HELLO, hello, HELLO! How're you doing? I've been tied up wiht my own shop. We've started to have our own workshop to enjoy handmade/tezukuri projects for beginners. We'll have classes for cross-stitch, Huck's weaving, zakka making and etc. It should be fun, eh?
My little zakka/handmade boutique is now having the third month now. Gee, it keeps me so busy!!
Sorry for the long silence. Yes, my own little shop opened on April 2, 2007. Here's some shot I took a couple days ago. The dark brown drawers are from Edo era (about 200 yrs ago) and I store linen and cotton fabrics in it. When an elder customer comes to my store and see the drawer, her face instantly glints. Those generation used to have these at home and they haven't seen them for the past 60 - 70 yrs as most family thrown away. For my generation, it's something "new" and looks "cool". I also have broken old SINGER sewing machine with the beautiful iron legs as a display. It's from 1930s. I enjoy mixing old and new.
Hi there! Yes, I'm still working on my zakka boutique. I now finished painting the plain aluminum door and the window with this color. What do you think? So I finished the wall, floor, ceiling, door and window. Now what? I need to make a sign, shelves and what else? Thanks God that I have IKEA not too far from home!! I'll find some shelves and furniture to go with it, I hope!
Here's a shot to show you what I've been doing for the past weeks. First of all, you tear off all the old wallpaper. This takes such a long time!! Some parts don't come out easily and you need to spray over to make it easier. I cannot attend every single day to do those DIY works as I'm already busy with my online shops and sewing works, so things are so slow. 
What I found out is plastered wall looks much more bright even without any lights coming in. I didn't choose brightest color, though. And it looks so "chic". I just love the texture!! Here in Japan, you can buy the real plaster in a can. It's already mixed up with water, so all you have to do is just apply on the wall right after you open the can! I hear to mix up the plaster and water by yourself is not so difficult but you need to have a great muscle to do it!! heheheh:D
Gee, time flies!! I've been busy like a bee again. I say this every time I write my weblog, don't I? Hehehe. 
During the three-day-holiday in Feb. here in Japan, I'm joining a big craft fair held in Yokohama. I was invited by the same crafter who is handling the biggest fair I joined last summer. What a pleasant invitation. This time it's gonna be a mixture of cafe people and handmade crafters! Doesn't it sound so yummy? Cannot wait to be there!! For this event, I'm now busy preparing goodies. Here's one shot. It's a pot holder using two kinds of polka dots cotton!
How I miss the weather in Siganpore!! It's cold here in Japan. We don't have snow yet in Tokyo Metropolitan area, but still it's cold!! We visited Singapore for our winter holidays. That was my 20th time or more. It's one of our favorite place for holidays with so many yummy foods and fruits!! Jade was so happy to jump into swimming pool whenever she had a chance! Oh, I hate winter!!! (but I was born in the middle of Feb, btw!!)
A new year has started and how're you doing?
I know I haven't written up for the past months. So sorry... I'm such a bad writer, eh? Life is busy with this and that.
Hello, hello, hello! Phew, what a long time I'd been away from updating my own weblog. Gee, I feel bad. I was so busy visiting the clinic after Jade's surgeries on her ears, working on some works and so on. Now she got so much better and we don't need to see the doc for a while! It was so frustrating to go to see the doc as we had to waste a half day each time for waiting at the lobby. I haven't done much handmade projects other than emproidery and cross stitching for up-coming holiday seasons. Hope you guys are doing great! Missed you!
Sorry for the silence. I've been so busy with my shops and preparation to be hospitalised with Jade once again. She had some operations on her both ears in Jan., but will have another one very soon. There're so much to do before that as a mom. I'll get back to you mix next week!
The other day, I was tagged by Sara, http://thewinemakerswife.blogs.com/ . It's my second time to do this, but here we go!!
Rain, rain, rain .... We're having rainy days here in Kamakura, Japan. And it's so chilly! Oh, it's so sad that summer has gone!
Ingredients? Whole grain, butter, milk, brown sugar, yeast and a bit of salt. And you can add anything like chocolate chips, walnuts, raisons and so on. Today, I baked roll with fresh grinded parmesan cheese. Umm, yum!
I've been making lots of stuffs these days. This pure linen book cover is my favorite for the week. I used the fine Lithuanian linen with red DMC floss for monogramming. I like it a lot because it's so simple. It took me some hours to do the cross stitching an "M". 
We have decided to travel to Singapore from Jan. 2, 2007 for a week. As my sister used to live and work there for some years, we've been there more than 20 times now. We just love the small beautiful island. And this will be Jade's first time to step on any other Asian countries besides her own country, Japan. So far, she's visited San Francisco when she turned to be 2 yrs old in 2005. We have so much plans to enjoy! Cannot wait to meet some of my friends I met online during our trip :D
Hi friends! How have you been? Sorry for my long silence. Ever since I came back from summer holidays, my shops keep me so busy. But I sneaked out to have some refreshments for myself at AVEDA salon near our house. I had a hair cut, applied "digital permanent" and aroma treatment. Oh, I feel so freshed now!
Since I have more free tim now, I decided that my daughter and I take hula classes once a week. A new class for mom and the little one just started here in Kamakura, so we jumped in last Friday to try out. Jade is just 3 yrs old, but she does a lot of activity at her preschool where she spends 8 hours every day. Her teachers say she likes to dance a lot, so I thought she'd enjoy it. And she did enjoy the entier one hour in our first class.
So mommy was very busy making our new "pau" skirts to wear when we go to hula classes. For an adult, you need 4 yards, and 2 yards for kids. That's a lot of sewing, eh?
I had my first exhibition at a zakka shop in a local area on the last Saturday. There were 5 artists/creaters including myself from Shonan area. I brought my Hawaiian bags just like the first craft fair. It was a very hot day and we had less customers during the daytime. I guess nobody wanted to take a risk to dry up in the heat! But we had a lot of customers in the evening just before the fireworks started. I was there from 11 AM to 9:30 PM. What a long day it was! I got a cold and now I'm sick in bed right now. Gee, I'll be better soon! I just wanted to tell my friends that it was over. The result? I didn't make much money, but it was so great that I met new creaters in the local area. They say they'll invite me again quite soon for another exhibition. I'll think about how to improve to earn more $$$! :D
On July 31, I said goodbye to my work, a German firm where I had workd for 7 yrs! Yes, now I don't belong to any company and I'm free! Hooray, I feel so relieved and free. I had a great last day at work. Had fancy Italian lunch with some co-workers, my boss bought some yummy cakes and pies for all of us in the afternoon, got some farewell gifts from good frineds, and my sister treated me a great Chinese farewell dinner in central Tokyo, called Turandot. Here's a photo of pretty yellow flowers my husband gave on that day. Happy! :D
And now I'm so busy like a bee again as I have an event coming up on the weekends. I was invited by a big zakka shop in Chigasaki to have a kind of exhibition of my works
on Saturday. I'll show ll kinds of my Hawaiian bags there and sell them at the same time. I'll have to stay there from 11 AM to 9 PM!! So it's gonna be a long day for me. It's my first time to have this kind of event, but the owner told me to bring 20 kinds of bags. So I'm working so hard to make a lot of bags using Hawaiian fabrics. Phew!
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