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❤️❤️❤️❤️ Monica ❤️❤️❤️❤️

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Tue, 16 Dec 2014 15:14:00 -0800

Finally Monica was born on 27th of November. 10.46 am. After 52 hours of ineffective labor work. So cute, so full of light...

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Finalmente a Monica nasceu no dia 27 de novembro. Ás 10:46 da manhã. Após 52 horas de trabalho de parto. Tão linda, tão cheia de luz ...

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Ask a baby to the Gods

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Sun, 9 Nov 2014 17:40:00 -0800

Do you want to know? In Japan there is a shrine where you can ask for a baby. The shrine is called Kanayama Shrine and protects marriages, couples relationships and baby delivery. So, before I came back to Portugal to have our baby, we passed by to pray. Believe it or not I got pregnant soon after we attended the Kanamara Matsuri that its held in this shrine on the first sunday of April. If you are in Japan by this time, you should take a look to this event, it´s quite special.

You can see in this video the whole funny and exquisite environment of the matsuri. It`s very interesting, you have everything penis-related since items to wear, candies, clothing, everything!

This might seen a joke but it`s meant to be taken seriously, despite the eccentric topic of the religious festival and the funny smiles on peoples faces.

Nobody knows about the origins of this festival; it is said the place used to be full of sex workers that visited the shrine asking for sexual disease protection, today its well known to be a popular spot for gay and lesbian community.

***KANAMARA MATSURI***

The shrine it´s situated in Kawasaki City, and the festival is on the first sunday of April.

You should take the Keikyu Daishi Line and go out in Kawasaki-Daishi, then you can just follow everyone.To see the parade you should arrive around 10am. It starts at 12:00 but then you have enought time to see everything and spend some time shopping around if you wish. Have fun!

Você quer saber? No Japão há um santuário onde qualquer pessoa pode pedir um bebé aos deuses. O santuário chama-se Santuário Kanayama e protege casamentos, relacionamentos entre casais e nascimentos. Antes de voltar a Portugal para ter a nossa bebé, voltámos a visitar este santuário para agradecer a nossa dávida. Acredite ou não, eu engravidei pouco depois de ter participado no Festival de Kanamara, realizado precisamente neste santuário. Se você estiver no Japão em meados de Abril, deve visitar este festival, que é realmente algo muito especial.

Pode ver neste vídeo todo o ambiente divertido do acontecimento. É muito interessante, pode encontrar tudo relacionado com o pénis, desde roupa, doces, decorações, tudo!!
Apesar da temática excêntrica do festival religioso, dos sorrisos cómicos na cara dos visitantes, o festival deve ser levado a sério.

Ninguém sabe ao certo as origens deste festival; diz-se que em Kawasaki costumava haver uma grande comunidade de trabalhadores sexuais que visitavam o santuário para pedirem protecção contra as doenças sexuais, hoje o santuário é conhecido por ser um local popular de apoio á comunidade gay e lésbica.

***FESTIVAL DE KANAMARA***

O Santuário fica situado na cidade de Kawasaki, e normalmente é realizado no primeiro domingo de cada mês. Para lá chegar você deve apanhar a Keikyu Daishi Line e sair na estação de Kawasaki-Daishi, depois pode seguir o cortejo de pessoas. Para entrar no cortejo deverá chegar por voltar das 10 da manhã, apesar de só começar ás 12, assim terá tempo suficiente para ver todos os detalhes e fazer compras se assim o desejar. Divirta-se!

PT X JP

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Sat, 1 Nov 2014 12:41:00 -0700

I feel like writting about something that I was already thinking go: relation between portugal and Japan. When we went to Gifu I had the priviledge to one more realize that portuguese were the absolutly number one to "invade " Japan in 1564. The first exlorer, whose name Luis Frois was a portuguese religious council that traveled to Japan, where he lived several years and he was a friend of Oda Nobunaga, the famous japanese daimyo resident at Gifu Castle. There he dedicated himself to to write the "Treat of Diferences between Europe and Japan" and he gave an accurate glimpse of the speficity of japanese culture. His writtings are a reference till today.

He came to die in Nagasaki, thru his life he always tried to understand the japanese culture and describe it to the western cultures and he is a mandatory reading for all that appreciate this culture.

