WinCon - three days of fangirl fun

[agt_spooky]

Morning, folks!

Just popping on to say that myself and my best buddy charityflint had a great time at our very first wincon this past weekend. The panels were many and varied with excellent discussions, no matter what the topic, and it was so nice to finally be able to put faces to so many LJ names. And I made new friends! [waves to dancetomato , vorpalblades  and essene]

Two of the highlights for me were the TinHat Pagent and WinCon Prom.

When I saw that the theme of the TinHat Pagent was 'Shipping Wars, I knew I had to enter to do my OTP proud! Since I'd never entered one of these contests before, I decided to take the theme literally and put a flag, a steering wheel and an anchor on my hat. :-)  I went to town and put all sorts of pics of Jensen and Jared on there, along with stickers and shiny things I found in my craft drawer.

And in the end my craziness paid off and I won!  LOL!  I give you the U.S.S. PADACKLES!  (That's United Slash Ship - heh)

Many kudos go to charityflint for her help. I turned to her with a grey pipe cleaner and said, "I need to make an anchor with this somehow," and 0.2 seconds later not only did I have an anchor, but a steering wheel, too! LOL!

I won a t-shirt, but missyjack  didn't have it with her and then I promptly forgot to get it from her the next day.  :-(


Then there was WinCon Prom. Woot! Four hours of crazy singing and dancing with a hundred fangirls decked out in their finest. AWESOME! I had such a great time that night. :-)  I was also the "official" photographer for the prom and took pics of everyone before they went in.

Including one of myself and my "date"...

 

Do we look fantastic or what?? I was told I looked "dashing" in my suit. :-)

So yeah, it was a weekend made of fun. I unfortunately had to leave before the closing ceremonies and didn't get to say goodbye to folks. [sniff] Did I also miss the announcement of where next year's WinCon was going to be held?

Thanks to everyone for a wonderful three days!

Comments

[morganslady.livejournal.com]

Loved the hat,you're so talented! Fan cons are so much fun, that's why I love EMC-2 and KAZCON. Let me know when WinCon is next year,maybe I can make it :-)

[agt-spooky.livejournal.com]

Hee, thanks! Glad you liked the hat. When I told Charity what I was going to put on the flag she's the one that came up with what the U.S.S. really stood for. [snerk]

I don't have the dates for next year yet, but it looks like it might be in either New Orleans or Florida. I'll post when I find out more.