...which I HATE with a passion: both money and talking about it. But, I also recognize that I'm not currently pulling my weight in regards to funds. Dammit. So I gotta work on the attracting customers thing. Hi! Come on over! I got something to show ya.

{Edits are being added as I think of 'em}

First up, backlog is getting done. I'm just gonna work on 'em one at a time and as I finish 'em, send 'em out. There might be a surprise or two in the packages.

Second: folks on the waiting-list have dibs on what I'm going to do next. >^__^< I have your names and I'll be contacting each of you soon in regards to the pretties you've been wanting made.

Third: no, Ender ain't here, man...
-moving on-

So here's the thing. Like I said, me and the hubby had a little talk about the finances. We're NOT hurting! No, that's not what this is about. It's about giving the poor man some effing free time and financial cushion. That is, he doesn't get any 'cuz he's been supporting me. (sorry, hon).

So we came up with this:

-reduce the number of projects. No more art, no more badges, no more small, fiddly things that take forever and don't make enough change for the time spent. Goggles might still happen, only 'cuz I REALLY like makin' gogs. Any art not commissioned or fursuit-related is getting taken down. Sorry if you've faved any of it. Just want to reduce the amount of stuff in my gallery so folks can find the fursuit-related things I've made in the past to judge whether or not they might like something I've made.

-consider not going to FC, but sending in pieces instead to save on hotel costs. I'll still be putting stuff into the art-shows, but it won't be flat art. Partials, tails, heads, maybe even a full fursuit, if I can swing it. Get some serious practice in and make some fun things to sell at conventions. Partials that are done well ALWAYS sell at auction. Califur is still an option and it may become my home Con for the next little while. We don't have to worry about hotels and stuff because we're close enough for it to be local. If Antheria ever happens again, maybe do that, too.

-concentrate on the costumes and garner more interest in them by getting more of them out there.

And the big deal of this whole thing: I'm opening for commissions. Just TWO, for the moment, and just suits or partials. No, tails don't count. Whoever snags the spots first gets a crazy discount of 35%. That's about $975 for a complicated partial (detailed head, feet, tail, hand-paws, maybe wings if you're a flyer), or a simple full-suit like Reese's Pieces (you choose species, of course). A full-suit from me normally goes around 1300-1500 max (I can raise prices later when and if people think my stuff is worth it).

[EDIT]If anyone is interested, please contact me. Understand that the wait will take a while (four months min to finish current pieces, get started on yours and do one for Califur's Art-show).[/EDIT]

If any of you are familiar with the character I jokingly call Reese's Pieces that I built for  reese, you'll know what I can do. Check through my gallery--it's full of tails, a few pairs of feet, even a cool ears/horns head-piece. I have plenty of fur, but I will make fabric runs if needed for something special to you. I have some wolf-jaw sets, several pairs of taxidermy eyes (currently I have four sets: clear with cat-slit pupils, lion-coloured with round pupils, deep, metallic blue with slit pupils and a purple/black with slit pupils available). If, like  reese you provided materials, costs come down (sorry, you can't stack the first-come first-serve discount with the provide materials one. I'd make no money! LOL) If your character has horns, for example, I have several pairs of horns and antlers I can take moulds of in resin to make your horns if yours is a rawr-suit, or make 'em out of foam and fabric if it's more toony.

To sum up:
-finishing backlog, with many many 'pollylodges for the late-times.
-noting the waiting-list to refresh contacts and let them know I'm still alive and working.
-offer to make suits.
-PROFIT!
-okay, not really, but I am hoping to get off my duff and do something worthwhile. [EDIT] <---Kanis sez this is too negative, so consider my journal ending off with sweetness and rainbows, kthankbye[/EDIT]

Throw some opinions at me! No, no, I said OPINIONS, not ONIONS! *whack-whack-thud* Well, at least I can make soup...