convention recap

Below you’ll find my blog posts about various conventions we've attended over the years, including recaps and photos. This tag and the tag "convention reports" are pretty much interchangeable. I rarely type up a full report these days, so you're more likely to find convention or event photos tagged by just the convention name.

  • huntsville con report!
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    huntsville con report!

    Hey look I actually titled a blog post what it’s actually about. Yeah a couple of days late with this. Wanted to gather up all the pics first including the ones from Chase’s camera. So Thursday I get off work and go to take a nap and as I lay down, I get an idea. And I have to go…

  • Dragoncon Pics Part 2, Tightrope Walker Updates
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    Dragoncon Pics Part 2, Tightrope Walker Updates

    Chase sent me over his pics he took at Dragon Con – not many, but got some nice ones of my Tightrope Walker. Getting ready in the room (standing up after putting my shoes on, looks like): Trying to fix that one weird pleat before we took photos: Full length: I’m not so sure I like this photo yet I…

  • Dragon Con Photos Round One
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    Dragon Con Photos Round One

    We’re back!!! Ok so I don’t have much to share in the first post. But it’s enough to recap Saturday at least. Friday I took off work, finished packing, cleaned the house, went for a swim: Tiniest Dragoncon load EVER. Saturday morning we loaded up the car and were on the road by 6 AM. We got into Atlanta right…

  • Last round of Photos!
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    Last round of Photos!

    I’ve gotten my portfolio updated — I added Disneybound Leia and Edith! And I got Chase’s photos uploaded! Brainfreeze: Me & Kev Me and Kev Part 2 Walking thru Hollywood Studios Oddly enough, this is now the 2nd photo we have of Kevin being menaced by a blow-up Stay Puft Marshmellow Man. This Guardian of the Galaxy group was one…

  • Disney and Megacon Photos – Part 3!
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    Disney and Megacon Photos – Part 3!

    I downloaded our Photopass pictures last night! We used it a lot more this trip than last trip, got a lot of good stuff. On Main Street the first night there… Mine Train… Meeting Cinderella… and Rapunzel… Anna… And Elsa… Also I forgot to say I bought this shirt, I’m wearing it today! Hollywood Studios! Mike! Meeting Olaf… Heading to…

  • Disney Trip w/Kevin – Part 2, plus Megacon!
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    Disney Trip w/Kevin – Part 2, plus Megacon!

    Saturday morning I was up and getting in costume, while Chase got Kevin into his Luke costume. Thankfully, Edith was easy to get into. Like I (think I) mentioned the other day, I decided to forego the wound prosthetics, which made getting ready much faster. We got to the convention center early, and….. parked in the wrong parking lot. We…

  • Two posts in one day??
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    Two posts in one day??

    I uploaded Kevin’s MidSouthCon pics from the digital camera already so I thought I’d go ahead and post them. HERE is the link to the whole gallery! I posted my Disgust/Wonder Woman snapchat but here’s Kevin’s matching Batman: This little Batman was the cutest EVER Full length: As I mentioned my petticoat is showing too much on the side; I’ll…

  • The most random post ever
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    The most random post ever

    This weekend was CRAZY busy… Well let me start with Thursday. I started pulling out stuff for our trip this week, and decided our one stitch patch on our park bag looked lonely, so I dragged out my patch collection to see what I could do. After some fiddling around with placement and seeing what would fit, I ended up…

  • Southern Fried Pics
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    Southern Fried Pics

    I was really looking forward to this past weekend; the con looked fun, I was excited to take Kevin, to spend the weekend with my grandparents, and best of all the weather was going to turn out great – it got up to nearly 70 degrees. Well I forgot what comes along with a change in the weather like that;…

  • MCFC!
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    MCFC!

    We went up and checked out MCFC Saturday! We had a leisurely morning and did a quick white backdrop shoot with Merida while my hair was fresh out of the curlers. It ended up being a yucky, cold and rainy day. I added my black cape to my costume and had to layer up a bit underneath the dress. And…

  • More Dragoncon stuff
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    More Dragoncon stuff

    Some more of the Leia pictures… There were so many great Star Wars costumes there this year… but it’s been so long since I wore a Star Wars costume at a con that even while I was dressed as Leia I’d just walk right past them without thinking about it. Then later I’d be like…. I was dressed as Leia!…

  • Moaaaaaaar pics
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    Moaaaaaaar pics

    Slowly getting Chase’s pics uploaded. Here’s a couple of Peggy from thursday: I tell you, taking those shoulder pads out made a huge difference. My neck doesn’t look so short now. Chase & I found an abandoned nook of the Hilton Saturday morning for the Doctor Who photoshoot and got some Donna photos… And then I MET A DOG DRESSED…

  • Dragoncon 2015: Costume recap
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    Dragoncon 2015: Costume recap

    In (sort-of) order of wearing! 1. Peggy Carter I did some updates to Peggy – I took it up a bit through the waist and removed the shoulder pads, and fixed up the wig. It made a HUGE difference! The jacket fit much better and the wig looked way better, too. I just wish I could have had time to…

  • Dragon Con
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    Dragon Con

    We’re back! Time to recap… Wednesday We got up bright and early and were actually on the road at the time we wanted to be. I played a lot of tsumtsum (it’s been a while since I played). Once we got to Atlanta we got lunch (Takorea), then went and checked in and unloaded. And then off to ikea! Yay!…

  • Queen Aelsa & Memphis Comic Expo pics!
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    Queen Aelsa & Memphis Comic Expo pics!

    This weekend was crazy… ! Saturday was not only Memphis Comic Expo – but moving day for my grandma. The plan was for myself, Chase and Kevin to head up to the convention and the movers/the rest of the family would do the moving. But we ended up heading over that way to help after a couple of hours. And…

  • MidSouthCon 2015
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    MidSouthCon 2015

    This weekend was MidSouthCon of course! (Warning: there is puke in the upcoming story.) It ended up being kind of a strange weekend. Our plans were to take Kevin and let him enjoy the convention while I was doing my panels and whatnot. We picked him up Thursday and he spent the night, then Friday I ran home at lunch…

  • MCFC – part 2
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    MCFC – part 2

    Saturday pictures! I wore the TARDIS in the morning: The angels have the phone box! Then I have a ton of costume contest pics up in the set! Unfortunately Chase didn’t manage to get every contestant, but there’s a good number. Dramatic judging: More judging: I love how I look more like Donna Noble when I’m not wearing my Donna…

  • MCFC
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    MCFC

    This weekend was a whirlwind! Friday I got into Johanna, since it’s Mockingjay weekend, and we ran up to the con for a couple of hours. I only took my little camera that night, so my handful of pics aren’t that great. Then we went and grabbed dinner and went home. Johanna was MUCH more comfortable in Memphis November weather…

  • GMX Pics: Part 2
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    GMX Pics: Part 2

    Got the rest of my pics uploaded last night! A few pics of Sarah Sanderson from friday night: Time Lords visiting the Doctor… Kevin really was out of his element in this costume – the collar was uncomfortable for him, he had trouble walking in it – but he FELT really cool, haha. Peggy with a couple of Caps: I…

  • GMX 2014 – part 1
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    GMX 2014 – part 1

    Got back home late last night from GMX! I only have my iphone photos so far – which is mostly pictures of Kevin – but tonight I’ll download the pics off my camera. (Chase forgot his flash so no nice pictures from this weekend, sadly) In the meantime, here’s my little recap and a handful of Kevin pictures. Friday we…