Category: Round Up

Can we please talk about the new items in Knickerocker‘s Etsy shop for a second? I can’t even handle how perfect all the pieces are and how amazing this photoshoot is! I first heard about Knickerocker at Renegade Craft Fair, on one of the rare occasions that I was not vending. She had come from LA to sell undies, and while I normally would not have bought special undies, I was definitely won over by a cute pink pair with candies on them (sorry there’s no photo, as she no longer offers these on her site!). Nichola, the owner/designer, is as sweet as her undies, and she also has Basset Hounds, so she is automagically my favorite. Also pictured in this shoot are my ice cream hair clips and Fatally Feminine‘s jewelry. I am for sure feeling one of the pocket dresses, but I don’t know which color would work best on me. I LOVE the lime green, and think it would be a fun contrast with my hair, but I wonder if I have the wrong skin tone for lime green? Should I get the purple instead!?

You. Guys. You guys you guys you guys. You have to check out the Fab.com sale happening right now from Japanese brand Gladee. The sale ends in 6 days!!! Here are some of my favs from the Gladee site. Not all of these are available on Fab, but Fab definitely still has a great selection! So, note to friends and family: you can’t go wrong if you wanna buy me a Gladee present….! 😛

My Round Ups aren’t usually themed, but I started noticing there were kind of a lot of creatures and animals on my list! Chibi Owling gadget case by TomoIsland on Etsy. I am in heart with this little owl baby! TomoIsland also has tons of other cute stuff, like shoulder bags! Crochet Llama phone cozy by CuteMoonBunny on Etsy. I have almost bought this several times because he is so cute and pink and delicious! Of course, since it’s crocheted, I always tell myself I can make my own just for me, but…. who has time, right? Pastel Kittens printable garland by Mel Stringer. Don’t you have artist-crushes sometimes? I am definitely crushin’ on Mel Stringer! This men’s Workaholics Bear Coat from 80sTees is totally blowing my mind. I have never watched the show, but this coat is so pimp! Eager Achiever beaver bag on ModCloth. Amigurumi Seedlings by hellohappy on Etsy. I just love the idea that these are the little guys that are growing under your plant! And here’s a video Hairy sent me today with a bunch of local mascots in Japan dancing.

I used to do these round-ups briefly, but I stopped for 2 reasons: 1) my shopaholic tendencies go in cycles 2) I started feeling pressure to do them regularly, and I hate pressure! Plus, I think that’s what Pinterest is for now, but it’s actually really hard for me to get into Pinterest. I’m pretty slow to adopt a new social-media-related thing, because I find them each so time-consuming! So, I’m bringing back Fun Stuff Round Up here on the blog! My shopaholism is full tilt right now! Here’s some fun stuff I’ve round up! Real Gumball Candy Dangle Earrings by EatWithYourEyes on Etsy. I srsly need a pair of these but I can’t decide which color! Pug Print Skater Dress from ASOS Everything by The WhitePepper from ASOS Mushroom House backpack from ModCloth. Are you dying yet? This is so adorables! Neon Pink Clear Back Pack from American Apparel. This just speaks to the 90s girl in me! Stickers Dress, Lazy Oaf x Nasty Gal. Lazy Oaf’s collab with Nasty Gal is so super cute! I don’t think I could actually wear a lot of it (no crop tops or bodycon for me!) but it’s just so fun to look at! Cute things by Sara M Lyons! I bought some nail decals from her, but I lost them!! I need to do a deep clean of the craft room to find them!

