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Last weekend, I vended at Renegade Craft Fair with my new “Bento Bar” set-up, where people could assemble their own cute, crocheted bento boxes! This was a grand experiment, since I’d never done this before ever, either online or in person, and I think people really loved it, once they figured it out :P. The actual “salad bar” part of the display was pretty easy to put together. The base was foam core with some plastic bins hot-glued on top. The sneeze guard was kind of a whole journey. I thought I would make it out of PVC, because PVC seemed easy, but Manda felt that wood was the way to go, even though neither of us know anything about building anything. I think it turned pretty well! An important element for us was that the sneeze guard be easy to transport, so the top/guard part separates from the legs. It is sliiiiiiightly crooked, but, hey, it never fell over, and it survived! My super favorite part of the weekend was watching people put together their bento boxes, guys, gals, grown-ups, kids, everyone! Here are a few of the boxes that people assembled: As luck would have it, our booth was right by an electrical outlet, so I was able to turn people’s food plushies into pins, magnets, or hair clips, right as they waited! Here’s me with a hot dog octopus pin! My number one favorite request from someone was a french fry pin. I really need to make one for myself. We also had a table filled with non-bento stuff and my books, plus the giant donut…! I definitely plan to put the leftovers on Etsy. I just need some time to take pictures of everything and get them listed. I’m hoping maybe by Friday or the weekend? Eep, we’ll see! Here’s a lil vid I put up on Instagram:   A video posted by Twinkie Chan (@twinkiechan) on Jul 20, 2016 at 9:33pm PDT  

JapanLA is celebrating it’s 10th Anniversary with a fun party and art show! Mark your calendars for Saturday, June 11, 6pm-10pm! They are celebrating with a Super Kawaii Food Art Show and party! They will have a bunch of super cute food related items in store for the party too! AND A CHURRO BAR TRUCK!!!!!!!!! I really want to go, but I’m not sure I can make it. We’ll see…! But if you’re in the area, you should definitely check it out. I will have a crocheted bento box series there. Here’s a sneak peek of one of them! I’m so obsessed with hot dog octopus bento right now that I cannot even function. More pics soon!

Heads up to my L.A. readers! There will be a super cute and super pink art show at QPop opening next weekend on Saturday, February 18th, 7pm-8pm, curated by Messy Pink. I’ll have two pieces in it, and they are more bento boxes cuz I’m still all up in that crochet bento zone. I wanted to stay in the realm of the “pink” theme… although my pieces are definitely in the “savory” category. They have sweet personalities! There’s a Valentine Onigiri Bento Box and a Spam Musubunny Bento Box. They will be available for sale at the show as well as online when the show goes up! I hope you can check it out if you’re local, cuz it’s gonna be a lot of fun!

If you’re an SF local, you should pop over to Imagiknit to pick up some yarn and check out my cute lil pop-up shop which we dubbed Seasons Eatings! I turned some of my crocheted bento buddies into ornaments, but if you happen to pick one up at the shop, you can always cut the hanging loop and turn these items into pins, hair clips, or keychains! I turned a bear-burger into a tree-topper with a simple alligator clip! You can also purchase some of my sticker sheets and fully-assembled bento boxes now at Imagiknit. I had a lot of fun putting Seasons Eatings together, and I hope you guys like it!

Renegade Craft Fair is this weekend in San Francisco! I’ll be vending and bringing a lil Bento Bar with me, where you can build your own little bento box filled with crocheted goodies. It’s the first time I’ve tried this, and I have no idea if people will be into it or not. As always, I’m running out of time, and I won’t have all the elements that I originally wanted, but I think it will still be a pretty good experiment.  Like, I don’t know that I’ll have time to make a bunch of the above rice balls or even the lettuce underneath them, but I’ll try! So if you’re in town, come check it out. Saturday and Sunday, 11am – 6pm, at Fort Mason Center. Would love to see you!