notcot is one visually interesting blog!

have you wondered what happened to the kusudama i was working on? it was very pretty when i started.
this is not a very good photo,since the kusudama was roughly handled by a two and three year old. LOL.
this is what it looked like before (not so good) it met its untimely demise.:

my kiddies found it and mashed it. it is now dead.

now, the good stuff:

papercraft links!
http://www.keicraft.com/
http://www.e-maruman.co.jp/product/gazai/canson/paper_dl/index.html

other crafty links!
metremade
feathered fibers
stamp carving tutorial! by atlas quest
pink penguin
baby sewing patterns!
http://handmadenokokoro.web.fc2.com/katagami_index.html
pip stitch

hello it's now June!



the last few weeks of may just whizzed on by. graduations. parties.

and after all that, spent some time in the hospital with my lil' pumpkinhead. she got

sick with pneumonia again. just got back about a day or so ago and boy, am i pooped!

well, enough about me...i have links.
http://www.sanrio.co.jp/characters/playland.html has shinkansen papercrafts,minna no tabo stationery, coloring pages, and calendars!

san-x has reorganized their charapri section!

blog-tastic! I ♥ craftster.org and craftzine! this entry is chock-full of crafty stuffage. enjoy!

origami gift box tutorial at u-handbag!

asking for trouble has cute japanese inspired crafts and also a Tokyo Shopping Guide for all your crafty needs!

good-ness - crafter in japan!

crafty carnival has the cutest little projects, like her "silly girl" and the folk art teddy bear!

Starghan! from the yarn-diva!

portabello pixie has a really cute blog and pattern for ruffled pillows!

cyntergomes' crafty galore lj blog has been on my radar for a long time! her blog inspired me to take up knitting! I want to knit these legwarmers from there!


Pear!, too cute to eat, but not too cute to crochet from amigurumi girl.

beading tutorials by susan beal!
beading simple! and west coast crafty!

another obsession of mine as of late is papercraft!
papergarden boutique's blog!

i received a catalog from papersource and i think i'm going to visit their store in downtown SF sometimes soon!

has anyone tried smilebox? online scrapbooking site. looks interesting.

julianna smith, illustrator and designer has free recipe cards to print out in her online store. her prints are adorable and fun!

free patterns and projects!

wiley crafter, a section of free patterns and projects from Wiley Publishers, the guys who did the For Dummies series, etc.

knit.1 mag has free patterns!

diana's cross-stitch patterns. i like the bee pattern.
garnstudios/drops! check out their knitting patterns!

The OMG pattern of the week!

Ack! It's a RAT...oh, it's Remy from Pixar's Ratatouille! Soulcrochet @ craftster crocheted an incredible of that cute little rodent chef! Check it out it's awesome! Soulcrochet's Remy!

After watching Shimotsuma Monogatari a.k.a. Kamikaze Girls, for the millionth time, it made me want to learn ribbon embroidery:
http://ribbonsmyth.com
jane austen center - ribbon embroidery
cute printable stationery:
graphicgarden
alenka's printables

craft projects:
larkbooks' craft projects

beading:
jennifer jangles

la patissserie de hime-chan
hime-chan@lj

plum pudding
lucy kate crafts

kusudama update!

i finished the kusudama ball, but i ran out of my loctite gel glue. elmer's glue does not cut it here! i need better glue.

more kusudama blossoms!

origami link!
orihouse
origami club

another craft i'm very interested in is CLAY FLOWERS! About a month or two ago,
The Martha Stewart Show had this showcased!

Clay Flowers! There's also a video! The product used is decoclay found here at: the madden corporation's Welcome to The Islands.

also this japanese craft, kanzashi flowers!

kanzashi garden's tutorial