ConFuzzled 2012 Dealer Showcase 3

It’s time for the final Dealer Showcase!

With the convention only a little over a couple of weeks away, we thought we’d give you one last reminder of a few more dealers that will be in the den! This time around, Quickwind Studios, Neweinstein and Raes Suits!

There’s also some final dealers den information, and a reminder about our art show!

As with the previous showcase postings, the material has been provided by the dealers themselves

Quickwind Studios

“Here’s what I’m bringing to the dealers den this year;

I’ll be taking at-con commissions in badges, sketches and full colour works of an anthro/fantasy variety. I’ll have prints available from my portfolio, along with some postcards and buttons. I will also be selling some CDs from my brass band, which I designed the artwork cover for. I will also offer conbadge repairs and lamination. Here’s some of my galleries: http://www.furaffinity.net/user/jet3270/ (one or two NFSW pieces) or clean stuff: http://jet3270.deviantart.com/

I will be sharing my table with Stonehill Stitchcraft!

Many thanks!”

Neweinstein

“At my place in the Dealers Den you will find high-quality FineArt prints of my photographic portraits of different animals like lions, tigers, wolves and of course snow leopards. I will have different print sizes available, some also including a high quality assepartout. From each sold print a certain percentage will go to the "Snow Leopard Trust" (http://www.snowleopard.org) as a donation to support the rescue of those wonderful cats.

you can go to my FA page and get a first impression what to expect (http://www.furaffinity.net/user/neweinstein) or learn a bit about who I am at WikiFur (http://en.wikifur.com/wiki/Neweinstein)”

Raes Suits

“I will be selling resin bases for heads in different animal forms and in many different sizes, along with various different other fursuit parts. I will also have notebooks available on which you can get your fursona drawn on (a reference sheet will be needed for this which can also be e-mailed in advance). I will also have badge commissions available and will be open for fursuit commission.

More information can be found at my two FurAffinity accounts http://www.furaffinity.net/user/raessuits (fursuit related) and http://www.furaffinity.net/user/raereira(art related)[adult content]“

Den Information!

As with previous years, we’re open on the Saturday & Sunday of the convention. and we know that many of you will be wanting to get in as early as possible to grab the best stuff, and get your commissions in with your favourite artists. We’re open from 11AM on Saturday (or 10AM if you’re a sponsor!), and 10AM on Sunday.

Just browsing? Want to pop in again later in the day? The den is open until 6PM on Saturday, and 5PM on Sunday - keep coming back to see what else is going on!

As usual, the convention has its own table where we’ll be selling ConFuzzled themed merchandise, including items from previous years at a discount price, and we do plan to accept Credit & Debit cards once again!

If you are bringing art to the auction - please remember it’s preferable to bring it on the Friday. We will accept items on the Saturday at the discretion of the auction administration staff, usually subject to available room.

That’s it! Excited? We sure are! Bring plenty of money, and buy yourself some furry items to take home and treasure forever!

ConFuzzled 2012 Dealer Showcase 2

It’s time for another Dealer Showcase! The Convention is starting to get really close now, and so we’ve selected another batch of dealers that have written a few words of their own describing what you’ll find on their tables this year!
This time around, TaniDaReal, Playfur & Swandog Studio! Also you can read about our art show & auction, and also there’s a reminder about our sponsor perk & registration deadline!



TaniDaReal

"I will have the following items/artwork for sale at my table: Original pencil sketches, Mood Badges + Add-Ons, Prints, Jumbo prints, T-Shirts (HOT / COOL), Calendars, Portfolios, etc. I will also take a certain number of commissions (sketches / badges). Please also visit my artwork in the Art Show.

Website: www.tanidareal.com FA: http://www.furaffinity.net/user/tanidareal
Best regards TaniDaReal”

PlayFur

“ A selection of adult prints from Playfur on sale, and on preview will be playfur's first ever comic! Don't forget to come and have a look over it!. Aside from that there will also be a limited sale of high quality digital commissions and also a limited(yes limited!) order of fancy badges (http://www.furaffinity.net/view/7471575).

These badges have been requested by lots of people and CF attendees will get first orders before being advertised to other cons! -See more of Bhav's work at http://www.furaffinity.net/user/bhavfox/ [adult content] or visit www.playfur.com [adult content]

Also Ultrafox will be on the table selling his prints, badges and commissions http://www.furaffinity.net/user/ultrafox [adult content]“

Swandog Studio

“I will be selling art prints and a few original art pieces, as well as offering face-painting and body-painting (on arms, hands and shoulders, "tattoo"-style) of your fursona or of any other fandom chars/symbols. Please bring references/char sheets of anything specific you'd like to have painted. I may also be doing simple sketch commissions and conbadges at the con.

http://swandog.deviantart.com/ :: http://www.furaffinity.net/user/swandog/ http://swandogstudio.com/

Face/Bodypainting examples: http://swandog.deviantart.com/gallery/5846180 Sketch examples (the simple, non-shaded, lineart ones): http://swandog.deviantart.com/gallery/8288613 “

ConFuzzled Art Show & Auction

As in previous years we’ll have our art show and auction as another chance to purchase furry artwork.

