So Anthrocon is coming up and I am helping organize a trip to there with the organization I help lead, Furrs for Christ. We will be doing several activities there for kids and parents such as a fursuit story hour, arts and crafts, and a movie night. We will also be doing a worship service for anyone who would be so inclined to attend. I'm helping organize some of the activities and so I'm really needing to be there to help lead some of our events, such as the worship service and the fursuit story hour. I have about half the money that I need to go this year, but living in a tourist driven economy has affected my finances a bit so I'm hoping to raise some money to help cover my trip by offering commissions again and maybe doing an auction. It'd be wonderful if you'd consider a commission from me as it'd help me a lot.

Commissions:

I'm offering several types of commissions so there are a few to choose from.

Musical Art ($20): [link]

For this, I'd take a line of your choice from a song that you have selected and place the lyrics, the musical score for that line, and some decorative work around the music that you feel best fits the lyrics and song. It would be on 5x11 inch cardstock.

Sports Team Emblems ($15): [link]

A traditional media colored ink drawing of your sport teams icon on 7x9 inch cardstock. I will do digital versions also if you would prefer.

Conbadges ($15): [link]
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The badges are colored and inked on 5x7 cardstock and are either portrait or full bodied drawings of your fursona. What I need is a description or preferably a reference picture of your fursona as well as some ideas about what you would like them doing, items to be drawn with them, etc.

Inked Drawings ($20): [link]
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Inked drawing of your fursona with a simple background on standard size cardstock. I can do more complex background, but it please let me know before hand what you are looking for and we'll discuss that prior to starting the commission. I will also do multiple characters for an additional $5. I also can do color using traditional media if you are interested.

All the prices are excluding shipping. I'll be sending your commission to you via priority mail unless you specify otherwise.

Auction:

Would anyone be interested in participating in an auction on an item, such as a inked, colored commission if I did an auction on say furbid?

Christmas:

This year was the first year in a while where I took a leisurely trip home for the holidays. I left Saturday night before Christmas to go to my mate's, ,home where we watched A Christmas Story and Elf while cuddling. I gave her a framed picture from the last trip that she had made to visit me and we also spent some time together. Also, she found out I was ticklish.

The next day I got up and drove to Richmond to meet up with another furr that I know that lives up there, Lynne Hassell. They had a house full of dogs and we all took them for a walk in a park near their house. Man, it was cold that day and I had forgotten to bring cold weather clothes so I was a bit frozen by the end of the walk. I stayed with her and her husband that night and picked up a fursuit skull to work, a hat with ears for my best friend , and had my sleeping pants altered so I can wear my tail with them at night . We also talked a good bit about alot of things. It was great to get to spend some time with Lynn as she'll be moving out of the country potentially soon so it might be the last time I get to catch her before then.

The next day I met up with and we then met up at the Maymont Foundation with a friend of mine that I used to work with at a place called Camp Piankatank. It was great to finally get to meet Dante and much fun was had by all. We wandered around the zoo looking at otters, bears, foxes, etc. while being goofy and silly. It was also good to meet up with my friend Powell, found out that he has a wedding approaching in May that I look forward to attending. I headed onward to my parents house that afternoon.

I spent the next week with my family, which was nice as it has been a year since my grandmother passed away and so we all had a good time of remembering together. My first night back involved going to the chorus concert that my little brother was in. It was a Christmas benefit concert the chorus, band, and orchestra did together to raise money for CHKD. The performance was great, but being a musician myself I did notice a few places where they were off lol. My grandmother was in town, which was nice but also stressful as she tends to be a little overbearing at times and knows nothing about my personal life as she'd find offense in most of it (the furry part, the online friendships part, my decision to go to seminary in the fall) so I have to remember around her what I can and can't talk about. On December 23, which was the day my grandmother died, I made a nice dinner for the family to cheer my mother up of baked ham, stuffing, and mashed potatoes.

Christmas was very nice. My family and I went to the candlelight service together and then I went to my best friend's house for his family's Christmas party. I hung out with them for the night, had good food, good conversation, and finally got to see all of "It's a Wonderful Life". Christmas Day was wonderful. It wasn't so much because I got what I asked for, but because of the sentiment behind it all. I was given a giant frame with my grandfathers sweatshirt in it that we had given him ages ago that said "Pap-pap's helpers" on it and had all of our names on it around a giant toolbox. He used to always wear that and my parents figured I should have it. Also, they found my old blanket that I had as a child and framed that. I had forgotten completely about it actually, and had to be reminded that it was in fact mine. My sister also gave me a book, The Christmas Sweater, which was an amazing read. I'd highly recommend it to anyone who is looking for a book that will really challenge you to rethink what Christmas is all about and how you view true giving. That night we went to see Marley and Me, but it was sold out so we saw Bedtime Stories instead. That movie rocked and you should go see it, granted it's a kid's movie, but it has many laughs and such that make it worth your time and money. The next day I headed back to SC.