03/01/2025 - 03/02/2025 Daily OFMD Recap

03/13/2025 1:42 pm EDT
TLDR; OFMD Craft Fair: Semi Final Numbers; Cast & Crew Donations; Craft Fair Fan Spotlights; Rhys Darby; Con O'Neill; Ruibo Qian; Dominic Burgess; Fan Spotlight: Gay Pirate News Hour; Never Left Podcast; Love Notes;

Hey lovelies, more and more coming, lots of info so separating the recaps into smaller parts. 

== OFMD CRAFT FAIR ==

= Semi Final Numbers =

The first numbers for the craft fair totalled $85,417.00 which was 230.9% the original goal! HOLY CRAP YALL. 

Screenshot of stats shown on the auction page. It reads: 'Start: 18 February 2025 8 PM EST. End: 1 March 2025 11:45 PM EST. Raised: $ 85,417, goal: $ 37,000. 230.9 % reached!'

But that's not all. Gypsy Taylor donated two awesome items and a flash sale went up for 24 hrs as well! This was the auction!

Picture of a flash auction item donated by Gypsy Taylor: Gypsy's Hand-Blown Rum Bottle. A photo shows a green glass rum bottle stamped with the show's logo. 'Includes signed costume design print!' is written at the bottom of the photo.

Picture of a flash auction item donated by Gypsy Taylor: The Swede's Crop Top. There is a design drawing of The Swede's costume, showing a Spanish Jackie'z branded crop top and an even shorter cropped black jacket. Next to it is a photo of Nat Faxon as The Swede wearing the same outfit while mixing a cocktail at Jackie's bar. 'Includes signed costume design print!' is written at the bottom of the photo.

Source: Gypsy Taylor's Instagram

= Cast & Crew Donations =

For those of you who followed the final few days of the craft fair,  several of the cast donated some wonderful items to help raise more money for trans kids!
This was so incredibly generous of them all, and it ended up raising $23,700! Thank you so much Liv for putting those totals together for us!

Bluesky post by Liv (@ the-widow-olivia.bsky.social‬): 'A little math — the “official” items went for a total of $ 23,700. $ 61,717 (hehehe hidden 1717) — or 72 % of the money raised — was from donations and people buying each other’s crafts! # OFMDCraftFair'. Liv quoted a post by @ GhostalService.bsky.social, which reads: 'Eighty five thousand dollars!! OFMD Craft Fair friends, keep an eye on your inboxes for next steps!!! Right now — update your addresses in the system, make your donations at bit.ly/OFMDCraft, and know we made a difference!' The quoted post also includes a screenshot of the amount raised ($ 85,417).

Source: The-Widow-Olivia on Bsky

== OFMD Craft Fair Fan Spotlight ==

As Liv mentioned above, $61,717 or 72% of the money raised was from donations and all the services and crafts donated!
You should be hella proud of yourself everyone! YOU DID THIS.
You helped raise this much money for Trans Kids! It'll take a while, but I'd love to spend some time spotlighting the awesome work put into this fair! I'll be reaching out to folks to get permissions and socials over the next few weeks. 

In no particular order, please check out the following creators and their contributions!

= Lizzy Leo aka Ginger Kitty =

First up on our Fan Spotlight is GingerKitty! You may also know her as LIzzy Leo on the various platforms. She donated SO MANY different listings for the craft fair! Check out this awesome plethora of plushies, buttons, beanies and more!
Shops: Linktr.ee / Ko-Fi / Etsy 
Socials: Bluesky / Instagram

OFMD Craft Fair auction items donated by Lizzy Leo AKA Ginger Kitty. Top left to bottom right: Item 1044: Gentlebeard Love Fish Plushies - a pair of fish plushies, one light blue with orange fins & a white marking on one side, the other black with grey fins & a purple marking. When nestled together in a Yin & Yang form, their markings line up to make a heart shape. Item 1049: Mix & Match Pride Fish Plushies. Picture shows 3 pairs of fish plushies in various pride colours. Each pair's markings line up to make a heart. Item 1045: Kraken Plushies - one purple with black spots & underside, one black with purple spots & underside. Item 1048: Squeaky Goldfish Plushie - a goldfish with large black eyes and a big smile. Item 1046: Rosy Maple Moth Plushie - a pink & yellow moth with big round eyes & cream-coloured antennae, wearing a white lace cravat.

Auction items 1468, 1469 & 1470, donated by Lizzy: OFMD Heart Sticker/Button Set, OFMD Heart Stickers, OFMD Heart Buttons - heart-shaped buttons & holographic stickers with minimalist art of various characters' faces.

More auction items donated by Lizzy: crochet cat ear beanies in various pride colours. Top left to bottom right: 1221 - Queer pride colours (1 half is rainbow-coloured, the other half black). 1224 - Lesbian (1 half white, the other red, orange, white, purple & pink). 1223 - Nonbinary (1 half black, the other yellow, white, purple & black). 1222 - Asexual (1 half black, the other black, grey, white & purple). 1225 - Trans (1 half white, the other light pink, light blue & white). 1226 - Pansexual (1 half white, the other pink, light blue & yellow). 1227 - Bisexual (entire beanie is pink, purple & blue).






