!!! in Sac...

So, last night Joel and I headed to Sacramento to see one of our new fave bands !!! (chk chk chk) at the hip little club Harlow's. But before we did anything we stopped at this cute little park right across the street from both the restaurant and club that we were headed for.

 

You know you like my cupcake band-aid .

Lisa from the toe up.

 Steve always looks like he thinks he's not in the picture.

So, after much prodding I managed to convince everyone that the Asian-fusion across the street from the park wasn't as janky as it looked from the outside. And then of course once we got everyone inside "they decided" we could eat dinner there, ha!

Lisa noticed that my Twin Rivers - Blood Orange Cider matched my hair. 

She then insisted on photographing it.

We're so classy. We look like one of those condescending 40's photos.

 

Lili Making a cute face as always.

Lisa and I call this our "Blind girl conversation" Because when we go to bars we tend to face each other and talk while we both stare at the TV's on opposite walls. Making us look like two blind women having a conversation. See Steve's face in the background...that means we're funny.

Total yums! Chicken potstickers. I can't turn potstickers down. Unfortunately I wasn't very hungry since only a few hours before I chowed down on my left over chicken fried steak from Claim Jumper...not to mention the fact that I was wearing my super cute waist trainer that I purchased from Freyagushi. I recommend checking them out! Did I mention the fact that the lead singer of !!! walked into the Red Lotus while Lisa and I were alone at the bar. We were flopping around on our bar stools like fish just pulled out of the water.

We spent about 3 hours at Red Lotus before finally heading next door to see !!!. But before going in we went back to our favorite little park.

Harlow's was very interesting on the inside.

The three blond girls sprinkled in are some friends of Andy, he's next to Lisa. Unfortunately I have no recollection of their names but they were all very nice.

Andy acting like a goof while Steve looks at him like he's a freak.

Joel correcting someone about The auralex wall coverings.

Lisa and I pretending we're girlfriends...lol.

The opening band was pretty good and fairly hilarious. Especially since a few of the band members weren't wearing any shoes and the lead singer had a giant hole in his sock.

!!!

I have never been so sweaty from dancing and screaming in me whole life. All in all a great time.I will definitely be seeing them the next time they're in the area.

Double Duty - Twinkie Chan & Shrinkle!!!

So, today was supposed to be my tattoo appointment for my food sleeve. Unfortunately,  my tat artist didn't have my arm size so was kind of going blind and only did a few drawings. My appointment will be next Tuesday. I am very excited. The whole thing is going to be a big surprise to even to me since my artist is taking all of my work and twisting them! I'm stoked.

Even though today was a major bust, tattoo-wise I got lots of fun goodies that I was able to try out!

First of them had to be my mass ordered Yummy You - By Twinkie Chan, scarves and  mitts. I know what you're thinking, "Annais, why on earth did you buy so many scarves when it's not even fall yet?" The answer is simple. Twinkie Chan is very popular and her wonderful products have been on my radar for a while now.  What's more funny is that Twinkie Chan herself called me "Cray cray."  Lol, her words not mine. However, I do agree. I'm crazy for her things and all things food. I have tried all of the scarves and mitts on and they are very well made, very soft, very comfy and of course VERY cute! I purchased the scarves from a few different sites.

The first site I ordered from was JapanLA.com - No fancy packaging just my sushi scarf and mitts -

Next I received my Eggs and Bacon & Cookie scarves from NerdKungFu.com again nothing fancy, still no problem with that.

Following right along in the picture above you can see I received the Serve Chilled Wrist Warmers in Snowy Side Up from ModCloth.com 
They packaged my items in this super cute Yummy You Box!

And last but certainly but least my order from giantpeach.com Cookie Mitts, Toast scarf and Cupcake scarf.

They also wrapped my order in the super cute boxes...

Here's all of the super cute things lined up...

Next up we have my Sugarpill order! Yes!
I was so excited to buy some of the make-up from Shrinkle's new line.

I ordered the Pressed Afterparty, and loose Stella, Paperdoll and Darling.

The color intensity was awesome. I'm more than likely going to re-up my whole make-up case since my current colors just can hold up.. Here's a few pics of the colors on me...

Also, inside the box was the invoice signed by Shrinkle (Amy). I'm a total sucker for hand written things...

I also got a few other things today, but I am simply too lazy to photograph anything else tonight, lol!

Soapy Launch!

The launch of the new line has gone off like a hitch. Within an hour of listing the new items I made a sale! Yay! A very nice first for me. I'm hoping this is a sign of things to come.

The first sale of the new line!

And on that note I'm running a special promo! For a limited time I'm offering a free mystery foodie soap item with every purchase! Get them while they last!

New Specialty Food Themed Soap Line!

So, I know I haven't said much about my desire to do high quality food themed soaps but it really hasn't been that far off. Part of my desire to do this has to do with blurring the line between food and art. All of the new soaps are one of a kind and many times are made using a similar process to food preparation techniques. Here are a few sneak peaks at some of the soaps.

 Cheese Cake Skull and Crossbones - Crazy amazing smell

 Chocolate cake with Caramel Frosting - Extra Soothing Mango Butter Base!

 Soap Cakes!

 Mashed Potatoes & Gravy - Vanilla and Coffee with Actual Coffee Grounds as an Exfoliant!

Also, all of the soaps are high quality, vegan and animal cruelty free. I have been spending hours concocting ways to make interesting, unique and fun soaps. Also, did I mention that they smell and look like the real thing? My poor husband is truly freaked out by my desire to make all things into food.

I'm hoping to have a shop update tomorrow but I may very well be at the beach since Joel and I are both frighteningly white at the moment. None the less the shop WILL be updated before this weekend for SURE! Can't wait for you all to drool over the newest goodies.

Back in the saddle again!

So, after a lot of thought, a sprained ankle and the summer season I have quit my job slinging coffee and decided to devote myself to my business again.
I also recently got a display up in a local boutique - Lady Luck Tiny Smoke Boutique.
Here's a picture of my set up.

I'm also excited to say that I've been pumping out plenty of of new stuff including embroidered items and lots of new jewelry.

I know kind of a lame update, but hey, I'm kind of bad at the whole blogging thing.

Procrastination...

So, yesterday Joel and I went to Reno so that I could get what I needed for multiple projects I have going on Etsy right now. Before I did any shopping I decided it was time to rummage through my closet and sell some of my favorite, but much too small, clothing. I decided to start with jeans because I figured those would be easiest for me to part with. Seeing as there is now way I can squeeze into multiple pairs and because of that I have a growing pile of jeans that I hide in my closet, just in case I lose 20-80 pounds over night. So anyway I brought 5 pairs of jeans with me to sell 4 of them being super cute that just never fit me and one pair being a pair that me mom handed off to me that were middle-aged-house-wife jeans. I managed to sell the first 2 pairs at Plato's closet for $10.50. Not bad, considering the fact that I probably paid $100 for the 2. Yes, it stings but I can't exactly take them back to Abercrombie or Hot Topic with out the tags on them. Next I took the remaining three pairs over to Junkee Clothing exchange where I was offered $8 store credit or $4 cash, for the last 2 good pairs, one being Lucky Brand and the other I'm really not sure. So there went another $80 pair of jeans into the universe. Whatever. My closet has a little bit more space and I had a little extra cash to spend at Joann fabrics.

Anyway, now I need to go make a bag for someone so that I can once again under price myself in everything I do.

Bringing it back up!

I'm sorry to say but it's time I bring my Etsy.com prices back up.
I'm doing it now, so I suggest you head on over and get to snatching up these deals before I take them down!
My Shop!