Wednesday, October 31, 2007
My awesome friend Dan (also an excellent copywriter I've hired & worked with for years now) interviewed me for SFist! Check it out!
Update: Don't know who/what SFist? Here's a little scoop:
Launched in August of 2004, SFist is the most popular local blog in the Bay Area. It has posts ranging from in-depth features to insightful interviews, to bona-fide scoops. Its staff is as eclectic as the city they love. SFist has been mentioned by the San Francisco Chronicle, CNN's Wolf Blitzer, and several local media outlets. It was named the Best Local Blog by SF Weekly and the San Francisco Bay Guardian. SF Weekly said the site is "so distracting that it keeps us from doing any work," and that the site has its "nose in just about every nook and cranny of San Francisco." The Guardian said that SFist was "blog heaven" for their readers.
Traffic is currently at 585,000 pages per month and growing.
More about SFist here.
Tuesday, October 30, 2007
hot hot heat babyyyyyyy!!!!
Originally uploaded by Willo.
WilloToons featured on Mighty Goods!
My WilloToons Nerdling Onesie is featured on MightyJunior and listed in Maggie Mason's fabulous Mighty Goods Holiday (Budget) Gift Guide! So exciting. Thanks Maggie! xo
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I'm also listed in Indie Collective's Holiday Gift Guide, too! Yay!
All of these little featurettes help spread the word so much, so if you have a blog or write for a magazine (online or otherwise) of any kind, please pick out your favorite WilloToons item & spotlight it! I will gladly link back to you from my blog, Flickr & the News & Press page in warm appreciation!
Thursday, October 25, 2007
Stop by 12 Galaxies for the Mission Indie-Mart this Sunday. There'll be some rockin' indie music, one-of-a-kind fashions and tasty BBQ! I will have all my super fun WilloToons tees, onesies & bibs there for sale AND I have a slew of new jewelry designs (not even on my site yet) I'm really excited about, too.
This Sunday, October 28th, 2007, 12-5pm - FREE!
2565 Mission @ 22nd Street
12 Galaxies is one of my favorite venues in the Mission, so I know this event is going to be a blast. Come buy a gift for yourself or a friend & have a beer with us!
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
sleepy baby
Originally uploaded by Willo.
My buddy boy's been so irresistibly cute lately, I've been snappin away. Click the photo to view more.
my view at bootcamp every morning!
Originally uploaded by Willo.
Awesome! I just found this great panoramic virtual tour of Willie McCovey Park (click to see the whole thing!).... This is my view every morning at BootCamp! Beautiful huh!?
Today kicked my ass. In a good way, but oof. I thought I was going to be sick near the end of it. I'm drinking lots of water today!!
It's so nice out here lately... not sure what's up with that, but I love it! It's wild to hear that it's snowing in my hometown (Steamboat, CO), and here I'm sitting in a tshirt & shorts in my house with the windows open. Aaah, how I love you SF.
Sunday, October 21, 2007
View the photos!
My kick ass friends
Ted &
Misty got married last Saturday night!
I had done the
custom illustration for their
wedding invitation and it was such a fun job. You know it's a rockin' couple when the feedback was like 'make ted's hair spikier, have him wearing converse & put in his earrings, and show my tatoo.' haha
The image above was used for stickers (pasted on the earplug case that everyone got on their
VIP badge!) and placed on
black converse for all the guys! They're SUCH rockstars.
View all the photos!
Friday, October 19, 2007
Last night Aubrey hosted our 2nd Annual Punkin Carving Girls Night! We had wine & pizza and talked about boys. Duh. That's what girls do! hah
View all of my (iPhone) photos (more from the Canon to come at some point) & Aubrey's photoset. UPDATE: And now Sharon's too!
Here's the last couple years of hallowed out creations:
2006 - From the 1st Pumpkin Carving Girls Night event last year at my house (more photos).
who is that scary masked octopus?! boo! :)
I love this part. squish!
2005 - I only carved a pumpkin online. What a dork. haha
2004 - my favorite pumpkin evar.
2003
If you haven't carved pumpkins yet, here are
some pumpkin carving ideas - be sure to check out the
Rock & Roll faces.
Show me your punkins! Happy almost Halloween!
crazy lady
Originally uploaded by Willo.
My site and email has been down for almost the last 24 hours. Sorry if you sent an email & it bounced back to you saying undeliverable. How annoying huh? Anyway, I think I got them all today, now that it's back up, so I'll get back to you soon.
As for my hosting company, Dreamhost? They can suck it. I am switching to Media Temple as soon as I find help in moving over my 15GB of IMAP email & 13+ domains I've accumulated (in fervent loyalty) on Dreamhost the last several years. The whole thing kind of makes me want to cry. Or bite down on lemons really really hard until I get me some lemonade.
