Fancy Backgrounds & Life Update/Rambling

Bye bye stark white, hello FULL color backgrounds!

Yesterday was a really productive day for me! I was able to list my new Louise and TWEWY stickers on Etsy but instead of my usual stark white backdrop, I made fancy ones!

Well "made" isn't quite accurate. All I did was go to Pixabay and print out some free stock images of graffiti and cheeseburgers on some tabloid paper, but it made my stuff look so awesome!

This one really makes me want to doodle some burgers of my own!

If I had more time I would have made my own, but with everything else I have going on...

• Packing for the Summer Fancy Food Show in NY this weekend (I leave Sat., return Wed.) 
• Writing Food Reviews to queue up for the blog so it isn't stagnant while I'm away 
• Making and shipping out Etsy orders
• Listing NEW Etsy and Redbubble items
• Filming, editing and queueing up YouTube videos (2 a week! Gotta keep that up) 
• Washing, drying and folding 2 (long overdue) loads of laundry
• Doing minor PR work for all the stuff I do online to generate interest and get views/sales
• AND I have a few really big deals going on behind the scenes with some companies that I can't quite tell you guys about yet for both my art and my food blogging ventures.
• All that, PLUS my 9-5 day job that is a 40+ min drive there and another 40+ min back every day...

So yeah, I did NOT have the time to doodle any burgers or DIY my own graffiti wall for backdrops last night, but that is what stock images are for!! 

The end results look awesome, and I even printed out a couple to enhance my latest Sometimes Foodie post! 

My life feels pretty hectic at the moment, but everything's coming' up Milhouse awesome! This is really great and a few doors are opening for me thanks to all the stuff I do after-hours online, and I need to give it my all to keep this up! 

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Instagram Re-Posts: What I'm up to lately

Pile number two done! Oh man, my back is killing me. #sailormoon #stickers #etsy #camdencomiccon #otakonartistalley2015 #poisonandantidote

A photo posted by M. Smith (@poison_and_antidote) on Feb 21, 2015 at 7:59pm PST

One stack of mini sticker sheets cut down, another stack to go! #poisonandantidote #sailormoon #stickers #etsy #camdencomiccon #otakonartistalley2015

A photo posted by M. Smith (@poison_and_antidote) on Feb 21, 2015 at 6:55pm PST

My secret shame. My keyboard is so old and worn the letters came off, so my hand placement is always off when I type. So I used white gel pen and tape to get by until my new one arrives... I'm equally embarrassed by doing this and impressed by how well this is working and holding up. #internetlife #asdfgkl; #bloggerproblems

A photo posted by M. Smith (@poison_and_antidote) on Feb 20, 2015 at 8:44am PST

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More Stickers!

Finally! My 2nd mini sticker sheet is finished and ready for sale! It took a little longer than expected, and I'm not sure when larger versions will be available in my shop (Possibly Mid-March?) but the mini versions are here!

Due to the awkward shapes of these stickers, it doesn't look nearly as neat or structured as my first sheet, which is still available, which bothers me, but it's still cute.

These Mini Sheets are now available in my Etsy and Store Envy shops!

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My (long overdue) Sticker Video!

Posting this a little later than I had originally planned, Otakon 2014 was over a month ago, but I hope this is informative and helpful for those of you looking to order stickers for your own shops or conventions.

Stickers in this video were ordered from:

♥ StickerYou- http://www.stickeryou.com/
♥ PSPrint- http://www.psprint.com/

Sailor Moon Stickers from this video are available in:

♥ My Etsy Shop: http://goo.gl/b53uo3
♥ My Store Envy: http://goo.gl/hIZKru

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We Seek The Holy Grail!

Thank goodness, my back is finally getting back to normal. The funny thing is that I hurt myself stopping my fall down the stairs, and the actual fall didn't leave a mark on me. (I should have just fallen and taken my chances.)

Now that my shoulder is feeling better and my back is getting limber again, I'm back to uploading more items from Otakon to my Etsy and new Store Envy! I'm hoping to add something new each day this week, so we'll see if I can keep that up! (I have plenty to list, I just need to get around to actually photographing it and writing everything up.)

