Happy Pantry: M is for Manic Mug

Coffee is a big part of our lives.  I've realized that I can't go a morning without falling asleep on the drive to work if I don't have a mug o' joe.  But only if Joe is coffee.  I don't know why it's Joe.  I could look it up, but who cares?  Especially when I'm falling asleep at the wheel of a car.  Luckily for me, I'm not the driver.  So I can pass out for as long as I want...until I get to work, then I have to get it together.

While you want to indulge yourself in some coffee....as some scientific (or should I say that with quotes?  Well, to be safe, don't quote me on that) studies conclude that coffee saves lives and hugs babies, it's probably still a safe bet to not go overboard.  Drink your coffee responsibly, or risk the jittery manic mug.

Comic Con!

All the nerds and hipsters and everyone in between descend upon San Diego this week, starting today.  It's all about movies and comics and cool tv shows and video games...oh, and toys and cosplay and nerds and sweating and stinky.  It's all of those things and it's gloriously busy and fascinating and horrible.  All at once.

This is our ode to the con, complete with newsprint style dots.

From zompeas to Indibanana Jones to people in bow ties and glasses, Comic Con has it all.

Gaze into the face of Fear

I always liked Judge Fear the most.  Even though he was a rather one trick pony (with the look at my face and die of fright thing).  And Judge Death had all the cool lines as well as being able to stick his hand through people to kill them.

This isn't the best, but I thought it was good enough to post...I wanna draw him again and see if I can't do it better.

I also never noticed, until I started drawing him, that Judge Fear had bear traps as shoulder pads. Very strange.  Oh - he also has a cape, which I forgot to draw...heh.  I just realized just now.

Customer in our merchandise!

We made bibs and little beanies for babies with our Ms Cupcake embroidered on the front.

Adorable and ready to keep the baby's clothes clean...as much as possible, which isn't much because they're babies.  And babies are messy.  Yucky dirty messy.  It'll all end up in the wash anyway, but at least your baby will be cute in the meantime!

You can find them on our website - www.happy-pantry.com - the bib is $10 and the beanie is $8 - or you can get the pair for $15!

We're selling Happy Pantry at Layla and Lisette!

We're now in our second store!  In April we started selling our Ms Cupcake plushes at Leanna Lin's Wonderland in Eagle Rock.  

As of June 13th, Layla and Lisette opened their doors in Anaheim.

For all your cupcake needs, for you or your young ones, check out Layla and Lisette - 423 S Brookhurst St, Anaheim, CA 9280

The Sentence is Dredd!!!

I've been on a Judge Dredd kick lately, I did two Dredd sketches and then two colored pencil versions.

I feel like I need to do another one though, because I'm still not satisfied with it.  But as a break from that I thought I'd do a version of Judge Death.

The Dredd comics have had a lot of iconic bad guys, but none captured our imagination as much as the Dark Judges.  Sometimes they were captured or defeated in silly ways, but they were such great character designs - with each one of the Dark Judges having his own unique way to kill.

The Crime is life, the sentence is DEATH!

Did you know that before Judge Death became the iconic villain, he was just a sadistic boy named Sidney?  His parents sealed his fate with that name.  

Happy Pantry: Teenage Vegetable Ninja Peas

Everyone grew up with them...they're green and mean and are good for you!  Peas!
Oh - and there was a teenage mutant ninja thingy or something.

I did a quick drawing previously with this idea, and wanted to flesh it out more.  Especially since the new show reintroduced Bebop and Rocksteady.  I had it in my head that they should be The Teenage Vegetable Ninja Peas vs Peabop and RocksteadPea.  That's right, RocksteadPea.

An American Cupcake in Paris

Lots of people go to Paris. We think this is the first time an American Cupcake had made the journey.

over the next few weeks we'll go over some of the highlights of Paris and we'll have suggestions for anyone lucky or smart enough to take the time to visit the beautiful city of Paris.

Happy Pantry: Almost Alliterative Alphabet Book, letter F

F is for fashionable fork.  Cause he dresses so sharp!

Happy Pantry: Almost Alliterative Alphabet Book, letter E

Gotta work those glutes!

