Heya girls and boys. The mailing list weirdness has been fixed so you can go ahead and sign up on the homepage. Other than that, I've been updating the Etsy shop on a regular basis. And we're gearing up for a couple of vacations...first up is San Francisco next week. Yay! Hope everyone is having a great Spring. I know I'm soooo ready for summer to get here. Come on already! Ta ta for now and we'll catch ya on the flipside.

Excited About: Pan's Labyrinth, Lemonade and Iced Tea Mixed (the Arnold Palmer!), the final Harry Potter book (sniff)

Hey everyone. I don't even know if anyone checks this blog much, but I figured I'd post here to tell you that the Chuckles mailing list is NOT working right now. For some reason it just stopped working. I'm trying to get the issue resolved, but unfortunately it takes a few emails to the host (notifylist) to get a response. So I don't know how long it will take. In the meantime, if you want to sign up for shop updates, just send me an email through the contact page asking to be added.

In other news, we finally got a myspace page. Yes, long overdue. We made sure to make it cute and all! Add us as a friend here

We also opened an Etsy shop. I started it to add mainly of one-of-a-kind items, but there's a lot more on there too. Etsy is such a great community and I really love all the features and tools they offer. So check it out!

Now Playing: Blonde Redhead - 23, Andrew Bird - Armchair Apocrypha, Apples in Stereo - New Magnetic Wonder

Wow. I kinda forgot about this blog. The summer is gone (we went away twice on vacation) and we're well into cold weather. The past few months have been difficult around Chuckles HQ. Been dealing with health issues along with the death of my beloved Rat Terrier. We miss you, little guy. I have been steadily filling orders and have even made new items for the site which I plan on adding in the next few days. Also, I'll be participating in the Craftland holiday show in December. It's in Rhode Island, so I won't be there but lots of cute Chuckles items will be for sale. It'll be a fun place to do holiday shopping for handmade presents. For more info check out their site . As always, thanks for your support. It means so much.

Now Playing: Sparklehorse - Dreamt for Light Years, Chavez - Better Days Will Haunt You, Velvet Teen - Cum Laude

Exciting news! Chuckles Central is a winner of Fred Flare's Next Big Thing contest!! There are such fantastic winning entries and it's awesome to be among such talented folks. It's been an amazing experience and I'm so thrilled to be a part of Fred Flare because they couldn't be nicer people.

Check out the necklace which is for sale exclusively through Fred Flare!

Now Playing: Bedhead - Transaction de Novo, Unwound - Leaves Turn Inside You, Sparklehorse - It's a Wonderful Life

Hey hey hey! The site was updated a few times since my last entry from ages ago. We had added our pretty, affordable and fun jewelry, cupcake ipod cozies, and new crocheted hats. The Chuckles eyeglasses case is featured in the May issue of Seattle Magazine (out now) which also gave us our first Death Cab comparison. In summary, it said that the case looks like a well-intended birthday gift from your grandmother if your grandmother listened to Death Cab for Cutie. That made me laugh.

Oh yeah, there's a free shipping special until May 15th. Enjoy!

Now Playing: New Order - Brotherhood, Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin - Broom, Mates of State - Bring It Back

It's been raining here for oh, about 2 months straight. I'm serious. So it's been a challenge taking photos of the new items but I managed to do it. And they're here on the site ready for viewing! Just in time for Valentine's Day shopping, we've added a couple new scarves, pretty necklaces, and two new printed shirts. A couple things even have hearts on them. So go tell your sweetie to treat you to some cuteness. Now if only it would stop raining for at least a couple days, all will be better in Chucklesville.

Excited About: Puppy Bowl 2006! (eeeee!!), Corpse Bride on DVD, Broadcast - Tender Buttons

We're on a well deserved vacation until 12/27. But you can still order stuff in the shop, it just won't be processed and shipped until after our return. Thank you all who thought of giving a Chuckles present this year. Hope everyone will love their goodies. We'll be adding lots of brand new items after the first of the year. So check back for the cuteness. Happy holidays and be safe, k?