So for the past few days, I have been battling a cold! This is a bummer because not only do I feel like crap, but I am also really unproductive, which makes me feel crappier!! It started off with a sore throat, which I got rid of in about 24 hours. Then I had one healthy-ish day, and then all heck broke loose and now I have the cough from Hades, the one kind of cough I always dread, this kind of cough I get where coughs are triggered by a sensation at the back of my throat kind of like a coarse hair poking me, or like, the rough side of the Velcro, or a pin prick. If it’s persistent, I get caught in a very embarrassing cycle of coughing, choking, gagging, heaving, crying, and snotting. Needless to say, I have not been leaving the house, except, tonight, I had to go out and buy cough meds, since my all day course of hot water, lemon, apple cider vinegar, honey, and cayenne pepper, weren’t really helping, even though I’ve gone pee like a million times. Anyway, I know you are like, “Just go to the doctor!” Well, the last time I went to the doctor, he told me that the hairy sensation was the little hairs on the back of my throat growing back from being coughed away. It sounded like a big bunch of hooey to me, and he sent me home with codeine cough syrup that didn’t do anything at all. So that’s why I gave the hot water, lemon, etc stuff a try today. Usually, over the counter stuff doesn’t do anything for me either, at least as far as getting some sleep. I’ve also resorted to window-shipping therapy, and maybe some actual purchases : /. Let’s look at some fun shoes! The first three pair are from ModCloth and the rest are from YesStyle.

Doing some taxes today (yeah I waited till the last minute…) so here’s some fun stuff I rounded up!!! (p.s. I broke down and started a Formspring page thingie for people to ask me questions, anonymously if desired! Click on the images to go to their pages!

On Saturday, Hairy and I went to Palo Alto to support my BFF Manda as she led the dance in Palo Alto for Thrill the World. Hairy and I refuse to dance (I need to be inebriated to even jump up and down to Cyndi Lauper), so I tried to take video, but then my arms got tired!! Hahaha. Thrill the World, Palo Alto, CA, 2009 from Twinkie Chan on Vimeo. That dude with the ponytail and track pants is going to be Manda’s new husband, so, Dude with Ponytail and Track Pants, if you ever read this, please contact me and I will connect you to your wife. You have the sweet dance moves that all the ladies desire. Aaand a few cute items to share! Click pics to go to the pages! Cute pin! Cute shirt! (and girl, but she doesn’t come with it.) Another cute shirt I totally want! Ok, bye!! Back to work on my book and samples!!!!! This is the last week I have, and it will be a furious next few days. EEEEEEP!!!

So we will be in Houston for the weekend for Margaret’s wedding. I am packing my curly Shirley Temple wig! Today I went shopping with Manda AAAALL over the planet looking for red shoes to go with my red bridesmaid dress. It was not easy, let me tell you. I either felt like a tacky cougar or a businesswoman….nothing wedding-appropriate AND RED. My mom berated me and told me that if I hadn’t waited these few months to shop, that it wouldn’t be the winter season, and that there would have been more red shoes a few months ago. AH! Whatevs!! What do I know from fashion seasons?!?! I kinda hate that there are colors that are supposed to go with seasons. I dislike fall colors especially! I managed to wrangle a pair of super pointy, Marc Jacobs, strap heeled shoes in a kinda shiny patent at Nordstrom Rack. Trust me, everything looked terrible, and this was the least of all the evils. It’s not my wedding and I don’t have to look awesome, nor will people care much, but I admit, I feel a bit defensive because I’ll be the weird girl with the full sleeve, and I don’t want to look like I don’t have the class to clean up nicely!!! Weird, I know!! Today I drove all the way up to Petaluma to drop the baby doggies off at their new kennel. I hope they have a good time and are not sad!! Then I drove all the way back down to Palo Alto to go shoe shopping. On the drive home, I kept myself awake (only had 4 hrs of sleep last night) by practicing the speech/toast I have to give at the wedding!! Anyway, sorry for all that text!! I will leave you with a few fun items from the interwebz!! *Click on images to go pages* I’ve added Coco Perez to my blog reader on Blogger.com (where I host the YuckyStuff site). I am enjoying it! Check out his post on chocolate and fashion! Hairy showed me this post about Hello Kitty toys with ORGANS!!!! Lastly, I am into this t-shirt dress from FredFlare.com. Although, I would be inclined to embellish the white-tee part, I think with an applique or some bling or a drawing of a lollipop or something! Everyone have a great weekend!!! I hope you all get to see Where the Wild Things Are. I am going to wait to come home to see it with my bestie!!!! xoxo