Billboard in Gifu City, photo by Carla Valverde

Apetece-me escrever sobre algo que já me apetecia desde a algum tempo: as relações entre Portugal e o Japão. Quando fomos a Gifu tive o privilégio de mais uma vez me espantar com o fato de os portugueses terem sido absolutamente os primeiros estrangeiros a "invadir" o Japão em 1564. O primeiro explorador, de nome Luis Frois era um jesuita português que viajou para o Japão onde permaneceu durante vários anos e tornou-se amigo de Oda Nobunaga, o célebre daimyo japonês residente no Castelo de Gifu. Aí dedicou-se a escrever o "Tratado das Diferenças entre a Europa e o Japão" e deu a conhecer ao mundo a especificidade da cultura japonesa. A sua obra foi uma grande referencia histórica n

a altura e ainda hoje o é para os historiadores japonólogos.

Veio a falecer em Nagasaki, ao longo da sua vida procurou sempre compreender a cultura japonesa e descreve-la ao ocidente e é leitura obrigatória para todos aqueles que apreciam e estudam esta cultura.

Everything New

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Sun, 26 Oct 2014 13:04:00 -0700

It was quite hard weeks these last few days.

We finally found apartament and moved, I will show it later on.

I finally moved back to Portugal to have our baby and I arrived 4 days ago. Koji will meet both of us in December, closer to the due date, 12th of December. It was a really long trip for a 31 weeks pregnant lady but anyway Portugal feels very very good. I want to write and tell so many things!

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As ultimas semanas foram difíceis.

Finalmente encontramos apartamento e mudámo-nos. Prometo mostrar mais tarde!

Finalmente viajei até Portugal para ter a nossa bebé, cheguei á quatro dias. O Koji vem ao nosso encontro em Dezembro, mais próximo da data do nascimento, 12 de Dezembro. Foi uma viagem demasiado longa para para uma senhora gravida de 31 semanas mas Portugal sabe muito muito bem. Quero escrever e falar acerca de tantas, tantas coisas!!

And the winner is...

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Mon, 13 Oct 2014 06:33:00 -0700

We received many beautiful names from all over!!

Thank you very much everyone!! We still don´t know the name we will give to our daughter, we will tell about it soon!!

LIST OF NAMES:

Isobel

Anna

Yuna

Luna Sakura / Sakura Luna

Aya

Maya

Tea

Mina

Dea

Rica /Rika

Erika

Ayana

Mariza

Lilly/ Liliana

Rosa / Rosalie / Rosita

Rio

Sydney

Adelaide

Alice

Dakota

India

Sahara

Verona

Sierra

Havana

There will be more giveaways. Keep an eye HERE!!

Origami Black Cat

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Wed, 8 Oct 2014 17:07:00 -0700

Pink Stripey Socks has a very nice tutorial about this origami that you can use to decorate kids room.

And don´t forge we keep with the **ALL AROUND THE GLOBE ORIGAMI GIVAWAY**, you just have to enter a name till next Friday - tomorrow! The winner will receive 5 SETS OF ORIGAMI PAPER!

Mobiles for Your Baby

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Tue, 7 Oct 2014 23:55:00 -0700

Everyday I need some kind of craft eyecandy, related to what is going on in my daily life. Lately I just love mobiles, they ad so much hapiness and fantasy to some enviroments, right!? Specialy in baby nuerseries they can have a very positive impact on your baby. However several specialists advert for the case the mobile causes distraction on sleeping moments.

1. By FabLab Atelier 2. By Ing-Things 3. By Chiribambola 4. By Joyeful Journey 5. By Paul et Paula

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And don´t forge we keep with the **ALL AROUND THE GLOBE ORIGAMI GIVAWAY**, you just have to enter a name till next Friday! The winner will receive 5 SETS OF ORIGAMI! Enjoy life to the most!

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ALL AROUND THE GLOBE GIVEAWAY

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Sun, 5 Oct 2014 20:46:00 -0700

We will have a little girl next December, she will be half japanese + portuguese. We have some ideas for a name for her but we want to let you participate on it thru this giveaway. We would like to raise our daughter with an international mindset so the name must match with it! I´m giving away this ORIGAMI SET (5 packs) in exchange of your best advice for a name!

RULES

1. ALL NATIONALITIES ARE WELCOMED TO JOIN;

2. YOU CAN PARTICIPATE WITH ANY TYPE OF NAME, FROM France, Brasil, Portugal, USA, Mexico, Korea, China, India etc, etc. IF THE NAME HAS MEANING PLEASE WRITE IT ALSO.

