tsai-fi diary

2010-03-06T10:13:00.000-08:00

Hi Tsai-fi Blog Readers,

I am ending this blog because I have a new Blog. Please click below to see new blog:

New Tsai-fi Blog

Looking forward to having you catch up on what I am doing!

xoxo,
Tsai-fi

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February Update

Here is a link to the CJ's myspace. He is the Tattoo artist
that did Mandruhh's tsai-fi tattoo.
www.myspace.com/cj002400

2008-12-14T15:06:00.001-08:00

www.tsai-fi.com

2008-11-23T15:41:00.001-08:00

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2008-05-31T13:29:00.001-07:00

Exclusive tsai-fi tees are now at Urban Outfitters for a limited time. Get yours before they are gone!!!

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2007-12-01T00:02:00.000-08:00

Happy December 1st! I don't know about you guys, but with the holidays on the horizon, I have been eating chocolate like its going out of style. I think my nickname should be Willa Wonka. Anyway enough about my delicious Godiva binges.
Beside stuffin my face, I have been working on a new plushie concept that I have been trying to finish for a while. They are based on a new character that I did called Katkeshi (Just like my Golden Canary Print) Katkeshi are a combo between Cats and Kokeshi dolls. But with a twist. Unvelcro the front of their kimonos and they have sexy pasties on their chest. The first Katkeshi that I did was for the Plush You 2 show in Seattle, back in October. She was a one of a kind. The second one Jade is listed below and she is for the Dollywood show at Monkey House Toys in Los Angeles December 1 - 30. She is for sale at this show.
I have also made four Katkeshis that are going to be a staple in my store. Little Lotus, Sweet Creme, Crimson Love and Cappuchina. They are now available on my site and will be available on Etsy.
Katkeshis are everywhere on the tsai-fi site. Look for new Katkeshi Prints, Smashed Sea Prints, Nerdy Birdy Prints and other fun prints coming your way very soon.

Have a great Weekend. Mark it on your calendars, tsai-fi is gonna be at Bazaar Bizarre SF which is is coming soon (see details below) and Craftland is opening today in Rhode Island.

xoxo,
tsai-fi

2007-11-23T13:16:00.001-08:00

2007-11-15T07:55:00.000-08:00

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2007-09-27T00:37:00.001-07:00

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2007-09-20T08:53:00.002-07:00

I am going crazy because it seems as though my website is not working correctly. Some of the images are missing.
While the technicians are trying to fix this problem, customers can still purchase items by clicking the button below the description of the item on the buying page. The button "says make payments with" inside of the caption. The purchasing process is the same as it always is, the button image is just missing. Thanks again for all your support.

2007-09-08T14:59:00.000-07:00

2007-08-25T14:32:00.001-07:00

Brand New Prints!

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Click to check out prints!

First, I wanted y'all to check uut my brand spankin' new Nerdy Birdy Green Tea Series of Prints. I was totally inspired by Pink Berry (a hip, new Frozen yogurt spot in Los Angeles).

They have this Green Tea with fresh Strawberries combo that is insanely amazing. I start salivating just thinking about how berry, berry delicious it is. The color scheme was just so fresh and summery so I had to add it to my new sketches.

This series of prints features Green Nerdy Birdys and a different sweet gal that has been suckered into how cute they are. The first print features a little lass that is dealing with some bad karaoke tweetin'. The second features the unfortunate circumstance a lass that has some unwanted special sauce added to her green tea ice cream. The third and final print features a sweetheart on a park bench that is gettin blasted by a little poot of not so fresh air.

Mixed media- ink and digital coloring.

This print measures 8" x 10" with a white border for framing. It was printed on archival art paper that has a light texture to it. It is signed and dated by the artist. The print is sent in a stay flat envelope so it stays in fabulous condition.

Each Print is $13.00 plus shipping and tax if it applies.
They are currently in my Etsy store, but they are coming soon to my website. I am working on some other prints too, so I am waiting to do a massive update with my website.

Second, I wanted to update on how the Brooklyn Renegade Show was. Renegade was a ton of fun. Well except for the rainshowers that poured down on the first day. Luckily my pal Cherry Box and I escaped with minor damages to our booth. Here is our booth before the rainshower.