Don’t forget to stop by the art show to check out what’s available, and if you’re bidding, stop back regularly to check if you’re still winning! Many items make it all the way to the voice auction on Sunday night, and you’ll want to make sure you don’t miss out so turn up and bid!

Many items also carry a donation to the charity as a percentage of the final sale price, so by participating in the auction you’ll also be helping our charity too!

Reminder: Sponsor Extra & Registration Deadline

Those of you who’ve been to ConFuzzled will no doubt be aware that on the first day of the Dealers Den, Sponsors get entry an hour early! That means Sponsors get first pick of the hottest merchandise, special items from our guest of honour, ConFuzzled merchandise AND get your commissions in first!

If you’d like to upgrade your membership at the convention, please head over to the registration system and edit your membership - don’t forget to pay the upgrade in good time! Alternatively, email registration@confuzzled.org.uk for help!

Not yet registered? You’re running out of time! Residential registration closes on 20th April. If you would like to register, please visit https://reg.confuzzled.org.uk - and if you have friends you’d like to see at the convention who haven’t registered yet either, then don’t forget to bug them!

Thats all from us, but keep your eyes peeled for the next edition of CF2012 Dealer Showcase!

With the convention now looming on the horizon, it’s time for us busy workers of the Commerce department to start highlighting some of the fantastic creative types you’ll be able to buy from in our lovely Dealers Den!

The Dealers den is an important part of the convention, and allows you a fantastic opportunity to buy gifts for yourself and others. Whether it’s purchasing furry art, getting a commission or two of your character / persona, or snapping up some ConFuzzled memorabilia, the Den is the place to go for all your shopping needs!

The best news is that with our new venue offering us more space, we’ve got even MORE dealers in the den this year, and that means that even if you’ve been coming to ConFuzzled since the beginning, there are bound to be some new dealers that you’ve not seen in the den before!

This year we’ve asked our Dealers to write their own promotional material for us to include, so in most cases what you see below are their own words on what you can find on their tables this year.

This time around we’re highlighting our Guest of Honour, FunLaser, FarukuCostumes, and SpiritRaptor! Also, don’t forget to read about our Sponsors-only early opening AND the ConFuzzled SALE!!


Colson Grainger

Our guest of honour is of course the talented Colson - singer, pianist, musical performer, we’re sure he’ll keep you entertained. From our website:

Don’t be alarmed if you find yourself tapping your feet and swaying when the rock and pop themes begin to play from Colson’s guitar, keyboard or voice as this talented performer has two albums to his name, he’s performed live at Feral! 2010 and Midwest FurFest 2011, and his videos have had over a million views on YouTube.

Expect to see and hear him at the many musical events we’ll be running this year including the Music Jam and our other musical workshops.

You’ll also see more of him in the Den, where he’ll be joined by Fox Amoore who works closely with Colson producing backing music for his songs and other musical work. If you’d like to take Colson’s sound home with you (and why wouldn’t you?), then head over to their table armed with cash!

Want to hear more? Head over to Colson’s YouTube Channel http://www.youtube.com/user/tratledge

FunLaser

“Heya from Funlaser. Once again we'll be dealing and have brought along some very special shiny objects for you to peruse. Along with our usual items of DogTags, Pet/Collar Tags, BadgeTags and LED goodies. We'll also be bringing along a few special items that will only be available in the run up to, and at the con. These special items include: Clapperboards (both prop size and badges) and Filmstrip LED badges to fit the movie theme and Wooden DogTags and pegs to fit the 5th anniversary material theme.

Once again we'll be supplying every attendee with a DogTag and you can get your name on the reverse for £1. We'll also be able to engrave your drinking vessel. We are also working with a few other artists/dealers to bring some other unique and shiny objects to you Such as LED collars and lasered leather keyrings with Spiritraptor, Hand drawn Filmstrip badges with Panthras and a few secret items with Shirik. We'll also be providing a few things for auction so keep your eyes peeled.

This year we'll be running a slot based system. As such we'll be opening for pre-orders the month or so before the Con so you can buy the item you want and collect at the Con Keep your eyes on http://furry.funlaser.co.uk for more information. We'll also announce on UKfur, CF forums and our FA page http://www.furaffini.../user/funlaser/ when we open for pre-orders.

