Author: TwinkieChan

This ghetto fobulousness is heading back to the homeland(s) on Tuesday: Hong Kong and Shanghai. I’m going with Hairy, my pops, my bro, and his lady, and we’ll be gone until the 9th. I’m excited to go away, but also I will miss my puppies, and also I will be stressing about not working/making money!! I’m gonna pack a bunch of projects and hope that there is some time to work, sad but true! Anyhoodles, this is one of the shirts I made and had printed at zazzle.com. My brother works there. I’ve never liked the quality of print for CafePress or Spreadshirt shirts. I printed the exact same design at Spreadshirt as I did with Zazzle, and the one from Zazzle is way better. Don’t expect miracles, but, honestly, I was surprised how pleased I was with the Zazzle shirts….especially on dark clothing. Today I need to drop off a mac-n-cheese cowl at my tattoo shop for their art show. The party is on Friday, April 3rd from 8pm to 11pm at Idle Hand Tattoo in the Lower Haight. I’ll still be out of the country, but please go and tell me what it’s like!! 😛 So everyone be well, save all your exciting stories for when I’m back, and….oh yeah….. DON’T EAT MANDARINQUATS!! THEY ARE YUCKY NO MATTER WHAT HAIRY SAYS!!!

Some of you may be familiar with the awesome DiY messageboard PunkRockDomestics.com and co-founder Ms. Heidi Minx. I also had the pleasure of working together with her on her upcoming craft book with St. Martin’s Press in my past life as a literary agent. (photo is property of Franky & Minx) She is now working very hard to develop Built on Respect, a non-profit started in true DIY style that helps support young people who are working towards positive social change! Built on Respect is one of three finalists in the MySpace Impact Awards; this is a great opportunity! If Built on Respect wins, the charity receives a $10,000 grant, and AMAZING recognition on MySpace’s Impact channel! Vote for Built on Respect on MySpace Impact! Built On Respect

I’m still waiting for my lips to get feeling back to eat something!!!! (Dental appointment) As an aside, the other night, I told Hairy that I hoped my “spirit animal” was Chmurka, so I could sleep all day, and eat all night. What’s your spirit animal?!!!!

For the sake of argument: I don’t at all mind myself in natural, long hair. It’s just that it always gets in my face so I put it up anyway, so what’s the point? Also, natural, unbleached/undamaged hair, is really hard to style since mine is SO straight and so coarse!

Okay, folks. So Hairy, My bro, Jaci, my pops, and I are traveling to the Far east next Tuesday for family stuffs. One portion will take place in a small village on a day to honor the deceased, so my mother insisted that I do not have pink hair for that day. She asked that I dye it back to a normal color, but I was already trying to dye the OLD black out of it from my brother’s wedding! So we decided to get a wig. We bought it yesterday from Discount Beauty Supply on Fillmore. The lady was REALLY helpful and sat me down in a chair to show me wigs and everything. My biggest fear about the wig is that I have a really weird face-to-head ratio. I have a big face, and a small head, which is why I try to tease my hair to kingdom come: to make my head match my huge face. But with a wig, your hair gets smushed down = alien head. Since this is a real human hair wig, I should be able to style it, but it’s quite thin and not a lot of hair to work with. I kinda don’t know what to do with it. All I know is that it keeps getting IN MY FACE and IN MY MOUF!!! YUCK!! RANDO HAIR IN MY MOUF!!! SO I definitely need to clip it to the side or cut some bangs into it. Thoughts? ALso I don’t know which way to put the part. I think it looks better on the side of my natural part, but the hairline actually looks better and the whole wig sits better on the other side. hmmm. Here’s a silly video. Seriously, the wig looks WAY WORSE in person. I didn’t sync up the music and clips very well, but I didn’t want to spend a lot of time on it. It’s pretty funny anyway. Here ya go!

