Congrats, Whisper! I'm sorry we didn't get to meet.
I can't WAIT for my monofin to come in. Amazon said some time between Feb 7 and March 8... :jawdrop:
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Congrats, Whisper! I'm sorry we didn't get to meet.
I can't WAIT for my monofin to come in. Amazon said some time between Feb 7 and March 8... :jawdrop:
I defFinitly had a shelltastic time!! First time ever that I left a convention with blisters on my feet from swimmin! That's awesome! Met so many new faces and finally swam with many familiar mers I already knew! Thanks again for such a wonderful time 💗🐬💗
I had a very interesting and fun time! It was my first time meeting other Mer's, I was a little scared to talk to most of you all, but I did get to talk to merwrangler Sean which was probably the highlight of my Sunday...[emoji23]. I would love to come back next year and have another fintastic time! Maybe I can work up to courage to actually speak…
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A competitor for $50!? That is amazing! I saw the video of Finis's new mermaid monofins. Did anyone try them out at Mermania? I am guessing they are so new they are not selling them yet?
I wish I could have been there it looks like it was wonderful!
I really wish I could've gone, but alas, my pockets are empty.
Anyways, I saw a clip from the Mermania instagram page of the MerTailor. What was the topic of his speech? I saw the one minute of it, and it seemed like he's trying to improve products ?
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It definitely was amazing!
If you're talking about the Luna, I saw a few mers wearing them in the pool for testing (FINIS was so kind!) and they are very flowy, being 100% silicone. Lovely shape, though, much like the SunTails'!
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I tried it out, but I tried the one where the foot pockets were a bit too big. It was still very comfortable and it flowed very well. I really enjoyed it.
They'll start selling them soon, I think. She told me they were there as a trial for feed back before they launched and they hoped to eventually have different colors in each size in the future. They sold two of each size while they were there at a discounted rate ($45 for the small; yellow fading to red, $50 for the large; green fading to blue) and you could also pre-order one for the same price.
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Here's a link of the new Finis Monofins. They look so cute!
http://s15.a2zinc.net/clients/emeral...&Task=Products
I had a fintastic time at the convention.
THANK YOU EVERYONE WHO CAME TO MERMANIA
The staff are still recovering but we'll have lots of cool images etc to post soon. For now here's some links that people might enjoy!
here's an interview I gave to the radio: http://wgnradio.com/2017/01/21/real-life-mermaids/
we were front page of the local paper Monday morning:
https://scontent-lga3-1.xx.fbcdn.net...3d&oe=59187813
You can read the article here: http://www.greensboro.com/news/local...fa90f9e03.html
Another article: http://www.wxii12.com/article/2nd-an...ention/8627264
Some photos: https://www.facebook.com/ncmermania2...83315975120559
Here's a livestream of the ball:
https://www.facebook.com/ncmermania2...3113088474181/
https://www.facebook.com/ncmermania2...3109645141192/
300 people in the pool:
https://www.facebook.com/ncmermania2...2943005157856/
After hours swim:
https://www.facebook.com/ncmermania2...2299561888867/
Mixer:
https://www.facebook.com/ncmermania2...2225735229583/
Here is a link to some of the photos Karsten Shein took while he was scuba-ing around. (more to be added when he has time) the password is: Sirena. Low res (screen size) are free. If you would like high res, the $$ will be donated to "Make a Wish" https://www.facebook.com/images/emoj...1/16/1f642.png:) http://mermaid.zenfolio.com/ncmermania2017
[QUOTE=AniaR;270197]THANK YOU EVERYONE WHO CAME TO MERMANIA
The staff are still recovering but we'll have lots of cool images etc to post soon.
Thank YOU for all your hard work! It was a great time!!!
I spent a MAJORITY of the convention at the bottom of the dive well, so I don't think there are many pictures or videos of me at all. :( If anyone finds any of me, let me know!
Aria and Celeste - I'm sorry we didn't get a chance to meet! I certainly hope next year I'll be spending most of my time there at the bottom of the well!