Will catch you all at the movies.”

FarukuCostumes

“Welcome to FarukuCostumes! This is a home for unique and customised fursuits and accessories. A small company based in the United Kingdom aiming to make beautiful high quality products to your specifications, currently a solo company run by myself, I specialise in creating eye catching semi-realistic critters.

At Confuzzled 2012 FarukuCostumes will be selling a variety of tails, handpaws, tail keychains, Ears and a ready-to-wear partial fursuit. Being an illustrator as well as a fursuit maker I will also be taking on-the-spot art commissions while at the table. Don’t be afraid to come along and say hello and see all the fuzzy wares we have to offer!

To see examples of work please visit:
Fursuit Work: http://faruku.webs.com/
Artwork: http://laura-croft.artworkfolio.com/“

SpiritRaptor

“Yes! It's that time of the year again when you get to frolic around the dealers den perusing packages and ogling art, checking out peoples wares and widgets! Spiritraptor AKA Leathersaurus is going to be back in full force with a whole new range of Artwork and Leather Gear, including some awesome collaboration work with the amazing Funlaser staff.

Like last year we will have some usual bits, leather key-rings, some basic collar designs including some fun collars and cuffs on the cheaper end of the scale. However we will also be bringing some more detailed, premium collars for those of you that want to look flash, also including some amazing LED tags Also I'll be debuting my new show collar to go into the art auction, The DragonRune; The story behind it shrouded in mystery and intrigue

On the Art front I will be taking sketch commissions both digital and traditional also including some more CF exclusive prints, only available at this event for this time only! There is also talk about having some art CDs and maybe even some portfolios to bring down as well, so stay tuned!

http://www.furaffini...r/spiritraptor/ [Note: Some adult content in gallery]
http://www.spiritraptor.com/gear.jpg <<Tiny snapshot of some of the gear of going to bring”

ConFuzzled Merchandise, Charity Items & SALE!

As usual we’ll have the obligatory selection of ConFuzzled merchandise, and no - it’s not another mug this year! Come check out this years hot merchandise including new stuff for 2012!

Our Charity is kindly furnishing us with toys and gifts that you can buy from our charity table with ALL proceeds going to the charity!

Finally … we’ve got a SALE on! Yes, thanks to us having some surplus from previous years, the management have decided it’s time for us to shift it! So, we’ll be making some BIG discounts on previous years merchandise, and you can snap up a bit of history! It’s the perfect solution in a downbeat economy!

Sponsor Extra!

Those of you who’ve been to ConFuzzled will no doubt be aware that on the first day of the Dealers Den, Sponsors get entry an hour early! That means Sponsors get first pick of the hottest merchandise, special items from our guest of honour, ConFuzzled merchandise AND get your commissions in first!

If you’d like to upgrade your membership at the convention, please head over to the dealer registration system and edit your membership - don’t forget to pay the upgrade in good time! Alternatively, email registration@confuzzled.org.uk for help!

Not yet registered? What are you waiting for?! Goto https://reg.confuzzled.org.uk - registration for residential memberships closes April 20th!

MORE DEALERS!

Finally, if you’re looking for the full list of dealers in our den this year, please go here to view the current details: http://www.confuzzle...firmed-dealers/

Thats all from us, but keep your eyes peeled for the next edition of CF2012 Dealer Showcase!

Fame? Street Dance? Footloose? or just Dirty Dancing?

Join us in on the Main Stage where we have our annual dance off competition. Our competitors will have to each strut there stuff and impress the audiance.

The audiance will then decide who will hold the title of Confuzzled Best Dance Act 2012. We'll have a panel of judges who will give their own take on each performance.

Any style is accepted and can either be by yourself or in a group so please sign up below if you would like to take part.

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Hi Everyone,

We're looking for your suggestions for food to be served at the ConFuzzled 2012.  Please head over to our forum at http://forum.confuzzled.org.uk/index.php?topic=1626 for more information and to submit your suggestions.

We have had an unprecedented start to registration for ConFuzzled 2012, with over 200 of you registering in the first four days! We cannot thank you enough for your support, and it is exciting to see many new names alongside a large number of regular attendees.  However, as the registrations continue to pour in, we have had many people asking questions concerned that we will not have enough space for you all.

We would like to take this opportunity to clarify for you some numbers regarding hotel capacity and room availability to try and relieve some confusion.

