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[NEWSLETTER] - February

Added 2024-02-01 17:10:56 +0000 UTC

HAPPY FEBRUARY MY FRIENDS – Welcome to the shortest month of the year, but potentially the COOLEST one?! As a general reminder, newsletters contain relevant information for the upcoming month on Patreon and generate updates not limited to: con schedules, general life updates, commission openings and more!

What you can find in February’s Newsletter:

GENERAL UPDATES
ANE 2024 WRAP UP
CONVENTION UPDATES
FEBRUARY STICKER CLUB
COMMISSION OPENINGS
BIRTHDAY TRAVEL
ANNNNND FWA SNEAK PEEKS!

Where to even start! I wrapped up my goals of January with the completion of ANE Badges and the ANE Group YCH — do not ask me how I managed both sets of projects in less than a week. 😵‍💫 January set the pace of a busy year to no one’s surprise! My goals going into this month are mapping out the deadlines for FWA projects, wrapping up my commission opening quickly and actually taking a short breather for my birthday!

If you didn’t follow the absolute adventure it was to get to Boston this past month I will keep it short: I had days of stress, 4 canceled flights, shelled out $150 for an Uber and barely made it out of the PDX Airport due to historical ice storms! It was a statistical miracle that I managed to even attend ANE at all and I am forever grateful for the manifestations of the universe to allow me to vend!

The convention itself was spectacular as always! Between having a catered lunch break from Dealer Staff, hanging out with my entire Sleepy Stag Suit Family and hitting record sales it was an amazing weekend and very worth all the hardships I went through to make it happen!

I am excited to report I have been accepted into the Anthrocon 2024 Dealer’s Den with a full table! I’ll be returning to Pittsburgh, PA (one of my hometowns!) this July and I hope I can see some of your wonderful faces! As a special bonus… my MOM will be helping me vend that weekend and she is soooooo hype to meet everyone. She even asked to change her fursona from a zebra to a calico Maine coone cat!

I will also be attending TFF 2024 in Dallas, TX between March 14-17! I am planning to be in the Artist Alley at least two days and have a special event planned at my table, alongside having patron-exclusive pins for those attending! More to come in the March Newsletter!

As for other cons on the list — I am still waiting to hear back from local Portland con Furlandia, as well as sent out an application for Furry Migration. If there’s any cons you’d like to see me all, feel free to recommend!

This month we are combining a combo of my favorite things for February — cats, shades of pink and SWEDISH FISH! Who will you be gifting this sticker to?! Folks in Tiers Radishes, Eggplants and Squash should expect to see this sticker arriving within the next week!

One of my favorite annual specials is live once again – Photobooth YCHs! This is the 4th year of doing this project and I am excited to have the wiggle room to launch it with some new pose options!

Snag a friend, a partner or a new face to make a little memory to hang on your fridge with – these will remain open until Friday, February 2nd!

February may be short, but it contains a mountain of my favorite things including a brief period of time for me to take a breather from work – MY BIRTHDAY!! I will be home on my actual birthday, February 18th, but I will be traveling Feb 7-10 for a mini escape to celebrate and I am excited to explore so many of the places in Las Vegas I missed during my last trip! Meow Wolf and Shark Aquarium… I’m coming for you!!!

OK heathens, listen UP! As I mentioned in January’s Newsletter, I am currently working on two large-scale projects: one being a very cool and chaotic collaboration with PeriPendrake! You will have to wait a little longer before we start sharing previews for that, however…

You all have been little devils on my shoulder this past month and I will allow a sneak peek into my other insanely large project!