Okay, so, one of the things I take pride in is how few cell phones I’ve owned/bought. I was always really late on the technological game when it came to communication. My friend Margaret bought me my first cell phone because I refused to get my own. She picked it out, and it was the same phone that the angels used in the Charlie’s Angels remake: I had this phone for a kabillion years before it konked out on me, and I broke down and got a little black Sony Ericson in 2006. The camera phone was terrible, and I still had to txt people on the number pad while everyone else had fancy qwerty pads. Unfortch, this meant that Manda’s 3 paged txts to me from her iPhone were probably answered with stuff like “ok” and “no.” Despite how awful it was to txt people, I really didn’t NEED a fancier phone. I used to have a desk job with computer and phone access all day. And then after I left my job, I was still in front of a laptop all day at home, so, having email and internet on a cell phone was just not logical for me. When my Sony started biting the dust a few weeks ago, I decided to walk into the AT&T store with Manda and just see what my options were, and I walked out with a Samsung Propel with unlimited media. Apparently my plan was “so old” that I got all these upgrades for no extra money. Sweet, right? Well, I can’t get the internet to work, and now, I can’t get the PHONE to work inside my own house! What the hell? Should the difference in phone change my reception, even though it’s the same carrier? I don’t use my landline, and I work from home. If my cell doesn’t work in my house, it is nearly useless to me. My mom says to return it, but I wonder if I will just have the same prob with a different phone, and it looked like my other option was some form of Blackberry (uh, do those come in pink, by any chance?). I hung out with my mom today, and she randomly showed up at my door before I had gotten out of bed. WHY?! Because when she called, she apparently left a voicemail, THAT I NEVER RECEIVED, because MY PHONE DOESN’T WORK IN HERE! AHHH! Very frustrating. I guess I have to go back to Palo Alto to see what I can do, but if the phone works in the store, I don’t know what he will tell me!

I kinda forgot that I threw a bunch of Bibi pics up my Flickr but never put them in my blog! So for your lazy Sunday enjoyment, here are a bunch of cute doggie pics. I was trying to get a cute pic of her to make Bibi’s Tour of World Peace t-shirts, but, I didn’t lower my photo lights, and, she is impossible to get to stay still!

So I don’t go out much these days, and even if I do, I don’t really drink. I’ll generally be okay with being the designated driver if Hairy wants to have a drink or beer or two. Me and alcohol have never been great friends. I didn’t even have a whole drink until I was about 27 (thanks, Eric Silver). I just always thought it tasted yucky and I needed nor wanted any part of it. I thought it was really silly in general. Nowadays, if there is dancing to be done, I will need a drink or two or I will hide in a corner. Somehow I feel like drinking is very draining on the body, so I need to be mentally prepped for a night out on the sauce. It is Manda’s spring break right now, so, we stuffed our fat selves into Oliver’s little Firebird and headed to our beloved 1984 at the Cat Club. It is our go-to for cheezy, finger-snapping good times. I was actually sitting next to Hairy but wasn’t able to get myself in the cramped photo! This is Manda toasting to spring break: Here’s us on drink #1: Here’s Hairy and Oliver while I accost them with my camera. I kinda can’t remember when in the evening this was taken. I never know what kind of face to make in candid photos, because the person always takes so long to take the pic, and by the time the pic has been taken, I’ve already made like 5 funny faces and am spent! Also, my hair was totally melting and it was making me sad. I require structural integrity in my ‘do to mantain a high level of self confidence. It was quite dark in the club through the camera viewfinder, so all the pictures were sort of blindly taken and poorly auto-focused. For instance, I had no idea what Oliver and Paul were doing until I reviewed the photos today: I think this is an especially manly photo, don’t you agree? This is photo is only funny to me and Manda, probably: I was holding the camera, thinking I was taking a photo of Manda and myself, but I didn’t realize I had the camera pointed the wrong way, and I took a picture of Paul instead on accident. It’s not very funny to re-tell it, but at that moment, I was like, OMG, I’m a huge moron, and maybe kinda drunk, and it was the funniest thing ever, and I could barely breathe. There were some more, really unflattering, really sweaty photos, that will not see the light of the internet. I may not have a LOT of shame, but I do have just a little. This morning, Manda woke up with a snot fountain in her nose, and I feel like I am getting a nice, itchy little cough. Bummer!!! Going out in public = exposure to GERMS!!!!!!!

