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We are working on updating TwinkieChanBooks.com with more infos, but I wanted to post a tentative list for my West Coast book tour right away since people are starting to ask, and I want you put dates on your calendars! 🙂 🙂

My first/launch date will be here in San Francisco at Booksmith in the Haight. We plan to have raffle prizes, a Yummy You pop-up shop for one night only, and if I can get my shizz together… little gift baggies for the first X people to arrive! (X = the number I can actually pump out! 😛 )

For most of the events, I will be talking about how the whole Twinkie Chan universe came to be and the philosophy behind my pattern making. At certain venues, we will also be working on a small crochet project together while I talk. At the two craft fairs I will be at,  I will not be giving a talk but just chit-chattin’ with you and signing your books!

11/9/10 – Booksmith, San Francisco, 7:30pm (http://www.booksmith.com/)

11/10/10 – Urban Craft Center, Los Angeles/Santa Monica, 7:00pm (Etsy night!) (http://www.theurbancraftcenter.com)

11/12/10 – Stories, Los Angeles , 7:30pm (?) http://www.storiesla.com/

11/16/10 – Books, Inc., Berkeley, 7:00pm (http://www.booksinc.net/Berkeley)

11/21/10 – ImagiKnit, San Francisco, 4:00pm This is my favorite yarn shop in SF! Come see the place that makes my yarny senses tingle every time I go in! We will probably work on a project together while I talk. (http://imagiknit.com/)

12/3/10 – Third Place Books (Lake Forest Park), Seattle, 6:30pm We might work on a project during this event as well. (http://www.thirdplacebooks.com/node)

12/4/10 & 12/5/10 – Urban Craft Uprising winter show, Seattle – signing books Saturday 12:00pm-1:00pm, Sunday 2:00pm-3:00pm (http://www.urbancraftuprising.com/)

12/5/10 – Fiber Gallery, Seattle,  4:00pm-6:00pm (http://www.fibergallery.com/)

12/10/10 – Twisted, Portland, time TBD 5 or 5:30pm (http://twistedpdx.com)

12/11/10 & 12/12/10 – Crafty Wonderland, Portland – signing books Saturday 1:00pm-3:00pm, Sunday 11:00am-1:00pm (http://www.craftywonderland.com/)

12/12/10 – Powell’s, Portland, 3:00pm (http://www.powells.com/)

I try to vend at Renegade, SF, too, which is December 18-19 but I haven’t decided yet cuz it might be too crazy to cram in!

Thank you, All Things Cupcake for the blog interview!!!

Okay, I am a little re-miss in blogging about some of this stuff, sorry Erika!!!!

Anyway last year, Erika sent me some really cute dog collars for Bibi and Bunny. I got cherries for Bibi and leopard print for Bunny. They don’t wear collars around the house (cuz Bibi has sensitive, stinky hound dog skin) and they wear harnesses of various sorts on walks since they are both pullers, so getting a photo of the collars has taken me….well…. since never cuz I SUCK!! AHHHH!!

But anyway, now Erika’s Etsy Shop only has a (very cute) Poptart iphone cozy in it…but maybe if you stay tuned, more cute stuff will appear!!

Also, my very faithful reader Sylvette Marie makes cute things for your pooch as well! Like leashes and costumes. Check out her etsy shop!

Aaaaaand I will share again where I buy Bunny’s sweaters. You get A LOT of choices, and it’s not too expensive. Way better quality than the sweaters I’ve bought at Petco AND everything is custom sized to your dog. They are amazing and I will never buy a doggie sweater from anybody else!!!! RoyalFifi is where it’s at!

Okay, so I went a little crazy on my last order at Refuse To Be Usual. I admit I need a serious shopping hiatus!!! But I really love all the pieces I ordered (including that that strawberry Yum Yums top.)

This ice cream dress doesn’t fit me exactly right. It’s a bit big in the bust/armpit area, plus it is WAY too short for me to wear as a dress. I have it on over jeans. But it is so happy and delightful!!! The bows/pearls are pins so you can put them wherever you want.

You can’t really see my other accessories in these but my sprinkles necklace is Stoopidgerl and my hair bows are 6%dokidoki.

Now I’m going to go cut out some felt while waiting for Hairy to get out of the shower and take the dogs to the dog park!

That is just one shelf in the craft room. I really need to channel the organizational gods to make my space look prettier. I don’t even want to show you my small craft table yet. It is literally holding a PILE of important papers, random office supplies, my crocheted cookie blanket, and I don’t even know what!!!

Life has felt very cupcake-oriented the past few days. That can’t be bad, right?

This weekend I am finishing The Secret Project, and then next week I am going to focus on getting my Etsy shop open and stuffed with goodies!

I want to see a movie this weekend!! Have you seen one recently that you really liked? We were thinking about the Virginity Hit and the Joaquin Phoenix fake documentary.