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Con Season has started for me and it's off to a slow start. I had two cons already: FanFaire and CT GamerCon. FanFaire was a total washout. CT GamerCon was OK, although I wish I had made more. This weekend, I have Hudson Valley Comic Con, which if you have never been, you may want to check out. It's actually quite the fun con. I went to it's first year and had a blast. This year, I will be soloing in the Artist Alley, so keep an eye out for me. You shouldn't be able to miss the bright pink pony camo tablecloth...but then again, maybe you will. Who knows.

Anyway, I will be doing a few figurine updates over the course of the next few days. Because of this con and so many snow days, I have been doing my best to try and keep up with work. It's been a bit difficult. The snow days mean students fall behind in their work, which means I fall behind as well. So, playing catch up sort of sucks.

I have started a blog to try and keep people (and conventions) appraised of my doings. This will hopefully be useful when I need to close down the shop on con weekends, because apparently that caused an issue with one of my applications. But, hopefully you will all check it out, as it also has a list of where I will be in terms of cons. Here's the link: trotloeilartistry.blogspot.com…
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Well, things have changed. Due to personal issues, TomCat PopShop is slowly being dissolved. I am currently moving all my stuff from TomCat to my old shop on Etsy. Never fear, though, I shall continue to make figurines and some cool digital artwork as time allows. I have at least 7 figurines in the works, and all my stuff is up on Etsy right now! So never fear, my fellow artists and collectors, I am still working!

Please feel free to check out the new site, and my new artwork!
Trot L'Oeil Artistry
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Alright everyone, we are two cons down. :iconsamoht-lion: and I just got back from TrotCon, and it was such a success, despite the issues.

 So, let's start with Friday. First off, let me preface the con by saying about a week before the con, all the vendors and panelists got an email stating that the hotel screwed up the timing, which meant that we could not set up our display on Thursday which they usually allow for vendors. We would not be allowed to set up until Friday at 2pm, thereby eating into half our selling time. None of the vendors were happy with this, even with the promise of a partial refund on our table. Cut to 1:55pm Friday, when we find out that we will not be getting in until 3pm. People are mad, and then 3pm passes and we don't get in until almost 4:30!!!! Needless to say, every vendor thought they were screwed including us, out of Friday sales. I have never seen such a mad dash to try and set up before in my life. They even let con goers in while we were still setting up!!! However, despite this setback, :iconsamoht-lion: and I did pretty well, making almost $500 between the two of us. Vendor hall stayed open until almost 9pm, which meant we were exhausted!

Saturday was a big sales days, making well over $600 between us, which meant that by this time, we had made back both table and hotel room, which was a nice change for once, giving us an opportunity to make some profit after the fact. Usually at cons, we barely break even. I had some huge sales, including my Hearth's Warming Eve statue that I made before PonyCon and was featured on Equestria Daily.

Sunday started slow, with people not really getting to the hall until about 10:30ish. It was another big sale day, and then the fun happened: the fire alarm went off, and continued to go off even after we were allowed to go back in. This went on for at least 20 minutes, I kid you not. However, I can't complain because by end of day, we had made over $900 each for the entire weekend! Almost $2000 between the two of us in sales!

Up next is LockCity ComicCon on Saturday, which is a one day con. If you live around the Stamford area, come check it out! Afterwards, we will be updating the Etsy page with some new merch!
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Alright everyone, we got cons coming up like crazy! :iconsamoht-lion: and I have AnthroCon in Pennsylvania in a few days, where we will both be in the Artist Alley. :iconsamoht-lion: will be there all 3 days, where I will only be there on Friday and Sunday, but I will mosey around the con, so you should be able to find me.

Once that's over, we will have a small breather until TrotCon in Ohio, where we will be at booth 31! This will be our first TrotCon, which will make up for not being able to attend BronyCon. Yes, we know this sucks, but we have two family weddings back to back the week before and of BronynCon, so we cannot avoid those.

The week after TrotCon, we will have LockCity ComicCon in Connecticut. It's going to be a one-day con, but it will help us round out the summer, hopefully. We may have one more con after that, in November. We will see what happens.

Come find us in the coming cons! There is so much we have that we haven't put up because we have just been crazy with prep work!
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So, I am finally in my new place, and am beginning some new customs. :iconsamoht-lion: and I have also decided to start merging our stores together, and create a single store, so we can show together at conventions. We call it TomCat PopShop, up on Etsy. His specialty is custom badges, which I am sure you have all seen here on deviant, and mine is figurines. Check us out!
www.etsy.com/shop/TomCatPopSho…

I am also working on getting my prints into my Redbubble shop, so please, check that one out too!
www.redbubble.com/people/moira…

Summer is slowly coming to a close, and I am getting nervous for the upcoming school year. This is because I am supposed to take on a few extra classes, which I do not know what programs will be available, and we are supposed to get a new principal too.

Anyway, hope everyone likes the new shop! Definitely check it out!
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