1. Cute Cupcake Bow Purse by Em and Sprout at SickForCute.com 2. Macaron Framboise Ring at Bird on the Wire/Suicidal Shop 3. Reconstructed Vintage Tulip Dress by Postlapsaria. It’s sold already, but you can still check out her other goodies. 4. MP3 Upholstered Head Board from Target.com. I am shopping for a bedframe or headboard, and I thought this was so cute and funny! 5. This is just an adorable cake made by Heidi of MyPaperCrane.com. I love it! 6. Pink Snake Dress by NewYorkCouture on Etsy. Um, I love this. I can’t believe I had enough self control to not buy this. It is kind of inspiring to make a Bjork swan dress of my own to prance around in! 7. I kind of want this Rainbow SnoCone Necklace by IndyGrrrlProductions on Etsy super badly. I’m also astounded I had the self control to abstain from purchasing! 8. Um, okay, my dirty secret right now is that I bought a BUNCH of these little Marshmallow dolls from scrumptiousdelight on Etsy. I know. Most frivolous purchase ever, right?! UGH!!! But they are so cute. And I want to turn my bedroom eventually into a girltastic candy colored paradise, and I imagined these babies on my princess-style make-up table, encouraging me to be cute and plump and pink!!! Now I am going to take a quick break from commission work to make something new and cute for the next Boutique Angels eBay charity auctions! I hope it turns out the way I want!!!! Fingers crossed. Pictures soon.

Do you guys ever check your referral stats on Flickr? I like to check out what’s there from time to time. On google image search I got a lot of searches for my tattoos yesterday! Random! But on google itself, check out what someone searched for. Click on the image to see all sizes/bigger sizes. I think this is so cute because I’m a complete idiot when it comes to makeup. I don’t really know how to do anything fancy. If I try to use colorful eyeshadow or eyeliner, I feel like a clown or a prostitute (one time I came back from a photoshoot and my cousin said I looked like a ‘busted geisha’), so I pretty much have the same look every darn day. I have an automatic morning routine, and I always buy the same products over and over again. But just In case anyone was interested, here are some of my go-to products: (taken for ShanaLogic.com) (I picked a nice and happy photo for y’all here!) Eye Liner: Revlon ColorStay in the black. My eyes are really watery or oily, and most eyeliners smudge and rub right off me. This one has some good staying power, but it’s self-sharpening so there’s never a sharp tip. I also use this on my eyebrows and carefully smudge with my fingers, because I am LAZY and don’t bother to use a separate special brow pencil. Eye shadow: CoverGirl, in whatever the sparkly black is. It’s not the most pigmented stuff ever, but I like that you can stick the sponge applicator in the case, and that I can just pick it up from Walgreen’s or Safeway whenever I want. (See, nobody worth their makeup-salt is going to use eyeshadow sponge applicators!!! I do have brushes, but I never use them. I’m too LAZY. The sponge applicator is right in there! I do buy extra applicators from CoverGirl and replace it regularly so I don’t get any STYES or anything.) Blush: Bourjois in Rose D’or. It smells good, too! The downside is I ALWAYS break the hinges on the case, and I ALWAYS just slap a piece of First Aid tape on there and call it a day. It works! Powder: I use the pressed powder compact from Shiseido. I haven’t experimented very much with powders or foundations. This is pretty much what my mother first got me years and years ago and I just stuck with it! I have fairly oily skin, so I don’t want to venture so much into liquid foundations. Lip Gloss: I do not like lipstick. I am a lipgloss girl. My current fave is Bourjois also, in Framboise Magnific #23. Sometimes I switch it up with Shiseido Shimmering Lipstick in SL 14. It has sparkles! And I love the color. However, because of the sparkles, it can feel a little funky on your lips, so I don’t use it a lot except for taking photos or going out. That’s pretty much it. Don’t forget […]

I just put 3 styles of sugar cookie brooches in my Etsy shop. Check ’em out! I will also be adding two scarves there, hopefully over the weekend. I’m also working hard to get an eBay auction up by Monday with never-seen-before themed goodies! Exciting! Also, while in Whole Foods, I figured out how to have an “Easter” item without it being a Peep or chocolate bunny or easter egg (all of which I really don’t want to use as inspiration for items). I’m SUPER DUPER EXCITED to make this new item. It will have great colors. But if you have other Easter favorites that are not the aforementioned, I’m happy to hear! 🙂

I snapped these after I came home from my deep dental cleaning: I finished 2 out of 4 quadrants and have another lined up for next Wednesday! Tee: Loyal Army Skirt: Heidi Seeker Necklace: AppleNoggin Belt: I dunno…..maybe Naughty Secretary’s Club but I have no clue!