Excited About: Vacation!, Arrested Development (pleaseee don't cancel it!), opening presents, podcasts

Here's the latest happenings at Chuckles Headquarters. One of our cute scarves made its way into the holiday shopping guide in the current (Dec) issue of AP Magazine, which is super awesome. Or supes awes as they like to say these days. We've already been busy with the holiday orders, so keep 'em coming! Buying handmade gifts for people is the best because you are giving something that is truly one-of-a-kind. But if you would like to order any items that are made to order, you have to do it by Dec 4, so it will be complete and shipped to you in time for the holidays. That's just one more week!

Now Playing: Joe's iPod Mix, Of Montreal - Sunlandic Twins, The Rentals - Return of the Rentals

Woops! Guess I've neglected this blog for several months. Oh well, it was summer and stuff. Ok, it's no excuse. Well I'm here to tell you that not only are there new items in stock, but we have a free shipping special going on until 10/31. That's right, Free Shipping! Go and check out the cute new fleece scarves, striped tees and 3/4 length shirts and pick up a lil' something for yourself. It's been quite a long time since we've done a special, so take advantage while you can. Oh and have a spooky Halloween!

Excited About: Lost (could this show be any more addicting??), New AmAnSet album (finally!), JV's Pixel Revolt (swoon), Halloween

The shop is back in akshun. Take a looksie . It's been condensed so we can focus on the available items and prepare new stuff for our site revamp coming this summer. We're in the current issue of Time Out New York Kids! Design-blog guru Grace Bonney picked her all time favorite items and we're included. We're tickled pink and green. My intern had to move away for college and I need extra help so if you are reading this, live in the Seattle area and are interested in assisting me a few hours a week, please let me know. Just send me an email and tell me a bit about you.

Excited About: Enon live!, Spoon live!, Sufjan Stevens - Illinois (songs about Superman, Sandberg, Lincoln, and UFOs with banjo and oboe=be still my heart!)

My cheeky monkeys, I think you've waited long enough. The iPod covers will be making their triumphant return at the beginning of next week. Please check back then to purchase your new crocheted cutie. In other exciting news, we've started working on Chuckles 2.0. Yay, finally! A whole new design coming this way soon. But these things take time, so hold your horses just a little longer. My wrist is still healing, but I think it's doing much better. Thanks for the well wishes!

Current Raves: The Thin Man (oldtimey mystery with snappy banter AND a fox terrier = yes please), So Many Dynamos 48 state tour

I guess you noticed the iPod cozies are unavailable. Here's the scoop: I sprained my wrist. I can't crochet for a while. I have a friend helping me out with filling orders already placed, until my wrist is healed. The cozies will be back soon, I promise. I had been working on new designs and the first one to be unveiled is the frog! Currently he's only located at Pixelgirl where we just shipped off some goods. If you want one now, that's the place to go. Thanks for your patience during this time!

Current Raves: Hydra show tonight!, Family Guy comeback, Sin City, Dario Argento

Phew! Moving is exhausting. So is painting. And home repairs. But we have fun colors on the walls now! Internet is up and running. We're still getting settled and unpacked. I'm excited to set up the office/studio. It's just gonna take some time... More press in the May issue of AP Magazine. The one with Weezer on the cover! I always think of the blue album fondly.

We participated in the Crafters for Critters fundraiser again. We donated special edition felt character journals. Enter this code in the voucher box for $5 off your order: 240664053485729. The discount expires 5/31. Go buy stuff and support greyhounds!

Also, people in the Seattle area prepare to rip your trousers at the upcoming Hydra show. Come out and say hello! Here's the details:
*April 30 at Vera Project
*Barsuk Records Showcase with Aqueduct, Kind Of Like Spitting, Revolutionary Hydra, This Busy Monster

Now Playing: Decemberists - Picaresque, Wedding Present - Take Fountain, Blonde Redhead - Sercret Society of Butterflies

Just wanted to let you guys know that we're in the middle of moving so responding to emails and such will be slower. Everything is boxed up and ready to go to the new home. We're super excited about it, particularly the new office and workspace. So much more room for the Cuteness of Chuckles and the Castle of Elsinor. This also means keeping the site update postponed for a bit. It'll happen one of these days! Also, Seattle Magazine had a nice mention of us with a pretty picture in the latest issue. Movin' right along...

