floppybelly

Copied and edited from my last journal on FA of this nature:

Things I've paid for that people owe me:
witchiebunny owes me a 15-dollar hips-up commission.
pan-pan owes me a seventeen-dollar installment of my fanfiction.
l-sway owes me an 80-dollar robot foursome commission.

Things I owe to other people:
I owe "Aidan CAL" a 4-dollar pipey of his choosing (from winning the raffle at FWA 2012), but I don't know how to get ahold of him!
I owe a raffle prize of a terrier to the second winner of the raffle from MFF... I forget their name. If you wanted a Westie terrier, let me know!
I had a raffle winner at Anthrocon who wanted a rainbow dash window cling? Who was that? I have one ready now...
Dasharhosenwyn forgot to take her scarf home with her at MFF 2013, so I have to mail that out to her.

Things I want to do for business:
Re-fill the basket of mini-pipeys (and take pictures of the new ones)
Finish the giant wire skull and document it for portfolio; Find a buyer or gallery for it

Things I want to do for fun:
Play Minecraft forever
Get back into writing oneword prompts (Maybe eventually compile them into a cohesive story)

Things I gotta do for school:
Nothing! I graduated!

Plus 20-35 hours a week at Kroger! Fun times.

So... needless to say, my commission queue is looking pretty darn empty right about now. If you ever wanted a pipey, now is the time to do it! I'm planning on a bunch of conventions this year, so I can bring your pipeys to you in person there too. So far on the schedule, we have:
Texas Furry Fiesta (in Dallas), Feb 21-23
Furry Weekend Atlanta, Mar 20-23
Midwest Media Expo (in Detroit), April 25-27
Morphicon (in Columbus OH), May 1-4
Anthrocon (in Pittsburgh), July 2-7 (That's how long I'm staying, anyway. Need a room?)
IndyFurCon (in Indianapolis), Aug 29-31
Furreality (in Cincinnati), Oct 10-12
Youmacon (in Detroit), Oct 30-Nov 2
Midwest Furfest (in Chicago), Dec 5-7

That is ALMOST one con in every month! If you've got a con in mind that you think I should go to, let me know! Maybe it's possible, now that I'm out of school.

Hey guys.
I don't know how many of you know this, but I lost my job back in June. I've been living off my savings ever since, and they're dwindling down, and the job search isn't going so great. I'm almost graduated from school, which will leave me with a lot of free time, so I think it's time to see if it's possible to make a living on makin' pipeys.

I've calculated my expenses, and I need to bring in roughly $60 a day. That's equivalent to three standard pipeys! I can DO that, guys. Three pipeys a day is not unreasonable. I recently ordered a big box of boxes, so that'll make shipping a lot easier. My website is up to date. (that's floppybelly.com for those who don't remember) My Etsy store is up and running, and is a fantastic way to make commissions official and accountable, and offers a very organized system of communication between customer and creator. Check that out at www.etsy.com/shop/floppybelly and just hit the big blue "Request Custom Order" button.

So, let's talk promotion!
I do have both Livestream, Ustream, and Google+ accounts, and would be willing to use any of those to hang out with people while I work on their pipeys. I've got some good tunes and some cute cats, so that should be fun.
I'm also thinking of doing themed discounts, to help encourage those kind-hearted souls who have always wanted to commission me, but were never sure just what they wanted. Ideas for future themes include Marsupials, characters that are yellow, arthropods, things that fly or swim, extraterrestrials, anime creatures, etc.

For this theme, I'm doing Halloween. That means spooky stuff! Like spiders, bats, snakes, rats, owls, werewolves, black cats, and who knows what else goes bump in the night! NO SLENDERMAN!!! If you think of something I've forgotten, just ask! People ordering pipeys in the Halloween theme (orders of $20 or larger) will receive free shipping, and a small jack-o-lantern window cling to help with your festivities.

I'm starting out with five commission slots, so act now to grab one!
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And yes, don't forget about scarves- winter is coming, are you ready?

Lots of love,
floppybelly

P.S. (hey if you could spread this around so that people who've never commissioned me before can see it, that would be great!)

[9:58:46 PM] floppybelly: okay this is an interesting phenomenon
[9:58:59 PM] floppybelly: the term "intarsia" can be applied to both woodwork and knitting
[9:59:15 PM] floppybelly: it refers to having a flat surface made out of more than one material, side-by-side
[9:59:30 PM] floppybelly: the interesting part is that when you search the word on tumblr, it's almost entirely knitting
[9:59:40 PM] floppybelly: and when you search it on deviantart, it's nearly entirely woodwork
[9:59:57 PM] floppybelly: boys verses girls again, I guess

So I was at a Sherlockian meetup on Saturday, and we were discussing fanfiction. I've been informed that AO3 is supposedly a far superior alternative to FF.N, and am now curious to try it out. Would there happen to be anyone out there who has an extra invitation I can use to join?

floppybellyoh@yahoo.com is the email to send it to, if so!

Please and thank you?

Everyone seems to use Etsy. I don't prefer it because of the way the listings work, but it's one of those things where everyone uses it, so you'd better use it too. So I updated mine today so that you can now buy the four sizes of pipeys! www.etsy.com/shop/floppybelly Go have a look?

I still prefer that you order off of my website, floppybelly.com, but if you're the sort who prefers Etsy, there you go.