MAGFest went by fast!

   Well yesterday was the end of MAGFest, my first ever adventure in selling my crafty fun things. The Link hats were very popular, by the end of the convention there were only six left. In fact there was one guy who sold his Link hat to his friend because he liked my hats better. :-) Clearly I'll be making more of those for next year, I'll need more green ones, they sold out in the first two days! Also there seems to be another color of Link hats that will need to be made, apparently in the game Four Swords, Link has a purple outfit. So there will be green, purple, blue, red and black hats next time. Sadly my ears and tails weren't as popular as I was hoping, lots of people liked them and were interested but only two pairs sold. There were a few requests for black ears, so I'll have to find some black fur to make black ears. My plan for next year is to make some Nyan cat ears and tails, our booth neighbor offered to make some poptarts for me, so I can add them to the bow on the tails. The bags were definitely intriguing people but I think I may have priced them too high, on the last day of MAGFest I dropped the price and sold two Loot bags. While I may not have sold as much as I was hoping, I definitely learned a few things. I'd definitely consider my first try at selling my handmade items in a convention setting as a success. I can't wait to do this again :-) 
   While at MAGFest I began brainstorming for ideas for next year and I'm still planning on participating in a local craft fair. Also Donna and I might be heading to another video game convention in the summer. Her paintings did well, in my opinion, at MAGFest. In fact people were more interested in the actual canvas paintings than the prints she had. She was also complimented a lot on her artistic talents, apparently her pieces were of better quality than some of the other 8-bit artworks that were on display in the MAGFest Marketplace. Sharing the booth worked out well, we are planning to acquire some better display materials (modular wire mesh shelving, signs for prices, etc.), we may also expand to two booth spaces instead of one next year. It was a super fun experience and I truly enjoyed working with and sharing the booth with Donna. We both made friends with our booth neighbors, who welcomed us in to the crafter community. I'll be posting what didn't sell to my etsy shop, so please go have a look :-)

Creatively Tinkering on Etsy

Here's a link to Donna's etsy shop: Continuously Dreaming

Also please have a look at our booth neighbors websites:

Our booth neighbor, Laura's esty shop: Number 12

Our other booth neighbor, Nicole's deviant art site: Colie's Cute Crafts

Oh and here's a photo of our booth: