Blackwood, South Wales, UK - 14th April 2014

Seeing little hints of some of the exciting things there will be at the event. Just partial glimpses of Tshirts and mugs and.....

*pops head up*

Sorry for the lack of updates. I've been lost in a sea of crafting and list-making.

We are making keyrings and magnets (or will be when the stuff arrives off ebay. Starting to get a little close to the wire now) and I've just finished wrestling with glue in the process of making earrings (Not a great picture). The cups are turning out to be far more problematic than anticipated, but they will eventually say "Sereni-tea" on one side, and "CSTS 2014" the other side.

I've got a bunch of lovely friends and friends of friends making us one-off pieces for the silent auction. We're also doing a mystery box - because everyone loves a mystery box

For the raffle we have a t-shirt on the way (again cutting it a bit close) and we have a Richard Castle novel. We're also going to be raffling off the banners we had made, because the logo will change next year so we'll need new banners anyways.

Our quiz is made up of Firefly/Serenity/Whedonverse questions, but also general sci-fi questions to be a bit more inclusive; plus we're going to have a modeling round, where people have to design the best spaceship they can in Play-Doh.

We can't do Ice Planets due to the sheer awkwardness of them, so we're making cake-pops and calling them Mini Ice Planets.

Hopefully we'll be able to update again on the eve of the event, and we'll be taking plenty of pictures on the day, so we'll post them up here then

Wish me luck! *dives back into chaos*

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Ooh, I like the cake pops idea! I may substitute that for our popcorn-balls-on-strings this year.

Although come to think of it, I'm not sure they'd be any less fiddly to make? But at least I'm unlikely to burn my hands!

Didn't get that many photos taken, but here's what we have...

You had some nice stuff there! I especially liked the tea cups.

The teacups were easy to make. Here: http://www.simplymaggie.com/diy-sharpie-teacups

Tip: don't use pastel coloured sharpies; they fade when you bake.

I love the CSTS logo mugs!! Where did you get those done?

A local printer did them for us. He gave us a discount for being a charity - did the mug, coaster and t-shirt as a set for £10

BTW, our unsold merchandise is up on ebay, if anyone is interested

I bought some!

The earrings? They're winging their way to you as we speak; hope you like them!