Third, A kickass female MC that goes by the name Vaitea is rockin' my tee in her new video.She is freakin' amazing. Can't wait til she releases an album.
Check it out the video with my tee here

Vaitea My Space

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www.tsai-fi.com

2007-04-01T17:03:00.001-07:00

Happy April Fool's Day! I am getting over a brutal cold that has kept me inside for two weeks and has rendered my alcohol intake to zero. I finally can start having a few drinks again...yeah! Definitely not an alkie but I like to get my drink on after a hard day at work. Ok enough of that.. I am just happy to simply feel better. Oh and I haven't really been using my sewing machine to create anything new except my piece for the medex show because my machine totally busted. But I just bought a refurbished 1960's singer, so I should be cracking things out right and left. Whoohoo! New Bags are coming soon!!!
Ok Two things that I want to blog about:
Number one is: Brand new pendants that I have been working on for a while that I finally have finished. They required a lot more explanation since they are based on Chinese Astrology! So it took me a while to upload them into my website. But check them out. I hope you like them!

Number two is: tsai-fi is going to be vending in San Francisco for the first time ever. I am going to be at Bazaar Bizarre in San Francisco on May 19 and 20th. Don't forget to mark your calendars!!!! Yeah! This will kick off a bunch of summer festivals!

2007-03-20T18:47:00.000-07:00

I finally finished an acrylic painting that I have been working on. It is the first in a series of 4. The series is called Lolitas love dust bunnis. The first one is called Sweet Sailor . This painting is 16" x 20" But the next three will be 9" X 12" It was such a blast to do. I can't wait to start on the next ones. I am going to do 9" x 12" prints eventually based on these paintings.

www.tsai-fi.com

2007-03-19T17:16:00.000-07:00

It has been a necklace rampage in my little workspace. Check out my little pretty pendants.
Each necklace is unique because it is completely handpainted. The pendants are a super cute depiction of original artwork by tsai-fi. Each wooden cameo is painted with acrylic paint and given a gloss coat to protect the artwork. I have been crazy with painting recently. I will be posting a brand new acrylic painting this week from a series of four called Lolitas love Dust Bunnis.

2007-03-16T21:12:00.000-07:00

Spring is coming in three days..and I have definitely been getting excited. I love the spring summer way too much....So as you are thinking about all of those new dresses that you are gonna rock this summer, keep these little necklaces on your mind. Two more new collections are coming in the next few weeks.Keep your eyes open because I guarantee you are going to want something from one of the three summer collections.

www.tsai-fi.com

2007-02-18T13:26:00.000-08:00

Finally finished my contribution to the March Medical Experiments Art Show at the Push Gallery in Asheville, North Carolina. The name of my contribution is Experiment A -Two Tailed Brain Swap - "Meowsy and Squeaksta" Since their brains were swapped, the Kitty loves cheese and the mousy now loves fish. The Kitty has two posable tails and the mousy has two tails too!
Check Out the photos below. I even posted a detailed pic of the kitty's exposed brain!

This is the tag that comes with the characters above.

2007-02-09T19:02:00.001-08:00

Chillin' on a cold California night. Ok, its 63 degrees but it feels chilly to me. I just wanted to post my new little pocket mirrors. They are 2.25" with various illustrations on them. Check them Out! ...and stay warm..

2007-02-07T18:44:00.001-08:00

Just wanted to rave about a little press from a cool new Italian mag called Velvet! My Dear Hunter was included amongst a bunch of really awesome other artists in an article by Roberto Croci. Check it out!

2007-01-27T22:00:00.000-08:00

Ummm.. I am wigging out because Esthero one of my favorite musical artists in the whole wide world just blogged about tsai-fi on her myspace page. Slap me because I am about to pass th f*ck out!

Check it out here!

2006-12-15T18:26:00.000-08:00

Ahh, I am so ready for my Christmas vacation. I have finished with most of my holiday shopping and I am getting ready to fly home for a week of stuffing my face with delicious holiday grub and relaxing. The Felt Club XL was a very successful event. There was a line to get into the venue before it opened and it was good insanity for the first 3 hours. I had a great time and I can't wait until the next Felt Club event. There are pics below.
A few of my plushies were shown at the Gallery Revisited "That Show". There is tons of cute stuff that is still available. If you live in the Los Angeles area, you should definitely check it out. I included a few pics below.

I made mini Dust Bunnis for the Felt Club XL Show. I still have 11 bunnis/kittis left. I put them up on Etsy.
Pls. check them out. They won't be available on my site. These are the only ones that I am going to make. They are 5" X 5" and $16 each plus shipping and tax if it applies.
dust bunnis etsy listing

My Booth at Felt Club XL

Etsy Bunnis/Kittis
I had a little fun and photoshopped them into some of my vector Illustrations. Check them out below.

My Booth at Felt Club XL!

A Big shot of the Ukranian Cultural Center where Felt Club was held.
This shot was taken minutes before the door opened. It didn't look like this after the flood gates opened.

Tsai-fi Plushies at "That Show"

2006-11-25T09:37:00.000-08:00

Ahh, now that I am stuffed with delightful turkiness. I have decided to do a little updating.
Here is a new plushie that I am working on and behind the cut is my update.