Soooooooo I guess I am naturally not feeling like blogging as much with all my deadlines coming up! EEEEK I’ll be so proud to have survived October when it’s over!!! On Friday I flew down to L.A. for the day for a meeting. I don’t want to say much until something ACTUALLY happens, if anything, but let’s just say the meeting went well, and they even provided cupcakes and kitty cat notebooks!!! 🙂 I also got the most rando little prezzie ever from my manager. Lord knows why he had them in the 1st place! Mexican Jumping Beans! They started jumping around in their little container inside my purse, and I couldn’t figure out what it was for a little bit! Since I can’t post any progress pics of what I’ve been working on, we’ll skip to checking out a few cute things today. You can click on the images to go the pages. Betsey Johnson Mini Tea Party Dress in my size! Vintage 80s Silver Lame Prom Dress!!!! WANT SO BAD!!!!! This really cute mouse-in-teapot clutch by Kate Garey: Off I go to clean up some scarf patterns for my publisher and send a 1st batch of samples!!!! xoxo

I spent 3 hrs at the salon today getting my roots re-touched. Feels like a huge waste of time, BUT it is so much easier to style my hair right now!! PRICELESS!!!!!! I also made a pair of pink wristwarmers while I was there, so it wasn’t all a wash! Last night, I worked on cleaning up my pattern for the Soft Serve Ice Cream Cone Scarf. I ended up changing the way I did the ice cream part a lot, and now it looks extra swirly!!! It’s a sucky picture, but you kinda get the idea. I didn’t really change the color on purpose. I just ran out of green yarn!! I think I am running out of steam on the Fun Stuff Round Ups. I think it’s much easier for me to just share cute stuff that I like from time to time, and not have the pressure to find EIGHT items at a time!! Here’s today’s selection!! You should be able to click on the images to go to websites. Grey Capped Gloves! I really love the pretty felted flower. Silver Space Boots!!! I’m REEEALLLY tempted to get a pair. I love silver shoes! But would I wear them? Would they go with my clothes? Do they have to? And finally, a pretty candy-colored hair comb! OK BYE!! Time to work more on my secret projects. Also I just realized I didn’t eat anything today. But I also need to package a bunch of things before the post office closes. Hmmm.

1. I heart puppies, they’re my fave cougar pendant by veryhappyeverything. 2. Jeffrey Campbell Michelle Unicorn Shoe, in GOLD! 3. Geeks & Crossbones Tee by nontrendy. 4. custom Candy Princess dress by CrudeThings. 5. Natural Wool Pelt by modernfiberlab. 6. Raspberry and Plum Circus Stripe dress by ZidishaLuxe. 7. Fozzie Bear plaque by datamafia. 8. Pop Candy Hobo Bag by spiritedstyle. I forgot to mention that on Wednesday, Hairy and I went to see The Yeah Yeah Yeahs. Now whenever I see someone hide their head behind a hoodie or a piece of cloth, I think they are Karen O’ing. As an aging hipster, I don’t fancy seeing shows as much as I used to in my early 20s. I just don’t want to stand up or wait around that long. Hairy is sort of the same mind. So we skipped the opening band before going to the Fox Theater in Oakland. The Fox is pretty cool!! Everyone who works there seems super nice, Hairy said the men’s room was remarkably clean, AND you can get a hotdog or hummus or other yummies there at the little bar/cafe attached to it. Awesome! The show was pretty cool. Karen O does a lot of slow lunging, stretching, and squatting. She makes being a rockstar look real easy.

