Tora-Con recap

[diello]

First, I must say that Aliza Jayne is amazing! She made my dress, her dress, and Tiffani's skirt. We all looked adorable together :)

I sold things like a fiend! I made about a 40% profit :) I got to make a few custom hats on the spot, and even dealt with some stiff competition. I didn't sell nearly as many buttons as I'd hoped, but I sold enough. I tried to sell that small skull mask (the little fractured one, not Deathe Ledger). Hundreds of people picked it up, but then carefully put it down when I said "$30."

There were SO many awesome costumes, including a very nicely done Pyramid Head, and an AMAZING Faust (from Guilty Gear- one of my favourite fighting games). Faust was my favourite, and oooooh, the man under the paper bag was CUTE! I couldn't tell if I was blushing from being stuck in line with him for a half hour or because it was 80 degrees (F) out at 9am. But he had a cute Wa Lolita girlfriend. And oh yeah. I have a cute boyfriend, too :p

I had two head-dresses. One was already made and on display, the other was still in the works. I didn't think it would sell as fast as it did (I made about ten sales in 3 seconds during the first rush) so I had to really crack down and finish the other one, which didn't sell at all :(

I sold a couple hats for $20 but then brought them down to $15. I also haggled the prices, and sometimes they worked in my favor (like, the price went UP!). I had one crown which sold for 15, buttons, random cogs, and resin shapes with cogs inside that I didn't end up turning into pendants that sold for a dollar, And many lace wrist cuffs that sold out (except one pair) for 5.

I had a happy day :)

I didn't really wander, except to go to the bathroom and get a snack, but when I found out that GhostFire was there, I HAD to go get a print from them (I was eying this print for a couple of years, so I bought a small version of it :)

Then we all went out for ice cream! And now I can finally relax a little bit. Do the homework I was supposed to do during the week (that is, Read that Cory Doctorow book, do Japanese homework, and watch a Japanese movie and turn in a report on it with 50 words I recognize - the last two assignments I can do Monday between and after classes).

Pictures soon. I'm going to wear this outfit for the Voltaire show tomorrow!

Comments

[meow-tan.livejournal.com]

I love meta too! That was actually my first meta dress. Its so well made, and I got it for a bargain too!

You have an etsy! Yay! I loved your shop, and I was so disappointed I discovered the artist alley too late!

[diello.livejournal.com]

Yeah, we were kind of in an inconvenient place, I think. (I mean the whole alley, not just my booth) because it was so detached from the rest of the con. I heard lots of people saying they wished they'd found the alley sooner. I also was a little miffed that there was another lolita booth right there at the registration entrance. Unfair!

[meow-tan.livejournal.com]

The other lolita booth wasn't really even lolita. Just stereotypical cosplay lolita, IMO. Cheap lace headdresses, and cat ears (that were SOLD OUT by the time I got there. *shivers*) I bought some bows for hair there, but that was it. I regret it now, though. I wish I had money for accesories from your both. D: So pretty, I loved the skull mask!

The artist alley wasn't really incontinent. More people would have gone, if they had a sign outside the door that pointed to it, saying ARTIST ALLEY HERE, or something like that. It was nice and cool in the artist alley. Which was more I could say for the dealers room. >>