Current Raves: washington cherry blossoms, Freaks and Geeks on dvd, Smoosh live, cd shopping, new iBook!

Welcome to the first post of the new year! The site is in need of an update. I know, I know. We're thinking about some changes for the new year, but still in the brainstorm phase at the moment. Also, we have new products that need to be added (scarves, tees, undies!). We're gettin' to it soon! If you're in the Seattle area and want to Chuckle, we have some new items at the Blue Bottle Gallery. Otherwise, stay tuned...

Now Playing: Rat Cat Hogan - We're Bicoastal, Low - The Great Destroyer, The Smiths - Louder than Bombs, Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea

Happy holidays from Chuckles Central! Just a quick post before we start our vacation. Yayyy vacation!! We'll be gone from today until 12/26, so all emails will be answered/orders will be filled upon our return. One of our mouse iPod cozies took a trip to NYC and did a modeling session for Budget Living magazine. He's struting his schtuff in the Dec/Jan issue. Thanks to everyone who placed holiday orders, I hope your loved one (or yourself) enjoys their new goodies! See ya in the new year.

Current Raves: Finding Neverland, Sufjan Stevens - Seven Swans, Lemony Snicket books

Well, well, well...we're really due for a news update, huh? Some things to make note of...we are now just using Paypal for our shopping cart which means international shipping charges need to be added separately. The instructions have been added to the Chuckles FAQ and the Paypal checkout page. Please make sure to read it and add the amount or we can't ship your order. This indie business has been operating at full steam! Which is really great but also means that we are so busy that the made to order bags are temporarily unavailable which leaves more time for completing and filling orders. The bags will return after the holidays. Remember to allow 3 weeks for completion of all made to order items. The deadline for holiday delivery has just passed (11/24), so please keep that in mind. Hope everyone had a delicious Thanksgiving and we'd like to thank you so much for your business!

Now Playing: Le Tigre - This Island, Elefant - Sunlight Makes Me Paranoid, Arcade Fire - Funeral, The Faint - Wet From Birth

Guten Tag! Just a note to remind folks that all made to order items will take three weeks for shipping. So keep cool mah baybees! Busy, busy filling orders these days. And the holidays are swiftly approaching so Iz gots to prepare. Also, Chuckles was mentioned in British FHM magazine. Chuckles amidst a sea of airbrushed phony mountains. No kidding.

Current Raves: Shaun of the Dead (zombies!), The Office on DVD, playing Trivial Pursuit, Her Space Holiday live

Help Greyhounds! That's right, the crafters for critters fundraiser site is now open. It's a webshop of items donated by independant designers and all the proceeds go to the Michigan Greyhound Connection. I donated a few screenprinted monster dog patches (only available there, at least for now). Check it out and buy stuff!

Current raves: Bellingham weekend (Hydra/MYA show, beer, breakfast, shopping, soap making class, movies, mexican food), Museum of Radio and Electricity (and the awesome old dudes that run it, and playing a theremin!)

Avast ye scurvy dogs! Yep, it's that time of the year. Talk like a pirate day. Yarrrr! Just a note to say we have some new bags at a shop in Baltimore called Trixies Palace. Stop by and take a gander at 'em. Also, a Joe Chuckles related event this Friday the 24th. He and the boys will be playing a special Revolutionary Hydra show in Bellingham. It's basically a get together of Ye Olde Bellingham bands from back in the day. They're playing with Martin Youth Auxillary (Chris Walla solo, you might know him from some band called Death Cab for Cutie) and Terry Picknell (from the awesome 5 Gears in Reverse). It's at the Underground Coffeehouse and starts at 7pm. Come and say hi and enjoy the rock. It's gonna rule. Shiver Me Timbers!