I didn’t make it. I went to bed at 5:30am at least. Sigh. I was hoping that public shame would help me out, and it did a little, but not enough!!! I don’t think it’s that I really have “insomnia,” it’s just that even if I wake up at 7:30am, I can still be awake and feeling like I want to be productive until 4 or 5am, and then I just wake up late again the next day. I think what I lack is determination? I dunno. Trying again tonight. Because on Thursday morning I have to be ready by 7:30 am to entertain the plumber….

On and off this week, I’ve been setting up the lights and snapping pics of product for ShanaLogic.com. Here are a few of my personal favs. I don’t know if they will be used or not, but I sent off a bunch. You already saw some of Hairy’s ………. and I also shot some of my BFF Manda in hats, because, I LOOK TERRIBLE IN HATS!! Or, conversely, I make hats look terrible. Thank god Manda has a normal-shaped head!!!!

I KNOW. I know. I know that everyone wakes up early to be at work a 9am (or earlier) and that being alive in the morning is a perfectly NORMAL and DO-ABLE phenomenon. However, I have the tendency to work until, like, 4 or 5 in the morning, which makes a 9am work-time the next day to be, simply, impossible at this age! I would really like to shift my schedule back to something a bit more … diurnal, rather than nocturnal. So I decided to follow my own oft-given advice: MAKE A LIST. I am posting up my proposed schedule for tomorrow. It’s not too crazy. It’s just a start! Baby steps! Cross your fingers for me!!! I’ll probably be updating my progress on this to-do list on Twitter. I have to start by NOT going to bed at 5am tonight!

Movie 5 Originally uploaded by TWiNKiE CHAN Help. I need help! (Yes, that is Martha Stewart in the background talking to some fella named Q-Tip? Yeah, I dunno. I’m not very cool and don’t know who that is.)

Today’s Round Up is thanks to a friendly tweet! She showed me this link, and I was sooo delighted because the only place I’d seen this stuff before was in London, and I never knew where else you could buy it! Now I can go crazy!! Except I’m trying to not spend money right now, so posting it up will have to do instead. So all this stuff is from Pylones USA. 1. Soap Dispenser 2. Chopsticks (I already have two pairs of these in an ivory color and they are AWESOME!!! I’ve had them for years.) 3. 7 in 1 pencil 4. Sugar Shaker 5. Hot Dog Pen (Food pens bring me back to highschool. I had all sorts of funky and food-shaped pens to take notes in class! I also had a hypodermic needle pencil that grossed out one of the cool girls named Allison and I loved grossing her out.) 6. Frog Watering Can 7. Elephant Cell Phone Charm 8. Corn Pen This weekend, Hairy and I ate dinner with Oliver & Esther and some of their friends at Radio Africa & Kitchen which was actually really yummy. During the day it’s Coffee Bar, and then I believe it turns into an Ethiopian-ish restaurant only on certain nights. I would suggest going with one other person and splitting all the appetizers for $25 with each other. Tasty and will fill you up! Although the lamb we had was also really good. Before dinner, we popped into Edo Salon for our an art opening for our tattoo artist Holly Ellis who is also an amazing painter. On Saturday, we drove down to Palo Alto to hang out with Manda. We randomly ended up eating at IHOP for dinner, and then caught Confessions of a Shopaholic, and then got donuts at Happy Donut after!!!!! I couldn’t think of a word to describe this adventure, and someone today said, “Sleepover. You guys basically had a sleepover party.” So today, Hairy and I met up with my P.O. Rando and her friend to check out IndieMart. It was SOOOO PACKED in there!!! I came with NO money so I would not be tempted to buy anything. We got there a bit late, and P.O. Rando was hungry, so before Hairy and I went into Indie Mart, we all walked across the street to get a bite to eat, where we randomly ran into Michelle and her friend Antonio. I guess that’s what happens when you actually leave the house! And not just to go to the post office, the yarn store, or PETCO!!! We ate brunch at Eddie’s and then headed back to the mart. Hairy ate a Thai Tea cupcake, and we called it a day. Except, we also ate dinner with my pops down in Redwood City at a super spicy Chinese restaurant which was really yummy. This weekend was so not productive, but I’m getting back in the saddle…starting….NOW! P.S. If anyone has seen or made a cute […]

Seriously, check out this Pizza Dress on eBay. Fo realies? Am I alone in thinking this is pretty hideous? Like, it’s cool that exists, but I don’t want to walk around feeling like a commercial for Buca di Beppo or Little Caesar’s.

