News — 2024

I've always wanted to make plush since it's something I also love to buy. Honestly, the internet has made so much super accessible, especially to someone like myself who doesn't know how to sew. I could learn but I also know my time is valuable and that's where many of us turn to manufacturing. Since I've been getting a lot of questions lately about plush and my manufacturers, it was recommended I just write a guide.Rules & Regulations of PlushBefore you start diving directly into anything, you need to understand the rules and regulations surrounding plush for where you reside....

I applied to this event in January 2024 and approved fairly quickly. I asked later in January if I could split my booth with another vendor and I could, so Lizbie became my booth partner which was really exciting!I reserved the hotel the same month and basically forgot about everything until October when we started getting emails about load-in for the event. I would like to note that the vendor booths are 10x10, they come with 8 foot tables, 2 chairs and 2 badges. Extra badges at this time were $60 each and we both had to get an extra...

I applied for Anime Fusion in March and I was accepted in June. Dealers room has a contract and I don't remember much about it at this point. I did also sponsor this event for $250. They advertised my business on their socials before the event.I received my load in information from them on October 11th. My kid still has swim stuff so the load-in hours only being from 2pm to 9pm are fairly restrictive. I'll bring it up at later, but I definitely like it when load in hours have more flexibility on the day before the event.Thankfully Friday hours...

Normally I was picking events based on locations where I had friends I could visit. I didn't think I knew anyone in PA at the time I signed up for this (apparently one of my WoW friends lived here though and I was like oh yeah much later lol). Actually, I only even registered because people said it was a good event. I had never been to Pennsylvania any time previously either. It's just one of those states I had no reason to visit.Applications had a super short window. I applied on Nov 11, 2023 within the tiny window of...

I was told at some point in 2023 that my products would do really well at a furry convention. We have a local one in Minnesota called Furry Migration, so I opted to go ahead and try it out. I applied January 21 for dealers as the way the artist alley works is much different than other conventions. If I understand it correctly, you can show up for a table or if you apply you have to be doing commissions or something? I don't remember. I was accepted into the dealers den in May. Since I'm local I didn't have...