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I have to admit one of my favorite places to sell earrings is at comic conventions. I recently had the opportunity to sell at Geek'd Con in Shreveport. This maybe a small con, but it was a ton of fun and definitely growing. It's only three years old and I had asked several of my friends about it and no-one had heard of it. I learned about it from just surfing the net. Then I got a contact on instagrams from one of our followers (Kenzie) from  Wizard World New Orleans. She was wanting to know if we were going to be there. I love hearing from people who are wearing our earrings and want to see us again. That...

I have been doing Craft shows, Farmers Market, Rodeos, and Comic Conventions for about 10 months now.  One of the things that i wish I had when I got start was a checklist of things I needed when I was on the road.  Nothing sucks more that to be at a venue and sudden realize that you're missing something basic.  So in the next few blog post I am going to talk about basic things to consider when going out to a show. Before I get to the list I want to mention one golden rule that has worked for me. "Ask questions".  Don't be afraid.  Chances are there are several new people at the same event trying to solve...

We had a great time at the Dallas Home and Gift Market. The response we had to our earrings was amazing.   One of the request we consistently got was more mismatched earrings.  They loved the ones we have and wanted more.  So for the next couple of weeks that is going to be our design focus.  We already have some great ideas and I will post links to the two new ones we have already. Feel free to message us and let us new ideas you have.  If your design is chosen we will give you a BOGO code that you can use anytime to purchase on our site. So let's get those creative juices 

This is our first day at the Dallas Home and Gift Show at the Dallas Market Center. We got setup yesterday and I need to give a big shout out to the GES employees here who setup this event.  These are the people whole setup the booths and lay carpet and take care of the needs of the sellers.  They are extremely helpful and don't always get the thanks they deserve.   I got here real early and did some last minute setup, just to make sure everything looks good.  Hardly anyone is here but the GES employees and about 6 vendors. I got my coffee and I'm ready to go.   The event runs from 8:30am to 6:00pm I will be...