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Apparently I posted this on the wrong blog and never noticed. Whoops!

Just realized last night that I somehow never shared my ops from SPN Hawaii here.

In 30+ cons I had somehow never had to have a photo retaken and then suddenly I ended up with three retakes at this con. The first was this Kim & Bri that I shared with my friend Shanda - I didn't end up with the JPEG of the second but it was pretty similar, except Bri wasn't sticking her tongue out.

Round two of the retakes was my MishMish, both of which came out cute. Supposedly one of us blinked in one of them, but them both look fine to me! Not gonna complain about an extra MishMish hug :-)

This dude never ceases to be a knockout <3

Shanda's favorite op... she's definitely in her happy place <3

This op with my friend Jenna was chaotic and involved a lot of me steering Felicia around while I had no clue what the boys were doing behind me. As we were walking away I heard one of them go "Was that supposed to be a totem pole?" We look a bit more like the kids doing So Long, Farewell in The Sound of Music but I love it!

Jenna invited me to share her J2 so I got an extra Moose hug, which I am never going to complain about.

My own J2 is my favorite of the con, with a Moose attempting to knock Jensen and I over with me squished in the middle, and everyone looking perfectly delighted to be where they are <3

Someday I am going to achieve a perfect J2M smooshy hug where all of them are smiling - each time I try gets a little better and this one is pretty close, which hopefully means next time will be perfect.

The last retake was this Mishalecki I shared with Jeannine so she could have her first Jared hug while Misha and I pouted. Chris retook it because she closed her eyes but I actually like that one best of the two.

And finally, completing my J2M selfie series for the year with a Moose, and also discovering it is possible to get a selfie and a Moose hug at the same time.

For a little bonus, also had a Meet and Greet photo with the kings of the con, but I can tell from my face how awkward I was feeling in this moment. They, of course, look great.

Hawaii was a pretty spectacular weekend all in all, despite a higher than normal anxiety level on my part, and a good way to wrap up the year!

#spnhi #spnhi23 #spnhawaii #creationhi #spnhon #supernatural #jensen ackles #jared padalecki #misha collins #kim rhodes #briana buckmaster #rob benedict #richard speight jr #felicia day #photo ops

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SPN DC, aka #KristaCon, was pretty heavy on the heart emotionally but the ops came out fantastic.

This is absolutely the cutest MishMish op I've ever had.

This came out even better than I hoped. "Can we do hug from behind? And you... just fawn over the car." (He understood the assignment.)

After testing out the selfie pose with Mish last con, I took it for another spin. Also Jensen's shirt was ridiculously soft.

Philemon Chambers (Gus from Walker:Independence) was an absolute delight. He brought his mom to the con!

Even though I cried my way through SNS and left on Sunday feeling pretty deep in the emotional thinky thoughts, I am so glad I was there to experience this con. It was a demonstration of all that is good and beautiful about the #SPNFamily. <3

#creationdc #spndc #spndc23 #dccon #dccon23 #supernatural #walker independence #jensen ackles #jared padalecki #misha collins #philemon chambers #photo ops #kristacon

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First con since April! I know that doesn't seem like very long, but it's a long time for me after averaging one a month for a while. Charlotte Con was a blast and a bit of a unique experience with the strikes ongoing but that didn't put a damper on ops!

Nate Torrence was a delight. One of my favorite parts of the weekend was listening to Rich fanboy over Nate TO Nate on stage - just absolute joy.

I love Drake so much, I wish I got to enjoy his presence at every con. The mini-moose brings me joy <3

I will forever call them "the kids" because they are almost young enough to be mine - such a delightful group of talented young people.

The incomparable Jojo showing off some lovely art my friend Jordan made for them

I had the joy of surprising my friend Christine with this op with the boys and the Impala. Her first Jared squishy hug <3

I do not like selfies at all so I always avoided the selfie pose, but I keep seeing other people's photo with the pose and they are always so flattering so I decided to use MishMish as a guinea pig and try it. Pretty happy with the results, I gotta say.

Running out of cute ideas for ops with my favorite dude. Please send help :-D

On the other hand, I apparently no longer even need to ask for my squishy hug... the moose saw me coming and just opened his arms <3

EDIT: Late arriving JPEG featuring so much cuteness <3

In all the times I've been to cons since they started offering ops with the Impala, I've never actually done them, but had to make an exception here for this exceptional restoration.

All in all Charlotte was up there among favorite cons, not the least of which was because of these wonderful ladies that I had the pleasure of getting to know.

Onwards to DC!

