Oh FaerieCon! It's probably too soon to write. I usually have to let things sink in a bit. But let's see.

Favorite part of FaerieCon: Seeing all my friends but not having to work! Of course there was Sweet Melissa, Posie, Lynne, and Karen, who were my roomies. But Also, Virginia and Angie, Drusilla and her daughter, Cynthia, Linda Biggs, Sweet Pea, Crystinia, Drew and Be, Linda and her husband, Kim and Mary and all the fine minions of Faerie Magazine (i mean that in a good way!), the Reyens, Shannon of Razor's Edge, Sue Kemp (the PASTAFARIAN!), Rob and Lucy of Spoutwood Farm, Michael Kaiser He of the Mead, oh, and many of my other vendor friends.

Second favorite part of FaerieCon: meeting the new friends and hopefully, some new vendors. Sara, whose whole name I have to ask someone at Faerie Magazine, I felt like I knew before, beautiful strawberry blond talle girl. It was fun meeting Linda's husband, he reminded me of my own non-fairy but lovingly indulgent husband. They will probably go fly-fishing together this May during Fairie Festival, as Linda's bringing him along!

High Point: I guess some would think it was meeting luminaries such as Charles Vess and Wendy Froud. That was fine, but my FAVORITE part of FaerieCon was just hanging out with my buds. We walked the streets between the hotel and the Con, and people brightened up when they saw us with our brightly colored wings and FABULOUS costumes. I loved it when Karen and I wandered into the wrong part of the convention center where the American College of Gastroenterology was having their convention and we kept asking people if we were at the Bad Faery Ball (everyone looked so grim). Having dinner at Asia Street (I think that's what it was called) was a riot.

Disappointments: They were VERY minor! It was extremely weird to be seeing all these Nature Spirits in a convention center with all its concrete and steel. Downright disconcerting! I do'nt think I really got used to it. When I saw Rob and Lucy of Spoutwood Farm I became extremely disoriented, because my association with them is so strongly to the Farm. Also, the bands at the Ball just did not Rock. They were interesting, in an esoteric kind of way. People on the dance floor were just basically waving their arms and dancing more or less like flowers and trees in the wind. I guess I'm so used to having rockin' bands like Albannach with their strong drum presence, and Telesma with their psychedelic energy. But whatever. It was fun being there all Dressed Up with my friends!

What did I wear?! I think I blogged about this but I may have changed my mind. The first day, Friday, I wore my pretty little outfit that Jesse Elaine of Imagination's Flight: dark blue corsetted top which I embroidered, and a pixie-hemmed skirt of dark blue and black. and of course, my fabulous wings by Lynne - the black and blue with the spidery elements. For the good fairy ball, I wore my dusty blue fairy dress. I bought this dress back in '89 for daughter Phoebe to wear as a bride's maid dress in our wedding. It's really lovely. I borrowed some light blue velvetty wings (which I bought later!) from Lynne that were just perfect. Saturday I wore my gorgeous green Reyen Designs dress with lynne's little green wings (These are the wings I'm wearing on my myspace page). I got many compliments on this dress, and sent many a customer to the Reyen Design booth! SATURDAY NIGHT was the Bad Faery Ball. I wore my red and black fishnetty dress with my old 70's pointy toed boots. They are incredible little shoes but I don't wear them that often so by the end of the evening my tootsies were a bit sore. Finally, Sunday, I went back to the blue dress I wore to the Good Faery Ball 'cause it's soooo comfy.

The Fashion Show looked great. I helped get it ready on Saturday but was so stressed out when we were finished that I pretty much decided I couldn't handle it on Sunday. We were in a tiny little "room" with all these beautiful clothes and accessories that we were trying to put together and then write descriptions of for the MC to read. We got it done, and the girls looked beautiful. I had been asked to model but decided it was way too much trouble, and besides, there were so many gorgeous young ladies there was no shortage!

I'm wondering how vendors did there. If any are reading this, please let me know ! I didn't get the sense that things were flying off the shelves except for a few exceptions. Maybe there should be more of a push to get retailers there, and make it into more of a trade show? Also, where were the organizers? Maybe it's the way things are done at these Cons, but at Fairie Festival, I'm so used to seeing all of US out there, shouting and having a grand old time (think of Rob dancing in his Greenman costume!) but I had no idea where the people were that made this happen except I think once at one of the Balls they were introduced.

Some of us were talking about how COOL it would be if FaerieCon were held in Baltimore. Think of the quirky people that live there, first of all, and then think of all the amenities they have! Imagine a reception at the American VIsionary Arts Museum! The Ball held at the 8x10! The waterfront with all the buskers! Would John Waters make an appearance? The Midnight Movies held at the Charles Theater (too bad the Orpheum is gone). Etc. Philadelphia was OK but why not take advantage of all that (i'll say it again) quirkiness?! (Oh yeah it would also be a lot closer to me.... but whatev).

Well that's about all I can spill out now. Maybe I'll think of some other tidbits. Check out my pics (they're on my MySpace page -- http://www.myspace.com/hillbilly_fairy just click on view my pics and then choose the FaerieCon album).

I don't know if I'l upload them here or not, maybe later: and if you have any, please let me know! Those of you that were there that are reading this, please comment anything i missed or that you'd like to add!

KUBIANDO!!!!!!!