From Japan With Love offers kawaii cute Japanese craft making supplies (stickers, tape, Japanese fabric, Japanese paper, rubber stamps, clay, mold, cabochon and gift bags).
Sunday, February 28, 2010
Beautiful Japanese Chiyogami Paper Flowers by FromJapanWithLove
Beautiful Japanese Chiyogami Paper - Flowers - Cherry Blossoms Half Sheet (P3)
via etsy.com
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=22409165
This is hand-silkscreened chiyogami paper. This paper is beautiful-there are flowers and there are circles with a design that reminds me of tree branches. Some of those are in gold and ....what can I say-I love this paper!
This measures approx 95 x 32 cm or 37.4 x 12.6 inches. It comes folded in a bag (I bought it this way) and I will package it very carefully so it doesn't get damaged.
Chiyogami has a long past but today the decorative patterns are silkscreened onto machinemade sheets of paper that is a mix of kozo ( a deciduous tree indigenous to Shikoku and Kyushu Islands in Japan) and sulphite (sulphite is used to keep the price reasonable). To create 1 piece of gorgeous chiyogami, a sheet of paper is silkscreened by hand with each individual color. Between applications of color, the sheets are dried on racks. You can imagine how time consuming and difficult it must be to line up each color in relation to the pattern!
This paper is perfect for scrapbooking, card making, origami, collage or any project you can think of!
Saturday, February 27, 2010
Kawaii Cute Japanese Glitter Mousse Paper Clay Sweets Accessory Making Kit
http://www.etsy.com/shop/FromJapanWithLove?section_id=5152584
This is a really cute clay sweets ring and necklace making kit. A clay is light weight and called "fuwa fuwa mousse". "Fuwa fuwa" means soft like a cloud. There are also "kira kira stone" - glitter stones to decorate your handmade clay sweets accessories.
There are...
cake mold tray
ice cream tray
glitter stones to decorate
3 rings
2 necklace chains
1 top parts
White, yellow, pink and blue clay
How to make...
***********cake and ice cream molds
1-You coat the molds with vegetable oil using cloth (recomended by the company).
2-Fill the molds with the clay. Press the clay firmly. Using a rolling pin, flatten the clay. Then, please remove any excess clay with a knife.
3-Pop out of the tray using both hands by pushing little by little (please look at the pictures on the instuction page which is included). If you push to much you will change the shape. After please put somewhere safe to dry.
***********There is a instruction included to follow easily.
(Even though it is written in Japanese, it has pictures to follow.)
Please note it takes about 2 days to dry.
http://www.etsy.com/shop/FromJapanWithLove?section_id=5152584
Friday, February 26, 2010
Super Cute Kawaii!!
Or just do like the bunnies in these stickers and get stuck in with the biggest knife and fork you can find. Tossing bunnies in your frying pan is optional. Available from FromJapanWithLove.
so cute!!
Love in Her Eyes — Adventures in Bentomaking: Bento Lunches by Pikko
To make the eyes, I started off by folding a piece of nori twice so that I had 2 creases, then I cut out a tiny half heart to make the center. After that, I cut a big circle around it, then unfolded it so that I had the two circles with the hearts in the middle. I cut a smaller circle out of that then placed the eyes on white cheese and cut around them with a toothpick.
The punch I used for the mouth, nose, and lashes can be found on From Japan with Love or if you live on Oahu, these are available at Marukai. The mouth is actually two of the little lashes laid on top of each other to make the curve longer. I hand cut the ears.
The main dish is more steak from yesterday and on the side I have tomatoes, orange slices, asparagus, edamame, and heart tamagoyaki. To do the tamagoyaki I made a small roll with one egg, pressed it into a round rectangle shape, then cut it into fourths. Then I sliced off one corner and put them together to make the heart.
While the hearts in the eyes is something that I saw somewhere, the idea is actually inspired by something Baby Girl did last night.
via aibento.net
So cute!! I want to make it for my lunch!!
Sakura Hello Kitty Bento (460) — Adventures in Bentomaking: Bento Lunches by Pikko
I couldn’t decide on which angle I liked the best, so here’s another one from the side. To cut the flowers, I sliced raw carrots and a raw Okinawan sweet potato with my mandoline, then boiled the slices for a couple of minutes. I used a sakura cutter from this set that can be bought on From Japan with Love. I used a nori punch for the eyes and a squeezed straw to cut out her nose from a piece of takuan.
via aibento.net
SO cute!!! Too Cute To Eat may be....
