Ribbon story part 38. Some more plain ribbons, ordered in time for laconiv. There were about fifty people ordering a hundred different titles last summer. Here are a few more.

• Chris for TAFF
• Dancing Fool
• minion of Karisu-Sama
• Want some toast?
• TEA SNOB
• (LJ head and line)

There were, as I've mentioned before, a lot of plain ribbons ordered last summer. That doesn't mean they were all pedestrian, it just means that they were hand-set by the ribbon ladies instead of turned into a single plate. For example, johnnyeponymous wanted ribbons that said Chris for TAFF in support of his TAFF candidacy. (The TAFF race was cancelled, so he didn't get it.) And johno wanted Dancing Fool ribbons, in an easy-to-read-on-the-dance-floor color combination, to hand out as he went along.

Former animelosangeles FGoH karisu_sama wanted a ribbon to give to her minions that says Minion of Karisu-Sama. And young kiuricumber wanted ribbons with her catchphrase of the moment, Want some toast? to hand out at the Worldcon. (You'll recall that two posts ago, I talked about her father's five or six different ribbon titles. She didn't want to be left out, and she saved up her own money to pay for these.)

chaoswolf caught me on AIM (my handle is the same as it is here) and ordered some ribbons on behalf of her mom, flower_cat. She (mom) often stakes out a place in the lobby at conventions and wait for the members to come her way, and now she has something to share with everyone who happens to be a TEA SNOB too.

It seems that a lot of fandom is on Livejournal -- it's not just for British fanzine fans anymore. cogitationitis wasn't happy with the "LiVE JOURNAL" ribbons (which were inspired by johno's badges, btw). She prefers just having the LJ head with a line where you can write in your LJ handle. (Incidentally, if you're given a choice, use a gel pen, not a felt-tip.) The amazing fairegoddess drew a version of the head for us, and Lisa liked it enough to order a bunch. We have the plate on file for future reprints, if anyone's interested. I think the one I've got here is the wrong one. I'll check when I get to work.

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Tags: conventions, ribbons

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