2006-11-25T09:35:00.000-08:00

As promised- even though I am supposed to get things ready for tommorow's Felt Club. I wanted to share my November update with all of my LJ friends! And yes i was inspired by the Free People Catalog.........

2006-11-06T21:10:00.000-08:00

So I have been busting my tail on some wholesale orders- Three to be exact. They are pretty much finished. Whew - now I am working like a mad woman on stuff for this weekend's show Felt Club from 11-6 on Sunday at the Echo. Stop by -if you are an Angeleno- There are great artists this month!

I also have been workin' on some new stuff too. Take a little peek!
The colors of the backrounds are oh so Brady.......

Finally a few pics of Crafty Bastards...I know it has been forever.

2006-10-04T23:18:00.000-07:00

Just got back from the Crafty Bastards Show in D.C. So much fun! Thanks to the Washington DC City Paper for putting on an amazing Show. There was a Burlesque act, b-boys, fun bands and a continious huge crowd that constantly packed our tent. Cherry Box and I had a sweet time. Pics posted later this week. But until then I wanted to share the new collection with everyone. What is black and white and Red all over??? The Dust Bunni Red Collection that's what. Check it out under the cut. The necklaces below are apart of this snazzy bunch of Dust Bunni accessories.

2006-09-23T13:52:00.001-07:00

It's been a while since I posted. I have been busy doing Felt Club shows and getting ready for next weekend's Crafty Bastards Show in DC. Checkout the show if you are in DC. on October 1st. It will be a ton o' fun!

Click for more iNfo-regarding show!
Crafty Bastards

First things first, it has been a while since I added a new tee design to the mix so I stirred up a design called Double Trouble. See below for more info. Look for more posts later this week. I am working on some really kick ass winter bags.
Cheers!

2006-08-21T18:26:00.000-07:00

Who are those dorky cutie pies in the sky??? They are the Nerdy Birdy Crew thats whooooo! Inspired by all of the geeks in the world, please allow me to introduce this flock of hip tweeters..hee-hee. This is a playful stab at people who like things that others might consider a little dorky. And yes, I definitely would include myself as inspiration for this new brand of plushies. I love some things that would definitely be considered nerdy to some. An examplewould include watching Fantasy movies....umm......and being there on opening night so I can be the first to see the flick out of all my friends. Each Nerdy Birdy has a unique pair of glasses complete with coke bottle lenses that magnify their eyes so they look huge. Cheers to the nerd in all of us and make sure to check out my Nerdy Birdies! Now available in the tsai-fi shop.

2006-08-13T19:31:00.000-07:00

Dust Bunni pins are going to hippity hop their way to your heart.There is no resisting these cute little finishing touches. Snazz up a simple tee, add some pizzazz to that knit hat, adorn your bag, or just stick it on the lapel of your jean jacket. There are endless ways to rock this sweet pin. The pins have a 4" diameter. On the reverse side of the pin, there is a tsai-fi logo.

2006-07-26T21:04:00.000-07:00

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2006-05-20T11:47:00.001-07:00

Felt Club was a ton of fun! There was a really good turn out especailly since it was a first time event and a lot of super talented vendors. Check below for a pic of my little booth. I have been working feverishly to make stuff for the Renegade so my booth is as well stocked as possible. Here are some new editions.
The Final Sweep Dust Bunni Tee, the Strawberry Patch Bag and the Strawberry Patch Bunni. There are also going to be a few more new bags that I am still in the process of making the patterns for. Check them out below.

Felt Club, Los Angeles May 2006
My Booth!

More Felt Club Pics

Strawberry Patch Bunni, Strawberry Patch Bag, Melon Bunni

Dust Bunni Final Sweep Tee

2006-05-07T11:40:00.000-07:00

I have been insanely busy so I haven't updated my journal in forever. First things first, I was asked to participate in a brand new monthly mini craft show called Felt Club in Los Angeles. Come and check me out if you are in LA next Saturday May 13 in Hollywood. http://www.feltclub.com
Sew Darn Cute is a co organizer and vendor and there are also some other great vendors such as Susan Stars and Axelhoney.There is a flyer below.

Next, I was accepted as a contributor for the Mtv Style Lounge Sampler. So I made 10 editorial samples that consisted of 3D dust Bunni keychains and 35 flatsy Dust Bunni keychains. Check out the site and the other fab contributors. There are more pics below.

Finally I am just getting ready for the Renegade Festival http://www.renegadecraft.com in June with Cherry Box. I am working on some new bags and a highly anticipated dust Bunni Tee! Whew.. I am getting sew tired if you catch my drift. I will be sending out updates for the new goods later this week.

