the title says it all. in honor of kazuo ohno , one of the founders of japanese butoh, who passed away this year at the age of 103, the k...

these are some felt ball ornaments that i made a few years ago. they were very easy to make, and turned out pretty much exactly the way i im...

here are a few of my handmade felt ornaments from years back, stockings... and candy canes! the candy canes are an especially easy project f...

every year in december, i love seeing the stamps (rubber stamps for stamping, of course the postage stamps are cute too!) at the post office...

last month I made a trip to ikea to get all the cookware and other things to make thanksgiving dinner. it's the first year I've seen...

how is it already december? anyway, here we go! this is the train i took after work today. i haven't tried to blog daily for quite a whi...

kyoto is the fall is one of the top destinations in all of japan. this is because of the brilliant fall foliage of the momiji , or japanese ...

although I am in japan, somehow I managed to have 2 thanksgivings, which was great. full of new experiences, like cooking duck, and trying f...

last month i brought some of my friend's sourdough starter back to japan, and since then, i've been obsessed with baking sourdough ...

i am super excited to let you know about these cross stitch zakka kits from clover that are in the shop ! they are beautiful kits with high ...

here's some new apple fabrics that I've had my eye on for a while, and are finally in the shop! I love the cute print of apples and ...

here's just a glimpse of the fabulous new designs added to muji's lego and paper sets this year. this is the ocean set, the circus s...

here are a few of my favorites from the setouchi art festival. the first 2 are from the island of ogijima. this one is about water, and one ...

here are just a few of the installations from the setouchi art festival. i liked these fish scuptures--they move!

this wonderful new book is full of teeny tiny needle felted adorableness. not only are the projects super cute, they are also unique--for e...