Kustom Kulture Big Bash, Spalding, Lincolnshire

Held over the 4th/5th September 2010, this was the first show of it's type and the first time in Lincolnshire for me.  What a fantastic time I had and what an excellent show!  It may have been the first of its type.

The show was held at the Springfield Centre in Spalding and took up a section of the fields with amazing custom painted vehicles and some tents showing art work by the most talented spray painters.  Then the main hall was full of the hussle and bustle of demonstrations and artists with pin stripping centrally based and many pieces of amazing artwork, on every surface you can think of, including shoes, leather jackets, helmets and much more.

Past the main hall and cafe you came to the smaller hall that I was based in, which also had a stage.  In here there was the auction area, where people had kindly donated their artwork.  The proceeds went to a charity that raised money for teenagers suffering from cancer.  They aimed to try and make the experience as easy as possible for them, understanding that teenagers are already going through the huge transition from child to adult, let alone coping with battling against a life threatening illness.  Having a niece who has gone through this, I was pleased to see this being promoted and willing made a bid on a skateboard, which I was pleased to win.



Also joining me in the hall were some brilliant tattoo artists, music specialists and clothing stands.  We were very lucky as the DJ was based in the room alongside the stage, which was well used for bands and Burlesque acts.  What a lot of fun we had!

I had with me some hand made corsets by Heresy, tutu's, pasties and my new range of fascinators and mini hats.  I was very keen to see how my first hand decorated miniature hat would be recieved, so imagine my delight when on the Sunday it was snapped up at a very reasonable £35.

I also sold 2 of the Heresy corsets and made a lovely friend from one of the customers.  She bought the amazing chinese brocade corset with the background colour being a vibrant pink.  It is meeting people like this lady and her friend Paul who was taking pictures for a rock magazine, so much fun. We had a good old natter and I know she will look stunning in her corset when she wears it out accompanied by her black lycra trousers!!!

Finally after watching the Burlesque dancers my stand was sieged with flushed couples buying pasties and mini hats.  The Burlesque dancers were very sexy and after the act pictured below it was suggested to me that I should start selling the Burlesque fans too.  I will be looking into this over the next few days and see what I can come up with, so watch this space.

While I was working at the show I was staying at a lovely little Hotel above a pub called The Chequers.  It had an open market opposite it in the morning and a church.  Although it was quaint with pretty buildings, it still had all the facilities you could possibly want along the street, including take-aways.  I was greeted by a young chap called Adam, who couldn't do enough to please.  He offered to help me with my bags and showed me up to my room, which was very sweet.  It had a very comfy double bed, lots of space for putting my things on, complimentary water, biscuits, tea etc, with a hairdryer, good tv reception and my dongle picked up the internet with a good strength, which is great as most chain hotels make you pay for a good reception.  The bathroom had bubble bath and shampoo and clean white towels.  All this and a full English breakfast to die for at just £60 a night.  A real find.

Before leaving the show we were asked if we would like to attend again if they repeated the show next year and the resounding answer from me would have to be a big YES as I'd love to.

Keep your eyes peeled for the show next year.  It is well worth a visit.