We're making some big changes here at Tinymeat and as you can see we have completely redesigned the blog from the ground up. The old layout served us well but this new one allows for more organization and a space to highlight new items we are working on for spring. So scroll down the page, have a look around and let me know whatcha think.

Francesca A. of Acton Massachusetts or as I like to refer to her "Franny-O" has a penchant for all things british. Here she is covering her mug with our Blimey! wallet. Go check out her MySpace page written from her dog's perspective and full of cute JR Terrier pics.

Untitled v1.0 / MerchMikey vs. John Salvie Lots (and I mean lots) of new colaborations are coming in '06. First up is the ongoing photoshop/illustrator tennis mash-up of John Salvie (Dallas, TX) and myself. Speaking of Lucha Libre, check out these fine threads

Run out now and pick up those last minute stocking stuffers from these fine retailers carrying Tinymeat GirlShop - NYC HippyChixShop - Albuquerque, NM Hysteric Glamour - Charlotte, NC Ivy Studio - Portland, OR Kopilot - Louisville, KY Kuhlman - Seattle Lucky Devil - Atlanta Motokitty/Modified - Portland OR Music Millenium - Portland OR RR#1 Chicago - Chicago Reno Skate Supply - Reno Check out the rest of the list here

It's official, Germans love David Hasselhoff "Bostoners love Tinymeat!" This past Sunday's Bazaar Bizarre was a smashing success. Thank you to the Bazaar crew, the folks at Magpie (Dave and Dave, Emily, Simone and leah) and most of all, our new friends in Boston for all of your praise and support.

Miss Lucy contemplates her return to podcasting by field testing the Logitech 35o headset.

Stuff their stockings with our meat. Just in time for the holidays we are pleased to announce that Tinymeat is coming to a Urban Outfitters near you. We just shipped 3222 card cases in 5 designs to everyone's favorite purveyor of feel good fashions and left-of-center accessories. The goods will hit the shelves of the 70+ Urban stores in the next week or so.

Your's truly will be in Boston on the 11th and I'm bringin' by big bag of booty for all the good girls and boys. Of course you have to sit on my lap and tell me what you want in your stocking. "It's not your granny's craft fair". Get all the details here

Bonnie Prince Billy / Summer in the Southeast / Sea Note Bush / Zen X Four / Kirtlan Caribou / Marino / Domino US Diplo / Fabic Live 24 / Fab Edith Frost / It's a Game / Drag City Green Day / Bullet In A Bible / REP Guided By Voices / Electrifying Conclusion / Plexifilm Lady Sovereign / Verticaly Challenged / Chocolate Industries Ozric Tentacles / Pyramidion / Floating Seeds ...

!!! / Outhud / Split EP / Gold Standard Labs An Albatross / XBXRX / Split EP / Gold Standard Labs Beastie Boys / Solid Gold Hits / Capitol Kate Bush / Aerial / Columbia Climber / EP / Sparklet Records The Damned / Play It At Your Sister (3 CD Box Set) / Castle Robert Fripp / Love Cannot Bear / Discipline Global Mobile Hella / Concentration Face/Homeboy / Kill Rock Stars Huge Spacebird / Three / Book Records Jaga Jazzist ...

Some great new Tinymeat locations in some unexpected places: Hello Toes/Want It! - Basildon, Essex, UK Shoegazer - Ellsworth, Maine Alphabets - New York City (3 locations) Moxie and the Compound - Austin, Texas Beeps - Albuquerque, New Mexico Red Berry - McMinnville, Oregon

I've updated the skin on the forums. We're going to try to code in a couple other things like store specials and other various things soon. The message board admin panel is also complaining about the age of the PHPBB software, so I am going to try to get that updated in the wee hours of the morning along with our blog software. It's nice to be up-to-date! So go check out our message boards!!

So if TinyMeat grows to be huge, do we call ourselves, BigMeat? I think we'll just stick with TinyMeat but really what it means to me is a tiny group of hipster people serving a big community. This past week TinyMeat has grown so much in my eye, we've picked up some new friends, of course we made some enemies, but it's all good. We've heard back from some larger companies about orders and it just flat out shocks me! So ...

All I can say is right on! Keep 'em comin. 12 new stores have joined the Tiny family this month and July is only half over. I can only imagine the action at the Javitz (NY Gift Show) next January. I'm not gonna name names yet until the merch is on the shelves, so here are the towns: Atlanta, GA Cincinnati, OH Ithaca, NY Kansas City, MO Burlington, VT Chicago, IL Austin, TX Portland, OR Toronto Winnipeg

I wanted to give a quick "Shout Out" (Ha I've always wanted to say that along with Fashizzle) to the readers of Computer Arts over the big pond. I have yet to see it on our newsstands. If anyone wants to scan it and send along a jpg I will post it here. Until I gets my hands on a copy let's just say that getting press is a very validating feeling. A big thanks to Dom Hall and his ...