Hi everybody! I know it’s been a Mawile since I posted here, and I’m sorry! I’m such a Slowpoke when it comes to posting when I’d rather be sewing, and oh gosh have I been sewing!
Those of you following my Commission Queue Tracker have seen a lot of green lighting up the status list in the last week! In one week I’ve completed 20+ Pokemon hats. These projects will be mailed out as soon as they’re photographed; you should be seeing pics of them popping up around Thursday, if the weather holds for nice photos.
It’s not been all fleece fuzz and thread around NN HQ, owever! I’m the Artists Alley head for an awesome DC-area convention you may have heard of called Katsucon, held in February. So I’m excited to say that this coming weekend, Katsu’s Artist Alley will open up for applications. All interested parties should check the convention’s forums for further information and specifications!
Aside from these two exciting bits of progress, I’m actually here to tell you about something completely different! I’m writing you from a MegaBus headed to Akron, OH, for a VERY special event.
If possible, I’d love to invite you to share it with me.
My friends Bun & Noir, in the spirit of true geekery, have chosen to answer the severe lack of local suppliers of their favorite tabletop gaming items with the most obvious answer for two people as motivated & awesome as they are: They started their own darn game shop! The Braviary of this act is worthy of recognition; therefore, I ride to their aid! I shall care for their wee geeklings while their parents are involved in the awesomeness of their Grand Galloping Gala — ah, I mean, their grand opening.
If you find yourself in the neighborhood of Kent, Ohio, this Labor Day or anytime in the future, please do yourself a kindness and stop by Gaming Grounds, the area’s newest and awesomest source for all your unplugged gaming: tabletop, RPG, CCG, miniatures, and more. The shopkeeper you’re most likely to encounter, Noir, is no Flutterguy; he knows his geekery and can help guide any kind of gamer, from beginners to those who fondly(?) remember 1st Ed, to find something just to their taste.
Me, I’ll spare you any more horrible Pokemon-related puns (though, I gotta say, the Mawile pun was nothing to Sneasle at) and leave you to contemplate the wilds of the internet uninterrupted. The Pokemon (and ponies) punned at in this post will make appearances in photos later this week, as I upload my latest work, and my Etsy shop will be getting small updates as well: look for Bacon and Nyan items coming back into stock. For the next two days, though, I’ll be off the grid, caring for my nieces and perhaps sitting in on a box-build game of MTG for old times’ sake.
I wish you all an excellent Labor Day, full of the kinds of labor which refresh the soul. I’ll see you in a while, and hopefully by then I’ll have thought up a good pun for Chandelure….. 
Fleece fuzz & love,
Emily
