March 3rd is traditional in Japan to celebrate Hina-matsuri, or Girls’ Day — a day for wishing all little girls health, growth and happiness :) I saw an article on Etsy’s Handmade Blog about Hina-matsuri and thought it was great! Check out the whole article here!
(image is from Quaintrelle’s etsy shop)
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Hello, hello!! It’s me! How are you, everyone? It’s year 2010! How has your new year been so far?! I hope you are off to a great start! Mine has been pretty awesome — spending a quality time with my family and friends, traveling around and seeing lots of great places/things here in Japan, eating lots of yummy foods… I couldn’t ask for more :)
Just wanted to stop by here and say hi real quick :) I have so many pictures already, I hope to share them all here so please stay tuned…
Picture is from Japanese new year — “kadomatsu” in front of my parents’ pharmacy.
I have so many hopes and things I’d love to accomplish this year, I still need to sit down and really think about them… it’s always nice to have a goal!
Wishing you all a very happy, healthy and exciting new year 2010!!!
I went to Brooklyn Lyceum Holiday Craft Market last Sunday to support local handmade artists. (I went there last year, too.) It feels so great to be a supporter — I understand how much time, effort and love goes into one product so much and I’d love to support them as much as I can! (as I have been supported by many people… I am truly grateful. Thank you always so much!)
I saw some familiar products, new products… bought few things for my loved ones and… myself. :)
There were a lot more holiday craft shows in NYC, but I have been just way too swamped to go all of them, which I am pretty disappointed about… (booo) I hope everyone (both craft shop owners and shoppers) had a great time this holiday season wherever you are!
Shop local! Shop handmade! :)
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Unlike last year, I got to enjoy a whole day and night of Halloween this year! As you’ve seen Maia’s witch costume, it was fun to walk around with her — she was the most popular dog on the street!
Went to 7th Avenue Halloween Parade in Park Slope for a start. It was the safest and the most wholesome Halloween parade I’ve ever been to :) Filled with lots of kids and parents, it was fun.
Maia watching people go by.
I met Hine who was in town from Canada! So nice to meet you!!
Family Halloween photo (I was a hippie… Randy was ??):
and then, I went to Manhattan with my friends — it was crazy just as I imagined.
In front of Webster Hall. No way we could have gotten in… It was raining so the picture came out moody and I like it.
How was your Halloween?!
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Wishing you all a Happy Halloween!!! Maia is a cute witch this year — kept a classic Halloween costume since last year. (Yes, it is the same black vest I crocheted, I added some lace skirt!)
Be safe and have fun! See you on Monday…
I stopped by Threadless “New Art. New Ideas.” tee-shirt launch party at the New Museum last Friday — it was fun :) This is the chosen design by artist Daniel Abensour. 8-color screen print! (+plastisol ink and a chino additive for softness.)
I also got a goodie bag, too, thank you, Threadless!
After I got home, I looked around their website for inspirations… (I used to check their website for some cool tee-shirts design like all the time! I hadn’t done that for a long time…) and look what I found…
Happily Ever After Is So Once Upon A Time tee! Oh, how I love this so much :) So cute, I would wear it if the girl’s size small wasn’t all sold out…
They now offer type tees. (sorry, if this has been around for a long time, I just found out!) and of course, they are accepting submissions, if you have a good slogan, submit away! Your tee might be printed :)
Last night in NYC, it was Fashion’s Night Out. The whole city was celebrating a world of fashion! Oh, how I wish they do this every month… All the shops were open til 11pm-12am, with free drinks, lots of goodies, appetizers, and store full of fashion items to shop, of course! (and a girlfriend to shop with, too, that completes the night!) I had so much fun!
I saw lots of cool designs… both fashion and graphic… I wish I documented all… but here are a couple things…
This flyer from Topshop caught my eye — very simple and clean; white, silver and black and just types. Silver letters are foil stamped so it adds more quality and texture, looks great on white and black types.
I love how it’s played around with different fonts and font weight.
and balloon type! At Opening Ceremony.
Happy Friday, everyone! :)
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Stopped by Michael Jackson Tribute event at Prospect Park yesterday.
It was filled with love and energy!!!
R.I.P MJ.
((I was so far away from the stage and this video might not show well, but they were all going crazy up there…))
*The event was hosted by Spike Lee with DJ Spinna.
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After spending all your time with natural born Red Sox fan, you will become one yourself… like me! I have been wanted to go to Fenway park, but never had a chance to… and last week, I finally got to go there for the first time! I think it became one of my favorite ball parks, it was great fun!
When you get out of the train, you already start seeing lots of manicule — ☞ the hand arrow symbol — I saw so many of them throughout the park, it was awesome! (I do use them for my website and business cards)
The stadium. We got there a bit early unlike any other games we’ve been to.
The oldschool scoreboard in green monster. So cool.
Found number 3 from the seats.
Fenway Park sign.
Here we go, lots of manicule ☞
Cold Beer (yes, please!)
Souvenirs and Gifts this way.
Pizza that way.
Love all the food signs. They were all diferent.
Beer and Nuts that way.
Burgers and Fries this way.
I like this cut out giant manicule.
Where we were seated…
Red Sox symbol made out of dots. Just caught my eye :)
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OK… I had to post baseball food!
Yummy hot dog:
and ice cream in a red sox mini hat bowl!
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I am a member of this flickr group called Manicule, if you are interested seeing more of the fingers… it is so nice to see them all like that.
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Last Saturday, July 18th was Randy’s 33rd (and proud) birthday! We did lots of fun stuff, ate yummy food, it was awesome!!
Pictures are the Happy 33 card I printed with wood types.
*the twig picture holder is from kindling. I love it.
Happy birthday, baby! Love you!
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