Seperation

[tohma2004]

I've sold my Fai coat. Well technically its still mine until I get the money...but when you get someone willing to pay a certain amount you just have to go with your gut. I didn't want to give it up but my father said I was crazy not to..and he's right. I mean..I retire costumes and all they do is just sit around in the closet. I say that its because I might wear it again someday..but lets be serious..Dilandau? Kiba? might as well get junked.

But she wanted me to make one just like mine and my brain went.. *dead silence...AHHHHHHHHHH* cause that was the costume that I fear broke my brain into a million little pieces.

I love that coat. The hours I put into it..the pictures and the comments and the memories that now fill it. But it was probably going to be spending a lot more time in the closet then it was on my body and I had plans to retire it anyway..so why not give it to someone who will enjoy it?

I'll make a new one. I have a new plan for the back and it wont be as painstakingly long to sew together but hopefully will still have that unique quality that makes it different from other people's coats.

Otakon..I know you wanted me to wear it..there is always the chance she won't be paid up by then and I can. Or I can just make the new one to be safe. I'm giving up my staff to someone at Otakon anyway.

This selling costumes I've worn...its new to me..It makes me sad yet energizes me all the same time. I'm happy to be rid of his heavy..difficult to carry...hard to store..pile of fur. Yet..its something I put a lot of effort into and its going away...

My parents said I should open a costuming shop. Go to conventions, right things off as work related expenses, do what I enjoy. I shot back, "You figure out how and I'll do it" Good luck with that.

Comments

[http://users.livejournal.com/piratess__/]

I know exactly what you mean. It really tugs at your heart to give up something that you've put so much work and love into and have so many fond memories of. But I try to see it as "I'm giving this costume a loving new home with someone who will truly enjoy wearing it again."

... But it's still hard to get up the gumption. I need to sell my Wedding Yuna so bad [I'll never wear it again], but it's so hard.

[serafaina.livejournal.com]

I shot back, "You figure out how and I'll do it" Good luck with that.

::blinks::

Start small and custom order with an internet shop. That way you can also avoid getting a business license and paying profit taxes and still learn the basics of how it would all works out. A domain name and setting up shop wouldn't be too expensive, plus you already have a good bit of webmastering EXP from college, it's actually along your major's lines. And you can use your cons and connections and whatnot to advertise. As a hobby you have anyway, as long as you're tracking expenses and checking on your profit margin, it could work out well.

Another good way to build practice and buisiness would be to make costumes that you're not particularly interested but you know would sell. Or just costumes props, since those will sell for much higher profit margins than costumes because the technical skill involved and time. Then proactively try to sell those. As long as you're not investing money you don't have, even if things don't pan out well, it'll still be good buisiness. and Things like mold-castes kunai are easy to make many of, sell, and profit.

As long as you're professional about it, you can actually make quite a bit of money at this sort of endeavor because teenagers have the most expendable income and are a HOT HOT market, and the most of your customers would be of this sort. It's why huge entertainment money goes into teenagers.

A lot of these sorts of sites float up and down, mostly due to bad investment strategy, but some stick around and do well. You can't do it as a full time job right off the bat, but most small businesses can't either, without significant investment and start-up funds.

[blooddemontrix.livejournal.com]

I can't think of any other pictures you could have possibly taken. It got a full life. Now it goes on.
congradulations, it must be an exceptional feeling to know your work can earn that type of exchange especially since it's vintage(previous worn)