30 days of dragoncon, day 12

Day 12. A costumer you’ve always admired Is it cheating to say my husband? LOL

30 days of dragoncon: day 11

Day 11. One of your favorite guests at Dragoncon I don't really go for the guests, but the first year we went I totally did, Mike Nelson and Kevin Murphy from MST3k: Got their autographs on MST3k post-it notes. I've always wanted to go back and get the rest of the cast since they've been at dcon pretty regularly the past couple of years but never have.

30 days of dragoncon, day 10

Day 10. Photo of one of the parties you’ve been to In the early days... so many parties Not so much anymore these days :(

30 days of dragoncon, day 9

Day 9. Photo of someone at Dragoncon who does not belong there At dragoncon 2005, these ladies were checking out of the hotel Sunday morning when the 501st was gathering in the lobby before the photoshoot. They wanted their picture with the stormtroopers LOL

30 days of dragoncon

Day 7. A WTF moment at Dragoncon Being told that we couldn't sit in the Marriott sail bar area if we didn't buy anything. At 2 in the afternoon. When it was nearly empty. After my husband had already bought a drink. And after we've paid to stay in your stupid hotel for nearly a week. Complained to marriott corporate and got an immediate emailed apology and multiple calls telling me that ...

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30 days of dragoncon

Day 5. Something cool you’ve seen at Dragoncon ....everything... I'll pick Arc Attack, though: Day 6. One of your all-time favorite costumes you squeed over The Muppet band, Dragoncon 2004:

30 days of dragoncon, day 3 and 4

Day 3. Your first costume I really don't know, I made 4 new costumes (and took two old) for my first dragoncon and not sure which one of those was "first"... Padme, Shadowcat, Buffy and Ocha were all new. (Ocha was pushed back from Otakon.) Hermione was from the year before, and She-Ra was from MidSouthCon earlier that year. Day 4. A product you highly recommend having at Dragoncon I love Buzz Bites. ...

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30 days of dragoncon

I found this on tumblr. Thought I'd do it - going to have to catch up, so doing 2 of them today: Day 1. A photo of your first Dragoncon We were babies - Ash was still in high school. Day 2. One of the first friends you met via/through/ at Dragoncon Met my husband at dragoncon 2005. Tonight! I got the yellow sections reattached to Pink Barf, made my Marie Antoinette necklace, ...

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a retrospective of the marriott marquis

I like to take pics of our hotel room whenever we're out of town, so i realised I've got a decent collection of pics of our Marriott room from almost every dragoncon. I noticed, when digging through my '02 pics, how different the rooms looked back then. seriously... marriott room '02? You look like a cheap motel room a hooker is about to get killed in. (The grainy, scanned in ...

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current Dcon 2011 costume list

1. Lady Blackhawk - this is 99% done on my end, just waiting on Chase to make my logos for the jacket and hat. 2. Donna Noble - 80% done. Just need buttons for the jacket, to finish my belt and find some jeans. 3. Ms Marvel red suit - 100% done! :) 4. Marie Antoinette - (not doing that particular costume, just needed something to represent it!) I'd say 30% done. My corset and panniers are done, I've ...

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