Current raves: Walker Texas Ranger lever on Conan O'Brien, hot chocolate weather

More press goodness. Our Bunny iPod Cozy was featured in the Fall issue of Venus (with Le Tigre on the cover). Chiggity check out page 75 to view the cuteness. There are lots of orders to fill, but in my spare time I'm cooking up some new goodies for the site. More scarves and tees, pweeese!

Current raves: new Cafe Verite opening (best dang cupcakes in Seattle!), the approaching of autumn, playing Pac-Man

Have you seen the fall issue of Bust Magazine? Well, it's got the lovely and amazing Polly Jean Harvey gracing the cover, and our Phonograph Bag featured in the "Looks" section, page 40. Have I mentioned how much I love this magazine? The bag featured is a special pink and black one that was made just for that issue, but if you love the color combination (I do!) and would like to order it, just let me know.

Now Playing: Bjork - Medulla (pure awesomeness!), The Velvet Teen - Elysium (incredible live show), Joanna Newsom - The Milk-Eyed Mender (so effing good)

We'reeee back. We took a chunk out of the Big Apple, watched Garden State in Jerze, rode beach cruisers, met up with awesome friends and ate lots of yummy food. And of course, soaked it up. In a hot tub. Thanks to everyone who placed orders while we were on holiday. I'm working hard on getting everything finished and sent out. Soon...

Current Raves: Garden State (Go see it NOW!), Magnolia Bakery (cupcakes!), listening to cassettes, NYC Apple Store, Olympic gymnastics

Those lovely hats have been added to the site, along with a few Monster Dog tees. Grr! Hope you enjoy them. Us two Chucklesome kids will be on our big summer vacation from 8/5 to 8/15, just soakin' it up and relaxing on the East Coast. The shop will be open and all orders placed during that time will be filled upon our return.

Now Playing: Belle & Sebastian - Tigermilk, DC/FC - Transatlanticism, American Analog Set - Promise of Love

Coming soon to the shop: one-of-a-kind hats inspired by the 1920s and original Chuckles designs on t-shirts. Stay tuned! In the meantime, go see Napoleon Dynamite cause it'll make you feel better about the world.

Current Raves: Huge music shopping spree (cause old favorites put out great new albums), Family Guy on DVD, GI Joe public service announcements

Salut! We just started our July special, in honor of the sunshine and lemonade. FREE SHIPPING for the whole month. Settle down, mah baybees! Sorry, been spending too much time in the "Cone Zone".

Now Playing (on the new ipod mini): Revolutionary Hydra (Joseph & Co.) - The Antiphony (this sounds FANTASTIC on headphones), Magnetic Fields - I

Cute Chuckles tees now available. Send a pic of you wearing your shirt cause we'd like to do a photo collage for the site. You'll be internet rock stars! We are in the process of clearing out shop pages and some items will be phased out to make way for new stuff. If you had your eye on something for a while, now is the time to pounce. Working on new items that will, of course, be cute. Cuteness abounds!

Current Raves: Napoleon Dynamite free screenings (4 of 'em) are flippin' sweet, seeing So Many Dynamos live (they RULED the stage!) and looking forward to Robbie releasing their album any day now

Been a while, huh? Hang in there cause the site will be updated shortly with new stuff, including screenprinted Chuckles tees. As Sean Connery would say, "ohhh yeshhh".

Current Raves: Late night PBR pints and hot fudge sundaes, crossword puzzle mania

It's been busy as a feisty fox around here! Thanks to all the folks who have ordered stuff the past couple of weeks. I'm workin' hard on getting everything completed and shipped. Patience young Jedis. For those in the Berkeley, CA area, we currently have some bracelets and crochet pins available at the Heart Tattoo shop in The Mini Mart on Telegraph Ave. Stop by and say bonjour to Marie!