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Cute Nori Punch - Perfect For Bento Lunches - Apple
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=33171111
These are very cute nori punch! They are perfect for making kawaii cute bento lunches - imagine "nori" sea weed in these shapes! This pack has 1 apple shape.
1cm wide (apple).
Please wash by hand.
Vintage Japanese Kashigata Sweets Mold - Peach (P)
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=33119815
This is a vintage mold called "kashigata".
Often made of sakura (cherry wood) and seasoned for about 3 years before carving, kashigata were used to make dried confectionery made of rice flour and sugar called rakugan. Earliest records show that this practice dates back to the mid-17th century. These confections were used as offerings and snacks for celebratory occasions and even unfortunate events. For example when a person died, it was expensive to give flowers or fresh food so, people made these sweets in the form of flowers, fish etc. These items were then placed on the "butsudan" (family shrine found in the house) for the dead person.
Kashigata were also used in the making of wagashi (nama-gashi or freshly made cake and hi-gashi or dried confectionery) for tea ceremonies.
Common kashigata motifs in the Edo era - chrysanthemums, plum blossoms
Meiji Era - spread of western technology - balloons, planes
World War II - national pride heightened - cherry blossoms, battleships - used as gifts for departing troops, ceremonies and commemorative occasions
With the advent of refrigeration, fresh fish replaced rakugan motifs like the sea bream. Sadly today, making offerings for fortunate and unfortunate events is no longer a common practice. This in turn has lessened rakugan demand although they are still found in tea ceremonies and homes. The decrease in kashigata artisans today has made kashigata carving a dying craft making kashigata itself a sought-after collectible.
*You can use this mold as food mold to cook. Please clean thoroughly before using. This is vintage goods and there are some damaged parts because it is old.
It measures 15 cm long x 10 cm wide x 4.5 cm tall. Inside it measures 8 cm long x 7 cm wide.
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Supplies- FromJapanWithLove.etsy.com
Deco Sweet Supplies- DecoSweets.etsy.com
Handmade- SouZouCreations.etsy.com
Vintage- VintageFromJapan.etsy.com
Fabric- FabricFromJapan.etsy.com
We will combine shipping if you buy from any of our stores.
Kawaii Cute Japanese Ring Strawberry Jam On by SouZouCreations
Kawaii Cute Japanese Ring - Strawberry Jam On Toast
via etsy.com
This is soooo cute! There is a piece of toast with strawberry jam on it. The toast is sitting on a plate with a strawberry design.
It is on a silver tone adjustable band that will fit most ring sizes. It measures about 2.8 cm wide.
Cute Japanese Cabochons 200 BIG Set Mix by FromJapanWithLove
Cute Japanese Cabochons 200 BIG Set Mix SPECIAL PACK B
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These are soooo cute embellishments! We put up some pics on our flickr page of another set and had so many comments and flickr mail about the set that we decided to sell this one as is rather than break it up.
There are cute sweets cabochons like hearts, bows, animals, fruit etc. So kawaii!!
The smallest is .5 cm wide and the biggest is about 3.5 cm wide
These are good for making handmade jewelry, accessory, strap, key holder and etc.
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Bento Box Cookie Cutter Egg Shaper Onigiri Mold
The Kawaii Kitchen offers cute kitchen / cooking tools like bento box, bento accessories, egg shaper, sushi mold, onigiri mold, cookie cutters and nori punches.
vintage dishes, rubber stamps, vintage stencils, kokeshi dolls, sweets cake molds, handmade bags
Vintage From Japan offers you fabulous Japanese vintage items like vintage dishes, rubber stamps, vintage stencils, kokeshi dolls, sweets cake molds, handmade bags etc.
