pagan pride

Hello everyone! It’s been quite the crazy year and we’re way behind on sharing what we’ve been up to. And there is awesome news to come!

So, let’s start with catching up on a year worth of incredible shows and a huge thank you for everyone who came out to see us.

20170616_130234 — First to kick off the summer was Awesome Con! Cynthia squeezed a lot into one little table. Next year, we have a full booth to share our geeky armor designs!

20170617_125300 — It was the weekend of Wonder Woman! This amazon came back to show off the bracers she bought from us.

20170630_135056 — Blerdcon was a first year convention in DC, dedicated to underrepresented groups in pop culture. It was one of the most welcoming events I have ever been to, and we are happily looking forward to next year.

20170630_135125 — A closeup of our extreme colorfulness for Blerdcon.

20170721_171314 — Scares That Care! This was our third year at this event, one of our favorites every year.

20170721_171340 — Our awesome artist friend Kat joined us in our room this year, and made these awesome signs to help people find us.

20170722_171146 — …and then she became part of the room decor…

20170722_175942_001 — …until we had a little building emergency adventure.

20170723_121423 — But all was well and we kept on having fun for charity!

20170811_141852 — Next was our first time at FanExpo Boston. A decent weekend, though we definitely learned from it if we choose to do it again.

20170811_142643 — Our endcap booth at Boston. The artist section of this one really is print and comic artists, so we’d be better off in the dealer area.

20170831_211250 — Dragon Con! Another crowded tiny table. I am hoping for more space for next year.

20170831_211307 — These bottles continued to be a huge hit – almost all of them sold day one!

20170916_101338 — Entering fall with Frederick Pagan Pride. A beautiful, brightly sunny day.

20170916_101411 — Nathaniel put out a great display of new bone knives for the fall.

That’s it for the shows that I remembered to take pictures of this past year! Check out our show schedule to see where to find us next.

One of the highlights of our September is always Pagan Pride Days. These are lovely one day events all over the country where various people of pagan leanings come together. This year we made our way to three of the events: Frederick MD, Northern Virginia, and Belmont NC.

This was our second year at Frederick Pagan Pride, and I am happy to say much less rainy than last year! Actually, it was a beautiful day. The event took place on the front lawn of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Frederick. It was a wonderful setting, welcoming and friendly. And speaking of, we happily got to meet up with various vendor and fair friends as well.

20160917_100730 — Our booth on the hill! Nice collection of ritual tools and cloaks.

20160917_100759 — A bit of the view from inside the tent.

20160917_135648 — Happy customer with our horn-tipped spear, black fleece cloak, and short crystal wand.

20160917_153420 — The beautiful front lawn and its gorgeous willow tree.

20160917_181833 — It feels like you’re in the middle of nowhere here, and it is so peaceful.

20160917_182619 — I’ve had a thing for willow trees since elementary school. Here’s the view from under the tree back towards the church. And a bit of the sunset as we’re all packing up.

20160917_182633 — Kids unfortunately tore down a number of the willow branches, but we got permission to collect what was on the ground to make something out of. So here’s Nathaniel goofing off while collecting them for next year!

The following Saturday was Northern Virginia and Belmont NC Pagan Pride Days. I went to NoVa, Nathaniel to NC. So I only have photos from NoVA. It was a little weird being back on my college campus – that had been a while! The setting gave this festival a definitely different feel. And I started off the day with our canopy, which had already been stressed by the winds at Steampunk World’s Fair, breaking as I went to set it up. Thank goodness for PVC pipes and duct tape!

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