151 San Antonio, Tx

July:


August:


September:
Sep 26-28 - Alamo City Comic Con TBA San Antonio, Tx