#creationnc #spnnc 2023 #spnnc #spnchar #charlotte con #jensen ackles #jared padalecki #misha collins #drake rodger #meg donnelly #jojo fleitas #nate torrence #photo ops

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SPN NJ is somehow never my favorite con despite being the one closest to home but this year was made so much better by wonderful friends <3

Friend number one chooses to remain incognito and graciously invited me to join their Misha/Ruth op.

I have always wanted one of those Dean hug ops but I never liked that he always looks so somber in them. So I walked up and said “Can I have a Dean hug, but like a happy one?” Jensen contemplated this for a second, like he was trying to figure out what that would look like. And then gave this tiny little smile and said “Yes.” And then I had to basically snuggle and his hand was in my hair and my brain absolutely separated itself from my body, because I walked the wrong way out of the op.

Absolutely adorable Winchester kids photo with my wonderfully talented friend Liz.

Jordan drove all the way from Ohio to join me in NJ just to hug this man. I think it was worth it.

Some serious adorableness going on in this one. 

Jordan needed an “I don't understand that reference” op. Misha delivered. And then promptly broke character to wink at me. Because Misha. 

My big take away from this con is “do more ops with friends” because I’m more relaxed and less in my head and everyone looks so happy. Good times <3

#spnnj #spnnj23 #spn new jersey #supernatural #Jensen Ackles #Jeffrey Dean Morgan #Misha Collins #ruth connell #drake rodger #meg donnelly #jojo fleitas #baby #photo ops

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NOLA Con JPEGs are in!

Met first-timer Jordan at pre-reg and made instant friends. But she didn’t have a Misha op so we HAD to fix that. 

Wasn’t entirely happy with how this op turned out and Jensen’s hair was so beautifully floofy at this con that I couldn’t bear to not have a photo I wasn’t happy with so of course I bought another one (can you hear my wallet crying?)

Last year at my birthday con in Indy photo ops were still “no touch” so I had to have Misha stand in for me in my birthday hug. This year I got to play myself. <3

Jensen: Looks at me with this ‘what’s up with this, why are you back again?’ gesture

Me: “We just have to make this one super cute because the last one was NOT cute.”

Jensen: Completely understands the assignment

Me: Promptly dies of embarrassment because I just told Jensen TO HIS FACE that he didn’t look cute in my photo. *face palm*

Moose hug to tide me over since I won’t see him again until August. 

Side note: The Moose was SWEATY. This is a picture of me with my face pressed up against damp t-shirt and the musk was definitely in action (I am not complaining).

Jeff Pierre is officially the happiest man to ever be in a photo. And such a sweetheart. 

I also have to share an autograph story.

In the Gold panel at Atlanta last month the boys were talking about props they got from set and Jared asked Jensen if he had gotten any of the green army men, and Jensen said no. 

Well, as it happens, I have a little batch of the green army men from props. In the prop and wardrobe auction after the series ended, I purchased the little tin soldiers from LARP and the Real Girl (the ones on the map table in Charlie’s tent that Dean and Charlie are doing battle strategy with). When they were shipped to me, they were all packed up in a rubbermaid box, labeled with the episode. And I opened it up only to discover, not just the tin soldiers I had purchased, but also 13 of Sam’s green army men. No WAY the auction house knew the significance of them or they wouldn’t have been tucked in as the best ever bonus to my purchase. 

Anyway, flash forward to NOLA. I’ve brought two of the little green guys with me to give to Jensen. I go up to him at autos, nervous as hell, and start blabbering while he’s signing for me. “You were saying in the panel in Atlanta that you didn’t get any of the green army men from set, and it happens that I have some of the army men from set, so I thought these belonged with you.” And I hand them to him. 

He’s just staring at them for a bit looking absolutely stunned and not saying anything and I keep blabbering about how I got them kind of accidentally with something else I bought in the auction. And somewhere in there he looks up... and the look on his face... I will live off that for a long time. It was the most beautiful, delighted smile and he said “I will gladly take these off your hands.” And I said “I thought you might like them.” And then I walked away and it took a good ten minutes for my heart to return to beating at a normal speed. 

And then the next morning in the gold panel, this happened. I am so, so grateful to have been able to bring him this little moment of joy. Kind of made the whole con for me (and it was a REALLY good con). 

And then, to make things even better I had a whole conversation with Drake about filming locations for The Winchesters and all the ones I had visited in the last couple of days, and he went “Wait, are you the one who posted that photo of Dean from the Pilot” because apparently he saw one of my location photos on Twitter? WHAT? He also tried to give me directions to one of the locations I still can’t find, but as yet I still haven’t been able to find it. 

But anyway, yeah. Best con yet? Yup, I think so. <3

#SPNNOLA #spn new orleans #spnnola23 #Jensen Ackles #Jared Padalecki #Misha Collins #jeff pierre #photo ops #supernatural #the winchesters #drake rodger

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Dallas Con JPEG day! 

