Showing posts with label japanese. Show all posts
Showing posts with label japanese. Show all posts

Monday, October 1, 2007

Amigurumi

Cute Japanese crafts!


The above are eggs in a cart and the shells open up.

I stumbled onto a book about cute Japanese crocheting patterns and realize what a niche it is. People are obsessed, as one book describes "so cute you could cry..."
Amazon reviewers best love The Cute Book by Aranzi Aronzo which includes how-to patterns.



After looking at the pictures in the book, I had to feast my eyes on some tangible items for sale and the natural place to then look for the real objects was Etsy ...and look what was peeping out of the pumpkin patch:

Pumpkin Moon Bun
(artist from VA)
Happy Eggs (artist from NYC)

Hey, then I noticed that the two ones I picked out were from our places of residence... coincidence? I think NOT!

Saturday, February 24, 2007

The Small Things Matter



Jason took me to this new sushi restaurant downtown last weekend and at the end of our meal, the waiter placed down for us these lovely chocolates (specially made for the restaurant). We sat at the sushi bar which is made of this beautiful wood. Jen, can you tell me what these characters mean?