1. Pink Girlie Mirror by DestinationDesign 2. The Alexis Smith Dress by Thrush (saw this shop in Elsie’s blog 3. Cute Bumblebee Brooch from RedVelvetArt 4. “Ice Cream Cone Donuts from KawaiiNails. 5. Paisely Peacock Tulle Flower Headband by Tarina Tarantino. 6. Red Vintage Peep Toe Sandals from thelasthurrah. 7. Pattern for Felted Cow Bag! by sonicka. 8. Cream Colored Strapped Ankle Boots by thecrumpetcloset On Tuesday, I flew to Las Vegas for the day to attend the MAGIC tradeshow. I wouldn’t normally go just for kicks, but my reps and I had a meeting with a company re: Twinkie Chan business, and they were kind enough to provide badges for us to attend. We walked the floor quite a bit and checked out a bunch of brands. I ran into Susan of ModCloth.com and also saw Ted from Poketo. Those were probably the only 2 peeps I actually knew there! I thought I saw Jamie from JapanLa, but she was talking to a bunch of girls and I didn’t manage to make eyecontact with her while we were walking by. I was there for about 6 hours and really didn’t get to see everything! Maybe if I get the chance to go again (it happens twice a year), I will plan to spend a little more time and bring a pal! After my meeting, which started a bit late, there was no time for dinner. I had to get back to the airport! The line for a cab was REAAALLLY long, like won’t-make-your-flight long. This one guy kept yelling that there was no line for a limo. When asked how much the limo ride was, he said $60. Split 4 ways with some other ladies from the tradeshow meant a mere $15, which was basically what I paid to take a cab earlier in the morning. SOLD!!! Smooth ride. No wait. Awesome tunes. What’s not to love? My diet for the day consisted of a Starbuck’s blueberry scone, french fries around 3pm, and then 2 Mrs. Field’s cookies around 7:00. When I got home, Hairy made yummy Thai Food and we ate dinner at about 11:00. It was a carbtastic, long day! I leave you with a sweet video clip of the limo party. I was actually nothing like a party, which made the setting even more funny. (OK it’s really fuzzy and pixelated and basically looks like a sonogram. Sorry. It’s all I got.) I hope my next blog update will be all about new stuff on ETSY!! I still need to finish some items and shoot photos of them all tomorrow! Oh, P.S., here’s a photo that Hairy snapped of me when I got home from Vegas…..TIREDZ!!!! My head is on Bibi’s butt, and her head is on my knee. Nap snuggling!

1. Polka dot Bib Dress by BonjourPierre on Etsy. 2. Amazing Tree Bed by Shawn Lovelle Metalworks. 3. iKaraoke! 4. Goblin Hood Dress by Malam on Etsy. 5. Reconstructed Striped Dress by heidiandseek on Etsy. 6. Cat Messenger Bag by decora on Etsy. 7. green Mazeppa top by Dainty June at All Mighty. 8. Birdhouse Trio bry Frippelous on Lollishops.

1. Gold Ruffle Skirt by Skycreations on Etsy 2. Sprinkle Bangle by Starsprinklez on Etsy. 3. Jelly Bean earrings by Roscata on Etsy. (I WILL get a pair of these!! If they sell out before I get to, I am going to harass Roscata!!) 4. Panda Top by radclothing on Etsy. 5. Hot Pink Rose Hairclip by emandsprout on Etsy. 6. Big Rainbow Taffy hair bow by Sassafrasgifts on Etsy. 7. Barbie T ennis Bubble Dress by 123LaLaLovely on Etsy. 8. Cute Foodie Cabochons like this lot sold by SweetStrawberryLand on Etsy. I want to glue these all over everything in my bedroom! AAAAaaaand cuz you won’t be getting any Bibi for two weeks (and neither will I!!!!), here’s Bibi from this afternoon, hoggin’ up my space. Convo with Bibi from Twinkie Chan on Vimeo. Okay, everybody take care!!! When Hairy, my family, and I get back from Europe I am sure I will have fun pics and food adventures, and hopefully, my favorite, an awful vacation montage! YAY!!!

1. Space Booties from Patricia Field 2. French Writing Desk on Etsy. 3. Polka dot Pocket Dress by Shrinkle. 4. Orange Soda Pop Bunny by Cutesypoo. 5. Vintage Baby doll by Shrinkle on Etsy. 6. Tiny Needled Felted Koala by Violetpi on Etsy. Check out her other listings. AMAZINGLY adorable animals! 7. Brain in a jar!!! 8. Beaver doll by Stitchface. I am SOOOOO itchy to buy stuff right now. FunStuffRoundUp to the rescue to help me at least share without purchasing! OY!!!

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.