So I met LP, Bex & Marc at West Kensington station, where LP was hungover/drunk and armed with a bottle of Prosecco to take the day on.. classy as ever!
Even though it was a tattoo convention, tattoos actually also mean all things cute! cue the cupcakes! I was super excited because there were these cookie monster cupcakes! I've seen these going around the internet, and this absolutely CRACKS ME UP. haha NAILED IT!
Erica opted for a sweet strawberry cupcake with a bow.. ADorbs!
A lot of our day was spent outside in the sun drinking cider... and pulling faces.
Now getting onto the real reason we were there, we finally peeled ourselves away from the sunshine and headed in to see the artists. Cue AMI JAMES! Ami is from Miami Ink fame and had a huuuuuge crowd around him as he was sworking hard, but I still managed to sneak a pic like a true geek fan.
And fellow Kiwi man DAN SMITH! Dan works for Kat Von D at High Voltage (and is also in a band, swoon!). He was sooo smiley (pic speaks for itself!) and even came over to have a bit of a chat with us, what a nice guy! He sold me my signed Hide your heart print which I love! It's even better that Dan handed it to me himself, yay!
Rebekah had tried to get an appointment with Dan but after initial hope in the form of an email from his assistant asking what she wanted done, she didn't hear back till the day of the convention with a message saying he was fully booked.. boo!
She was stoked though, because we totally embarrassed her and asked Mr Smith to pose with her for a photo, which he was more than obliging to do, yay! She giggled like a school girl, complete fan breakdown. Naww.
We knew another Kiwi was in the house as well, and went looking for Miss NICOLE LOWE of London Ink fame. She loves good times, but wasn't as forthcoming to pose for a picture... instead seemed more interested in a picking a lip gloss, but hey, who doesn't love a good lipgloss?
And last but not least Mister PHIL KYLE also of London Ink fame, was spotted doing a rockabilly girl & guy piece on a nice girls calves. The stencils looked SO CUTE, would love to see the finished piece. He's only in Brighton, so totally achievable to visit him if the need arises (and the waiting list obliges).
Was a really nice day out full of friends, fun, sunshine, cider, art, tattoo'd goodness, and cute cute cute things!
I shall leave you with a shot of these CUUUUTE Iron Fist shoes, they have cupcakes and candy on them! Love.
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