I have done dozens of ops with the guys and I still came out of this one shaking. But also Misha said “Nice to see you!” as I was leaving the op so that may have contributed ;-)

I brought a reference photo for this one and gave it to Shelley. She showed Jensen and he seemed unexpectedly excited about it (actually went “Oh yeah!” when he saw it). Then I had to stare at him for like five seconds which is legitimately like staring into the sun. And then he gave my hands a little extra squeeze before he let go <3

I LOVED meeting The Winchesters cast! Got to do meet and greets with Drake and JoJo and they were so lovely and genuine and just excited to be there. And then look at Drake and Jensen’s faces in this op - it's like mirrored bookends. 

JoJo is just a beautiful soul, inside and out. 

I asked Drake if I could have a hug and he said “Of course!” and then proceeded to put his head on the top of mine just like Jared does when he hugs me. I was a puddle after.

After the Drake op, I had to go get a Jared op so they could be set side by side and demonstrate the son/father synchronicity (he’s done this head thing, regardless of the pose, in nearly all my ops since the plexi went away - I think it’s just our thing now). And also Moose hugs are the best kind of therapy. He gave my arms a squeeze before I walked away and I could feel it for like five minutes after <3

This beautiful soul being added to Dallas was a tipping point in me deciding to go. Calian is absolutely my favorite character from Walker:Independence. 

All in all, don’t love the way I look in all of these, but they were some of my most positive experiences in the op room that I’ve ever had. 

#supernatural #spndallas #spndallas 2023 #Misha Collins #Jensen Ackles #Jared Padalecki #drake rodger #meg donnelly #jojo fleitas #the winchesters #photo ops #justin johnson cortez

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NashCon ops! This was a last minute addition to me con schedule once I lucked out with a Radio Company concert ticket. 

Walked into this op and Jared ducks out to say hi to someone leaving me with my arm around Jensen. 

Me: “He abandoned us.” 

Jensen: “It happens” *said with the resignation of someone who has spent countless hours of their life waiting on a Moose* <3

Op came out super cute (but it was so cold out there)!

This is a photo of me getting all the air squeezed out of my lungs. I asked for a squish and was not disappointed. After Chris took the photo, the Moose squeezed even harder before he let go and I swear it took me a couple minutes to get my breath back. It was exactly what I needed. :-D

This is the fifth photo I’ve had with Jared in the last two months and he’s leaning on me like this in every single one. I think it’s just our standard pose now. And of course the other dude is just perfect as always.

#Jensen Ackles #Jared Padalecki #Misha Collins #supernatural #spnnash #spnnash22 #nashcon #nashcon22 #spnnashville #photo ops

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Had a blast at Rhode Island Comic Con! This team up photo was EPIC!

A little quality time with the Moose who was sorely missed in Vancouver. And got to meet the missus!

Keegan was a total sweetheart and even snapped a photo of this op with his phone when I went to get it signed. 

I didn’t get photos but also picked up autos with Mitch Pileggi and Rick Worthy for my SPN collection. Plus Sam Ferris since I somehow didn't get hers the last time I saw her at a con. And college-age me was very excited to get to meet Loretta Swit and Jamie Farr from M*A*S*H - I did one of my big college terms papers on that show! All-in-all and excellent weekend :-)

#rhode island comic con #ricc #ricc 2022 #Jared Padalecki #genevieve padalecki #keegan allen #Mark Sheppard #emily swallow #alaina huffman #samantha smith #samantha ferris #jake abel #dj qualls #photo ops

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Hi! I saw you have a ton of pics with the boys. I was debating going to the SPNCon in Vegas and getting photo ops but. What poses? How do you decide the poses and also how does it work and yeah just. Any advice you have!

If you don’t have any specific ideas for poses, I always recommend a hug if the guest is comfortable with it, as all the boys give great hugs. There’s also a helpful group on Facebook called Supernatural Convention Photos that you could join which has albums of photo op examples to get ideas from.

Once you decide what pose you want, when you get to your op, there will be a Creation handler at the head of the line that you tell your pose to and they’ll tell the boys. If it’s anything more complicated than a hug, reference photos are great. You can have one on your phone (just keep it down by your side in the room so it’s clear you aren’t taking pictures) and show it to the handler when you get to the front. They’ll show the photo to the boys and make sure they are in the right spots, and hold your phone while the pic is taken.

Recreating promo photos or a scene from the show can be fun. Or I’ve seen some funny ones recreating popular memes. But I tend to stick to various hug configurations for most of mine. Have fun!