Wish I could have spent more time at the bottom! Was pretty glued to my vendors booth but had a great time meeting and making mermaids! This was my first time running a booth and while a lot of work, it was so rewarding to see people wearing their new swimmable treasures all weekend!
If anyone still wants goodies you can use the coupon code MISSMERMAIDUSA17 for 20% off Magictail.net and 10% off my Etsy store at hamptonsmermaid.com
Haven't been active on Mernetwork in months but now I'm newly inspired to connect with all the new friends I made! Yay!
I've looked through every gallery, the fan page, even the group photo, and I'm not in any of them [emoji28] I felt really outcasted at the event since I wasn't a model and wasn't too graceful but man, I tried. It was fun to meet everyone, though. Jon and Pearlie, I'm sad I didn't meet you! One day! Ah!
ETA: Just made the connection, I DID meet you, Jon! Yay! I've always wanted to!
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Photos had nothing to do with being models or looking a certain way. There were 10 media groups there and I am sure my documentary crew got you ;) don't feel outcasted, I literally didnt get to do anything or be in anything because I was running it! Barely got to be in my tail.
More things...
Other articles:
https://dose.com/we-talked-to-real-m...2f1#.4h7pzatbh
http://wgnradio.com/2017/01/21/real-life-mermaids/
http://www.strangecarolinas.com/2017...ional.html?m=0
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...-Mermania.html
Here's my FB live video recap:
https://www.facebook.com/RainaMermai...9504252417646/
Closing ceremonies livestream
https://www.facebook.com/ncmermania2...87424278043062
Her'es some videos!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8VXxCXeJn8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYXxKcpAK8w
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2innBJPxkQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Erdo6SKVKn8
More photo albums:
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?...8424290&type=3
Nah, it wasn't the model thing I was concerned about for the photos, I'm just literally not in any of them. Lol. The gigantic group photo that's the cover on the Facebook event page, this is funny, the photo cuts off the top half of my body all the way at the left but barely gets the shadow of my (then pink) tail. It got the girl next to me [emoji28] so close, yet so far!
I was right next to you and Alex in your tails but I am a mer peasant and was not cool enough [emoji12] I'm kidding!
I just haven't got my fin in the door in terms of my mermaid business due to my physique and my identity (being NB). I really wanted your book, Raina, but I didn't know if you were selling them at the event. I saw some copies, but no one was around, and I didn't know what to do 🤷🏻*♀️ one day I'll get that book!
My two friends that came along were right next to you guys in the group photo, one had a rainbow ragged-fin tail with dots on it and one had long dark hair and a pastel pink and purple tail. I would've been able to get in the photo if I had the strength to pull myself out of the water. By the time I came back from the stairs, someone had my spot :(
It was so amazing there with you all, though, even if no one recognized me after all these years [emoji6] I knew all of you, but I couldn't say anything! Gah!
Alex's accent has to be the most endearing thing ever. Lovely.
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I've been hunting all day for mermaid photos--still none! Gah! I looked through the Facebook thread of photo albums, absolutely nothing out of at least two hundred photos. Oh well. I'm just trying to get my lil business started back up, since it meant so much to my sister before she passed. It's giving me my passion back.
I'm not sure what my situation will be next year, but you're five hours away give or take and I have some family up in Jersey ;) I'll make an excuse to meet you! It's important fishy business! (*winks at Raina*)
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But you did get your professional photoshoot in, so you're a Mermaid Model now! Those will be better than any of the other random snapshots. Can't wait to see the pics of you with your new Clamkini (and your upgraded one will be in the mail soon)! I'll even put you on my website to show that mers of all sizes can wear seashells ;)
you were pretty adorable whisper ;)
I missed this year's NC MerMania, but hopefully I can go next year!
I'm just scared to go alone, as I'm new to the community C:
It looks awesome, but damn my anxiety... !
I'm glad everyone had fun this year!
<3
As someone who has had lifelong issues with anxiety and showed up not knowing a soul, I can just tell you - this was a VERY open, accepting community. I didn't have the guts to try on a tail, but I know I will, and I know I'll be back next year.
