Sooooo I have been alluding to a big announcement for a little while, and I wanted to wait for some of the paperwork to clear up before mentioning anything. Then, I lagged on saying anything because I got mired in the stress of it all, and then it didn’t seem like such exciting news anymore…. and then it was like… what is the statute of limitations on hinting at something exciting….being able to announce it…and then failing to mention it anymore and let it fade and pretend like you never mentioned it in the first place? Hehehe, Ok maybe I over-think!
Anyhoodles….!!! My news is this:
YummyYou! by Twinkie Chan
There’s not really anything up there yet, just a placeholder, but everything has been happening at lightning speed and this is all I got right now! 
(btw….does the pic have a blue-ish hue to you? Let me know how it appears on your monitors!!! I am still having weird color issues I think!)
So yes, I partnered with a company to help me mass-produce (but still hand-make) my scarves and stuff and bring it to a bigger level. It’s what I’ve wanted for a long time, and I’m excited and scared that it is starting to happen. I could have tried to go bigger on my own, but I really didn’t want to end up spending all my time managing more helpers, dealing with quality control, handling fulfillment on a larger scale, etc. In fact, perhaps un-like many crafters, I never really dreamed of running my own business. I don’t have the entrepreneurial blood. I have the creative blood! Some people have both. I kinda don’t . I want to have lots of time to design new things…and considering how long it takes me to design/make ONE scarf … I need all the time I can get!
We went into super warp-drive, because the company was excited, and we were excited that they were excited, and we are prepping for a booth at the Pool Tradeshow (or the Magic Tradeshow) in Vegas on February 16-18. We kind of attempted to create something out of nothing in just TWO MONTHS. Sourcing the crochet goods. Making/designing new and exciting samples you’ve never seen before. Designing tees and hoodies. Packaging. Everything. It’s been crazy. Plus I’ve been working on my book! So this is why my Etsy shop has been like a ghost town!
The cool thing is that you will soon be able to get all your favorite Twinkie Chan goodies at a more affordable price, and there will definitely be more than, like, two cupcake scarves available at one time 
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I will still be here as Twinkie Chan, with my Etsy shop, designing new stuffs and handmaking old-favorites. Yummy You! will be the icing on the proverbial cake .
So I can’t wait to share more about all of this as it happens! It’s really weird and bizarre and I have no idea how it will all pan out. But my goal for 2009, when I quit my publishing job, was to find a great company to work with, and I met that goal. 2010 will be a wild ride! It has been so far!
P.S. If there are cool/cute boutiques in your area that you think would love to carry Yummy You! by Twinkie Chan, please do leave a comment, and a link to it if possible. THANK YOU! Happy Friday!
Congrats! SO exciting.. you should be super proud of yourself… oh and im seeing a slightly blue tinge to the pic aswell…
Thank you! Thanks also for letting me know about the blue. Do you use Firefox as your browser?
Yes, i do use firefox
WOOOP! Super exciting, can’t wait to see what there’s going to be!
Me, neither! Heheheh I haven’t seen a lot of the samples yet…
congratulations!!! this is awesome news!!
the pic looks a little bluish on my monitor.
Thank you!!!
Do you use firefox?
i do. do you think that’s why it’s blueish?
WOW, I am so, so thrilled for you! And I cannot *wait* ’til more Twinkie Chan originals are available and I can build up my collection.
You are wonderfully creative and you deserve this success. Remember to just keep breathing and ENJOY it!
THank you thank you! Yes I’m trying, when the good news pours in
Congrats! Exciting to see this come to life!
Congrats!
Yes, it looks blue-ish. Lol.
ah poo!!!! do you use firefox?
I’m so excited for you. A larger scale line and a book. I’ll probably buy the book when it comes out, since I love to read. As far as local places that might be interested in your Yummy You! line, there is a unique shop in Cary Town in Richmond, VA, called World of Mirth. They have a wacky assortment of toys, gifts, clothing and random wacky things. I think your scarfs would fit in perfectly.
http://www.worldofmirth.com/store/pc/home.asp
Thank you for the link to the store!!!
Congratulations! That is very exciting! Something I’ve wanted to do for a long time! I’m like you – not very good with the business end. I get bored easily, and would much rather do creative stuff than deal with production/business. Here’s to a smashingly successful 2010 for you!
Sorry to be a full-time lurker/one-time commenter. I just think this is so awesome, I had to say something.
HEHEHH ah well I appreciate you commenting
Thank you!
CONGRATS!!! How exciting for you! I cant wait until its up and running!
It’s still really weird and new territory!
OMG Congrats! That is so exciting! I can’t wait for some cool Twinkie-Chan tshirts!
The shirts are so funny… hehehheheeheheh
How exciting Twinkie Chan. I’m proud of you champ.