Today I added my magical Talisman Stickers to both shops.

Out of the three stickers, I think the Space Sword was my favorite to make.

Outer Scout Wand Stickers & Drowning in REAL LIFE

Outer Scout Wand Stickers now available in my etsy shop~!

First let me say that the outer wands are now available in my etsy shop, so please go check them out!

Okay, now time for my to ramble, rant, and panic. (Although not too much since I have so much to do I can't devote too much time to this ;_;) There are also more photos under the cut!!

In the name of the moon...I am so disorganized!

Sailor Muerte Stickers now available in my etsy shop~!

It's only been a week since I've come home from Otakon and I am still unpacking! I haven't had a moment to rest all week and things have been really hectic, but thankfully they should be back to normal starting tomorrow.

I'll get back into my normal posting routine with my blogs and settle back into my 9-5 job as a graphic designer. (I am actually looking forward to the daily routine.)

Mini stickers and a (upcoming) vlog post?

These are the adorable mini sticker sheets I had printed up for Otakon's Artist Alley last week. They'll soon be available in my etsy shop!

I plan on filming a little youtube vlog post about Otakon and my experience, so hopefully I can post that later this week!

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*gasp* More Stickers?

Welp, yesterday I came to the realization that this is my last full week to create things for my table in Otakon's Artist Alley, and I am freaking out. There's still so much I want to make and do, plus I still need to reconfigure my entire display and table set up.

I may or may not be an utter wreck... (but if I am, I'm very good at hiding it. Notreally.Ihaven'twashedmyhairinforever.)

I've been really happy with the quality of my larger vinyl stickers (Don't worry video review is coming soon), and they've already been selling really well in my etsy shop, so I ordered some more!

First sticker is now on etsy!

Although it's just one, it's available! I'll have more up very soon, but I am super happy with the quality of these stickers.

More photos under the cut!

Both of my sticker orders arrived!

Oh man, I couldn't be happier with these stickers. I'm going to make a video post about these two sticker companies sometime next week. Hopefully the review and information will be helpful for those of you looking to order stickers for cons and etsy shops.

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We seek the grail!

All three pieces are complete, I don't think I'll make the grail for Otakon, but I do want to make something to represent Chibi Usa, maybe Luna P? Or maybe her little heart wand...not too sure.

If you look through my older posts you can see that the mirror has changed a little bit. I think it still needs some tweaking before I print them up.

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Gotta Represent My Favorite Scouts!

Neptune and Uranus are my favorite scouts ever. They are badass, sophisticated and sarcastic. I had to represent them in sticker form for Otakon, but their transformation wands are so....bulky. Instead, I decided to go with their weapons, I will be making Pluto's next, and maybe I'll make the Holy Grail in the near future, but this way I'll have most of the Outer scouts represents for Otakon this year.

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The Stickers Finally Arrived!

I ordered stickers from two different companies to see how the quality and services compare, so once I get my second order of stickers from my other source I plan on making a video comparing the two.

For now I am really happy with the first batch that arrived.

Star Power Makeup!

After file errors, and a lightning storm knocking out my power, I finally finished these transformation wands. I'll be making them into stickers later this week!

Also, the star wands are the cutest wands. The crystal uniforms are better, but the transformation wands look so chunky and silly. I might make them at one point, since I want to make Uranus and Neptune's especially, but the star wands look so much cooler.

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Stickers!

I freaking love Bob's Burgers

I have been working at a print shop for a few months now, which is really awesome for an independant artist. I can look into all kinds of printing and promotional products on my break to get ideas for upcoming cons and shop items. 

Recently I have been looking into stickers, and the options seem pretty neat. I can do white vinyl, clear, and even bumper stickers!

I'll be working on some designs this week to hopefully print up for Otakon's 2014 Artist Alley. 

I'm thinking a few original characters, maybe the tardis I made for my cupcake print last year, and some sailor moon weapons. I might even make a sticker scissor blade. (I just finished up Kill la Kill with my boyfriend earlier this month.) 

Hopefully I can brain storm more ideas and get this all done and printed before August. 

So much to do, so little time! 

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