MCM Expo Manchester and Meeting DestinyBlue

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Welp! I am back and alive after going to my first con! It was awesome! There where a lot of people in cosplay and im thankfull for John for having the balls to ask people for photos because even though i did manage to ask a few john very kindly did most of it for me haha.. I am going to go again next year, i decided i wanted to go again when we where in the queue!! 

Well, I'll talk you through it a little! On saturday it was awful bad weather, like torrential rain - the sky opened up just for us, luckily we got our tickets MONTHS AND MONTHS AGOOO and they where weekend priority tickets - which are a MUST. Looking at the facebook page for the MCM Expo, people who had to buy tickets on the day where in line for up to 4 hours, OUTSIDE in the rain, i heard worrying things of sick children and people having to really badger people to let them go to the toilet! Crazy :c So we will always get the priority weekend ones, we where queuing for only 30mins or so.  We also booked our hotel months in advance too, works out cheaper and so glad we did because we went a little broke :c

We got in and it was crazy, most of the time on the first day i just felt like i was in everyones way and my eyes had so much to look at- they couldn't get tired, the people where all pretty all dressed up and the merch and the stalls and all the things that made me wish i had all the money hehe, we just walked around until we met a friend, who then felt a dire need to have beer, so we had to go and go to a pub, which is meh for me because i dont drink. Kinda wish i had more time inside but  compromises must be made. Poor john was sick too with a nasty upper respiratory thing so he as just tired, grumpy and bleh, i can get stressed around a lot of people too so at times we all got snappy but it was all good Cx also we where all damp and wet so it was quite funny really XD

We got our lunch and it was a day of firsts for me! For my breakfast i had a strawberries and cream milkshake thing from Starbucks, i'd never been before and at £3.40 a cup it felt rather decadent Cx I had some grapes too and that pretty much filled me up. For lunch i was also surprised to see that Taco Bell is present at Manchester!!! So IGOT TO TRY TACO BELL =0  I had one crunchy beef taco - it was pretty nice good for 99p and it did me until our tea which ended up being mcdonalds... bleh but the place seemed to be infested with fruit flies so we kinda ran away XD

Then we went back and i went straight to the artist alley where i finally got some guts to meet DestinyBlue which was awesome <3 She was so warm and welcoming ! <3 and when i got there i was very much hoping to get a print of a certain picture i fell in love with since i saw it.
Freedom : Not a Number by DestinyBlue
My heart sank as i flicked through the folders on the table and noticed the print i wanted was all sold out, I was gutted but AMAZINGLY so so so SO AMAZINGLY there was one left! AND I BAGGED IT HUZZAH! I honestly could not believe my luck it was as if it were waiting for me <3  I was a bit of bumbling pile of mess haha  (sorry if i was nervous DestinyBLue Dx but you where very warm and kind and ahhh ASDF It meant the WORLD to me that you came to huggle me (twiceXD!!)  and made me wonder how long ive been following you online! I found you on Gaia online, most probabaly somewhere between 2004/2006 <3 I was following you in 2006 fer sure <3 Fwee its been amazing to watch your art over the years <3 ) but DB was so kind and nice and she even signed my Print - I asked for my SN because i have less RL friends i guess LOL so most people i interact with call me Sui Cx but yusyusyus ASDFGGJGHUFHGIJSHVODFHGU\BHIAOgjo she AMAZINGLY gave me a choice of a free print!!! hnnghfgbihjjifnjhba and I had to go for WARPAINT <3 

WARPAINT by DestinyBlue

Literally I had to struggle not to start to cry in the sense that it was insanely kind ;u; im a weirdo i tend to cry more at nice things uwah so truly, thank you from the very bottom of my being, it meant the world to me you recognized my username and even more so gave me a freebie <3 It really made my entire weekend! <3 I was a bit dumbfounded AND a little broken afterwards XD  but in the good way, my boyfriend and his friend where all poking me as i made inane SQUEEING uwahhh noises haha, but really thank you! <3 You made my first con very memorable and because you where so warm with my nervous butts it gave me confidence to speak to others in the artist alley <3  and I will hope to see you again next year too hopefully with less nervousbutts Cx and thank you for asking how my art is going, i was actually WEARING it at the time on my T-shirt but my brain kinda went uwaahhhh so forgive my brain i could have actually showed you haha! derp xP

But yusyus Everyone should go give DestinyBlue 's artwork a peek! I'm sure you have already seen her work, if you arn't watching her gallery you should be, her artwork is so beautiful and meaningful <3 Check it out! <3 

  Smokey Eyes by DestinyBlue    Damages by DestinyBlue 
What I've Seen by DestinyBlue Imprint by DestinyBlue
She's brOKen by DestinyBlue  Drawing's an Addiction by DestinyBlue

Then we went back and went to see the Cosplay competition event, which was AWESOME even though we where far away we could still see the details, i expected it to be just like a catwalk type thing, or a walk to the X and pose for the camera ect but people did full on performances which was awesome! <3 i did get antsy after a while though just sitting down for too long but thats more because of the fact most of us where soggy and damp and just bleh Cx It was also really cool too because as it turns out i was sitting next to a very proud mother of one of the cosplayers, and her daughter's outfit was AMAZING and she had really good stage presence, she didnt win anything though sadly (I had my fingers crossed for her Cx ) but there where a LOT of amazing entries - i dont think i would have liked to be in a position to judge them all.. 
Her costume was really good though i wish i had photos :C 


After the event the main hall was closed so we went back to our hotels and i got so many street pass hits during the day i think i got about 50 odd haha XD i kept opening and closing it and getting puzzle peices XD <3 

The sunday we didnt stay for too long because john was tired and ill and just so run down, i was a bit gutted because i didnt get to spend as much time but we did have a proper wonder round on the sunday and I got so many cards and such, business cards, i felt awful i had not got much money on me at all, but at the very least, I've taken photos of ALL MY CARDS and i'll be doing some loot piccus soooooon where i will also link to the artists because i found some really AMAZING work there <3 and i want to share it with you all - and have it up for my own reference, needless to say im going to start saving.... Damn my poor gall bladder making me not earn as much funds and making my con savings go to food and bills WEH Dx but I did get some prints, pretty much all we all bought was Art, Our friend got some art and so did john and mostly me xP 

So all in all we had a great time dispite the rain - i wont remember the rain, i'll remember the thunderstorm thouh which woke me up at 4am  =0 but not getting wet, my memories are of all the amazinggg things i saw and the experiences i had <3 

Now though I just need to relax after tidying the house a bit - more work needs to be done but next year im also booking time off work ... the Friday prior and the Monday and Tuesday afterwards Working Friday and travelling knocked me out and then the sunday felt a bit rushed int he sense that i start work at 5am and need to wind down, i was still all hype at 10pm sunday night so im so tired now XD <3 

Photos will come soooooooooooooooooon <3
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Sorry I didn't write sooner :heart:

It was an absolute pleasure to meet you t MCM, after so many years online! (woah maybe since 04)
You didn't come across as nervous at all, but very warm and sweet :) I'm so glad you stopped by ^-^
Looking forward to seeing you again next year already, sounds like you had a great time at the show!

Oh and your t-shirt was one of yours! Heh, it was awesome! :D Well actually you art is generally awesome, I love you colours :heart:

I hope you are enjoying your prints, you are most welcome for the little gift, thank so much for your support :glomp:
Much love,
~Blue :heart: