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Catching Up – What a Year It’s Been!

~ Cynthia Abernathy

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.

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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!
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It was the weekend of Wonder Woman! This amazon came back to show off the bracers she bought from us.
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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.
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A closeup of our extreme colorfulness for Blerdcon.
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Scares That Care! This was our third year at this event, one of our favorites every year.
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Our awesome artist friend Kat joined us in our room this year, and made these awesome signs to help people find us.
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…and then she became part of the room decor…
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…until we had a little building emergency adventure.
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But all was well and we kept on having fun for charity!
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Next was our first time at FanExpo Boston. A decent weekend, though we definitely learned from it if we choose to do it again.
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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.
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Dragon Con! Another crowded tiny table. I am hoping for more space for next year.
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These bottles continued to be a huge hit – almost all of them sold day one!
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Entering fall with Frederick Pagan Pride. A beautiful, brightly sunny day.
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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.

Show Review: Scares That Care Weekend

~ Cynthia Abernathy

Hello again! We are entering our slow time between shows, so I’m getting caught up on all of my show photos and such from this past year. Then it’ll be time for year in review and fun planning for next year!

Scares That Care Weekend is one of our favorite events. It is not our most profitable, but it’s a weekend of awesome people who love horror and trying to do good for charity. This year, we got a whole conference room to fill with our stuff however we wanted. Up side – we could show off a lot of stuff and be creative with our display. Downside – the second floor gets less traffic and the room we chose was… well, more hidden than we realized.

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Come on boney, help us show people where we are…
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So, leave the haunted house, then take a sharp turn…
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…down the skinny hidden hallway…
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… and into room 14! We posted lots of these posters to try and help people find us. Plus, first show with our new logo!
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Nice and open room to show lots of different products!
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Room was an unusual shape, but that meant we could set up a nice sales and work table.
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More shadow box kits! People got a good laugh out of these.
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Swords, props, bottles… so much to shop through!
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Costumes around the event were awesome. The Chanels and the Red Devil came for a visit.
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Even out in the parking lot people were having a silly, fun, horror time.

Huge thanks to all of our helpers who showed people where we were!

We are already paid up for next year. We will be on the second floor again, but in a more obvious room next time. And we’ll go even further on atmosphere and display!