Sneath's Chainmaille

I'm back in business! Funny how one missing component can grind everything to a halt.
https://www.etsy.com/shop/Sneath

Yaaaaa! Will it make it in time?
If it comes in, I'll reopen my shop for holiday buying. But not until I've got them in my grubby little hands.

My shop is on vacation until my supplies come in. Sorry!

The package has left Foshan, en route to Guangzhou.

The "standard transit" of 12/11 makes me nervous. I fly out 12/12 for the holidays and I'd like to be able to pack orders at my parent's. Cutting it close!

Picture unrelated.

Three things.
1- Many dice have been restocked! But quantities are limited. More on that later.

2- I only have SEVEN dice jails coming into the holiday season. I ran into some snags getting materials in. Delayed shipment, insufficient address, sent back to China. You know the drill. Soooo, I'm doing my best to expedite a new batch, but it'll probably be arriving in December. I may disable my shop when I run out of dice jails so I don't have a queue of disappointment in my inbox. I'll keep y'all posted.

3- My main dice supplier (Die Hard Dice) is phasing out their 20mm d20 stock and rather than try to track down new vendors, I might just let my current stock sell and call it good. I've been letting this business coast for the last few years anyways. I bought DHD out of a bunch of their d20 stock so I can get through this year, but after that? Who knows! I am still registered for Lilac City next year, so I'll at least stick it out till then.

Facts.

The obligatory cover of "Closing Time" is playing over the PA. Tired artists, vendors are packing up shop.
Thanks to everyone who said hi, and doubly to those who bought something!
I was oh so close to finishing Pikachu...

One of these things is not like the others...

Kicking Ash and taking names.

Convention charcuterie!
-I brought waaaay too much cheese. 🧀
-I'm trying to force myself to like green olives. They're alright if you eat something else immediately afterwards. 🍸
-Everything in the fruit and veggie tray tastes like bell peppers. 🫑

After four years, Kuronekocon is back!

I was worried attendance would be low but they already completely sold out.

Not to the man. Tickets. They sold out of tickets.

Hmmmm. This may be a problem. Come get your dice jails before I run out!

Thanks to Amazon for the free wrist brace, when I injured myself working there a couple years back. It has really come in handy.

What I say: "They take about 35 hours each."
What I mean: "50+ hours over the course of 2 years, if you count distractions, undoing errors, trying to find your place again and lack of motivation to make something that may or may not sell for years." 😅

First sale of the show! A dice jail necklace, plus 3 extra metal d20s, just in case. You can never have too many dice.

10 o'clock, we're open!
Go buy some art. Admire cosplayers. I hear there's an escape room, too?

I'm particularly proud of my pack job. Each box has a pictograph of where it belongs in the bag and every box has a complete checklist of what goes in each box.

Pro-tip for convention newbies: Make a packing list. As much as you plan, you WILL forget something important or something you wish you had more of. Write it down. Next time you'll be a little more prepared.

Local cons are great. Roll out of bed, eat breakfast and make my way to the convention center.

It's that time of year!

Sneath's Chainmaille will be at Lilac City Comicon 2023 this Saturday and Sunday, June 10-11. Artist Alley booth F8.

I may have made too many d20 pendants. Time will tell.

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Made it to 50%. 8 months later.

New D20 Listed - Ventus Chloros

Dark, subtle and green, just like me.
https://www.etsy.com/listing/1338575952/ventus-chloros-d20-jail-pendant

New D20 Listed - Khaos Hemera
https://www.etsy.com/listing/1337518158/

Nightfall, Sage and Larkspur are back in stock!

And remember, 20% off everything in my shop when you buy 2 items through November 30th.

https://www.etsy.com/shop/Sneath

New D20 Listed - Embers Inra

"Inra of the seas, birthed by hydrothermal vents." -DHD
https://www.etsy.com/listing/1192697038/

New D20 Listed - Embers Nali

"Nali of the flame. Hatched in molten rock." -DHD
https://www.etsy.com/listing/228576692/

New D20 Listed - Embers Cazn

"Cazn of the rift, violently derived from the tearing of stage and time." -DHD

https://www.etsy.com/listing/1192697876/

New D20 Listed - Embers Bacu

"Bacu of earth, born of explosive decaying flora." -DHD

https://www.etsy.com/listing/743902494/

Bringing Drakona's dragon scale inlay and Spellbinder's two-tone enamel together on striking black. Mwa! *French kiss*

20% OFF WHEN YOU BUY 2 ITEMS FROM MY SHOP!

Yes, that includes the $1,600 Warcraft banners. No I don't know what will happen if you add them and a necklace to your cart. It might knock off $320. It might not. Better not risk it. :/

https://www.etsy.com/shop/Sneath

Sale ends November 30th. Discount shown at checkout.

Progress update. Rings, a lot. Progress, significant. 🤷
I'm too tired to count.

Shows over! Thank you so much to everyone who said hi and double thanks to everyone who bought something.

Reporting live from Lilac City.
The Ash/Pikachu banner is coming along nicely.
Let's see how far Glen gets by con's end!

Every couple years I go through a phase where I stock too many dice and 6 months later complain about how I have an overwhelming variety of dice and purge my inventory. If this is your first time, welcome to the beginning of the cycle!

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I've listed 7 new* dice over that last week, for your enjoyment.
Dark Arts - Bloodbath
Dreamscape - Larkspur
Spellbinder - Brimstone
Spellbinder - Jokester
Spellbinder - Phoenix
Dark Arts - Undertow
Spellbinder - Holly Daze

*Jokester and Holly Daze are back!

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