Marcus Schenkenberg……….Tyson Beckford…………..Mark Vanderloo The fashion world awaits its next male superstar. Strength. Style. Versatility. Virility. Charisma. Magnetism. Umami. I have the rare opportunity to bring you a video snapshot of a male supermodel’s physical evolution, as the span of his career reaches its jaw-dropping apex. Hairy for ShanaLogic.com brings you: RENEGADE. The next 60 seconds will change your life. (sorry the quality is so crappy. i’m trying to upload full quality to my site, but it’s taking eons. also you may want to let it load all the way first because if it breaks and buffers all the music will not be synced up!)

1. Awesome flowery hair thing by CutieDynamite on Etsy. 2. Plunge cocktail dress at Sodafine.com 3. Pannier Skirt by Freyagushi on Etsy. 4. Sweet Key Caps from ModCloth.com 5. Blue Raincoat, PersephoneVintage at Etsy. I love this coat. I love this color. But it’s too small for me. 6. Hell Yes Tiger Cameo Brooch by ModelCitizen on Etsy. Her drawings and accessories are really cool. Check it out! 7. Cute egg-shaped mini bowls from Target. I bought the blue one and the yellow one in the store. They are super adorable and right now they are on my craft table, holding sead beads! 8. Blue Faux Fishnet Knee Socks from Sock Dreams. I would have had these a few months ago, but I think I entered my credit card info wrong and it didn’t go through, so I took it as a sign that I should not buy new socks right now!

I didn’t really intend to make a WIWT post. Really I just wanted to show you guys the awesome hair bow I just got from CutieDynamite. I am building up a Fun Stuff Round Up, and I’ll probably mention her again! The tee is JohnnyCupcakes. Today I focused on taking product photos for ShanaLogic.com so I actually ended up wearing all kinds of stuff today….but you’ll have to wait until she puts it all up on her site. My crafty bench doubled as my styling bench today, as I put together little t-shirt/accessory ensembles. I was shocked and appalled to check the viewfinder on my camera to discover that my BELLY POOCH was VERY VISIBLE whilst modeling a white t-shirt. I proceeded to use the wrinkles in the shirt to cover it up. Am I bloated today or what?! Remember to go #1 and #2 before taking pics of yourself….. Today would have been a good day to have an assistant, as he/she could have helped me pick up Bunny’s pile of PUKE she ejected while I was taking photos! Anyway, I am going to look thru and edit the photos now. Hairy will be in some, too 😛

(click for bigger) Here is an applique hoodie I worked on for a very cool kiddo down in LA. I had a ton of fun doing this! I used 100% wool, washable fabric glue, and hand stitched around everything. I used little beads for the popcorn eyeballs, but if/when I make another one, I think I want to use Swarovskis instead. Next up is Cooking with Hairy: Chawan Mushi! If you want the recipe, check out Hairy’s blog entry. I also have the nutburger recipe for anyone interested. In a Food Processor or Blender Chop Equal Amounts Peanuts, Almonds, Pecans, (Or any nut combo) Sesame Seeds, Pine Nuts, Pumpkin Seeds (Whichever you prefer) The above choices are optional and depend on your tastes Add: Carrots Garlic Cloves Bread Crumbs or Panko Cumin Salt Pepper Coriander Powder (Optional) Mustard Powder (Optional) Paprika (Optional) Fresh Sage (OPtional) Basically any spice/ herb combo you like. While chopping in Food Processor add a small amount of olive oil. This will help things bind. The nuts are oily as well so not too much. When finished you should have a rough paste, not a liquid. Form into, well, burger looking things. On the stove. Heat a small amount of oil on a med-HI flame. Sear both sides until well browned. Drop the heat to a low flame to cook the inside. Or, Place burgers in an oven at 325 for about 5 -10 minute to cook the inside. Viola. [[Sorry, I don’t know how to do the “read more” cuts here on WordPress. If you know, help a sista out!]]