Category: Yummy You News

I’m really excited to share this news with you guys! You can help vote a dress into production that has an all-over print based on my crochet goodies! 18 weeks ago (thanks, Instagram!) I posted this photo of some crocheted fruits and veggies I made for a mysterious collaboration. Now you get to see what these are for! Betabrand, a San Francisco-based company, collaborates with its customers on a designer, model, and investor level, creating a community and a brand all at the same time. Have you heard of the dress pant yoga pants and the dress pant sweatpants? That’s Betabrand. They asked if I wanted to collaborate on something fun, and I said, of course! They felt that something fruit and veggie themed would appeal to both of our customers, and then they whipped up these dress designs!   There’s a 2-step process for making designs come to life at Betabrand. 1) The design needs to get enough votes to go to sample-making and crowd-funding. 2) The design needs to get funded to get produced. I am currently in Phase 1, so if you could hop on over to Betabrand and vote, that would be super duper awesome! Also, if you have feedback, like “I like the one on the right, but in black,” or, “I like the top part of the white one but the bottom part of the black one,” please do leave that feedback at the Betabrand website, since we’re interested in what everyone thinks!

My super cute friend Chrissa Sparkles is celebrating her birthday today! And as part of her bday week celebration, she is hosting a Yummy You giveaway! Enter to win a 14-character Sanrio cupcake scarf at her website ! Today is the last day to enter! Also checkout the video she posted to her YouTube channel showcasing some Yummy You! goodies!  Happy Birthday, Chrissa!!!! <3

We’re having a sale over at Yummy You! Use code SWEETTREAT at checkout for 20% off your order until Wednesday night at midnight! xo

Don’t forget that you have 2 more days to get 15% off in the Yummy You! shop with code POLAREXPRESS! Dec. 18 is our cut-off for shipping Christmas orders in the U.S., so if you need some last-minute prezzies, go git it!

Yummy You! now has superjuicy Turkey Hats, fresh out of the roasting pan, and at a special holiday price! Dress to impress! Be the hostess with the roastest!

So pumped that Marie from Agent Lover wrote about the Yummy You! Pizza Scarf as “Item of the Day” over at HelloGiggles!!!

The Yummy You! Pizza scarf is available at HotTopic.com, and the whole site is actually on sale right now!

Hope you guys are having a great long weekend! We are running a  YummyYou.com sale! Just use code BACK2SCHOOL when you checkout for 20% off your entire purchase! I also uploaded 3 new items: a tshirt, a tank top, and handmade Bibi plush! All are really limited runs. Check it out! PupShake crop tank and Bibi Sundae mini plush! Yummy You-niverse tee! Also don’t forget to check out our Giant Carrot Scarf!

Etsy sent me a message today that my Pepperoni Pizza Scarf was getting a more hits than usual, so I went to look at the stats, and BuzzFeed posted a list for “17 Essential Products Every Pizza Lover Needs in Their Life.” Don’t forget that you can also pick up a ready-to-ship Pizza Scarf from the Yummy You! shop! AND a fun, delicious-looking PFF Necklace to share with your best PizzaFriendForever!

Last Saturday night, I took Yummy You! to San Francisco’s first Kawaii Land , a cute shopping event and fashion show, at Ruby Skye. I debuted our new Bibi character in the form of t-shirts, tank tops, and a plushy pillow!

Two weeks after I vend at Renegade Craft Fair this weekend, I will be selling Yummy You! merch at the first KawaiiLand San Francisco! There’s going to be live music, a fashion show, and tons of cute vendors! You can see some video from KawaiiLand LA on the website. Let’s make the SF event even more cute, colorful, and fun!  I’m putting together and will be bringing some brand spankin’ new stuff, including the debut of a brand new member/character in the Yummy You Crew, plus all of our cute scarves! (I’ll reveal more details about the new member as the new merch rolls in…) I know I have personally kvetched about how we don’t have as many kawaii/J-fashion events here in SF as compared to LA, so here is our chance to make it happen!! It’s also 4 days before my birthday, so you can come and wish me a happy one!  You can purchase your $15 ticket now, from me, at this link right here! If you or your friends buy the ticket through my unique link, your ticket sale will go toward the cost of my table, so you would not only be supporting kawaii culture in our city, but also really directly supporting me, which I would so appreciate! I’ll see you there! (21+!)

Hey, pizza-lovers! The Pizza Scarf at YummyYou.com is waiting for you! It is super soft and super tasty-looking with bright yellow cheese, a bubbly crust, and tons of pepperonis! We also released our new BFF (PFF?) Pizza Heart Necklaces for you and your pizza-best friend-forever! These amazing mini heart pizzas are another collab with jewelry artist Fatally Feminine Designs! You each get half of the heart-pizza, and when you get together, you can combine your pizza-heart-powers! The “Partay! Pizza Partay!” song from the Pizza Party board game commercial back in the 80s is TOTALLY STUCK IN MY HEAD!!!!!!! I’ll try go get more pics of these soon. If you guys get one, you can always tag @Yummy You on Facebook or #yummyyou on Instagram (@iloveyummyyou) so that we can see! <3