3. YOU JUST HAVE TO WRITE YOUR FAVORITE GIRL NAME IN THIS BLOGPOST;

4. BY FRIDAY NIGHT ( 10th October) ) WE WILL CHOOSE A WINNER NAME AND WILL TELL IT HERE;

5. WE WILL SEND THE ORIGAMI SET TO THE WINNER ADDRESS.

今年１２月に生まれてくるわたしたちの娘のための名前を募集します。彼女は日本人とポルトガル人のハーフです。いくつか考えている名前もありますが、できれば皆さまにも一緒に考えてもらえたらと思います。娘は国際人としての感覚を持った人間として育てたいので、それにあった名前がいいのですが。よいアイデアをくれたひとには、綺麗な折り紙のセットを差し上げます。

ルールは、国籍は問わないのでどなたでもお願いします。その名前の意味も書いてくれるとうれしいです。応募はこちらのブログポストに。金曜の夜が締め切りで、わたしたちが当選者を選んでこちらに発表します。そのあと景品を送らせていただきますね。

Vamos ter uma menina em Dezembro próximo, ela será metade japonesa + portuguesa. Temos algumas ideias para um nome para ela, mas nós gostaríamos de convidar os leitores/as a participar na nossa escolha através deste sorteio. Gostaríamos que a nossa filha cresça com uma mentalidade internacional, assim o seu nome deve corresponder a esta ideia! Estou a oferecer este conjunto de origami (5 pacotes) em troca de seu melhor conselho para um nome para a nossa filha!

REGRAS

1. TODAS AS NACIONALIDADES SÃO BEM VINDAS.

2. Você pode participar com qualquer tipo de NOME, original de França, Brasil, Portugal, EUA, México, Coreia, China, Índia, etc, etc, Se o nome tem um significado ESCREVA TAMBÉM.

3. Você deve escrever o nome neste post, respostas no Facebook ou outros websites não são validos.

4. Na próxima 6ª Feira iremos vamos escolher um nome vencedor e iremos anunciar aqui.

5. Vamos enviar o conjunto de origami para a morada do vencedor / a.

23 Tutorials on How-to Origami

the diydreamer

***Have a nice MONDAY ***

ohhhh....Vintage!

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Wed, 1 Oct 2014 07:36:00 -0700

Bug an Bear

Vintage Crib By Ivory Bird

Bedding Set by Bug and Bear Vintage

Vintage Drum by FabLab Atelier

Bug and Bear Vintage

Ideas: 1. Mes Caprices Belges 2. Esthy and Lulla 3. sorry, I don´t know the origin

You can download and glue it

Bigger here

Paper Lanterns DIY

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Mon, 29 Sep 2014 18:21:00 -0700

So beautiful and easy to do! Tutorials here and here.

**Have a great day**

Reading Corners

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Sun, 28 Sep 2014 20:10:00 -0700

If you have in mind to raise a bi-lingual or tri-lingual kid, like us, you better prepare a good amount of resorces!

1. in Mommo Design 2. in Baby-Deco 3. Mini-Style Blog

Ideas:

1. You should prepare a room full of light with shelfs that expose the books and the games, a confortable sofa or chair and several blankets and pillows or poufs where kids can seat confortably.

2. Expose posters with drawings and ABC related items. Expose your child`s art in a beautiful board on the wall.

3. You should keep it attractive, clean and pretty. Also kids love new items so keep it refreshed. Things don´t have to be brand new all the time, there are plenty of shops where you can buy used books in good shape.

4. Stablish an hour to read to your kids, for example before going to sleep.

Places where you can find good books in Tokyo:

Kinokunyia has a good selection of children books in english.

Book Off usualy you can find an english and foreigner books corner, you should look for it in your town. Also you can sell them the old books and bring new ones adapted to your childs level.

4. 6th Street Design School 7. Jurnal de Design Interior 8. Jurnal de Design Interior

Places where you can find good books in Tokyo:

Kinokunyia has a good selection of children books in english.

Book Off usually you can find an english and foreigner books corner, you should look for it in your town. Also you can sell them the old books and bring new ones adapted to your childs level.

Some Facebook groups exchange books and learning games for kids for reasonable prices, keep an eye on them for the good items!

Tokyo Garage Sale - Pick Up Only

7. in Apartment Therapy 8. in Casa da Vó Rosa 9. (sorry)

Saturday DIY

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 26 Sep 2014 19:14:00 -0700

I want to share with you a really nice activity to do with your kids!!

