Oops

I've been neglecting the internet world unfortunately, but for good (for me) reasons. When I made the switch over to Nostalgic Nerdom, finally completely giving up chainmailling I expected about equal sales. Not hardly. I was going to school full time (albeit a reduced load) the summer, and doing this as a side job. Which I quickly had to schedule time for as it began taking over my life and my living room.

Success: Good
Cat chewing through my bag of beads: Not so much.

My framed items took off, and in retrospect it made sense. The sprites I make are things I grew up with, are iconic to those of my generation. However, a large portion of folks my age have done this whole "becoming an adult" thing, which means have "real" decor. Frame = Grownup, Sprite = Awesome. Who could resist!

So, struggling to keep up with local demand, I all but shut down my online presence. I literately could not make things fast enough, even with recruiting my boyfriend to do much of the framing work. Once the Christmas Rush hit I had to thicken my skin and deal with folks being disappointed because I already sold out of every single megaman creation I had.

But all good things must come to an end. The market that I'd been selling at once a week for nearly a year has inexplicitly been booted out of their current location, and are still homeless. Therefore myself and my partner in geekery Angry Owl are also homeless. Now, she has kept up with her store being much better at time management than I, so there's lots ot see over there. Over at my own store. Nostalgic Nerdom, I'm still sweeping out the cob webs.

I have learned many lessons about organization in these past few months, and have a better feel for the geekery markets! I've learned that MegaMan > Mario for hyperactive fans, unless Mario is riding Yoshi. I've learned the power of multi-compartment containers, and I've learned the mailing schedules for my favorite suppliers.

I've also gotten my boyfriend suckered in to help me with mailing which is great. He is much more detail oriented than I, and if I've given him a set of requirements for packing they will be met or exceeded. He is also much better at dealing with the post office than I!

I will be around, slowly refilling my store. I may go on a dice posting binge after thing. There really are only so many ways to say d20s are awesome and roll and stuff, google may have to just put up with some repetition!

If you have some cool handmade geekery that you think my readers might enjoy, send me a message!

Now, as a side effect of all this, I've been completely lax about photography. Many of the pieces I've been most proud of I never snapped a single shot! The ones I know in person I've started demanding shots :D

In the mean time, here's a good shot taken by a friend of mine of my Christmas-tree/Storage Device!