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Convergence sent out their load in information a week before the event, so this is of course they day I will start my blogging about it so here are my notes before the actual load in starts.They have optional masking policies but strongly recommend people to mask up. I will bring some with me but we'll see what everything looks like since it is a 4th of July convention. I have only been to the Hyatt Regency prior to this when I was attending Anime Detour, so I will say I am a little familiar with the area at least. This...

So I am starting my pre-writeup about this event the same week it's happening just because I can. We got our maps today to see where we will be in the event center which was really nice. Brittany isn't on the map but we're table sharing since they give us TWO - yes you read that correctly - TWO TABLES at this event. Obviously it's Monday, the load in is Friday - meaning if you're attending this con with plans for a stamp rally, I hope you live close and can get your cards printed quickly. This is still a...

So for anyone who is following along up to this point, if you have been following from Minnesota this is where you need to realize a few things about how I run my business. Currently, I don't pay myself. I don't make any money, it's all reinvested back into new products, shipping items, backing cards, storage items, etc. This is my full time job. The whole reason I am doing events is to expand my audience with the goal of eventually paying myself and some help. Running a business alone is extremely time consuming.That being said, I did put these expenses...

I found out about this event when it was posted in the Anime Detour discord, signed up and later met the coordinators at Geek Craft Expo (which was fun!). Also made it really easy to recognize them when I showed up the day of since we'd already had some conversation between discord and the last event I was at.They sent out one email with the details about when to be set up by, what time the event started/ended. I've been so busy I didn't get a chance to make my own advertisement for this unfortunately.Before the Event & SetupI didn't...

I want to start off by saying when I registered for this event having only done regular craft fairs, I had like.. zero expectations. Actually, looking back, I paid for this event in December. Looks like I registered December 3rd, 2023. Even as of me writing this, it's still my most expensive event I have paid for thus far and that's shocking because Momocon's table price comes pretty close.Either way, I applied. I got in. Exciting stuff! Then I waited forever.Two things I'd like to note right now. First, the communication from the organizers of this event and the extent at...