Kawaii Handmade Ring, Earrings, Pendant, Button, Magnet
SouZou Creations offers kawaii handmade sweets Jewelry & Accessory like rings (floating rings), earrings, Pins / tie-tac, magnets and buttons. SouZou means Creation Through Imagination.
http://www.etsy.com/shop/souzoucreations
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YEAH!! We are on "The Storque" of etsy. Etsy Finds: Dancin' in the Streets
"Ring Pancakes With Syrup By SouZouCreations"
http://www.etsy.com/storque/spotlight/etsy-finds-dancin-in-the-streets-7073/
Our "floating" rings were featured on:
*** Perez Hilton's blog "cocoperez" http://cocoperez.com/2009-11-23-get-attention-with-floating-rings
**** trendhunter http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/floating-rings
**** The Frisky http://www.thefrisky.com/post/246-screw-bling-we-love-floating-rings/
**** The Beading Gem's Journal http://www.beadinggem.com/2009/11/playful-rings-celebrating-food-and.html
Japanese Fabric, Stickers, Paper, Clay, Rubber Stamp
From Japan With Love offers kawaii cute Japanese craft making supplies (stickers, tape, Japanese fabric, Japanese paper, rubber stamps, clay, mold, cabochon and gift bags).
http://www.etsy.com/shop/FromJapanWithLove
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We have added a sale section. Everything in that section is 50% off the listed price. We will refund the difference after payment. The 50% sale is for the item price only.
http://www.etsy.com/shop/FromJapanWithLove?section_id=6797653
Mameshiba Plush On A Chain - Thunder Oni And Tiger
This is a very cute plush on a chain! It is part of a series called "Mameshiba". This one is called "mameshiba" (Bean Dog). This series is called mameshiba becoming oni (thunder monstar on fairy tales..popular in Japan) and mameshiba eaten by happy new year tiger...This year is year of tiger...very rare goods that you can't find in shopping mall. You can hung it anywhere by a chain.
Monday, February 22, 2010
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Bento Lunch Making Gadgets - Egg Shaper, Food Cup, Sushi Mold, Cookie Cutter etc
Bento Lunch Making Gadgets - Egg Shaper, Food Cup, Sushi Mold, Cookie Cutter etc
The Kawaii Kitchen offers cute kitchen / cooking tools like bento box, bento accessories, egg shaper, sushi mold, onigiri mold, cookie cutters and nori punches.
http://www.etsy.com/shop/TheKawaiiKitchen
Please check my other stores:
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www.from-japan-with-love.com for bento boxes, plushes and more
Vintage Japanese Typewriter Key Stamp Showa Period
We were lucky to come across a case of these "katsuji" (Japanese typewriter "keys"). There are over 2300 of these. They are vintage but have never been used. These would have been the extras in case the ones in the machine broke. Please look at the last picture to see what an old Japanese typewriter looked like. There were at least 2000 keys so needless to say, this was only used in businesses.
They are from the "昭和" "showa period" . The "showa" period is from 1926-1989 but these are at least 30 years old as Japanese stopped using them once the word processor was invented.
This would be perfect for using as a stamp with ink or for stamping clay etc.
It measures 2.3 cm long (long enough to be able to get a nice grip) and 5mm wide. The Chinese character itself is about 5mm wide....so please note how tiny it is. It is made of metal.
http://www.etsy.com/shop/vintagefromjapan?section_id=6452953
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Our Etsy Stores:
Supplies- FromJapanWithLove.etsy.com
Deco Sweet Supplies- DecoSweets.etsy.com
Handmade- SouZouCreations.etsy.com
Vintage- VintageFromJapan.etsy.com
We will combine shipping if you buy from any of our stores.
Featured items from SouZouCreations on Etsy - Kawaii Rings, Earrings Pendants etc
Featured items from SouZouCreations on Etsy - Kawaii Rings, Earrings Pendants etc
It is on a silver tone adjustable band that will fit most ring sizes. It measures about 2.5 cm wide (1 inch) and 2 cm high (.8 inches).
I hand painted the wood square with a hand mixed pearlized silver acrylic paint. I then lacquered the wood with a protective coating. Though it is lacquered, please do not get it wet.
http://www.etsy.com/shop/SouZouCreations
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Our Etsy Stores:
Supplies- FromJapanWithLove.etsy.com
Deco Sweet Supplies- DecoSweets.etsy.com
Handmade- SouZouCreations.etsy.com
Vintage- VintageFromJapan.etsy.com
Fabric- FabricFromJapan.etsy.com
We will combine shipping if you buy from any of our stores.
