So while out walking today and enjoying the good weather here in London I, along with my better half, stopped by Temple of Seitan for some lunch. Now unlike said better half – who is a card carrying vegan (no, not really a thing) – this was my first time at this eatery and hey, they had Mac & Cheese! And my personal rule goes, if I see Mac & Cheese on the menu I’M GOING TO TRY IT!
I’m not the most dainty of people and when it comes to eating I’m not great with taking small little bites.
So yeah, you can imagine the pain I go through EVERY TIME I have a toasted bagel! How do they keep the heat in like that?!?
(And yes, I should learn to take smaller bites or wait a bit while it cools but I find that absolutely impossible to do. And also yes, I’m sitting here with a burnt mouth. Again.)
So this weekend was MCM Comic Con London and we (as always) had a great time!
I have to say, it was sure a different MCM, be it all the new faces in the Comic Village, different stores selling a different range of merchandise and also all the new visitors! Sooooo many new faces and that’s great to see! The comic/movie/tv/gaming industry is going to do fine!
And hey, something that I had a chance to do this time was actually pop outside for a bit on the Saturday and it was sooooo cool seeing so many people just chilling out enjoying the sun! Totally jealous!
Anyways, this convention we sold out of a number of prints and of them there’s six that won’t be coming back(!) Eek!
In some cases, these have been prints that I’ve been selling for some time and I want to make room for new ones (that’s why we always have a discount bin to move out the older prints). With other prints it’s just that I want to try something new with the character and I’m really looking forward to trying new ideas!
Thanks everyone who stopped by this weekend and if you picked up one of the above prints then an extra thank you! You’re giving me the chance to try something new and I do love a challenge!
More soon! Bear hugs!
I LOVE bagels but my go to choice for serving them to myself is toasted and buttered and that should make me happy, right?
Wrong.
Every time I question ‘Should I be doing this?’ and feeling a bit bad. I can’t help it’s a British thing and everywhere else it’s fresh bagels with some kind of topping. Is it?
…but I have good reason!
So it’s MCM London this weekend and I’ve been super busy! No, not getting prints printed and books…. booked(?) and postcards….. Okay, so it’s not all the different things we’re selling prepared as that was all DONE! Yup, completely on top of that this time and all packed a week ago!
No, what caught me out was the time it took to prepare Bear V4 (I think we’re on version 4 at least?)
See, I’ve had a small version of Bear sit on our table, a big version, a huge puppet version and now….. a slightly smaller puppet sized version.
Yup, Bear has had some work done! His body is still the same but that face has been tightened and stitched back just a wee bit (I keep telling you, he’s SUCH a diva!)
And look!
The final pieces (and I oddly don’t mean cut out pieces but just the putting together) came together this morning and he’s all good!
Long time readers on here will know that I hate to waste things and I’ll recycle whenever I get a chance to so I used Bear V3 and took him apart and sewed him back together all be it a bit smaller and with a few changes. I never took a photo but man, undoing the stitching around Bear’s face and peeling it off the foam block underneath was GRIM.
(Okay, I really should have taken a picture….)
Anyways, here we are! No hats for us this time! It’s puppet, puppet, puppet all the way! (That sentence makes no sense unless you’ve seen how we’ve been dressing at cons the last few times!)
And yeah, if you want to see us, and Bear, then we’re in the Comic Village at table CV73 in the Excel, London!
Hope to see you there!
Bear hugs!
