autumn is here

How're you doing? Here in Japan, autumn season has started. Hope you're doing great out there! Pls give me your hello after reading this blog! Thanks!

my daughter's craft project

While my daughter was attending summer camp, she enjoyed various craft works. This hemp accessory was one of them. She made three bracelets and this pretty pink with Jade stone was for me!! A perfect gift from my little one!

hooray!

From this coming Saturday, we'll have five-day-holiday here in Japan! Hooray! No school and no work!

We're visiting my mom's house. My daughter will challenge fishing for the first time. Will be back next Thursday! Ciao ciao.
:D

just finished!

I just finished my new crochet project. I really like this kind of design. I'll place it in my favorite glass shelves!

new stamp set

We'd uploaded some stamp supplies at our webshop, Atelier JADE. Some lovely stmaps and cute ink pads! Pls enjoy your shopping with us!

Atelier JADE

Geneve

I've been to Switzerland several times during I was working in Romania and France. But that was only Zurich where I had busienss to do. I didn't know any Swtizerland outside of Zurich.
This summer I traveled together with my mom, my sis and my daughter for two weeks.

Hehehe, don't ask about my hubby!! If you're working for a Japanese company, you cannot take a holidays
longer than ten days!! If you do that, your desk will be gone! My hubby told me that when we got married. Ha! I'm so lucky that I've never worked for any Japanese firms before! Enough for that, eh?
The scenery around Lake Geneve is so beautiful and peaceful. We stayed at Montreux for 3 days. We wer so lucky to enjoy sunny days while in this region. After Lake Geneve, we moved to the Swiss Alpes region.

projects done this week

A birthday gift for my sister. I made a crochet motief and sew on a linen cloth.
Lovely but simple, eh?

A half dozen coasters of Swedish weaving for my own zakka boutique.

A hawaiian white bag for my customer.

A tablecloth with cotton-linen textile for my customer.

Back from holidays

Hello!
We're back from our two-week-holiday in Switerland! It was such a great time. Now back to work...

new project (crochet)

It's another wetty cloudy day here in Japan.

I'd started a new crochet project from last week. Here it is. Can you guess what's gonna be???? The answer will be shown next week (or maybe in 2 wks! Hehehe!!)

Tanabata Day!

It's July 7th and it's called Tanabata Day today. Hope we can see the clear sky this evening to enjoy the milky way up in the sky!

hydrangeas from backyard

I love hydrangea.
It's said that hydrangea is originally from Japan. We call them "ajisai" in Japanese. Lovery sounds, doesn't it?

facebook

After so many years, I finally started facebook. Ha! If you're around, look for me and say "hi". Looking forward to seeing you there!

Good morning!

Hope you have a good start of a brand new day!

xoxo
Kumi

Origami

Do you know Origami? It's a Japanese paper craft. Japanese learn how to enjoy one piece of paper in childhood time.

The first photo is made by a young Japanese girl at my shop. She's now into Origami so much and made this panda bear for my daughter. So adorable!!

The second photos is turtle family made with just one piece of origami paper.

This is made by another customer at my shop. She's a Origami professor. Amazing, isn't it?

And these cute tulips are made by my six-year-old daughter. Sweet, eh?

Hydrangea Season

June has started. It means almost half of this year has gone! Oh, no!!!!!

We are now in the middle of the rainy season here in Japan. It's called "tsuyu season". I don't like rain, but I love hydrangea which symbolize this wet season.

my favorite shoes

I bought this in Singapore in March, and now I wear it almost everyday. This is light and very active. Love it!

Happy Mother's Day!

It's Monday morning here in Japan. Hope you had a nice Mother's Day!

I got a drawing of flowers from my daughter. Can you tell what kinds of flower? They're mix of tulip and carnation. Wow, eh?
And a sweet cake for the dessert! It was such a special day for me! Yum!

Trip to ISE/SHIMA/TOBA

We had 8-day -holiday here in Japan called "Golden Week". Nice, eh? We visited Ise area.
Ise is famous for Ise Shrine, very spiritual place for the ancient Japanese. The last time I visited here is back in 1990s during my university time. Gee, time flies.

Anyway, we drove down from Kamakura to Irago Cape to take the ferry. It was the first time for our daughter to hop on a ferry and she was sooooo excited! I took ferry the last time from Spain to Morocco when I was a Senior. It took
55 min. to cross over Ise Bay. Guess what? We came across dolphin's family!! WOW!

Belated ....

New cute fabrics are here!

Hello, hello, hello!
Finally I uploades some cute fabrics like these along with some other Japanese craft books on my little webshop, Atelier JADE. Pls check 'em out if you're interested. Thanks!

Atelier JADE: http://www.h7.dion.ne.jp/~atelierj/