Thank you!
YIPEE! How exciting!!! Woot-woot
congradulations! i’m so proud of you! please please please send some yummy you to Fort Myers FL. i would totally buy it.
HEhehhhe
Yes, I guess it depends on whether whatever retailer is interested also sells thru to FL. I am hoping we will have a rad online retailer!
Thats AMAZING!!!! Congrats!!!!!
Thank you!
Thats just waaaay to exciting! Big Congratulations! I love your stuff and one day I will own a Twinkie Chan scarf
oh and the picture doesn’t seem to be blue on my screen…odd??
I know! I’m really excited! I think the quality will end up being pretty close to what I’d make, but the pricing will be soooo much more accessible to more people
YAY….as i say im soooo excited….haha obviously not as excited as you!! It will be a good day when that website finally goes live
Oh and i hope you solcve the problem with the blueness!!I hate when i photoshop things but the colour comes out different when i print!! GOOD LUCK!!
Congratulations! What an exciting time for you. And I’m so glad you picked Yummy You!
Holy moly, that great!!! I am brainstorming on shops!! I bet Hot Topic would flip out love it!!
I think we are trying to stay a little bit more boutique-y for a bit before jumping into Hot Topic!
I’m glad you’re avoiding Hot Topic, at least for now. I’ve noticed that when when “small-time” crafters jump on that boat, the quality and uniqueness of their items that makes them so awesome, diminishes considerably.
Anyway, I’m proud of you for doing something this crazy! With a book that’s coming out (Which I’m totally planning on buying) and this, your life must be insane! This is really cool.
WOW WOW! BIG Congratulations!!! I’m excited for this venture for you!! Can’t wait to see what comes of it!!!
Me, too!
HUGE CONGRATS!! that is so so exciting!!!
congrats hun.
xx
Thank you!!!
Very cool! Congrats!
We may be interested in carrying your line! (But I’m sure you will have no problems finding companies to carry your stuff.)
Your shop looks really cute!
Thanks! (It’s a work in progress…)
You’re living my dream baby!!
Let’s hope it’s a long one , not a short one
Twinkie that is so awesome!! There are a lot of super cute little boutiques in my area – if you want a list of them to contact feel free to email me. I could definitely see them carrying your stuff… Man – what an exciting year for you!
Cool! I may email ya!
omg! i’m sooo happy right now!
i have wanted a Twinkie Chan piece since i found out about you! LOL now i can get one! 
and it’s also a relief that the stuff will be a little more towards my price range…tho i totally understand why it’s a bit more expensive than what i can shell out (on ur Etsy shop).
i cannot WAIT to see the stuff on your new site! YAYSSS!!! gosh, i’m just…wow!…uber excited now.
xoxo
YAY!!! I’m excited, too!!! AHHHH Hope the world loves it!
Congratulations!! I’m especially impressed and happy to hear that the products will still be handmade.
Can’t wait to see how it pans out. Excitement!
Sometimes I get scared about handmade because there seem to be sooo many variables that effect the quality, but I’ll cross my fingers on this one….! I haven’t seen final samples yet!
Oh my god oh my god!!!!!! You have no idea how happy this makes me….I’ve been DYING for a cupcake scarf for years. I think I spoke to you about it on SG once or twice (it’s Dinah Suicide, remember me?) So, I can’t wait for the launch of your line and for your upcoming book! I’ll finally have the opportunity to wear my very own Twinky Chan cupcake scarf……yes!!!!!!
Of course I remember you!!!
HEHE YES please stay tuned!!!!!!!!!! We’ll see who ends up carrying Yummy You!
I bet Renegade Handmade in Chicago would love to carry this!
http://www.renegadehandmade.com/
THank you thank you!!! Ahhh I wonder if places like this would still want to carry mass-produced or non “indie” business!!
Congratulations!!! thats fantastic news
xxx
Heavenly Hostess in Orange CA would be all over your products.
Thank you! I will put that on my list!
OH my gosh, that is so amazing!! Congratulations, you! So exciting
Congrats on meeting your goal! That’s super cool, and I can’t wait to see it~
Me, too!!! heheh
yay! this is so exciting! You should try some of the shop in the mission. OMG! I am so excited for you.
Good call. Man it’s been forever since I’ve really walked around in the Mission!
Congratulations!! This is awesome! Now when people ask where I got my scarf I don’t have to explain how I woke up at in the middle of the night (I’m in NYC) to beat other people to it on ETSY!!!
Good luck – although I don’t think you need luck – your amazing!
AHAHAHHA
Aw well I appreciate that you woke up 
HEhehhehh
That’s amazing
! I’m really excited to see it all!!! 
And congrats!