Now Playing: John Vanderslice- Cellar Door, Cocteau Twins - Treasure, Stars - Heart

There was a neat mention of CC stuff on BoingBoing this week. They're digging our robot/tech themed stuff. So are the many, many tech geeks that came to check it out. We love it! The more geeks, the better. Hot damn, that's a lot of hits, yo. Let's just hope the server doesn't crash. Kidding, unless of course Slashdot catches wind. Then it'll go down faster than a homesick mole. In other Chuckles news, this week we added some new accessories and started our Free Shipping special. It's good through 4/15 so if you've been eyeballing a Sweetasaurus magnet or bracelet or whatever, now is the time to snatch it up sans shipping costs. C'est fantastique!

current raves: Stereolab live, Blonde Redhead - Misery is a Butterfly (you *need* this album), Eternal $*!&ing Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (Brilliant!)

More Press: Chuckles Central items are featured in the current issue (Spring '04) of the totally kick-ass Venus Magazine. Venus is such a great publication cause it focuses on women in music, art, film, and fashion. Check it out, yo! On page 102, you will find a sunshiny, spring-like photo which includes our Phonograph Bag front and center, with his pal Mr Chicken Magnet lounging languidly on top. They were well-behaved during the photo shoot and only complained twice about "that astroturf stuff" being "kinda itchy". We're proud of 'em!

Current Raves: Lord of the Rings weekend fest (about 14 hours of middle-earth viewing pleasure!), home-baked cookies, pixy-stix

There's an interview all about Chuckles and it is now in print format. It was done for a zine called Parasol which is the brainchild of the fabulous Lady Megan. The interview was super fun and the zine itself is chock full of 1920s tidbits, comics, recipes, platonic crushes, fashion and more. If you adore flappers, you'll love it. I promise. If you would like a copy, please ask. The site will be updated shortly with some fun new items, so stay tuned. In the meantime, check out Joseph's other web-baby, Elsinor Records. The site has been completely revamped and I must say, it looks tres magnifique. That's fancy French talk for "rad". For all of you tech geeks out there, you'll love the diy section. And all you indie-pop nerds, you'll love the music. It's all about the music, folks.

now playing: a mix cassette from Adumb, a mix cd from Debstar, The Somewhat Legend - Said Jorge

Hot off the press: Bust Magazine chose our Chicken Bag to be included in the Spring 2004 issue which will be out on March 1st. Appropriately, it's the Freaks and Geeks issue. Check out the Booty Call section (page 34) to see it in action. We are very proud of the Chicken's first modeling gig. Let's just hope the fame doesn't go to his head, causing him to wear bling and peddle hideous overpriced sneakers.

Current Raves: American Splendor on DVD, Lost in Translation on DVD

We just updated the site with some lovely crocheted items, new magnets, and a couple new bags. Also added some colorful and fabulous new item pictures and swiffered up the shop a bit. And we have a few signature CC bags and magnets available on Morning Craft which is a pretty shop full of handcrafted goods. Go take a look! Oh, and don't forget to check out the latest issue of Bejeezus, featuring none other than the supercool Janeane Garofalo on the cover and a Chuckles ad inside. If you like smart interviews, craftyness, album reviews and comics, go show them some support and buy it from your local indie book shop or online. C'est tout.

Current Raves: Low at Chop Suey, crocheting like crazy, finding 20oz Pepsi bottles

In Chuckles-related news, Joseph Chuckles' band, the Revolutionary Hydra, has a brand spankin' new album hot off the presses, recorded by Mr Chris Walla, and ready to be snatched up by your indie-rock lovin' grubby mitts. It's called the PEEFs and it totally crushes! Go here to order one, listen to mp3s, and check out the amazing artwork. Don't forget to peruse the Skrocki site a bit since Joe is the tech guru who designed it. Rock on.

Now Playing: Rev Hydra - The PEEFs, British Sea Power - The Decline of British Sea Power, Plus/Minus - You Are Here

Still dusting and scrubbing the site a bit. This blog section has been revamped. The archives are now available at the bottom of the page. Stayed tuned for more.

current raves: huge banana split, ipod mini in pink, snow n' sledding

Hey folks. It's been a while since the last post. We were away for the holidays, recovering from the flu, celebrating birthdays and ringing in the new year. It sure was a nice vacation away from piles of fabric and deadlines. We're in the process of cleaning up and updating the site a bit so it should look sparkly and fresh soon. Later crocodile.