I know it's tough, but please don't let anxiety issues control you. My life would have been SO much better if I had, in the words of Lady MacBeth, screwed my courage to the sticking place and just gone out and DONE things.
But hey - you're here. You're at least experimenting with this community. You have the guts to put on a tail and swim with it. All that takes guts. Rebela, in my book, that makes you a CHAMP. :cool::cool::cool:
Start saving now, ten bucks a week and you'll have plenty by the time the next convention rolls around!
As for photos, be patient! It hasn't been a week, yet! I still have pix I haven't even looked at and I'm an imaging pro! Gotta give merpeople time to go through and upload! (I do this every year with the Coney Island Mermaid Parade...sometimes it takes MONTHS to see a photo from an event!)
And next time we are at a gathering, we will make it a point to get underwater photos together! MERMAID GOALS!
:mermaid kiss:
I just wanted to pop in and say that I had a lovely time. I met so many new friendly faces and enjoyed reconnecting with familiar ones. I'm looking forward to the next one already. If by chance my photographer Ziggy Mack took photos of you you can reach him through FB or his IG @fomoloop . Thank you for the lovely photos Karsten and all the photographers who were there. 🐬
I got it today and I am in LOVE with it! [emoji7] just as shiny and beautiful as I remember it with an extra dose of pretty. Smells the same, too [emoji6] thank you so much, ah! The packaging was gorgeous, the drawing was adorable, and I LOVED that the hair clip matched my tail colors ^.^ I always get so happy when people actually remember things about me!
I feel like a lot of you know me but have never *seen* me, if you know what I mean. I don't post many pictures, but I'm working on that!
Wait.
Soluna.
I'm a mermaid model now? 0.0 my dream, ah! I'm so excited to get photos back from MerMania! I signed the release and I'm over here dancing~~and my shots from the last mermaid event I did are pinned to the top of a discord server so that everyone can see them; apparently bigger mers tend to make a splash! As my slogan says, how a Whisper can make waves [emoji305]
I'm so very glad to have met all you amazing merfriends! It's been a long time coming. I can't wait to do it again someday!
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Photos take time, yeah, but why not *less* time? :P kidding, of course. These people have lives outside of imaging. I'm just overly excited!
I wanted to see your tail in person after admiring your work from all these pictures (do you remember me drooling over Aysun's) but ah, it'll be even more mermazing when I do meet you in the water!
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Yay so glad you love it Whisper! How could I forget how incredibly blue you were!
Haha yes it will smell like fresh paint (that's the waterproofing gloss coat) for a little but the smell will go away pretty soon. ;)
A few more news articles, videos, and more!
Full ABC News Coverage:
http://abcnews.go.com/Nightline/vide...ekend-45527781
ABC news trailer:
https://www.facebook.com/Nightline/v...PAGES_TIMELINE
More photos:
https://auramarzoukphotography.smugm...2017/n-RfBHbW/
Another blog coverage:
https://epicshutterblog.wordpress.co...-sirens-oh-my/
http://makezine.com/2017/02/09/gorge...ts-underwater/
More news:
http://thechronicleherald.ca/halifax...mmunity-unites
http://www.strangecarolinas.com/2017...-maker-of.html
http://www.rescuesirens.com/blogs/ne...orable-moments
http://www.rescuesirens.com/blogs/ne...-events-panels
https://youtu.be/mMlWSgW1yK0
Hey folks we've had some more media come out, this is from BBC!
Here is a clipped version of the interview that went to air: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04txlrq
And the video with Dan's audio on the website: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04txkn9
Here is the post on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BBCOutlook/...5014158952902/
More to come!
Better late than never to respond to my name drop I suppose. I almost forgot about this site...lol... I never had any issues both years I went. Everyone I interacted with was great. They really work to make it a very safe and inviting place for all. so if you are looking for a place to go that will accept you for being you, want to make new and interesting friends, then yeah, this is the place to be.
I now live in Cali, but hope to one day get to Mermania sooner or later. Travel budget just isn't there and I won't go crowdfunding tickets like I have seen done. But its a great group of people. I hope you went and were able to meet them in person!