Our new favorite blog, Skulls and Bacon! If it's got skulls or bacon, you'll read about it here. They've even posted an insightful write-up on all the hoopla around swine flu.

Run by metalchick666 who has this to say about herself. "I like skulls and bacon. And muppets. I'm also a big fan of metal and stoner rock so you may find random music posts every now and then."

DON YOUR FLIRTIEST frock and celebrate Spring in style at BUST's Second Annual Spring Fling Craftacular Garden Party. Enjoy a day of shopping and frolick with over 50 crafty vendors selling the very best in handmade wares, including jewelry, housewares, freshly baked treats, clothing, and cards!

Learn about guerilla gardening from Trees Not Trash, practice vegan cooking with Farm Sanctuary, and stop by the Yudu Studio hosted by Provocraft to snag your own personally designed eco-friendly totes. You can also grab a FREE goodie bag, enter to win our swoon-worthy raffle prizes, including a Singer sewing machine and a Yudu screen-printer, and so much more! All this for only $2 at the door!

For more information visit: http://www.bust.com/craftacular

Sin in Linen donated Sassy Flame and Tattoo bedding to the Silent Auction of this amazing event – Stars and Strips 2009. Here's the press release from the Pinup Angels site.

Pinup Angels – Stars and Stripes 2009

We are proud to announce that on Saturday May 16th 7pm-1am 2009 the grounds of the Playboy Mansion will be coming alive with an evening of decadent sexy patriotism with the spectacular event Stars and Stripes!

This is your invitation to take part in this exciting event Hosted by Playmates Victoria Fuller and Jessica Burciaga along with co hosts Sara Stage, Masuimi Max, Metal Sanaz, Maria Venus, and Kina Tavarozi! Enjoy the sights and sounds of Live entertainment and top D.J's spinning hit music, also partake in a live auction and silent that includes rare and fascinating items from around the world!

This is your chance to party amongst sexy GOGO dancers, hot body Painted ladies, beautiful models and stunning Playmates.  All this while rocking out to a surprise celebrity guest band!!!

This exclusive engagement benefits an extremely worthy charity The Wounded Warrior Project. You can expect to meet our brave Men and Women who were wounded while serving this country during current conflicts in the Middle East. Marines, Navy Seals, Green Berets and personal from all branches of the armed forces will be in attendance.

Prepare and make arrangements to celebrate National Armed Forces Day like never before!!

May 1st-3rd Seattle hosts the Seattle Erotic Arts Festival.

This event includes a great selection of artists including some of our favorites such as Krysztof Nemeth of Charm School who draws the most amazing saucy pinups, Jessica McCourt, Erin Frost and Michael Manning.

The performers this year offered a lovely revolving stage of eye candy and ingenuity of motion arts. MC's for the weekend were Dan Savage, Paula the Swedish Housewife and Midori introducing stellar performances by the Aerialista's Poppy Daze, an amazing pole dance by Pantera, The Fuschia Foxxx and Waxie Moon. For more highlights and to see the festivals full roster, visit their website.

Celebrating another anniversary this last weekend is Viva Las Vegas, the premiere Rockabilly Weekender in it's 11th year! Each April this event brings out the finest Rockabilly performers and fans. On Friday night, the following act caught my eye on the music stage. They called themselves Rockinroll Stars and the line-up was Charlie Grace, Dale Hawkins who wrote Suzie Q and heavily influenced Credence Clearwater Revival, Otis Williams from the Temptations, and Harvey Fuqua of the Moonglows and a key figure in the development of the Motown Label. Last year even saw Sin in Linen's own web designer Stacie Herndon-Kimrey DJ'ing as Heelgrinder. Shown here with Sin in Linen founder Sandy Glaze.

Sandy Glaze and Stacie Herndon-Kimrey

Highlights of Viva Las Vegas are checking out the cool cats at the Car Show and the kittens on the Burlesque stage. Car clubs from mostly California come out in fine form and ladies come from all over the world to compete at the Viva Las Vegas Burlesque Contest. Congratulations to winners Carolina Moon, Dia Blow, Orchid Mei and Tara Mi Sioux!

Caroline Moon

It was 5 years ago this week that Sin in Linen was launched. In April 2004 at Barca Lounge in Seattle we threw a party to introduce our new project to friends, family and the community. Guests were treated to an enchanting evening of burlesque, pillow fights, vintage drinks and great music. There was a sense that something really exciting was emerging. The room was outfitted with a vintage 4 post bed dressed in our maiden design "Joie de Viv" which set the stage for the Sin in Linen credo Try Something New in Bed!. Viv, as we affectionately call her, was inspired by classic pin-up art of the 1940's. This glamorus allure was matched by the style of the enthusiastic ladies who performed for us that evening.

The room was graced with acts by Burlesque vixens Trixie Von Mothersbaugh, Goodie from The Atomic Bombshells, debut performance by Ivana Man and a knockout bed dance from the legendary Candy Whiplash. Seattle all-girl rock band The Hot Rollers set down their guitars and picked up down feathers with a mesmerizing pillow fight on the Sin in Linen bed. Party attendees were entranced by this vision of 5 beautiful strong rock and roll ladies dressed in flirty lingerie – giggling and prancing around on the Joie De Viv sheets.

Five years ago, we began with that first print and a dream. A dream to supply flirty soft goods designed for the home with hardcore style. Today we have over a dozen patterns to choose from and are proud to be fulfilling that dream. We look forward to delighting our customers with more products and styles that suit very individual tastes. And of course we hope to have many more years to Try Something New in Bed! Thank you for your support. ~Sandy Glaze

With all the talk about stimulus these days, we want to extend our own special package. More items are being added to our Sale Page to make room for new patterns and products this Summer so take advantage of the deals.

And because we aim to please, through April 14th 2009, take an additional 20% off site wide with coupon code PACKAGE2009.

Sin in Linen continues to grow beyond the bedroom as we introduce our first shower curtains this month! The Skullstar print has been a big hit in sheet sets and duvets so it seemed like a great print to break into the bath with. Made with the same high quality 230 thread count cotton sateen fabric as our sheets, the Skullstar shower curtain has the standard 12 reinforced eyelets for hanging. They're beautiful, soft, and low maintenance. Paired up with some Jolly Roger hand and bath towels, bathtime will always make a splash.

The roller derby revival continues to grow and is reaching more and more countries. This story in news.com.au hypes a new league starting up in Brisbane with their inaugural bout this week. And it looks like the ladies in Melbourne have a team as well [Grind Girls MySpace] Can't be long until the first international bouts take place.

A new blog covering art stuff in the northwest and beyond, with contributions from Roq la Rue, Fantagraphics and more launched this month. They post frequently so give your RSS reader a treat and subscribe to their feed. From Kirsten:

Roq la Rue and BLVD Gallery are launching a new art blog! We will be focused on the underground art scene in the Northwest but will also be touching on any pertinent national or international art news that catches our fancy. In addition to us blogging, we have arts writer Larry Reid on board. We just launched, so let us know your thoughts!

In a recent post they highlighted the Ladies Only opening at Jem Galleries [map] in Vancouver March 9th. Sin In Linen is sponsoring the show which will run throughout March.