You have the patterns here!

Kimono Shoes Tutorial

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Wed, 24 Sep 2014 18:31:00 -0700

Want to share with the moms something so cool and nice! I`ve discoved that Home Spun Threads has free kimono shoes patterns and ballerina shoes, both of them super cute!

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Queria partilhar com as mamãs algo que encontrei! O blog Home Spun Threads (em inglês mas pode usar o tradutor) oferece moldes de sapatinhos de bébé.

Kimono Baby Shoes Tutorial and Ballerina Baby shoes Tutorial

You can see hundreds of tutorials from Home Spun Threads

Blue Jeans, I miss you

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Tue, 23 Sep 2014 21:32:00 -0700

I must confess I had blogposts prepared but today I rather write about something delicious, something that gives me some eyecandy. Sorry! I know this is not meant to be a fashion blog at all but... Since I´m pregnant do you know what I most miss?? MY BLUE JEANS!!! I can`t fit in them for a very, very long time and perhaps it will take a few months till I can put them on again after my daughter is born next December.

Yeahh. there were days like these - I could fit a 38! I could seat confortable in seiza position... and wear my blue jeans on and on! Must keep on remmembering my old ME!

Blue Jeans I miss you !!!
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Been looking all around Tokyo for nice pre-maman clothing, I prefer real shopping since I´m not quite sure about the size, but I found just some shops With Maternity Wear that I want to share with you:

H&M that has a small corner in Futako Tamagawa. Perhaps there are more. Also they have many large dresses.

United Colours of Benetton in Omote Sando, the italian brand always has a sense for baby and kids wear so as pre-maman Wear

Uniqlo I could use some items till now, 6 months, like dresses, pants, etc

Akachan Hompo, the brand sells many items for babies and you can find a good corner of maternity wear.

Muji, japanese brand that has a maternity clothing line

❤️❤ keep healthy ❤️❤ keep strong ❤️❤ keep beautiful

Very Special Marriage Rings

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Sun, 21 Sep 2014 23:47:00 -0700

If you are an artist of body and soul like my self, going the way down to Ginza to choose a marriage ring in a fancy shop is not enough, it has to be more than that. We discovered these rings surfing around the web, they have this kind of handmade look and in that day we saw them we thought "What a shame the shop is so far!". Yayoi Jewelry Shop is situated in Toyohashi, Aichi Prefecture and we would need around three hours to get there from Tokyo, And so we did it!

もしもあなたが身も心もアーチストだったら、結婚指輪を選ぶのに銀座のおしゃれなお店をクルーズするかわりに、もっといいものがある。私達がウェブでそのお店を見つけた時、ああ残念！そんなに遠くなの、って思った。そのお店は弥生貴金属という名前で、場所は愛知県の豊橋市だったの。

でも結局、行くことにしたわ！

We planed a relaxed mini vacation weekend, we took the train in Tokyo Station and traveled to Nagoya and Gifu having as a mandatory stop the village of Toyohashi. We`ve never expected to find such a lovely, handmade atmosphere, literaly a couple of hands to welcome us with all the time in this world, the president and founder of Yayoi Shop Mr, Shige helped us to choose the right size.

週末のミニバカンスを利用して、私たちは東京から名古屋と岐阜へ旅行した。

でも今回の一番の目的は豊橋に行くことだった。こんなに可愛い、手作りの、いつも私たちを暖かく迎えてくれるような雰囲気のお店があるなんてあまり期待していなかった。お店の社長さん、茂さんが指輪のサイズ選びを手伝ってくれた。

And in the end we had a wonderful surprise! If you feel a tremendous attraction by the gold making process and for the refined techniques of jewelry making you can visit inside the shop atelier. At this moment we can be sure our rings are being made specialy for us, by hands full of wisdom and practice.

最後に嬉しいサプライズも！もしあなたが指輪作りのプロセスに興味があったら店のアトリエの中を見せてもらうことができる。そしてこのとき、私たちの指輪がたしかな技術を持った熟練のアルチザンたちによって創られることを確信したのだった。

Enjoy your life greatly, nobody can do it better than you!

