Zazzle Creates Designers Support for Relief Aid in Japan

Zazzle gave designers the opportunity to donate their designs to charity for relief in Japan for the earthquake and tsunami that hit them in March. GiggleStix created this design of a maneki neko, or good fortune cat, with a heart on the koban coin it holds to represent our wishes for Japan's heart to heal from this experience. The design is available on t-shirts, mugs, badges and even iPhone and iPad cases.

A lot of designers have donated their great designs for charity for Japan that you can check out at Zazzle as well.

Girls Fluff!

There is a new design at the GiggleStix store at Zazzle.com that in a cute way declares that "Girls Don't Fart They Fluff."

Normally this is not the kind of design I would create, but I decided to anyway.

My dad worked in construction and told a story about this cute, tiny (but tough) Asian American woman on his crew who would declare that, "Women don't fart...they Fluff!"

Well I ended up stumbling across this youtube video called Spiritual Farts and it made me think of the "Girls Fluff" euphemism. And although usually too "girly and prim" to talk about farting (I may be tomboyish in many ways, but not this one) I decided to make a "cute" design about the subject anyway.

To prove that girls "fluff" here is a Latin American music video where the women "fluff" butterflies.

Loving the Monkeys

There are some pretty awesome and cute monkey products out there. I don't want to throw out any bad puns and say I've gone bananas over them...but I do have to say that I like them a lot. Monkey faces, especially when they are drawn in a cute cartoon style, make me smile. They just seem so funny and they are almost always guaranteed to cheer me up.

Remember that line from the song If I Had a Million Dollars by the group Barenaked Ladies that says...

If I had a million dollars

Well, I'd buy you a monkey

Haven't you always wanted a monkey?

Well I'm not so sure I'd want a real live monkey even if I had a million dollar, but I'd be pretty happy with something such as this baby faced monkey t-shirt with its Japanese style and writing. It is one of my favorite monkey products that I've found online so far.



I also really love these monkey key covers or caps by Fred. They are such a fun way to organize your keys and keep track of which key goes to what.

To see even more adorable primate products check out the cute monkey stuff here.

For Love of the Cute Octopus

There's nothing quite as cute as an octopus is there? Well, okay you're probably thinking that they aren't that cute. But when it comes to cartoon versions of octopuses or octopi (both plural forms are correct, by the way) there are some pretty cute ones out there.

For example, this pink octopus shown on a t-shirt at  the left is quite adorable. With all those legs, the sweet shade of pink, that cute face, the speech bubble with a heart in it...how could you think it's anything but cuddly?

If you'd like to see more cute octopus designs and products check out this Squidoo lens (webpage) dedicated to the The (unofficial) Cute Octopus Fan Page. There are examples there not only of cute octopus designs on products such as t-shirts and mousepads, there are some very cute plush octopus shown as well, as well as other octopus gear that is cute and useful.

Welcome to Gigglish Ink!

It's a little bare right now. But hopefully there will be more posts up soon.

I am a fan of anime, Japanese street fashion, Japanese craft books and more...leaning towards that which is kawaii (cute). I basically like cute things in general. But while I like cute, some of my favorite anime are Shugo Chara and Yumiero Patissiere...I also like some stuff that are more boyish (or tomboyish in my case too), such as Naruto, Tegami Bachi and Bleach. If you haven't heard of any of these anime I hope to introduce them to you. Which is basically what this blog is all about...I hope to just share some things that I like and maybe you'll find some things you like too. The topics here may vary from fashion trends to anime. It's all very eclectic, but I hope will also be enjoyable.

See ya!