Month: October 2008

1. I finally ordered a sample booklet for felt colors. I have discovered (rather late in the game) the awesomeness (and strength!) of 100% wool felt, and I have to order it online. Apparently, from this site, there are 61 colors, and color never shows up the same on computer monitors, so now I have a handy dandy sample guide to order felt properly! 2. This is how I discovered Bibi last night. Sometimes she sleeps on the couch like a person, on the throw pillows. Too funny. 3. I re-ordered some Butter Buddy button packs which I need to post at some point, and I have all this extra packaging!! I’m starting to use them as little note cards! This is a card I wrote to Vic when sending him Obama stickers. 4. This one is fairly self-explanatory…pink chocolate chip cookie mitts! Be safe tonight, everyone! I don’t really decorate or give out candy or go all out for Halloween, so I don’t have any nifty cool Halloween-themed pics :(. Maybe if I dress up a little tonight and take pics, I will have some tomorrow.

I do not have a strong history with sweaters of anywhere near Cosby-proportions. I get hot really easily and prefer layering over my tees with cardigans that don’t need to be pulled over my head (anyone with high maintenance hair will understand!). But I got this little green 3/4 sleeve from Forever 21 and I think it’s about the cutest thing ever. It’s a little short on me, but, what’s a little muffin-top time on a 30+ year old woman, eh? Oh about them turkeys, I will be whipping up a turkey-themed auction before T-Day. Gobble Gobble.

Here’s a pic of everything together: Woo woo!

Yesterday I received two fun packages in the mail. 1) Yarn from Barbe She generously donated this to a scarflet I will be making for a charity eBay auction together with a group called Boutique Angels. I will let you all know when that is up. I believe the charity we are donating to is Children of Fallen Soldiers. The auctions start in early November, and they hold charity auctions every quarter and vote on a different charity and theme each time. The theme for this November is Friendship Warms the Heart, with the idea that everyone would team up with a pal to create something. 2) Random package from Cousin Vic! He is a sweetheart. His n Hers magnetic ice cream pens!!!!

No bells n whistles. Just Bibi! Almost done with my big order (big for me). YAY! And then to some quick Halloween surprises for the shop! Trying hard to get better at time management and personal production deadlines. This Saturday was entirely eaten up by fleas, unfortunately. At least the house is really clean :P.

I’m truly a t-shirt and jeans girl. It’s comfy. It’s practical. It’s easy. But today was a rare day I decided to sport a jumper and leggings. Documented! Last night, Hairy mentioned the term “WIWT” which isn’t fully in my vocabulary, so I guess this is a WIWT post. T-shirt: www.All-Mighty.net Jumper: www.Forever21.com Leggings: www.urbn.com Shoes: www.amazon.com (Demonias) My Trusty Necklace: www.KidPirate.com Also documented: the messy state of the coffeetable/workspace today. Tonight, I believe, we are eating hot pot and frozen yogurt. Yums!

Oh yeah! I kept forgetting to post a pic of the wedding present I got for my bro and his lady. Bro greenlit this present, even though he probably won’t get any mileage out of it… Yes, it’s true. I don’t really like to make animal-themed stuff as a regular rule, but I do make them sometimes for special occasions! Also, here is one of the first photos I took of myself with my new light kit! I’d be pretty jazzed if I could get all of them to come out this clean. I still don’t know much about the technical aspects lighting and photography, so sometimes I just cross my fingers and hold my breath!! This was taken for www.ShanaLogic.com, along with a bunch of other photos that I just sent to her for the site.

Sometimes I like to marvel at how sucky my drawing skills are, but it’s still very helpful to me as I lay out new projects and make certain decisions. We went to Whole Foods the other night to buy vitamins and supplements for the dogs (haha and not for us!) and I also got a box of these: At first I wasn’t sure about them, but now I can’t stop eating them! The green tea flavor is very subtle, so don’t be afraid. I’ve almost eaten the whole box! On Saturday night, Hairy and I went to Cabaret Lunatique not knowing what to expect. We ate a delightful cheese plate, had a drink, and enjoyed the show. Even though I am not a super burlesque/vaudeville kinda gal, I did think it was a good amount of entertainment for $20. I told Hairy that of all the people we knew, that we were kinda the last people to end up at a show like this, and the he said it was like a Nick and Norah moment, and that we should just pretend we ended up there on accident. Also our light kit arrived, and Hairy has been experimenting with them. I have been a bit lazy/unmotivated/intimidated about playing with them myself, but I plan to during the week. We got continuous fluorescent lighting, which I know sounds kind of weird, but there were many factors about it that I liked, so I hope it doesn’t turn out too weird lookin! I woke up rather late both on Saturday and today, and then I get depressed about wasting the day, so I hope this week revs up a bit! I have a lot of fun stuff planned. A Halloween surprise, a Thanksgiving surprise, and other random new things. ‘Kay, back to eating cookies and making cupcake scarves! xx

Cool mosaic on Flickr made by JennyTheArtist2

I can’t really be splurging on something that basically has one-day wearability, but I LOVE THIS PLAYSUIT by the goddess Kelly Eident of Im Your Present. Somebody please buy one and take pics so I can hate you and be jealous!

I just got my first set of Moo cards today. I love that you can pick a different image for all 50 cards. That’s pretty cool! Here is a small sample. They all have the same bright blue back with my infos on it. I kind of love them, and the card stock is nice and thick, tho I don’t know that I’d use them as my regular business card. I got my first batch of new biz cards the other day….and….I kinda screwed up the color. It’s all washed out and too light. I’m trying again! Today I got my hair done for free, because I’m helping with a photo shoot for my salon on Sunday. She used two different pinks in my hair, Atomic Pink, and some other pastel pink that I had in my hair before for my bro’s wedding. I really like the two different shades in there, and my photo doesn’t really capture it so great, but oh well! While I was buying hairspray the other day (Bedhead Hard Head) I also saw some blue nail polish by Orly. It’s called “Blue Collar” and it’s totally like my favorite Sephora blue. The Sephora chips in about two minutes, so let’s see how long this stuff lasts! I also bought some glitter nailpolish from Orly, and mebbe I’ll put that on me toes. I don’t presume that anyone reads my blog straight off www.twinkiechan.com….but if you do, there will be a new layout soon so that your eyes won’t explode and you won’t want to kill me every time I post a pic or a video. YAY! Working very hard right now to stock some online boutiques with cute goodies and also update my own shop. Gimme two weeks and some magic will happen!