#photo ops #conventions #ask box

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The catch phrase for my SPN Vancouver ops was “Plan B.” I went into the con with credits from Gen and Rich canceling and a Jensen solo, J2 and Baby, and a J2M. Used the Gen and Rich credits to buy a Jared/Misha and the Rob & Ruth. Then with Jared canceling due to COVID, three of my five ops had to be traded in. But Plan B turned out pretty okay :-)

I had a reference photo for this op and I went in and was looking down to get my hand situated and then looked up and my brain went “eeeek, why is he looking at me? Oh, right, because I told him to.” LOL 

This is a photo of me laughing at Jim’s comment that the people ahead of me looked like they were wearing Jared’s clothes (they were very tall people wearing plaid - he was not wrong).

#spnvan #spnvan22 #spnvancouver #rob benedict #ruth connell #Jensen Ackles #Misha Collins #jim beaver #alex calvert #baby #photo ops #supernatural

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JPEG drop from SPN DC. Not bad considering up until a few days before the con I had zero photos ops. 

Somehow in all my photo ops I’ve never had a solo with Kim, so fixed that!

The theme of this con was me laughing in photos. In this one I am laughing at Tahmoh’s confusion over the fact that there was no one else joining me in this op.

I jumped on buying the J2 Baby op so fast I ended up with number 006. I definitely picked the wrong outfit (the second photo had to be doctored because my dress became transparent in the flash) but I would have been happy with the experience even without the photos. Just standing with the boys next to Baby was THE BEST  <3

This op is kind of a chaotic mess. I told Misha I wanted us both to hug Jensen, figuring we’d stand on either side with Jensen face forward in the middle. But he didn’t move around to the other side where I expected him to and then I didn’t know where to put myself. Then one of the team members started showing them the photo reference for the op for the person behind me (I think that’s how they ended up positioned like they are but not sure since I didn’t get a good look at the photo but Misha was definitely on my side prior to that point). I’m yelling “that’s not mine” and suddenly Jensen is back to me and I’m feeling weird about putting my arm around him because in my head he wasn’t expecting it. So I’m laughing at the whole situation as the photo gets snapped, and then WHAT IS JENSEN DOING WITH HIS FACE?!! I cannot look at this without laughing. 

#spndc #spn dc 2022 #dccon #dccon 2022 #Jensen Ackles #Misha Collins #Tahmoh Penikett #kim rhodes #Jared Padalecki #baby #photo ops #supernatural

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To the Anon who just sent hate regarding my Pride op from Orlando… I send a sincere fuck you. If you don’t have something nice to say, shut the fuck up.

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JPEGs landed from SPN Orlando!

Not sure why it didn’t occur to me to do a Pride op until now but Misha was very sweet about it <3 

It’s kind of cute how this one came out with just a smidge of each of our tattoos showing. 

This is the first time I’ve ever had something go genuinely wrong with an op. The flash didn’t go off in the photo and Chris didn’t notice in the moment. When I went to go pick it up later, I couldn’t find it and the staff said to come back after the ops were done to figure out why it hadn’t printed. Turned out it had, it was just so dark they had opted to hold it back. Chris worked some magic to get it to this point which isn’t ideal but is SOOOO much better than it was. 

I bought this op specifically to get the Moose hug I haven’t gotten in far too long. Words failed me as walked up to Jared so I just held my arms out, and he said “Hug!” and then smoooosh. It’s the only one of the four where I can’t see the anxiety in my face that was riding shotgun all weekend. 

#spnorl #spnorl 2022 #spnorlando #spnorlando 2022 #supernatural #Jensen Ackles #Jared Padalecki #Misha Collins #photo ops

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What's he looking at in the alley doe?

#fan art #castiel

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JPEGs from Chicago have arrived! I felt like a giant in this photo with Katie and Joy from the Fan Fiction episode - Joy is so tiny!

The intensity of Jensen’s stare in this one is super intimidating!

And this one is just cute with smiley Jensen. And Jared gave me a little back rub as I was leaving <3

#spnchi #spnchi 2022 #spn chicago #spn chicago 2022 #supernatural #Jensen Ackles #Jared Padalecki #Misha Collins #alex calvert #katie sarife #joy regullano #photo ops

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Was not having the best mental health weekend at NJ Con which of course led to some retail therapy in the form of the Jensen and Cas ops. Because one naturally turns to one’s comfort people when the inside of one’s head gets unpleasant. (P.S. Jensen’s shirt was a very pleasant texture ;-) )

This is more Misha than Cas and I don’t mind even a little.

I have been to 21 cons now and somehow this is the first photo I’ve ever gotten with Mark and I love it! The other two dudes were just a bonus. <3

#spnnj2022 #spnnj #njcon2022 #spnnj22 #njcon22 #Jensen Ackles #Misha Collins #mark sheppard #photo ops #supernatural