This is a pic from the sampler site.

More Sampler pics

I even made little packages

Felt Club flyer- Click to 4 more info

2006-03-20T20:22:00.000-08:00

I have had a little bit of a bag obssesion recently so I was totally inspired to have a few panels of the Morning After design printed when I just made my tee shirts. This bag rocks cause not only is it study brown canvas with a silver screen print but it also has a keychain bottle opener. I wanted to have them printed up with the Smashed Sea logo but the minimums were ridiculous. They are about 11' X 12". Check out my Morning After Totes!

2006-03-19T12:46:00.000-08:00

I had a hankering to do a lil' paintin' so I created some mini dust bunni paintings on wooden hearts and I put them on cute little chains.

Click the pic for more info.

I am only going to make one of each necklace. So these are completely unique. They are handpainted with arcylic paints on wooden hearts that have a polyurethane gloss to finish them off. I also handpainted a tsai-fi signature on the back of each heart. The blue bunni necklace is off to the Seek Indie contest next week, so that one is already spoken for. I absolutely love making these so if you have a custom request, I would be more than happy to make the exact colors that you want for a few extra clams. These little pendant necklaces are an excellent value at $28 for a uniquely mini art piece.

Late Night Chat

2006-03-13T23:45:00.000-08:00

Late Night Chat
Originally uploaded by tsai-fi.

Here's my Illustration Friday illo. This little tattoed lady is winding down from a long day by sipping on a delightful cosmo and talking to her favorite confident Rosey Posey, her Dust Bunni.

2006-03-10T08:20:00.002-08:00

This is the first Super Limited Edition Dust Bunni in the tsai-fi collection. Currently on the tsai-fi site when a dust bunni is purchased, I make another one and just keep replacing the sold ones. The new bunnis are going to be in editions of 8 and they are going to have special sewn tags that are numbered. Check them out! Meet Racer, a Dust Bunni that loves to zoom around. He feels the need to zip past all of the other bunnis at lighting speed. Dust Bunnis have been involved in two plushies art shows and are for sale on one other webstore and a few retail stores. He loves to shout eat my dust! Click the pic to get mo' info on this handsome little devil.

http://www.tsai-fi.com

2006-03-06T00:24:00.000-08:00

There are two new Morning After designs. I have added a Men's tee to satisfy some requests that I have had for a men's style and a new heather grey color way. There are three more last call designs. A tank top which is a must for the summer, a new color way and a new tee style for the black tee. I am slowly switching to American Apparel tees. They are a little more costly but they come in so many colors, the design choices are endless and a lot of people are more familiar with the fit of this brand.
Click the image to check out the new tees. Model pics are not available yet.

Splendid cup of Tea

2006-02-25T18:26:00.000-08:00

Splendid cup of Tea
Originally uploaded by tsai-fi.

I haven't participated in like for-ever but I felt inspired to create an illo about the topic of the week which is tea. I always think of two things when I hear the word tea. One is Boba and the other is the tea party scene in Alice in Wonderland. So I went for Alice. Here is Alice and the White Rabbit. She is irritated that the white rabbit has decided to get some much needed R and R in her spendid cup of tasty tea.

2006-02-13T18:40:00.000-08:00

Check out new Dust Bunni Chain strap purses. The story behind these bags is that I really was tired of going out and feelin like I couldn't get my dance on because my bag felt too bulky and was cramping my style. I checked out my fave stores but I couldn't find something that was cute and matched my style. So I created these little mini Purses. The first bag is made of Electric Blue taffeta with a hot pink cotton lining and also includes a mini pink dust bunni. The second bag is made of printed sage twill and has a navy blue cotton lining and it comes with a periwinkle mini bunni. Each bag has a 36" chain strap made to go across your body. The purse is 6" tall and 8" wide at widest point. There are only two of each colorway available.

2006-02-10T18:31:00.000-08:00

Click the image to got the Gallery homepage.

This pic above is of my plushies at the Plush Week At Gallery 1988 Feb. 7-14. I went to the reception on Tuesday and the gallery was crammed full of colorful exciting plushies and there was hardly room to move around. A lot of people turned out to check out all of the lovely artists. My plushies felt that they were in very good company since they were nested between Cuddly Rigor Mort's and Jen Harada's. I couln't stay at the reception too long, so I didn't get to meet any of the artists except for Love Alban. But we already knew each other from exhibiting our work together at the Pictoplasma 2 show from a few years ago.
Below are a few links that had pics of tsai-fi plushies to promote the show.

http://www.coolhunting.com
http://www.whipup.net
http://www.vinylpulse.com