Feel the burn (hopefully from being deep fried...because eggplant doesn't taste good any other way).

And that's why they need to work out - all that deep fried oil and grease doesn't do well for one's shape...unless you're going for eggplant shaped, then carry on.

Happy Pantry - Happy Friday!

There's nothing happier than Friday!  And nothing makes Fridays happier than celebrating with french fries!

French Fries make every day a celebration!

Sometimes the week just takes it out of you - by Friday, you're fried.

Happy Pantry is at Patchwork show this Sunday - May 24th

In Santa Ana you can check out Patchwork - we're selling our Happy Pantry merchandise there!  We're in booth 10 on 3rd St.  This Sunday, May 24th, from 11-5.

Patchwork Show, May 24th in Santa Ana

We're participating in our second Patchwork Show!  The time it's in Santa Ana, on Sunday, May 24th from 11-5.

We're excited to set up our merchandise and see what Orange County looks like from a vendor's point of view.

We're in a 10x10 booth on 3rd Street!

Happy Pantry is now at Leanna Lin's Wonderland!

Leanna Lin's Wonderland is one of the coolest shops in Southern California.  She has a ton of eclectic toys and gifts and art prints and plushes.  She has a monthly art gallery and there's always a lot to eyeball when one visits.

And this month there's one new thing worth checking out!  Happy Pantry's Ms Cupcake Plush is now available at Leanna Lin's Wonderland!  We did a test order last month and sold out so quickly, we have already had to restock!

Quantities are limited - check them out - go to Leanna Lin's Wonderland in Eagle Rock (5024 Eagle Rock Blvd, Los Angeles, California).  Or, if you're too far away, you can buy them on her website - http://leannalinswonderland.com/

Happy Pantry - Cute Cupcake Kitchen Towel

 Our next product was the Cupcake Kitchen Towel.  Ms Cupcake quickly took over and became our company mascot.  This was also a departure from our original round of creating kitchen towels, because we were able to embroider directly onto the towels themselves.

They're so fluffy!

 Our cupcake towels can also come in mason jars - if you see them at our shows/conventions.  We also offer them online for a small additional fee.  The cost is to cover the jar as well as the packing and heavier shipping.

Find our kitchen towels at www.happy-pantry.com

Happy Pantry: cupcake plush

It's been great having our merchandise out there in the world...every once in a while a nice customer will share their picture of what they're doing with Happy Pantry.

Isn't that adorable?

because it is.

Happy Pantry: Happy Mother's Day!

I don't have just edamame, I've got the best!

Happy Mother's Day!

Happy Pantry: Coffee Cup Kitchen Towel

This was one of the first things we had made for our Happy Pantry brand.  Our coffee cup guy, Mr Latte was one of the first characters we drew that, just like coffee, we couldn't get enough of.  So we drew more and when it came time to start making stuff, we had to launch our merchandise with him.

 Just hanging out!

Don't you want the front of your stove to look cuter?  Right now it's just covered in stains and possibly dust (if, you're like us, and you don't cook too often...), but what if you could just drape a towel in front of it, and suddenly it's better.  It's all better.  Life is better.  That's what our Mr Latte Happy Pantry Brown Polka Dot Kitchen Towels do.

 We had glamour pics taken of our Mr Latte Kitchen Towels.

 Various states of folded towel.

When we go to conventions or gift shows, we have our kitchen towels and aprons packaged into mason jars.  It's terribly cute and makes for a great present!  We actually just put up an add on purchase on our website - www.happy-pantry.com - where one can get our towels or aprons in mason jars online!  It's a little more expensive, but only because the box ends up being bigger and there's a lot more packing that goes into it so you don't end up with a towel in a bed of glass shards.

Buy yours now!  www.happy-pantry.com

Happy Sinko de Mayo!

It's a day celebrating washing dishes?

I don't think we're doing it right...

Happy Pantry: Smelling the flowers

Sometimes you have to stop and smell the flowers.

Or, if the flowers are pink and pretty enough, you should roll around in them until you die sneezing from hay fever.

Or find a bug.  There's always bugs just waiting to crawl on you if you dally too long in the grass...