Ever wonder what it would be like to hang out with me in Las Vegas at the Yummy You! Pooltradeshow booth? Check out the video!

My BFF Manda accompanied me to Las Vegas in August to help me promote Yummy You! at the Pool Tradeshow. It was A LOT OF WORK, but a lot of fun.

Here’s me and Manda in the booth!

Becky, Manda, and me in the booth! Becky helped out as a booth babe, as well!

Here’s me and Manda hard at work, fillin’ orders!

Here’s me, Audrey, Ali, and Jamie up in my booth!

Later on, we all visited Audrey and Ali in their suite, in which they were showcasing all their clothing lines. I had me a vegan cupcake!

Manda and I went out on our last night in Vegas. Her big brother happened to be in town, so we hung out with him and his buddies. Ladieez kept coming up and talking to me. I’m a ladykiller!

Okay, I’m just kidding. I think they just thought I was a novelty.

Anyway, I thought there were more funny photos, but…I can’t locate them, and it was already super difficult for me to get hold of Manda’s photoz for various technological reasons :P.

dress: I’m Your Present, star brooch: Pizzicato Kei

So, I was trying to take a pic of my outfit in my bedroom mirror, but our mirror is really close to the bed, so I can’t get any distance from it. Time to think of alternate mirror solutions!!! 😛

On Saturday, Hairy and I went to the Mountain Winery in Saratoga to see Margaret Cho. The venue is really cool. I can see a lot of old people diggin’ on it to drink some wines, eat some foods, and listen to some classical musics. Too bad it was super dark by the time we got there. I bet it would have been really pretty.

So my dad got me an HD digital camcorder for my bday (yay!) and I have no idea how to use it (boo!) or edit video properly (double boo!), so I’m not there yet on video quality, but I think this video is a fun answer to “HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO MAKE A CUPCAKE SCARF?” plus it shows a nice preview of the projects you can make from my book!

Now I gotta actually go and build a more informative and detailed website for the book. Don’t forget I also have a project in Jenny Harada’s “ME MAKE MONSTER”. Or at least, I think I do. I haven’t seen a copy yet. I’m gonna go put that in my shopping cart, too!

A bunch of girls from L.A. who were involved with Sweet Streets 2 & 6%DOKIDOKI fashion show cruised up to S.F. for relaxationz, more 6%DOKIDOKI events, and the J-pop Summit Festival in Japantown.

Above pics are me and iamchubbybunny, and I stole the following photos from her! I had brunch on Friday with her and Shrinkle and Kevin and Caro and Emi. Then they (sans Shrinkle and Kevin) came over to my casa to meet my pups!

On Saturday, Hairy and I hit up the J-Pop Summit at Japantown. I only had an hour to check stuff out cuz I had another family event to go to in the southbay.

photo taken by CalAnime
quick outfit rundown: shoes by EmAndSprout, dress by NicoleLindner, necklaces by 6%DOKIDOKI and CicelyMargo, hair ice creamz by me!

Bazaar Bizarre was there, and I got to visit with Heidi of MyPaperCrane which is always a treat! I also got to see her book!! I just put it in my shopping cart! It’s adorable. I don’t even have kids, and I want the book anyway!

I also got this poster from her:

click if you want to buy!

and a suuuper cute, quilted zipper pouch.

Then we popped over really quick to watch the POCKY EATING CONTEST!!!!!

Contestants tried to eat 10 boxes of Pocky as fast as they could to win a year’s supply of Pocky! Here’s a one minute clip! The host was so funny. He reminded me of Ruby Rhod in the Fifth Element.

Finally, we ran into the New People building, and I bought some sparkly hair bows from 6%DOKIDOKI, pondered buying more of their cute clothing but restrained myself, said hi to Shrinkle and iamchubbybunny and Bei, and then had to hop in the car for family fun times.

Here’s me and Bei. I was very hot and sweaty by this point.

Isn’t she so super cute?!!!?

In house news: I really want to get me a papasan chair.

I’ve wanted one for a long long time, but they kinda take up space, and I never had that space to spare before. I think we have that space now, but Hairy thinks papasan chairs are way lame!??!! What do you think???!? I think they are so super comfy!

p.s. when I was at my family function, someone commented that she keeps up with me via Facebook/my blog entries. I think this is really funny because I started blogging like 10 years ago so that my pals who started moving away for college or jobs or whatever could keep up with my life, but nobody I actually knew in real life ever wanted to read my stupid blog! Hahaha. I’m glad it worked out, after a decade! 😛

Hey hey!

I just wanted to share a few fun links with you!

My buddies at KalamariKastle.com just posted some photos and a cute video about JapanLA, and their footage includes some video of Yummy You! items. Check it out!

Also, the fiber blog In Favor of Fuzz recently featured me, and while I was not familiar with the blog beforehand, I started reading previous posts, and it is really cool!

Thanks, ladies!