Thursday, October 18, 2007
I work with
a group of teen writers every week, and every once & awhile our editor (my co-facilitator) will lead us in a writing exercise. I don't really consider myself much of a writer, so when I actually do write something, it's fun to see what comes out. Here's what I wrote last time:
ride of my lifesparkly lights twinkle as
the laughter echoes through
cachunk, cachunk, cachunk
this hot summer night
is like the ride of my life
traveling fast through the air
and back down again
cachunk, cachunk, cachunk
I see cotton candy smiles
and escape into the high
that is bound to leave me
dizzy and sick
Wednesday, October 17, 2007
I finally sent out an announcement email* about my shop a few weeks ago. Yes, 5 months later. haha. Hey, I've been busy! :p
* Check it out here, in all it's HTML glory.
Seriously though, I just had a lot of stuff I wanted to have fixed up in the store & ready before it's 'major' launch to the world. Which is kinda dumb in hindsight, but whatevs. I'm learning! :)
Just in case you were wondering though? It's ready. And now you can (and should) officially post about it and tell everyone you know! Every little bit helps... so maybe just send it to 5 friends? Add it to your del.icio.us or ma.gnolia stream? Digg it? Also notice that on the right hand nav/column on all the pages in the shop I added a "Email this page to a friend" link that allows you to send the particular page you're on instantly! Ah, technology.
Also if you all know of any magazine/newspaper/online zine editors, etc, send them my way! I am getting interviewed on SFist soon, and any other opportunities like that would be awesome. I'm trying to get this little puppy off the ground!
Likewise my #1 focus now is to get my apparel into stores, so if you have any stores (know any store owners?) you think should definitely carry cute WilloToons tees or baby stuff, please send them my way and I'll send them out a catalogue & price sheet.
Not on the WilloToons list yet? Keep in mind I plan to send out some holiday discount codes, so be sure to sign up on the WilloToons mailing list to be notified! Beyond discounts you'll also get to hear about any new products/sizes/styles/designs, events & more. woohoo!
Thanks for all your support everyone!
Monday, October 15, 2007
capsule sf!
Originally uploaded by Willo.
Yesterday I had a space for my WilloToons Shop at the Capsule Design Festival in Hayes Valley!
Ali was my awesome helper throughout the day, and we were stoked to have so many great friends stop by! I wish I would have gotten a photo of every single one, as I think I probably saw a good 40 some friends, a couple of which I hadn't seen in years! So cool!
Thank you all for coming out & showing your enthusiasm & support...it meant so much to me to have your hugs & smiling faces there!
Also, please let me know if you snapped any photos. Unfortunately my computer didn't like this batch (I think my camera is dying), and so somehow out of the original 20 I downloaded, I could only salvage these: view flickr photo album.
To everyone who was there and/or may have missed it, please note: This was the 2nd of a couple events I have coming up in the next month or so, and it'd be great to see you at the next one!
me: i wanted to be a synchronized swimmer when i was little
me: or a mermaid
friend: i wanted to be a garbage man
friend: cuz i wanted to hang on the back of the truck
friend: i thought that was the coolest evar
haha!
What did you wanna be when you grew up?
Thursday, October 11, 2007
{capsule postcard image removed because smoking is gross}
Come visit me this weekend at the Capsule Design Festival! Ali & I will be working the WilloToons booth, #32 on Linden near Gough (I think I'll be across the street/near Blue Bottle Coffee). Check out my tees in person, buy gifts for friends bdays or new babies - or heck, even start your holiday shopping early!
Also, if you RSVP here on Going, you will be entered into the 1pm & 3pm raffles giving away lots of prizes! One of them being Capsule bucks of some sort that is like a shopping spree among all the vendors there. I would love that prize, because I know there's going to be a ton of stuff there I'd love to have too! :)
Note that this is the 2nd of a couple events I have coming up in the next month or so... it'd be great to see you out there.
Support local indie shopping!
Monday, October 08, 2007
willotoons @ babes & babies
Originally uploaded by Willo.
My WilloToons Shop had a table at this prestigious Mom & Tot shopping event yesterday called Babes & Babies. Super fun!
It was an awesome learning experience for me, and my sweetie friend Jess helped - which was soo great! Thanks Jess! xo
View all the photos & be sure to check my events page for the next one I'll be at, which is THIS Sunday! More coming soon, but put it in your calendar now. Oh & note that it won't be as baby focused. Beer drinking music lovers will feel right at home. hah
Wednesday, October 03, 2007
This weekend I'll be selling my irresistible (if I do say so myself) WilloToons baby items at a huge event called Babes & Babies... come out & shop till you drop!
Here's a postcard I recently made for the occasion:
View all upcoming events where I'll be!
It's COOKING CLASS TIME!
Originally uploaded by Aubs.
As I mentioned in my last post, last week my friends & I all took a cooking class. Aubrey just posted this photo & I love it!
View all my photos from this event | View Aubrey's
