Hi all, hope everyone's well and everyone that was at FWA had a safe trip.
My buddy  botter,my mom, Mattie and I went down early Thursday and had a fairly decent ride down to Atlanta the only major traffic we ran into was actually at the Marriott. Though once we got in there things were nice. That place was SO HUGE! I guess I kinda just gave away I'm a country girl but. yeah. I never saw a place so big. Though it kinda gave me a bit of vertigo especially when I road the elevators.

The entire con was just incredible I'm glad I went. I got to meet so many great artists and just amazing people in general. I got to know quite a few people and I hope to keep in touch with them.

I really enjoyed the panels and workshops I got to go to. They were both fun and interesting. I got to make a nice collar, some chainmaille and some nice toony paws. I'm planning to post pics of them later on when I can get a chance.

I managed to finish my suit in time for the con. There were a few pieces I had to finish up in the room but that wasn't a big deal. It was so warm down there that I honestly had to take some time to get used to it before I suited.
I really wasn't too satisfied with the furring job on the mask though it wasn't too bad considering I finished it in the last 24 hours before the con. It's going through a total re-fur this week. This time on a  dreamvisioncreations fox blank. I think on that one I should have better vision and ventilation along with a better moving jaw. My moving jaw didn't work too well on the initial mask The springs were a touch too strong. Though I'd hardly say my mask was a total failure though I wasn't satisfied with how it came out. I appreciate the kind words I received from everyone that saw my mask and my suit in general.

Suiting was a lot of fun. As well as a bit of a challenge though I was happy to find that I was able to suit quite a bit longer than I had been in the past with my Boxer partial. That was without the fan I bought too. I'm looking forward to suiting more in the near future. :)


While down there in Atlanta I had what could be considered a miracle happen to me. I hope that reading this gives you a bit to think about when it comes to electronic devices. After the fursuit parade I headed over to the headless lounge a bit late to get one of the cups they handed out. Partially cause I had to drop out of the parade because of those darn escalators and getting over there was quite the task. Anyways after checking something on my phone instead of placing it back in my footpaw I put it in my fursuit head since I was just carrying it around at the time and I was heading straight up to the room after stopping by the con store where I was told to go.
I don't know exactly how it happened but, based on evidence and what I could gather... While I was in the con store I sat my head down on the table for less than a minute and somebody that I think worked at the Marriott went over and snatched my phone out of my head. After we got back to the room and realized it we looked everywhere and immediately turned on the 'Track my iPhone' app and alerted both FWA security and motel security that my phone was missing. At the time we thought that I just dropped it somehow and someone walked with it. Though I think that was a little less than true. On the app my mom and the Atlanta policeman that was standing with us watched as the guy took my phone to the pawn shop district where the iPhones are usually sold. I thought my phone was long gone I really did especially since I had a classmate that got robbed for their phone last year in Atlanta. My mom immediately set the app to automatic ring or something like that I don't remember exactly what she called it but, it didn't give the guy any peace. We were sitting there in the lobby and I was trying to get myself together while talking to a friend when suddenly the guy called her. The Atlanta cop stayed with us figuring the guy was going to try and sell it back to us when he said he was coming. When the guy arrived he gave us a story about putting it in his locker though that seems very unlikely since he was tracked 3 blocks over. I'm relieved to say I got my phone back though. The cop said I was the only one he'd ever seen get their phone back before. I feel very blessed to have gotten it back and believe me it's never leaving my sight again.
Some of the evidence that made me realize it was more than just dropped and grabbed was that there were tool marks all over my case and the rubber bumper was completely gone and it was in pretty rough shape. Though they never got to my phone from what I can tell. Before I didn't like that case now I am glad that I had that stubborn tactical phone case. I owe it my phone's safety in a way.

With that I give some advice to prevent the worse from happening no matter where. I'm sure Atlanta isn't the only place that phones are stolen and pawned. This could go for any electronic device though. Don't put it anywhere out of your sight. Try to store your valuables somewhere where someone'd have to knock you over to get it. Even if your expecting a text don't leave it on the table and expect it to be there when you look back cause one time it just might not be there.


Other than that little speed bump though I had a just incredible time. I can't wait to go to my next con. As well as next year's FWA.

I hope everyone's had fun and is doing well. :)