poaching, but not
I found a newspaper article about how a very local bead shop hosts jewelry-making classes, and so I wandered down to see if they had any chainmaillers yet. They do; the girl behind the counter showed me an example of the woman's work.

The woman apparently cuts her own rings from Lowe's electrical wire. She doesn't cut them evenly and doesn't line them up properly when closing them. The end result, as handed to me, was jagged and mottled and uneven.

I thought of all the gorgeous and perfect things done by pro maillers on etsy, and I thought of all the people I have ask me things like, "But doesn't it get caught on your skin? On your clothes? On your hair?" and I handed off my business card anyway. Because y'know, I'm an asshole, but I'm fucking good at what I do.




I heard back from the people running the South Side Works Exposed fair, the week before Otakon in July; it seems they like me. I just want to share my (10x10') booth space with someone to cut down on costs. All this is currently speculative, though--if I can get in at Otakon I'd have to either panic twice as hard to finish that much more stock, or skip one. Chances of getting in at Otakon, though . . .


I suppose it wouldn't be too awful of a thing to make a ridiculous amount of stock, though. Hmm.

I am so not good at this part of the business yet.

ETA: Poaching is successful--the shop owner wants me to do a class. Now to figure out what I can teach besides snark-fu. :D