Do you know when it’ll be fully up & running??
Oh and.. there isn’t a blue-ish tint for me =s
I’m not sure!! We have the trade show in 10 days, and then I guess it depends on what stores are interested….and how long the whole order and shipping process takes. This is all new to me, so I have no idea. Fear not, whenever I hear about stuff actually being purchase-able…I will letcha all know!
Wow, congrats! You should definitely be excited about this news, it’s the dream right?
and it’s fantastic that everyone will now be able to get one of your scarfs!
THank you! yeah, it’s just scary cuz you never know if you’ve already hit your peak and nobody else wants your stuff
!!
Yay, Congrats! I’m so excited to see your creations everywhere!
HEhe me, too! World takeover!
this is totally rad news – super stoked for you!
Thank you so much!
Twinkie congratulations!! That’s fantastic news for everyone I feel
xx
Let’s hope so!!
CONGRATS! I’m been following you off an on the past months and even starting crocheting, partly because of you (but I dont have the focus or dedication).
It’s always great to see people going big
The pink does have a blue hue to it (using IE)
Thank you! I really hope everything develops as planned! Fingers crossed!!
Congrats! That is heaps exciting news, good on you for taking the steps and doing it!
* I don’t see a blueish tinge on my screen, and i just use internet explorer.
Thank you!!
Yeah it was hard to not feel like a sell-out, but the good news is….I”m paying off my credit card debt!
To pay off our credit card debt, that’s something all of us want
ahhhhh im sooooo excited ive wanteda twinkie chan scarf for like years scence the cady buttons one came out!!!!:D
I’m not sure that candybuttons will be released right away….but I will make sure it is at some point!!
Congrats Twinkie! You are a source of inspiration and I think your work is amazing:)
<3
Thank you, McKayla!!!
Hi Twinkie
I absolutely love your stuff and have been following your blog for a while now. I would love to carry your line in my store (toronto canada) would you be interested in ever doing consignment?
Heres a link to the website:
http://www.freshbakedgoods.com/
And my e-mail is: summerrainshowers@hotmail.com
I would love to hear from you.
Jessie
Hi! your store looks suuuuuuper cute!!!!!!!
I’m always afraid to commit to consigning the Twinkie Chan handmade because I take forever to fill orders and I think it makes the stores impatient :/.
And we probably can only wholesale the Yummy You handmade, not consign. So I’m not sure if we’d be a good fit right now.
If I have more time to consign the goods I create in-house…I will be sure to look you up!
xoox
Congratulations! I’m excited things are going well for you! I live in minneapolis and frequent this store called robotlove that sells a lot of super cute stuff from designer vinyl toys to limited edition t-shirts. Their website is http://www.robotlove.biz/. The owner is also a super sweet guy and I’m sure he’d love your stuff
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Thanks, Robyn! Thanks also for the link!
Congratualtions Girl, so proud of you…
I dont know whether you got my message a while back about the shop on
1746 Post Street. its called New People Store.http://www.newpeopleworld.com/
Thanks, Jules!! I did get your msg, actually!! I have vended a table at New People before! I’m not sure they are set up (yet) for lots of different brands. Right now they only offer up two clothing brands, both are lolita!
whooo! big step! congrats! it’s obvious that you’re amazing and will be successful
aw, thanks for the vote of confidence, cristy!
CONGRATULATIONS TWINKIE!!!
Amazing news!!
I wish you every success with Yummy You!!
xox
thank you so much!
Yaaaaaaay!!!!How exciting!!! I can’t wait to purchase a beautiful and delicious “Yummy You!” creation!! No wonder you turned Vamp to accomplish such an amazing feat. Congratulations!!
AHAHA yes, vamp indeed!!!
awww so happy for you… and for me! ’cause i’ll buy everything XD
hee hee hee
I have to tell them I have a large market in AUSTRALIA! I don’t think they’d ever guess that!!!! Do you have a favorite cool boutique you shop at?
YAY! I’m so excited for you!
I remember the days when you used to just sell one of a kinds on your site via e-mail/paypal. Don’t ask me why i seem to remember the monster toes scarf!
I do consignment with this humble little shop in Chinatown. Michelle the owner is really cool to work with. The store is awesome but the location is a little random. it’s kinda the side of chinatown that’s trying to be hipper. They do order stuff wholesale too so it’s not consignment only.
flockshopla.com
Thank you for the link! I will put it on my list!!!!!!!!
Oy, I still always wonder if I should sell direct from my site or stay on Etsy!!!! I just don’t have the kind of set up where I can post to both!
Congrats! I am very happy for you! I hope everything works out well. Have fun at the Pool tradeshow. I went once with a friend and it was nuts! lol
I went for one day last year……completely exhausting!!