So I’ve been trying to write this since Sunday night.

I had a wonderful time at Tidewater ComiCon. I saw some current friends and made a few new ones. I also found a couple of vendors that I think other people will like. I’ll mention them in a bit.

As always after an event of this size, Vendor Fatigue is absolutely a thing, and if anyone tells you otherwise, they probably don’t do busy shows. This is being written 2 days after the show and I’m still mentally and physically recovering from it. I apologize now, if I seem to jump around a bit in this post.

As far as the shows for 2024 go, this was my highest money making one yet, coming in at just over $400 in sales. I sold quite a bit more than I thought that I would, and I have some new ideas for products to make for the rest of the shows that I have planned for 2024. Among the ideas is more button-eye creatures and more SteamPunk Cthulhu, possibly dragons/wyverns as well.

There were a lot of really awesome cosplays, though, I did not get pictures as I was swamped with customers when that really interesting once came by my table. I think my favorite that I was as the Mandalorian meets Sally from the Nightmare Before Christmas mashup.

My favorite part of Tidewater Comicon? Anxiety the Octojelly, after 4 years, finally found it’s forever home. I shall miss it at my booths, but I have decided to do more of the odd button eye creatures in it’s honor.

I also discovered, close to the end of the event, that the big QR code I had up to let people find my linktree without a business card, did not , infact, go to my linktree. I will be remedying this before IAWIA on June 2.

Now, onto the vendors I want to give a shout out too:

1. Brittany Dinosaur I actually know this one personally, and count her and her husband as a couple of my closest friends. She make really great products. Her product lines has cups, shadow boxes, dice bags and glass work. Her shop is found on Etsy.
2. Trinkets & Toadstools Tidewater ComiCon was the first time I mets them, but I love their products. I purchased earrings and hair sticks from them, and I am obsessed with them. They have a lot of cottagecore themed products.
3. Jpax Artworks This was his first show. I love his work. I bought 2 octopus prints from him. It’s octopus’, I was not about to not buy them. He doesn’t currently have a shop, but his Instagram (which I have linked), does have information about how to contact him for commissions.
4. Suitable Beasts The owner is another person, that I know outside the convention world. I met him and his very artistic daughter, at a local small business meetup. He make creatures using suit jackets. I find them delightful.

I highly recommend you check them out. They are delightful business owners, and they all have wonderful products.

The prints from Jpax Artworks and the hairsticks from Trinkets & Toadstools