Carpal Tunnel (34 days till am2con)

Well. It's official.

I have Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. I'll just copy what that means so I can type less:

Carpal tunnel syndrome is pressure on the median nerve -- the nerve in the wrist that supplies feeling and movement to parts of the hand. It can lead to numbness, tingling, weakness, or muscle damage in the hand and fingers. Carpal tunnel syndrome is common in people who perform repetitive motions of the hand and wrist. Typing on a computer keyboard is probably the most common cause of carpal tunnel. Other causes include:

    Sewing
    Driving
    Assembly line work
    Painting
    Writing

That number one cause on the list after typing is sewing...As a lot of you know, I do a lot of. Well, 'did' a lot of. It has really put the breaks on my dream of doing plushies full time so I can leave my day job. I can't afford surgery, but thankfully it isn't to that point yet as long as I wear braces on both my wrists and ice/medicate/rest for a while. Which is why I really need some help because to stop this progressive issue my doctor told me to cut what I did when my hands started hurting and at most do 1/4 or less of that work. He really insisted that I stop, but he understood I was passionate about trying to make my own way out into the world.

He wants me to go to physical therapy. I don't have the money for it even if I agreed, which would cause my hands stress because it is a 20 minute drive on a very bendy highway. Including gas it would be about 25$ every week. That's money I don't have.

What I'm asking for help is for my watchers to either commission me, or buy a plushie from my store. I'm willing to give you guys 2-5$ off the listed prices, depending on the plushie.

Please help here: http://www.etsy.com/shop/Aeolynn

I appreciate any help anyone can give me.

44 days till Am2Con!

Well it's been a very unproductive couple of days for me. I got pretty sick at work... Was really pale and weak and ended up going home early. Hopefully I'll get back on the ball in the next few days. I ordered a new pair of scissors! They are electric! This should help with the pain in my hands and wrists I've been dealing with over the last few weeks. Anyways....

get back to you in a few days!

52 days till AM2Con!

Well I figure I'm not getting to go to Fanime, which is fine, actually. My day job has really been keeping me busy. But HEY, 52 days till AM2Con! Which I'm totally still excited for. I've set a goal of 2 plushies a day, so hopefully I will have a good number of slugs and other plushies for inventory! I won't be able to make things some days do to work, which just means I need to catch up on my days off.

I've created a new slug! They are called Dragonsluggers:

I will be making up a commission sheet for these guys soon! They will be a little cheaper then my other slugs due to their simple design. Also, check out my latest commission!

He was a 47$ commission. First time dealing with a very slippery fabric. Overall he turned out looked great!

55 days till Fanime, 68 days till Am2con

It's really difficult going to work at best buy, while knowing that if I just had the time, I could easily make SPPlushies my full time job. At the moment, all that is stopping me is not having the money to quit and focus. Yeah, the hours are steady because of some employees that got fired, but it ain't going to stay that way. The moment they hire some new people they will put Russel back in gaming and there goes half my hours. I'm only making 400$ every two weeks. I'd rather be making that much making plushies and being happy than having a steady-ish job.

I'm very depressed right now.

Post Anime Conji 2012 (66 Days till Fanime!)

Well, I'm back. I had the tiiiiime of my life! Loved every second of it and I met some wonderful people.

Overall, it turned out super well. This was my booth! All the stuff on the left is my commission information, newsletter signups and my business cards. 4 people signed up for my newsletter and I sold 2 commissions, and 15 plushies! Overall, I broke even, being safe I made 10 dollars or so lol. I talked to mooost of the artists around me and I heard that breaking even at your first convention is super rare! So that was great to hear. Man... I can't wait to quit my day job, I want to do this fulltime!

2 days till Anime Conji! 72 days till Fanime!

So... 2 days left!!! I can't believe that on Thurs I will be driving down to my first Artist Alley convention! I have updated my inventory with a platypus, and I plan to complete some pikachu dragonslugs, maybe some other pokemon. SO EXCITED.

5 days till Anime Conji! 76 days till Fanime!!!

It will be 5/76 days tomorrow... soooo excited. We had a GDC party here last night, still recovering! No new plushies yet. Tomorrow I will be doing plushies allllllll day.