Yayoi shop and Factory here

Address: 〒441-8106

豊橋市弥生町字東豊和149-15

MAP

TEL: 0532-46-3723

9am~20pm

Ryokan, Special Places to Stay in Japan

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Sat, 20 Sep 2014 20:55:00 -0700

In our trip to Gifu we stayed one night in a typical ryokan. Ryokans are typical hotels were everything is japanese style and everyone can experience the japanese atmosphere of a traditional house. Some places are more conservative than others but you can experience the various elements that compose japanese life style. Rooms are in tatami and you will have a futon to sleep. This one is in Ogaki (10 minuts train from Gifu City) and we recomend it sincerely, despite the age of the building, it should have worked for many years.

岐阜に旅行したとき、昔ながらの旅館に泊まりました。こういうところでは伝統的な日本の家を体験できます。旅館でももっと保守的なところもあるようですけど、ここは気取らない感じでよかった。畳の部屋で、寝るのはもちろん布団。ここは本当におすすめですね。岐阜から電車で近い街＝大垣。建物は古いけれど、長い時間を経てきたことを感じさせてくれますね。

The look of our room when we arrived at night. The ryokan owner (You should call Ryokans owner "Nakai San") a really nice japanese lady that speaks english was already waiting for us. We could hear the water in the close streams.

夜に到着した時の部屋の様子です。旅館の女性オーナーは親切に私達を迎えてくれました。

近くを流れる水のせせらぎも聞こえましたよ。

Breakfast the next morning. The tradicional japanese breakfast composed by rice, fish, tofu and an infinity of local and seasonal speacialities. Nakai-san called us just before the misoshiru "started to get cold", in her own words. Hospitality to the most highest level.

翌朝の朝食。魚やごはん、とうふ地元の旬の食材でつくられた朝ごはんです。

私達が遅いので、仲居さんが呼びに来たとき、味噌汁がさめちゃいますよー、と言っていましたね。こういう心遣いが嬉しいですね。

Exterior look of the ryokan, japanese typical garden.

旅館の外観ー典型的な日本庭園

Address and map here. English Spoken :-)

Cuteness

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Tue, 9 Sep 2014 08:11:00 -0700

While my belly grows with our little girl inside, we struggle to arrange everything for her arrival. Toys included! As i`ve been into the handmade business for many years, I know all the good crafters around that make the most attractive and most cute soft toys in the market. In Portugal there are several outstanding items like Matilde Beldroega, from who I`ve always been a great fan ever since and also Donna Wilson (UK) exquisite plush toys are one of my favorites.

Living in a country like Japan, completely devoted to the world of cuteness made me even more found of plush toys. Meanwhile I decided to relaunch the *Chocha Dolls Collection* and I´ve added some in my shop, however they are available only from October, but you can order right now and wait for them patiently. Perhaps you saw them around, they were featured in several blogs and magazines.

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私のお腹のなかで娘が大きくなってくるにつれて、彼女が生まれる日に備えていろいろな準備を始めています。もちろんおもちゃも！
長年、ハンドメイドの仕事に夢中だったわたしは、一番魅力的で可愛いおもちゃをつくる職人さんを知っています。ポルトガルでは、昔から大ファンだった　MatildeBeldroega　とか、精巧なDonna Wilson　などなど。。
日本のような、かわいいもので溢れている国で生活していて、わたしもぬいぐるみが大好きになりました。それで再び *Chocha Dolls Collection* を始動することに。
いくつかはもうわたしのショップに加えました。でも注文に対応できるのは１０月からになりそうです・みなさん、どうか楽しみに待っていてくださいね！

matrioska chocha doll + mr. Croc + set of five matrioska chocha doll + angel chocha doll + mobile giraffe chocha doll

W o r l d o f C u t e n e s s i n J a p a n

summer is ending** autumn will arrive soon** enjoy anyway**

see you soon!!

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Furin風鈴

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 5 Sep 2014 06:11:00 -0700

For a long time I have the idea of starting my own collection of *Furin*, these windchimes from Japan with a metalic sound so pleasant to the ears. If you know where I can find the glass ready to be painted, please tell me!

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Á muito tempo que eu tenho a ideia de começar a minha própria coleção de *Furin*, estes windchimes do Japão com um som metálico tão agradável ao ouvido. Se você sabe onde eu posso encontrar o copinho de vidro pronto para ser pintado, por favor, diga-me!

