Last month, the Cute Little Red-headed Girlfriend and I went to check out the first Felt Club at Meltdown Comics. It was a lot of fun, and with the second Felt Club coming up this weekend I thought I would write about our experience.

Felt Club is a mini-craft fair held once a month in the back lot at Meltdown Comics in Hollywood. You can check out a pic in the news section of the Felt Club website to see it in action. It was a very low key event, with lots of interesting crafty people selling their wares. There was also a table full of snacks for sale and copies of the most recent Bust magazine were being given away for free.

As we browsed the vendor tables, the girlfriend and I were really taken with these plush monsters that are called "Spazimals" by their creator, Jek in the Box, who also sells crafts through Etsy. There were so many cute ones to choose from but we finally walked away with a Spazimal to call our own.

And, of course, Meltdown Comics was waiting just a few feet away to suck up more of my cash once we had visited all the vendor tables.

Edit: At Joe's request (see comments), I've added a picture of the Spazimal we took home. Note the noble crest, the lovely snout, the beautiful pattern. Truly a wonderful creature.