= DarcyLindbergh = 

Next up is the fabulous DarcyLindbergh! They do absolutely stunning cross-stitch and embroidery work and donated so many fabulous patterns and pieces for the Craft Fair!Wanna support them / check out their other work? Visit their socials below!
AO3 / Twitter / Bluesky / Tumblr

Two OFMD Craft Fair auction items donated by DarcyLindbergh. Item 1195: Progress Pride Flag Blackwork Embroidery - a mock-up shows a progress pride flag with each stripe containing different blackwork embroidery patterns. A second, smaller image shows the same flag design overlaid with the text 'Mock up - final colors will be slightly different but in this scheme. 8 by 8 inch frame.' Item 1405: Digital Cross-Stitch Pattern - the design is based on the OFMD logo but reads 'Our Fight Our Family'. The decorative swirly part of the logo has been expanded slightly and is shown in the colours of the progress pride flag.

Six more OFMD Craft Fair auction items donated by DarcyLindbergh. The first 4 are pieces of blackwork embroidery in different colour combinations, each inside a square white frame. Item 1236: dark blue & teal, Item 1237: dark blue & light green, Item 1238: pink & light green, Item 1239: pink & orange. The other 2 are also pieces of blackwork embroidery, but in wooden embroidery hoops. Item 1194: a heart in the colours of the trans pride flag, embroidered on a black background. Item 1193: a circular mandala design in the Gilbert Baker rainbow flag colors, with a diamond-shaped black & white part at the centre.

Source: OFMD Craft Fair

= Rhys Darby =

Our Pirate Captain is continuing to send out love from his Comedy Tour! He's been having some technical difficulties unfortunately!

Bluesky post by @ RhysieDarby.bsky.social‬: 'Philly blew me away. Great OG Helium comedy club two sold out shows and such a good walk around city.'

Source: Rhys' Bsky


Source: Rhys's IG

= Con O'Neill =

Con out with friends!

Selfie of Con and fellow actors Paul J. Medford and Bonnie Langford out & about on a sunny day. Con is looking at the camera with a closed-mouth smile, while Paul is showing his teeth in a wider smile and Bonnie is laughing. The background is blurry, showing a large sandstone or limestone archway, through which we can see more buildings and a clear blue sky. Text at the top of the image reads: 'Fabulous day @ ParamountPlus with new old friends @ oNeill.Con and @ PaulJMedford.'

Source: The Bonnie Langford IG

= Ruibo Qian =

Our Pirate queen sent some gorgeous pics, encouragement, and included some beautiful cat content!

Ruibo sits on the edge of a bed with her legs crossed. She is wearing a black baseball cap with a Yin & Yang design at the front, a form-fitting black miniskirt or pair of shorts, and a sheer black long-sleeve top over a black sports bra. Her hands grip the bill of her cap, pulling it down over her eyes and hiding the top half of her face. Another photo of Ruibo sitting in almost the same position on the edge of a bed, but her head is now raised so we can see her eyes. She looks at the camera without smiling, one eye half closed as if mid-wink.

A fluffy black & white cat sleeps belly-up on top of a soft-looking white blanket. Its whiskers, paws, belly, muzzle and chin are white, while the rest of its fur is black.

Source: Ruibo's IG

= Dominic Burgess =

Dominic keeping us going with pictures of his beautiful cats!

Bluesky post by @ DominicBurgess.bsky.social‬. It reads: 'The Art / The Artist'. In the attached photo, a cat with tan, brown and black fur lies on a light grey sofa, staring up at the camera with wide blue eyes. One of its front legs is outstretched, paw resting on the top of the sofa's back cushion, which can be seen in the foreground and looks badly scratched, with loose threads sticking out everywhere.

Source: Dominic's Bsky

== Fan Spotlight ==

= Gay Pirate News Hour =

New episode of Gay Pirate News Hour!

Source: GPNH Youtube

= Never Left Podcast = 

New episode of Never Left! This time about Play! (The verb). Check it out on their various podcast platforms! https://linktr.ee/neverleftpodcast

Title card for Never Left Podcast episode 49: 'Play (verb) - Part 1'. The background is a picture of the ocean. Text at the top reads: 'New Episode.' Below is the podcast's logo: 'Never Left' written on a ribbon banner above a drawing of a purple tentacle gripping a red & white lighthouse next to a dilapidated shack on a tiny island. To the left of the logo, a small audio player widget displays the episode number & title. Text at the bottom reads 'Learn more at linktr.ee/NeverLeftPodcast' below a black flag that reads 'New episodes every other Tuesday'.

Source: Never Left Podcast IG

== Love Notes ==

Drawing of a note pad next to a pencil with a unicorn head eraser. The open page of the note pad has a rainbow and cloud drawn at the top and the following text written on it: 'Breathe deeply and take a moment to reaffirm your worthiness. If you struggled today, you are still worthy of love. If you made a mistake, you are still worthy of good things. If you felt like you didn't accomplish anything, you are still worthy of rest.' The words Breathe, reaffirm, worthiness, worthy, and good are all highlighted in different colours. At the bottom of the image is the artist's name: SelfLoveRainbow.

Source: SelfLoveRainbow IG

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