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長い間、わたしは私自身の風鈴コレクションをもちたいと思っていました。

風鈴の機械的な音色は本当に耳に心地よいですね！

自分でペイントできる手作り風鈴をどこで手に入れられるかご存じの方はご連絡をお待ちします。

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Nursery for Girl and Creative Wall Racks

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Wed, 3 Sep 2014 00:48:00 -0700

For the ones who are catching up with me right now, we are a not so young mixed couple living in Japan, my husband is japanese and I´m portuguese and right now we are expecting a little hafu* girl. Going right now on the way to find an apartment that fulfils our needs, this seems a really hard job, so if you know about something, please don`t hesitate!

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para aqueles que começam a ler esta história agora, nós somos um casal que já não é assim tão jovem e vivemos no Japão, o meu marido é japonês e eu sou portuguesa e estamos á espera de uma menina hafu*. Estamos neste momento á procura de um apartamento que preencha as nossas necessidades, o que parece uma tarefa difícil de concretizar, por isso se alguém souber de alguma coisa, não hesite em contactar!

*hafu: japanese term used to designate people born from mixed parents japanese and another nationality

lately I´ve been asked a lot about the little raks I`m selling online here, that were actually wine boxes and I was thinking if I should keep them for our daughter. I see some really nice examples and I feel so inspired to make our daughter nursery.

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ultimamente tenho sido questionada acerca das prateleiras pequeninas que tenho á venda na minha loja online. Estas prateleiras eram na verdade caixas de vinho que podem ser transformadas. Tenho pensado se as deveria guardar para o quarto da nossa filha.

1. an item from Five Little Diamonds; 2. an idea in Eclectic Living Home

the type of western nurseries seem hard to do in Japan, owners are more strict and they don´t allow too much painting and sticking like western ones, so japanese houses many times are quite plain. At the same time, zakka examples of japanese kids rooms are deadly beautiful!

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os quartos de criança tal como nós, os ocidentais estamos habituados a ver parecem difíceis de realizar aqui no Japão porque os donos dos apartamenetos normalmente sao mais restritos e nao gostam que se cole e pinte as paredes, por isso muitas vezes as casas japonesas sao bastante simples. Ao mesmo tempo as revistas Zakka mostram sempre imahens lindissimas de interiores de quartos de criança!

3. an image courtesy of Babble Pregnancy

4. already a sold item from *whats new on the mantel*

Um bom fim de Verão!!

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Have a nice Summer end!

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More Ideas for Fabric Yarn

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Mon, 1 Sep 2014 03:05:00 -0700

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The new century is all about recycling and I love the idea. For years that my shop is selling this yarn that is not made from used tshirts but from leftovers from fabric factories of the north of Portugal. I saw this matherial being used and used and crossing oceans however I never got tired of it! Why? Because the colours are nice, the patterns are brilliant and it´s so soft and clean to work with it! Leaving you with a few more ideas! Check what other crafters are doing!

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1. rug from RRetroRugs*** 2. bracelet from Borgica*** 3. pouff from LoopingHome*** 4. little handbag from SewnDarnComfy*** 5. keychain from Crafts by Amanda*** 6. pillow by kitsdiezijin*** 7. rug by gloandmo*** 8. rug bySol*** small pocketbag by Peggytrue

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Wed, 27 Aug 2014 20:01:00 -0700

Living in Japan has these things... having a traditional festival right on your door!

Viver no Japão tem destas coisas... ter um festival tradicional quase á porta de casa!

You know tengu? Great part of japanese tradicional mithology!

Conhece o Karura e o Tengu? Seres fantásticos que fazem parte da mitologia tradicional japonesa!

*** Have a great summer end!! ***

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 15 Aug 2014 01:55:00 -0700

***MOVING DAY -- A Domestic Scene in Old Japan***

A nice 1880s studio shot by KIMBEI KUSAKABE. Cute little girl with a doll helping dad carry a wall scroll for the living room wall. Interesting Kimono on all.

Albumen silver-print.

日下部金兵衛 (1841 - 1934)

Yesterday I talked about Okinawa Soba fantastic galery, right?! The name just for it self it´s quite sugestive... (the soba from Okinawa it´s delicious) I know Rob`s Gallery for some years now and it always been subject of great joy on my side. Today I came back again and discovered the most amazing collection, some of them are really impressive and somehow rare, you can find a group on kimono life, another one on gaijin geisha, for the ones more interested on historical sides, and so on, it´s a world to explore! And almost all photos have a historial description, feel free!

