Happy Friday!

Yesterday I finished folding 50 of the Origami Boxes and hand cutting 750 pieces of the heart shape Chiyogami Stickers for a custom order. I am very happy to know that people want to use my origami boxes as party favors!


The other happy news is that my Cute Japanese House Wooden Rubber Stamp is featured in Etsy's treasury page! This is the first time my goods get featured, I feel very good about it.

Have a happy Friday and happy weekend everyone!

5 Winners!

Sorry for the delay. Finally I made all the draws (whew... took a while to write down 90+ entries...), put them in a big bow and drew my 5 lucky winners!

So here are the 5 lucky winners:

1. Lizzie--- Collage/30mm
2. Sarah Hunt---Dark Polka Dots/15mm
3. PaperPumpkin---Thick Grid/15mm
4. Gina Kim---Dots/13mm
5. Liv-id---Stripes/13mm

Please send me your mailing address, if I don't hear from you for 2 weeks, I will randomly choose another winner.

Thank You all so very much for reading and entering. I wish I had lots of money for postage so I could send you each a little gift... hmmmm. sigh. For those who didn't win this time, please keep reading and checking my store, I will have more giveaway coming!

New in My Store---More Sticky Stick it Markers and Memo Pads

I've been busy adding new stuffs to my store, here are more cute sticky stick it markers and memo pads. I still have more things to add to the store, so please do come back and check again time to time!

New in My Store---A Boxful of Japanese Hand-screened Chiyogami/Yuzen Paper

A Boxful of Japanese Hand-screened Chiyogami/Yuzen Paper---there are 200 pieces assorted Japanese Chiyogami in a beautiful chiyogami box.

The box measured approximately 6.5 x 6.5 x 5.5 cm (about 2.5 x 2.5 x 2.125 inches), and the papers measured approximately 5.8 x5.8 cm (about 2.25 x 2.25 inches).

These beautiful papers are perfect for wedding and party invitations, place cards and thank you cards, scrapbooking, jewelry making, greeting cards, or, use them as little notes, and for any other craft projects. I'm sure you'll think of many more uses! It also makes a perfect gift!

These are Hand Screened Printed in Japan. I have only the blue one and the red one left. Leave me a message to let me know which one you preferred when you place the order. Thanks.

New In My Store---Sticky Stick It Note Pad

{Sunday Cooking}

{Bear}

{Good Fortune Boy}

{Good Fortune Girl with Cat}

{Boy & Bear}

These super cute Sticky Stick It Note Pads are finally added to my store. I have been a big fan of Propeller Studio, they have the cutest designs ever! These little characters and their innocent English make me smile!

If you want to add some to your collections, you can click on my Etsy store on the right hand side, or you can click here.

Alice in the wonderland

{Alice's Tag Set C}

{Alice's Tag Set B}

{Alice's Tag Set A}

How amazing are these? Letter pressed and die-cut Ornaments/Tags inspired by Alice in the wonderland. Ready to hang on a tree or use as gift tags, as well as bookmarks. Printed on super thick coaster stock. These are designed by katazome artist (型染め作家) Mihoko Seki (関美穂子).

Katazome (型染め) is a Japanese method of dyeing fabrics using a resist paste applied through a stencil. With this kind of resist dyeing, a rice flour mixture is applied using a brush or a palette knife. Pigment is added by hand-painting, immersion or both. Where the paste mixture covers and permeates the cloth, dye applied later will not penetrate. As with many everyday crafts of Japan it developed into a respected art form of its own. Nowadays the stencils are sometimes sold as artworks, attached to hand fans, or used to decorate screens and doors in Japanese rooms.

If you like Japanese Masking Tapes, the chance is that you probably already familiar with her works.

{ Masking Tapes Designed by Mihoko Seki}

{ Stickers Designed by Mihoko Seki}

If you are interested, please click links above.

Recipe Tea Towels (レシピ ティータオル)

These limited edition, fluorescent screen-printed Recipe Tea Towels from Mozi are so cute and also proficient at drying dishes. On top of that, they provide some handy literature to inspire yummy culinary creations. Oh, and it's 100% linen! I love anything made of linen!

Vintage Sanrio Postcards (ビンテージ サンリオ ポストカード)

I collect postcards. All kinds. I was trying to re-arrange my postcards yesterday and I found some duplicated sets. I am not sure whether should I call these vintage, but I bought these about 25 years ago, it's nostalgic at least. Can't find these anymore, I think. If you are interested, you can check here.

Chiyogami Stickers in Origami Box (折り紙ボックス)

I was looking at the Chiyogami stickers I made the other day, just by looking at these beautiful papers sooth me. Then suddenly I had an idea: what don't I make some Origami boxes so I can put the stickers in? So I did and here they are! I like them, these made me happy, again.

I also put some in my Etsy shop. If you are interested, please click here.

Chiyogami Stickers (千代紙シール)

In the package I received couple days ago, I got this---Assorted Chiyogami Set! Even though I already have a lot of Chiyogami in my studio, I still love them, never get enough of them. Since I had some time yesterday, I decided to turn these beautiful papers into something. I've seen many talented people turned these end papers into beautiful Chiyogami pendants, magnets and coasters...etc. I don't know how to make those things, and these papers were not big enough to make tags, so I thought I would make them into some beautiful and useful stickers!





Little tips on how to recognize the real Chiyogami:
(source from The Japanese Paper Place)

1. Intense color and resistance to fading. The pigment-based inks used in authentic Chiyogami create a distinctively intense color that stands up well to fading and use.

2. Color layers. You can often see or feel the different layers of color applied on the base sheet.

3. Paste residue. On the back of each sheet of genuine Chiyogami you will often find a harmless paste residue. This comes from the papers being temporarily pasted to boards as they travel from one color station to the next.

{Right: Offset reproduction; Left: Hand-silkscreened.
image via The Japanese Paper Place}

Now on the market you can see digital-print-out Chiyogami, Offset -pint-out Chiyogami, Hand-screened and Woodblock Chiyogami, and the price varies.