[NEWSLETTER] - June

HAPPY JUNE, MY LITTLE PRIDE GOBLINS! Halfway through the year and diving headfirst into one of the best months! 🏳️‍🌈

IN THIS NEWSLETTER:

• CON UPDATES

• JUNE STICKER

• FWA WRAP UP

• AC PLANS

• GENERAL UPDATES

For once I do not have any updated cons on the schedule! FWA has officially concluded and is off the calendar but we do not have any new ones to note.

Planned applications include Furpocalypse (Stamford, CT: Oct 31 - Nov 4) and Midwest Furfest (Rosemont, IL: Dec 5-8) for the remainder of 2024!

My next upcoming con is AnthroCon in Pittsburgh, PA between July 4-7! I will be in the Dealer’s Den at Table L09. I will have patron-exclusive pins available for members attending the convention. (Just a general note, for folks unable to attend cons but still wanting collectibles — I am planning to have all pins available to patrons in December to celebrate the full year of con-exclusives!)

Are they studying for a science class or just looking for lunch?! Ant season may be returning, but maybe that just means anteater season isn’t too far behind! All Sticker Clubs have gone out the door – expect to start seeing them turn up in your mailbox later this week! 🐜

Also as a general note, PLEASE make sure your address on file with Patreon is updated with the NAME ON YOUR MAILBOX and your ENTIRE ADDRESS WITH APARTMENT IF NEEDED! I have been receiving record returns to my office – please help me ensure you can receive your mailed rewards!

FWA was unlike any weekend I have ever experienced. It was so much more than a successful convention and conclusion to a project a year in the making — it was just a euphoric world of community I forgot was possible to create and live in. I am reminded and extremely thankful that as a large group of amazing people, we are capable of creating spaces that hold THIS MUCH LOVE and kindness, creativity and gentleness. 

Thank you to every person, remote or at-con, that made FWA weekend so memorable. We found great success in the Dealer’s Den (and an absolutely bonkers response to our School Store Drop online after!), but we were most honored to see just how much everyone showed up and existed in this little event we built for you. Just… thank you!

PeriPendrake and I are thrilled to announce we won the themed contest in the Dealer Hall! This means we are both automatically granted DEALER BOOTHS for FWA 2025 — we hope to see you all there again in a year!

Make sure the safety bar is down because we’re heading to ANTHROCOASTER 2024 IN PITTSBURGH, PA! In exactly a month I’ll be traveling to my old home base city for one of my all-time favorite cons — AnthroCon! 

But this year is extra special because… MY MOM IS COMING! She will be helping me vend all weekend long and is VERY excited to meet all of you! She has a fursona (a calico MaineCoon cat) which will have a mini ref shortly for folks who have asked to make her badges!

A very large drop of new items will be debuting at AnthroCon including but not limited to:

• (2) New Crop Top Shirts

• “Mom Con” Tote Bags

• Lil Kitty Beanies

• (10) New Pins + Restock (Over 50 Pins!)

• (10) New Stickers + Restock (Over 45 Stickers!)

• And More!

The patron-exclusive pin will be available to members attending the convention — please remind me when coming to my table so I can give you yours!

AnthroCon Vendor Bingo will return for it’s 3rd Year at AC — stay tuned for updates on participating artists and prizes!

AnthroCon badges will be openly shortly and be available for pick-up during Open Den Hours!

Be sure to check on the Patreon Discord for updates as we approach July — the next Newsletter will have further updated details!

The last month was such a wild blur of activities — FWA Prep, FWA, Moving, Recovering from being sick, Peri visiting, Furlandia, unpacking and more! And now… AC prep! It truly never ends, does it?

I have been juggling such a wild assortment from the day to day, but it is slowly all coming together as I transition through so many big changes. I cannot express how wonderful my new home is and I am more than eager to grow into it and get settled! Hosting Peri was a treat, doing a local con was a blessed ease and just kind of existing on a slightly more offline plane was perfection.

I am excited to get work done this month for AC, but I am also excited for my general slow down in July! Though this year I might just be doing something for th PapaBarks Charity but… you’ll have to sit tight for updates on that! 😈

Be well my darlings, life is wonderful!

💖 Zray