I went down to Necronomicon last weekend for a combination Spicy vending and parental visit. Business was slow. I can now say I've had the experience of being a dealer and failing to break even on expenses. ( Read more... )

I came, I saw, I braided.

Continuing in last year's tradition, I went to Arisia to deal braids. I again had flasher's lovely artwork to decorate my walls, and this year, I added in some chainmail jewelry pieces, the hobby I picked up last summer, as well as a few smaller things. I had modified my display book slightly and printed out some colorful ( Read more... )

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For those who were looking for context for the last post: this past weekend, I was at Confluence, dealing braids ( Read more... )

Snippets of conversation from today (paraphrased as best as I can remember):

blk: "... Yeah, I've been doing weddings for a while. I've braided for many of my friends ( Read more... )

I like this one!

The original pic was from the hairstyle I tossed into my hair on the last day of Arisia. Since, of course, selling braids works best when there are live samples there. I'm really not a knot person, but I'm interested in learning more and using them as fancy styling on my braidwork. So far I'm just working on wrapping the ( Read more... )

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From the encouragement and practice I've gotten recently, most specifically at Arisia, I've been looking more into braiding as a serious moneymaking practice, instead of just as an occasional hobby. I don't think I'm going to go the RenFest route, as the time commitment there is a more than I want, and I'm not relying on this for income. However ( Read more... )

I went to Arisia this weekend to help out with registration, braid hair, and see lots of people. Oh, and there was a con going on, too.

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I had a very pleasant vacation week, saw people, did things, braided hair, and took a variety of pictures. Recapping here.

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