5 posts tagged “kawaii”

I've gone button crazy! 

After coming across some brand new Japanese papers, I went a little crazy and made a whole bunch of new pinback buttons!  These are all 1" pinback buttons - and they are all up for sale in the Lost Mitten Etsy Shop!  Mostly all of the sets have 4 buttons to a set and are $3.00 per set.

Most of the new buttons are kawaii Japanese designs - like a little black cat who loves socks, some super cute zoo animals, smiling and winking mushrooms, and of course the Monokuro Boo black and white pigs that I love!  I also made some new buttons from recycled comics that have witty phrases on them, and some new anime / manga buttons made from recycled Japanese manga.

If you'd like to take a look, I have the buttons categorized into a few different sections in my shop:  Kawaii Cute Buttons, Chiyogami/Washi Paper Buttons (made from authentic Japanese paper!), and Video Game / Geek Buttons.  Button lovers unite!

Hi everyone!  I've made two more Nintendo DS cases - made to fit a Nintendo DS Lite video gaming portable system.  They can also fit a variety of other things since it is a zippered knit pouch - your camera, iPod, cell phone, make-up, or anything else you would like to organize or transport around with you!

The first case that I made is made from green Merino wool - the lining is super cute and has little pigs!  The fabric is straight from a fabric shop in Kyoto, Japan. 

The case is knit by hand and the fabric lining, as well as the zipper, are all sewed by hand.  On the front of the green case, there is a cute 1" pinback button attached, featuring a cat jumping into the air, like a Jack-in-the-Box (a cat in the box?)  :) 

The green knit case is available for purchase in my Etsy shop for $15.00.

The next case, also available in my Etsy shop, is made with a beautiful shade of green-gray wool, 100% Merino wool.  It has slight hints of gold and blue in the sunlight - a great natural earthy tone called "Treebark Mix" by the company.  Similar to the other cases that I create, there is a Japanese fabric used on the inside featuring swimming turtles on navy blue.  The fabric and the zipper are sewed by hand.

There is a kawaii button on the front as well, a smiling pink tofu :)  Super cute!


The green-gray knit case is available for purchase in my Etsy Shop, also for $15.

More DS Cases!  Thanks to everyone for the great response on the first two cases that I made - they both sold, so I made some more!  I made three cases:

A Blue-Green Case - with chocolate and turquoise polka dot fabric lining, and an Animal Crossing button on the front

A Chocolate Brown Case - with Kawaii pig fabric lining (fabric from Kyoto, Japan) and a super cute Relax Bear button on the front

A Striped Brown and White Case - with retro-styled autumn leaf fabric lining and a cute Orange Boy Kawaii button

A few posts ago, I posted some pictures of some super cute fabric that I purchased from an Etsy shop, all straight from a boutique in Kyoto, Japan.  Now, I will show you guys what I am making with the fabric - handbound journals!

So far, I have made a super Kawaii hedgehog journal, which is brown and white.  I also handstitched a pink felt hedgehog to the front to contrast the dark brown fabric.  On the back of the journal in the fabric, there is a tan coloured hedgehog as well.  It is a hardcover journal, recycled and reconstructed from an old hardcover book.  The journal is filled with many different colours of paper - 160 pages in total - a rainbow of paper!

I also created this Elephant Journal, created with the Japanese fabric and also has matching felt elephants handstitched to the front.

These journals, along with other ones including my Mario Journal and Nancy Drew Journals are up for sale in my Etsy Shop.

I just purchased some super cute fabric from Sakura Fabrics on Etsy!  Her fabric is straight from Japan and features super cute Kawaii images.  I purchased five different fabrics from her - elephants, pigs, hedgehogs, strawberries, and turtles - they are all equally cute and I can't wait to use them for some upcoming projects!

The fabrics were also shipped super quickly and arrived in less than a couple of weeks, which is super fast considering the package came from overseas.  Highly recommended!