• In total, the hotel has 358 rooms (excluding four party suites), all of which can accommodate at least two people.
• We have 50 rooms allocated for single occupancy.
• If the convention sells all the rooms in the hotel, with these 50 as single occupancy and two people sharing every other room, this will allow for 666 residential attendees - around 200 more than the Britannia.
• It is possible, however, for those attendees staying in twin rooms to choose to share with up to three other people, based on two people sharing each double bed. (If you wish to take advantage of this option, you and your intended room mates will need to e-mail our registration team at registration@confuzzled.org.uk).
• If all attendees booking a twin room choose to have four people sharing, the hotel capacity will become 936 residential attendees.

Therefore, to clarify, this year ConFuzzled can accommodate between 666 and 936 residential attendees, depending on room sharing options chosen.  

At this time, unfortunately, all spaces in Deluxe Doubles have been booked.  However, when registering you can still opt for this room choice and join the waiting list.  If any registrations are removed from the system, this may free up rooms and spaces will be allocated to those on the waiting list in order.  In addition, we would like to let you know that 50% of the single occupancy rooms have been booked.  Therefore, if you want one of these, please act fast before they are all gone.

Please note that in order to maintain our waiting lists, if you do not pay for your registration within the payment deadline notified to you by email then it is liable to be cancelled at any time.  You will receive an email to warn you if your payment has become overdue.

We would also like to remind you that when you register for a double or twin room, unless you choose your room mate and pair yourselves up in the registration system, you WILL be allocated a random room mate.  This is unavoidable due to contractual obligations with the hotel, so please make sure that you sort out your room mate(s) early.  

In order to allocate your room mate, you will need to log into the registration system with your details (received via email after successfully registering), and invite your desired room-mate to share using the "Send room share invitation" link. Your room mate will receive the invitation by email and once they have accepted it you will be confirmed as sharing a room.  This option is only available after both of you have paid in full.

As per the above, if you opt to stay in a twin room and wish to share with 2 or 3 other people, you and all your intended room mates will need to contact our registration team. Unfortunately we are unable to offer a price reduction for three or four people in a twin room due to pricing constraints of our contract with the hotel - each person will need to pay for a space in a standard twin room.

We apologise for any confusion that this may have caused, however, we strive to offer the options that allow the best level of flexibility in keeping with demand.

We would like to thank you for you continued support of ConFuzzled and look forward to seeing you all at the Barceló Hinckley Island hotel in 2012!

Ladies and Gentlemen, it is with great pleasure that we can finally declare ConFuzzled 2012 registration... OPEN!

That's right, you can now register for this amazing UK furry convention taking place on 25-28 May 2012 in the fabulous four-star Barceló Hinckley Island hotel.

We'll be rolling out the red carpet and warming up the flashbulbs in anticipation of this star-studded event. But what do you need to do to be there? All you need to do is register with us and pay for your ticket to this star-studded world of glitz and glamour!

"How can I register?" we hear you cry. Well, just head on to the Box Office here: https://reg.confuzzled.org.uk/ - don't forget to read the Code of Conduct and Conditions of Sale!

We look forward to seeing you there!

-All at ConFuzzled 

It's time to dust off that tuxedo, time to get that Marilyn Monroe costume freshened up, find that golden statue behind the sofa. Get ready for glitz and glamour - because ConFuzzled 2012 will be opening its doors to you very soon!

We are delighted to announce that we're rolling the red carpet out and opening registration at 2000 BST on Thursday 15th September!

As this time approaches, keep a close eye on our Twitter account (@cfconvention), website ( http://www.confuzzled.org.uk/premiere/attending/registering/ ) and the ConFuzzled forum where we will post the link to our registration system once registration opens.

Please take some time before registration opens to review the pricing and options available for ConFuzzled 2012 on our website.

Dealers - registration for the Dealers' Den will open at the same time as main registration. So if you would like to be in our Dealers' Den, remember to register early because when we run out of space, we won't be able to accept any more Dealers!
To register just click on the 'Dealers Den' box under 'options and extras' and fill out the form.

Should you have any questions about registering, please contact the Registration Team by emailing registration@confuzzled.org.uk. For Dealers' Den questions, please contact the Commerce team by emailing dealersden@confuzzled.org.uk

But that's not all...

It is also our pleasure to inform you that, thanks to a very kind donation made by DH Winterwolf, the grand total raised by ConFuzzled attendees for the International Otter Survival Fund has reached £10,000! We can't even imagine how many feesh that'll buy those lucky otters. It's thanks to you that we've managed to raise so much money for our charity, and the fact we've hit the five-digit mark speaks volumes about your generosity. You've set yourselves a very high bar in 2011 - what will you achieve in 2012?

It's not too late to donate to the otters though! Should you also wish to make a donation, please head to their website at http://www.ottershop.co.uk/acatalog/Donations.html where you can make a donation directly to the IOSF. If you'd like to, mention that you were a ConFuzzled 2011 attendee!