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Ontem eu falei sobre a fantástica Galeria de fotos de Okinawa Soba, certo ?! Só o nome já é bastante sugestivo... (a soba de Okinawa é deliciosa!) Eu conheço as fotos do Rob há alguns anos e as suas fotos sempre foram um motivo de grande prazer para mim. Hoje voltei de novo e descobri coisas ainda mais incríveis, alguns álbuns são realmente impressionantes e raros, há um grupo sobre kimono, outro sobre geishas estrangeiras, enfim, é um mundo á espera de ser explorado! E quase todas as fotos têm uma descrição histórica, fique à vontade, é muito divertido!!

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Wed, 13 Aug 2014 23:40:00 -0700

Want to let you know that my shop has little kimonos for baby for sale and everything is now -30% DISCOUNT. Also want to share with you some super-cute baby photos from Okinawa Soba sugoi* photostream. Those really are interesting if you like old vintage things from Japan.

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Quero dizer-vos que a minha loja tem alguns kimonos de bebé para venda e tudo está com -30% DE DESCONTO. Também quero compartilhar com vocês algumas fotos lindíssimas de bebês em kimono de da galeria de fotos de Okinawa Soba. São realmente interessantes para quem gosta de artigos vintage vindos do Japão.

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Have a great Summer!

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Tue, 12 Aug 2014 22:21:00 -0700

Casámo-nos ontem!

Acho que ainda estamos naquele período de felicidade estapafúrdia que nos faz sentir bêbados de alegria.

O Koji tinha pesquisado no calendário japonês do Rokuyo quando seria o próximo dia 大安 – Taian, dia "alegre", ideal para celebrar datas especiais ou para iniciar atividades importantes e apontou o dia 12 de Agosto como um "dia feliz". Eu não sei qual é a origem deste calendário mas sei que tem uma grande influência na vida dos japoneses, ignoro se realmente tem alguma influencia no nosso dia-a-dia. Vocês também podem consultar aqui. Apesar de estarmos em pleno Verão, enquanto caminhávamos para o Registo Civil tivemos uma chuvinha, que segundo o costume português veio abençoar o nosso casamento!

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We got married yesterday!

I think we're still in that period of happiness that makes us feel drunk with joy.

Koji had researched on the Japanese calendar Rokuyo when would be the next day 大安 - "Taian day" or "happy day", ideal to celebrate special dates or to start important activities and pointed the 12th of August as a "happy day". I don`t know what`s the origin of this calendar but I know it has a great influence on the lives of the Japanese, ignore if you really have some influence on our day-to-day. You can also check here. And despite the fact that it´s summer, we had a few showers when we were alking to City Office, according to portuguese custom, it is called a "blessed marriage"!

Rokuyo day	Significance
先勝 – Sakigachi (also known asSenkachi or Sensho)	Good luck in the morning, bad luck in the afternoon
友引 – Tomobiki	Good luck all day, except at noon
先負 – Sakimake, (also known asSenmake or Senbu)	Bad luck in the morning, good luck in the afternoon
仏滅 – Butsumetsu	Unlucky all day, as it is the day Buddha died
大安 – Taian	'The Day Of Great Peace', the finest day for ceremonies
赤口 – Shakku, (also known asShakko or Jakko)	Bad luck all day, except at noon

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Have a great Summer in Japan!

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Recycling Kimonos and Yukata

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Thu, 7 Aug 2014 00:01:00 -0700

It came to my hand a great serie of kimono and yukata and also a good serie of interior kimono clothing that I wonder what to do with it them. There are people who loves to wear kimono, both japanese and foreigner, also there are many artists who love kimono fabrics and working directly with them. I have a nice sequence of vintage kimono and yukata for sale in my shop just in case you like asian matherial to work.

This last one is cotton and was used as interior clothing under the kimono. It´s almost transparent, very nice for a summer dress, you can`t deny the beauty of this simple vintage piece.

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The other day we visied Shimokitazawa, a city that I simply adore by the amazing quantity of free markets and vintage shops I can find all around and had the chance to take a look on new designers work on vintage kimono. A shame that we were not allowed to take so many pictures...

But on-line there are many, many good ideas that can inspire yourself!

From Alison Fomich, jewelry maker

Brauval Stock , great conjuction of colours and patterns

Both bags from Kazue West

Nice kimono re-purposed as a dress from Sew in Love

Scarf from Colors Australia

From Attic Japan

And even a limited edition from the sport brand Puma, that you can buy in designated shops.

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