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    Hyper Japan Floorplan – July 2014

    14th July 2014

    Hyper Japan 2014 This month we’ll be at Hyper Japan at Earls Court in London, a show about Japanese culture with Japanese food, music, fashion, anime, manga, martial arts and everything kawaii. If you’re interested in Japanese culture, this is the show for you. Bring your camera as you’ll be sure to see lots of lolitas and amazing outfits inspired by

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    Watches in NEO Magazine

    12th July 2014

    Have you seen our watches in NEO magazine? NEO is the UK’s anime and manga magazine, which also covers Asian films and Japanese music. NEO featured our watches on their Stuff page, in their round-up of the coolest merchandise of their month. We’re proud to be featured alongside cute stuff from Tofu Cute and Genki Gear. There’s a photo of our

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    MCM Manchester Comic Con Floorplan

    11th July 2014

    Come and see us at MCM Manchester Comic Con, at Manchester Central on 19-20 July. This year’s the first time the show’s being held over the whole weekend, and it looks set to be the biggest Manchester MCM yet! If you like anime, manga, comics, cosplay, games or geeky films and shows and live near Manchester, come along! We’ll be there on block

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    Follow Your Dream: The Next Step for Cakes with Faces!

    2nd July 2014

    Cakes with Faces is taking the next step and gearing up with some exciting changes behind the scenes… The Story So Far Although I’ve been drawing and designing for a lot longer, the t-shirts started in 2011, as an online shop with our first range of just five shirts, and our first stall at MCM London Comic Con. It’s not something I talk about much

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    Making Sushi on Vine

    29th June 2014

    We love making sushi, and an afternoon of sushi-rolling (Sushi Saturday) followed by a feast of maki and nigiri is a fun way to spend the afternoon at the weekend! We’re new to Vine, the looping mini-video site, and decided to make our first vines about sushi (trying not to get too much rice on our phones!). For more comprehensive (longer

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    New Cute but Deadly Watch

    22nd June 2014

    UPDATE: Cute but Deadly watches are now sold out, sorry! A surprise extra addition to our new range of watches – introducing the limited edition Cute but Deadly watch! It’s in stylish matt black, with a bright lime green face and the cute (but deadly) skull and crossbones Cute but Deadly logo. The watch is unisex and water resistant, with Japanese

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    MCM Expo London Comic Con May 2014 Photos

    2nd June 2014

    Thank you to everyone who came along to see us MCM Expo London Comic Con – it was an action-packed weekend and our best show ever! Biggest UK Comic Con Over 101,000 people attended the show – which makes it the largest MCM Expo so far, with 30,000 more people than MCM in October. Nerdy stuff seems to be getting more

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    We’re Officially Quirky (The Guardian says so!)

    9th May 2014

    We’re featured on The Guardian’s website, in their Top 10 Quirky Business Names! We’re proud to be featured in the article, alongside 9 other businesses with fun names, including Wiggly Wigglers, Woofbox and Duke of Pork. There’s even a picture of a real-life cake with a face (not as cute as ours…). Thanks so much to The Guardian for including us

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    New in the Shop: Cakes with Faces Watches!

    4th May 2014

    We’re really excited to finally be launching something that’s been in preparation for a long time – a brand new range of Cakes with Faces watches! There are four colourful and fun designs – we hope you like them! After finding a supplier that could make high quality watches for us, we spent a long time getting the designs just

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    Cakes with Faces Loyalty Card

    4th May 2014

    Cakes with Faces customers are the best, and we wanted a way to reward our special customers, so we’re launching the Cakes with Faces loyalty card. And, best of all, it involves stickers… UPDATE: The cards have now all been given out and are no longer available. How it works Get a sticker for every £10 you spend (not including postage) Collect 6

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    MCM London Comic Con May 2014 Floorplan

    3rd May 2014

    Come and see us at MCM Expo London Comic Con! It’s the UK’s largest comic con (much bigger than the other MCM Expos) and it’s a complete nerdfest – if you like anime, manga, comics or games you’ll love it! See lots of cosplayers – and we mean lots. Spend your life savings on awesome stuff – Japanese sweets, anime figures, ninja

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    Special Offer: Easter Treats this Weekend!

    18th April 2014

    Mischievous chocolate bunnies are sneaking into all online orders this Easter weekend – a special offer as a yummy Easter treat for you! More items = more bunnies. Go get them before we eat them all!

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    Comics Rule the Word… and That Includes Sushi

    9th April 2014

    Thank you to Comics in Education for featuring our How to Make Sushi recipe comic book, in their article “Comics Rule the World… and That Includes Sushi”. We couldn’t agree more…. Their site’s all about the use of comics and graphic novels in education for all ages and abilities. The article discusses how sequential art makes learning more fun – including

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    Sushi Recipe Comic Book Published on Amazon Kindle!

    4th April 2014

    Exciting news: Our How to Make Sushi comic recipe book has been published today on Amazon Kindle as an ebook! You can download the comic book from the Kindle store, to read on your Kindle e-reader, Kindle Fire tablet, or any other tablet or PC when you download the free Kindle app. It’s exactly the same as the original printed

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    MCM Expo Birmingham Comic Con Photos – March 2014

    27th March 2014

    Thank you to everyone who came to see us at MCM Expo Birmingham Comic Con at the NEC. We enjoyed making Birmingham more colourful! We had a fun weekend and saw a lot of unusual things, including a titan (from Attack on Titan) wearing lolita, and Walter White holding hands with Princess Jasmine… The stand looked great with a new

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    Come & See Us at MCM Birmingham Comic Con!

    16th March 2014

    It’s not long now until our first event of the year – MCM Birmingham Comic Con at the NEC on 22-23 March 2014. Here’s a floorplan so you can come and find us, stock up on colourful t-shirts (including our new designs!), say hello and get your prints signed by Amy. This time the show’s all in one hall together,

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    Nutella Conspiracy Theory

    15th March 2014

    We’re starting a conspiracy theory! (All the best conspiracy theories are started by comics, aren’t they?). Nutella and Ferrero Rocher – both chocolatey and nutty, both delicious. What do you think? They’re both made by the same company, so it could be true… See more artwork in the gallery….  And if you like what we do, support Cakes with Faces

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    New Dinosaurs T-Shirt!

    9th March 2014

    Dinosaurs T-Shirt UPDATE: Dinosaurs t-shirts are now sold out, sorry! But we have lots of other awesome t-shirts – take a look… It’s here! Our brand new dinosaurs t-shirt, with a colourway chosen by you. Everyone knows dinosaurs are awesome, and now you can wear them on our brand new dinosaur t-shirt. The colour was chosen on our Facebook page,

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    Sushi Saturday – Making Sushi at Home

    2nd March 2014

    Sushi Saturday Whenever we have a free weekend at home, we like to have Sushi Saturday and spend the afternoon making a delicious sushi feast! This week we made: kappamaki (cucumber rolls), pepper rolls, avocado rolls, vegetable futomaki, avocado nigiri and salmon nigiri, along with edamame (a must-have for any sushi feast) and veggie gyoza. There was a shortage of

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