In addition to prepping for my book signings in Seattle, I am also shipping some Cupcake Coffee Cup Cozies to Schmancy. I know I know. You’re like, “Why did you ship them when you are GOING THERE YOURSELF!?” I just like to not stress about things. What if I forgot to bring them. What if I brought them, but then found myself near Schmancy without them. What if I crushed them in my suitcase. Etc Etc. So this way, they will be perfect in their little box, and I know they will get there safe and sound! Here’s some pics of the lil guys! So if you’re in Seattle, go pick some up from Schmancy!!! Also come and visit me at my book signings and make me look good. We’re taking video. You’ll be in it.

Ok I’m bummed I just caught a really “ricidulous” typo on my paper inserts. AHHHHHHHHHHH. Hoping Schmany won’t include them after all.

This is what you get when you try to make packaging at 6am after working all day and all night! Bummer!!! I’d just print more except I ran out of that thicker brochure paper……..! Thanks to blogging for pointing this out to myself. I didn’t notice it until I looked at this giant close up photo of it.

Are you ricidding me?

Here’s my book at Borders. We pulled it out a little so you could see my creepy face peeking out at you.

SEATTLE!!! COME SEE MY CREEPY FACE! Don’t let it down! Make every other city in the world jealous and come out and see IT!! 😉

I’m signing books all weekend in your fair city. Click HERE for more info.

Events:
12/3/10 – Third Place Books (Ravenna), Seattle, 7:00pm – signing, audio/video extravaganza, crochet class (gingerbread man!). This is the only event in Seattle where you’ll get to see my awesome Power Point presentation. Free gift bags while they last! Possible Yummy You pop up shop. Do you guys want me to bring the Yummy You scarves?

12/4/10 & 12/5/10 – Urban Craft Uprising winter show, Seattle – signing books Saturday 12:00pm-1:00pm, Sunday 2:00pm-3:00pm (These are just me sitting at a table signing books and shaking hands and taking pictures with babies. Very low time commitment for you, plus, you can check out the craft show and shop!) Should I bring my fake tattoos to sell at the table?

12/5/10 – Fiber Gallery, Seattle, 4:00pm-6:00pm – crochet class. We’ll be making cupcakes! Free gift bags if I still have them. Gimme a break! They charge you for extra luggage now!

Here are some photos from a few of my past events. We haven’t gotten video of anything yet. We’ll try in Seattle!

Here’s me and Brianna at the Urban Craft Center in Santa Monica. She brought me a drawing. Isn’t she the bestest!!?? I look like I have the demon eye in this picture.

So here’s the version where Brianna has the demon eye. As it turns out, she had better pictures on her blog!

This was an interesting signing. There was some mix-up with the time, and people had just been waiting around waiting for me to arrive. Then, the audio/video presentation was sort of choppy because their projector kept overheating and they tried to cool it down with a sack of frozen fruit. I felt a bit out of my element, since my talk had been based on my power point presentation, but everything worked out. Everyone asked LOTS and lots of questions, and all was good!

Here’s my very first crochet class!

We’re at my favorite local yarn shop, ImagiKnit! I have been shopping here for years, so it was very awesome to me personally to end up signing books here. People, I do not know how to teach, especially crochet!! I had no idea what I was doing, and we had people there of all skill levels, so I kinda didn’t know what to do with myself. Luckily, Katelyn (sp??) from the shop was there to help out!

Here’s a pic of me and Anna, who provided the ImagiKnit picture!

Finally, here is a pic of the audience at my signing at Stories in Echo Park/L.A. I think we are all watching the video!

I had taken a short video clip from the front of the room, but it turned out too dark. I wanted to capture Shrinkle cowering in embarrassment about her music video appearance.

Anywayyyys, I will be in Seattle this weekend and then Portland next weekend! With a booth at the Academy of Science here in SF in between! More info soon!

Instant hot cocoa and home-made coconut whipped cream!

How does anyone keep their space clean after packing up their orders!? AHHHHH I have little bits of paper and labels and stickers and those plastic strips you pull off self-adhesive envelopes ALL OVER THE PLACE!!

My house needs to be film-crew-pretty on Wednesday morning! I’ll let you know why later, but I am kind of freaking out! Even if I get everything clean and hidden anyway, I’m just sad I haven’t invested time in decorating the place. I don’t even really know how. I am not really visual in that way. I know when something is ugly, but I don’t know how to make it pretty! Oh well! Hopefully the crew will just stay in the craft room, and the giant wall of yarn will distract from the fact that the opposite wall is completely BLANK.

At least we got my yarn swift up! It’s that spindly wooden thing next to the banana fabric-painting.

I’ll make a video of that in motion cuz it’s pretty darn cool. I wonder if I would ruin the swift by painting it!!!

At first, instead of the banana painting, I put up the lid of an old, super cheezy and cheap Valentine’s candy box, but for some reason it reminded me of a funeral wreath and freaked me out, so I took it down. Bummer. I still kinda like it!

I’m off to clean up my mess and do a little crocheting before I go to bed and wake up tomorrow to CLEAN THIS PLACE AHHHHHHHHHH. I wish I had some mini afghans to cover the tops of our chairs where Bunny likes to perch and turn the fabric BROWN. Yes, we have the chairs completely covered in blankets now, but it’s super ugly. I could maybe try to bust out something cute to cover the tops on my own, but I have like a kabillion other things to do. I’ll just put scarves over them! hahahha

click on the pic to get a signed copy!

Some of you who live far away or who just can’t make it to any of my signings requested that I post a link to purchase a signed copy, so I put a listing up on Etsy after asking Etsy if I was allowed to sell my book on their first! Just let me know if you want it signed to someone and what the name should be in your Notes To Seller when you check out! 🙂