dragoncon
Below you’ll find my blog posts and photos about our trips to the convention Dragoncon in Atlanta, GA. We have attended this event from 2002 to 2014. This particular tag is just a mish-mash of various Dragoncon related posts; each year has its own tag (dragoncon2014, dragoncon2013, and so on) so there are probably more posts there.
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Dragoncon Stories: That Time I Won
So far all of my Dragoncon 2003 stories sound a whole lot like whining. I promise you that isn’t true. All of these stories make me laugh, then and now. But just to balance out some of the whining-type stories, here’s a less complain-y one. Dragoncon 2002, Ash and I had missed out on Evening at Bree. We had wanted…
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Dragoncon Stories: That Time I Was Abandoned
This is one of my all time favourite Dragoncon stories. Dragoncon 2003 was just me, Cath and Ash. We had a hell of a time that year. Monday rolled around, we packed up, had them pick up my costumes to ship them out, and checked out of our room – but, our f light didn’t leave for a few more…
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Dragoncon Stories: That Time My Wings Messed Stuff Up
I actually talked about this pretty recently in my blog, but here’s the whole story in its entirety. So, I’d been wearing Belldandy to every single convention that year, including shipping those wings to Dallas, Anaheim, and now Atlanta. After the Star Wars costume contest that saturday at Dragoncon, I rushed back to our hotel room – mostly to get…
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Dragoncon Stories: That Time I Was Green and it Sucked
This is the last story I can think of from our first Dragoncon; my body paint issue. I’ve talked about it before, but here it goes again. So I’d been wanting to do my Ocha costume for a while by that point. I finally decided to dig in and do it for Dragoncon, since it seemed a better fit for…
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Dragoncon Stories: That Time We Went Through the Photo Gauntlet
Today I’m going to tell yall about the photo gauntlet. Dragoncon 2002’s masquerade was not my first costume contest, but as it was my first Dragoncon, it was my first time participating in their masquerade. Ash and I signed up just for fun, because – back then, we ALWAYS did some kind of costume contest (we’d done Urd and Skuld…
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FAQ Friday: First Time DragonCon
Today’s question is… I’m going to DragonCon for the first time this year! What do I need to know?? I actually answered this over here but it turned into more of a generic DragonCon tips rather than specifically for newbies, so here’s some thoughts geared more towards that! 1. Start Planning Early If you decide to go to DragonCon in…
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DRAGONCON COMETH
Now Momocon is out of the way I get to dig into Dragoncon stuff. On our way out of Atlanta, we stopped by Gail K Fabrics, and I found some fabric I’m happy with for Peggy Carter. I’m beyond myself excited to tackle Peggy and Anne Boleyn – so I’ll be jumping on those, first. I’ve really got to figure…
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Dragoncon 2014 Song
Every year I end up picking out a song that is my “dragoncon song” for the year. A song gets to be a “dragoncon song” by either being something I’ve played a lot over the summer while working on costumes, or just because it makes me think of dragoncon. I thought I’d put together a playlist of my dragoncon songs.…
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Dragoncon Costumes: Everything Else
Thoughts & Pics on all the “old” stuff I wore this year… 1. Belle I wore Belle Friday morning for a while. Had wanted to wear it again but didn’t get a chance. (Well, that’s a lie, there were chances… I just didn’t have the energy for it!) I love how it looks with my Marie Antoinette hoops, and really…
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Dragoncon 2013!
Well I’ve been home from Dragoncon for a few days but haven’t posted a thing here – sorry! It was a good year. Even though I felt like i was a day ahead the whole time (Thursday felt like Friday, Friday felt like Saturday) by the end of it, it felt like it had rushed by way too fast. I…
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in reality
I keep trying to put together some kind of dragoncon costume schedule to post, so people can know when I’m wearing what. today I realised that this is really my dragoncon schedule: 1. wear costumes 2. nap 3. wear costumes 4. tequila shots so yeah, im just going to post that when anyone asks
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2 weeks!
Last night I spent most of my time digging through closets looking for costume pieces. Where-ever my Lady Blackhawk belt was, it wasn’t labeled, so I just had to look in every costume box to figure out where it was. (I finally found it in my Ms Marvel box.) I also pulled out everything else I needed for this year,…
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Do what
One of the questions I get a lot from random people is how do I wear so many costumes at Dragoncon? (On average, I usually wear around 12 costumes at Dragoncon.) Let’s say an “average” non-costumer is at Dragoncon for the same amount of time as we are (4 1/2 days). Each day they wear a different change of clothes.…
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Dragoncon Dreams
So last night I dreamt that I was at Dragoncon with my Donna wedding dress still in the state it currently is. I was freaking out because it wasn’t finished, particularly because I didn’t have a veil. So I’m in the hotel room, trying to hot glue scraps of chiffon together to make a veil (for some reason I had…
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Dragoncon questionnaire
Dragon*Con Questionnaire What’s your badge name? kelldar I think it is anyway. I may have changed it this year. I can’t remember at all. Where are you staying? Marriott – been there every year since 2002. What day are you arriving/leaving? Arriving Wednesday leaving either Monday or Tuesday. Will you be cosplaying? What days? As whom? (edit: photo link was…
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Dragoncon 2013 Costumes
So, I have my Dragoncon costume schedule pretty much finalized. Not sure I’m going to do that fourth one I mentioned; just depends on time and money. But, here’s what we stand on them: 1. Romana I As you can see from my most recent post I messed it up! LOL. I ordered more fabric and I’m hoping to have…
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Dragoncon 2012 Photos!
Dragoncon 2012 pics are up! All of my new costumes have been added (Hocus Pocus, Time Lords, Wasp, Batgirl, Belle, Fluttershy), and updates to old costumes have been made (Romana II, Donna Noble, Emma Frost). Now to start planning for GMX!
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Dragoncon 2012 Recap!!
My 11th Dragoncon is in the books and it was another great year! So here’s my little report/pics/whatever you want to call it. We got into Atlanta Wednesday morning, got checked in and unpacked. Keep reading:
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10 years of my life at Dragoncon
I put together this little pic of me at dragoncon for the past 10 years.
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Dragoncon 2012 Schedule
Here’s a basic list of what I’m bringing and when I’m thinking of wearing it! Thursday: Slave Leia, Romana II Friday: Ms Marvel, Batgirl, Belle, Emma Frost Saturday: Donna Noble (Journey’s End), Surprise #1, Wasp, Surprise #2 Sunday: Hippolyta, Belle, Batgirl Monday: Donna Noble (Silence in the Library) I only have a few photoshoots this year (tried to keep…