I’m really honestly so excited to announce that we have a BRAND NEW scarf in the Yummy You! shop for all my sushi-lovers, beach-combers, and mermaid-dreamers! We received so many requests to produce this Tako Scarf, and now it’s finally here! WOOHOO! We had a whirlwind day of some super-fast ninja-style photoshooting with model Shannie Bee and photog/MUAH Crazy Spork I Am. Dance studio Dance Boulevard in San Jose was nice enough to let us invade one of their rooms for a little bit! These ladies are so amazing. I just showed up with a suitcase full of stuff, and they did all the rest (okay, I did the driving, I helped!). At first we were going for a nautical/sailor theme, and then we also wanted to throw in a little mermaid magic. All the photos (to me) told the story of a mermaid dreaming of things she would do if she were human, like attending a human party, having a picnic on the grass, or learning how to dance. I think we’ll be posting the full sets from these photos on the Yummy You! Facebook page throughout the week. Until then, sea you at the mermaid picnic! RSVP ASAP at YummyYou.com 🙂

Happy St. Patrick’s Day! In the spirit of luck and magic, I’m so excited to announce our super sweet collaboration with handmade artist Fatally Feminine Designs, whom I met because she was one of my blog sponsors! She hand makes and sells cute polymer clay jewelry, so you should definitely check out more of her work! Each bracelet comes with a pink heart, orange star, yellow moon, green clover, blue diamond, purple horse shoe, and cereal bits that spell YUMMY and are all hand-sculpted! These are really limited edition, so scoop one while you can! We are also working on more yummy jewelry surprises!

Wanna try something fun? We’re trying out our first Yummy You! photo contest! You can enter here at the Yummy You! facebook page!  All you have to do is submit a photo of yourself wearing a Yummy You! item, or your Yummy You! styled in a fun way (like the sample I made above), or if you don’t already have any Yummy You! items, you can just draw or doodle something inspired by The Yummy You-niverse! Or if you just want to participate by voting on other people’s images, that’s awesome, too! In 9 days, we will choose one winner from the top 3 most-voted images. I hope to see some of your scrumptious submissions!  

One of my favorite craft sites, Cut Out + Keep, is having its Secret Santa Craft Contest again, and Yummy You! is sponsoring one of the secret prizes!   “The rules are simple – enter any Christmas craft, or gift you’ve made for a friend this year and you’ll be in with a chance of winning. Join Crafterella on Christmas morning to find out what’s inside each present. We’ll announce the prize-winners at the end of the month.” I wrapped up the secret present and sent it to the Cut Out + Keep offices. I think it’s still flying it’s way over there, but when they receive it and post a photo, I’ll post a photo here, too! I’m a terrible gift-wrapper and am a huge believer in MORE IS MORE! Warning!!! 😉 Have you been DIY’ing a lot of your gifts this year? Confession: I haven’t DIY’d a single gift yet. Eep! It’s time for us to get started!  

Today only! Using the discount code VALUEMENU will get you 25% off your whole order at Yummy You! (Kinda like Cyber Monday, except… today!) BUT, not only that … we added TWELVE deadstock items! We have really limited inventory on these old favorites. Once they are gone, they may never come back!  

Take 25% off your purchase in the Yummy You! shop today until 11:59pm using code GETSTUFFED!!! Go grab some perfect prezzies for all the fun people in your life! P.S. I would have to say that I stuffed myself the most on stuffing (yes), brussel sprouts, and sparkling apple juice!

Last weekend, we vended at DesignerCon with Yummy You! This was the first convention I’ve ever vended at, PLUS, it was the first time I had ever had a Yummy You! booth anywhere! I LOOOOOOVE doing events in L.A., because I know way more people there than in S.F., and it’s so fun to see all your buddies come out! Greatest buddies ever! I have quite a few photos, so I’m going to post things in chronological order, starting with Friday, when Manda and I flew into Burbank to set up the booth with my business partner.  I think it will be funny to refer to my partner as Charlie, like Charlie from Charlie’s Angels, because he doesn’t really like to be “seen.”

  I’m super duper excited about this Yummy You! collaboration with one of my favorite jewelry makers: AthinaLaBella. I have been one of Athina’s customers for some time now. All her pieces are so sweet and sparkly and decadent, and wouldn’t you know it, she is the sweetest as well! When my business partner and I were chatting about potential collab collections, I immediately thought of Athina. We NEEDED some of her fabulous candy heart necklaces!   If you are at all interested in snagging one, I suggest you do it right now! We have a very limited number of these super special handmade treats. The necklaces come in three different styles – Pink Glitter, All Sprinkles, and Iridescent Glitter – but each is still one-of-a-kind, just like you!

Hey, Southern California! I’m traveling down to hang out at the very first dedicated Yummy You! booth at DesignerCon! We are booth #424! I am going to try to bring some surprise/special goodies with me! DesignerCon will be held at the Pasadena Convention Center, November 9-10, from 9-6 on Saturday and 9-5 on Sunday. Here’s the link to buy tickets! Just $5 for one day and $10 for both! See you there!

Here is our last look / Day 5 from the Yummy You! shoot with model Shannie Bee and photog Crazy Spork I Am! Thanks so much for going on this photo adventure with us!

Day 4 from the Yummy You! shoot with model Shannie Bee and photog Crazy Spork I Am!

Sushi Scarf! Here is Day 3 from the Yummy You! shoot with model Shannie Bee and photog Crazy Spork I Am! Sorry I posted these so late! We went to a haunted house tonight!