MCM Comics and Japanese bit

Went to the MCM Expo in London last weekend and my most definitely favorite bit was the Comic area.

Had been really looking forward to the Japanese area as it advertised calligraphy and origami workshops, kimono demonstrations, tea ceremonies and more but it was complete and utter pants - we tried to do some origami at a table that was less than a meter wide, with a book that you couldn't keep open and the instructions were in Japanese. When we were obviously stuck the guy on the stall ignored us and made his own thing - rubbish. The kimono stall said "try on a kimono and then pay £5 for a photo" - no thanks and the calligraphy workshops seemed to be people charging to write your name for you - big disappointment.....good job the comics were nearby to cheer us up.

One of the first stalls we visited belonged to the lovely Timothy Winchester    aka to us at the time as lovely comic book guy!  He sorted us out with our Dino-Saw-Us passports and off we went collecting stickers, chatting, looking at and a little bit of buying (wish could have spent more but teenage son is a pricey fella to take to the capital!).  Here is my completed passport - big thank you to all the sticker people and the organisers - this was officially my best bit of the whole expo...

 

Here are some links to website for some of the stalls we stopped at along the way...

http://www.lizzlizz.com/ 

http://www.paintedlunacy.co.uk/index.html

http://www.wirrow.com/

http://www.pbrainey.com/   Really wanted to buy his 'Book of Lists' but ran out of money - may order it soon as can do from website.

http://www.chibi-reki-earth.deviantart.com/   Check out the super cool painted boots and shoes on this site.  They were only £12 a pair so had pretty much sold out before we got there.  I'm going to give it a go as have been thinking about customising some footwear - just need to get some waterproofing spray

http://www.coucouheart.blogspot.com/  beautiful jewellery and also some felt things - I love making things from felt too.  Have checked out this site and has given me the idea to start putting some bits for sale on folksy and etsy - Will def be checking this out in the summer when I have time to get making

http://www.kickass-peanut.com/  Lovely little badges and bits but even better this site should soon have a link to her magical forest designs - these were beautiful laser cut rings, necklaces and key chains.  Will keep an eye on it as want to buy one of the key necklaces (had run out of cash at the time...)