Saturday, February 20, 2010
Onsen Manju Kun Cell Phone Strap Orange Dumpling And Float
This is a cute Japanese cell phone strap. The character is called Onsen manju kun - dumpling baby in hot spring. This one is called orange dumpling on float. You can hung up anywhere!!
5cm x 5cm x 3cm
http://www.from-japan-with-love.com/onsen-manju-kun-cell-phone-strap-orange-dumpling-and-float.html
Cute Silcone Bento Cups - Perfect For Bento Lunches - Bears
These are very cute bento cups! These are reusable environmentally friendly silicone cups. They are perfect for side dishes in bento box. They are also perfect as molds for cute food, jellies etc.
There are 4 in the pack. Please note the temperatures. They can go from -30~230 degrees Celsius. From the freezer to the oven! *Avoid using them with oily food and fat content in oven because it is going to be hotter than 230 degrees Celsius.
They measure 4 x 3 x 2 cm.
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=40346913
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Our Etsy stores:
FromJapanWithLove.etsy.comfor fabulous supplies
SouZouCreations.etsy.comfor fabulous handmade items
DecoSweets.etsy.comfor Japanese sweet decorations, clays, molds, kits and books
VintageFromJapan.etsy.comfor fabulous vintage items
FabricFromJapan.etsy.comfor great Japanese fabric
We will combine shipping if you buy from any of our shops.
Vintage Japanese Kashigata Sweets Mold - Plum Blossoms
This is a vintage mold called "kashigata".
Often made of sakura (cherry wood) and seasoned for about 3 years before carving, kashigata were used to make dried confectionery made of rice flour and sugar called rakugan. Earliest records show that this practice dates back to the mid-17th century. These confections were used as offerings and snacks for celebratory occasions and even unfortunate events. For example when a person died, it was expensive to give flowers or fresh food so, people made these sweets in the form of flowers, fish etc. These items were then placed on the "butsudan" (family shrine found in the house) for the dead person.
Kashigata were also used in the making of wagashi (nama-gashi or freshly made cake and hi-gashi or dried confectionery) for tea ceremonies.
Common kashigata motifs in the Edo era - chrysanthemums, plum blossoms
Meiji Era - spread of western technology - balloons, planes
World War II - national pride heightened - cherry blossoms, battleships - used as gifts for departing troops, ceremonies and commemorative occasions
With the advent of refrigeration, fresh fish replaced rakugan motifs like the sea bream. Sadly today, making offerings for fortunate and unfortunate events is no longer a common practice. This in turn has lessened rakugan demand although they are still found in tea ceremonies and homes. The decrease in kashigata artisans today has made kashigata carving a dying craft making kashigata itself a sought-after collectible.
*You can use this mold as food mold to cook. Please clean thoroughly before using.
It measures 19.3 cm long x 10.8 cm wide x 4.5 cm tall. Inside it measures 9.5 cm long x 5.6 cm wide.
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=41032385
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Our Etsy Stores:
Supplies- FromJapanWithLove.etsy.com
Deco Sweet Supplies- DecoSweets.etsy.com
Handmade- SouZouCreations.etsy.com
Vintage- VintageFromJapan.etsy.com
Fabric- FabricFromJapan.etsy.com
We will combine shipping if you buy from any of our stores.
Kawaii Cute Japanese Pendant - Nachos
This is soooo cute! There is a yummy pile of nachos with sour cream and there is a hot pepper on the side!
It measures about 4.3 cm wide.
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=41113807
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Our Etsy Stores:
Supplies- FromJapanWithLove.etsy.com
Handmade- SouZouCreations.etsy.com
Vintage- VintageFromJapan.etsy.com
We will combine shipping if you buy from any of our stores.
Friday, February 19, 2010
New!! Bento Box & Kitchen Gadgets in Japan
New!! Bento Box & Kitchen Gadgets in Japan
Here you will find bento goods, bento lunch box, kitchen tools, food etc.
http://www.from-japan-with-love.com/kitchen-items.html
Hannari Tofu Plush On A Chain SEGA version
This is soooo cute hannari tofu plush! This one is called yaki tofu / plum blossom hannari tofu. She has plum blossom / flower on her head. So Kawaii!! You can hung it anywhere with a chain. This one is made by SEGA and not available in shopping mall.
She measures 9.5cm x 9.5cm x 7cm.
Please click on the picture to buy them!!
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