My Christmas shopping!

We had a lots of fun at last weekend! yes, Christmas in July event with etsy DUST (Down Under Street Team) .
I bought a beautiful earrings from Bellasia Creations. and I just received it today! Yay!!This is a "Dew drop, Swarovski crystal sterling silver long earrings"
How cool is this! I love it!! Beautiful Swarovski Crystal Emerald Drop...

*I couldn't take a nice photo. sorry*

She still having a sale!! (until the end of July) oh, it's until today! Run!!!
1> Up to 25% off applied to all items. The marked price is after discount.
2> FREE worldwide shipping applied to some items, with marked FREE SHIPPING in titles
3> Australia buyers will receive extra 3% discount when pay by Bank Deposit in Australia dollars

New Japanese fabrics!

★ New in the shop ★

I got 2 super cute Japanese cotton fabrics and 1 cool monogram kimono fabric and 1 kimono cord!
please check my shop for the details.

Everything is very rare, so don't miss it!!*This is an example*

Wire headband and flower pin set!

★New in the shop★I made another two headband set!

One is a lovely pink, another one is a retro red.

Which do you like??
raycious.etsy.com

Christmas in July sale now on!!- 15% off storewide

From now until Sunday(26th/ midnight) I'm having 15% off all items for international customers★
For Aussie customers, $US=$AUS and shipping free★
http://raycious.etsy.com

Also DUST team (Australia etsy street team) having a massive Christmas in July give away competition!!
Please visit team forum, here...
http://www.etsy.com/forums_thread.php?thread_id=6227910&page=1
and enter for the great prize!!

Oh what a feeling!
Who doesn't like sale and give away!?
Have a great fun with us!!

My mother's art - 5new!!

★ New in the shop★

My mum has a rheumatism. Her finger is bend unnaturally and sense lost.
= about her story =

5 new my mother's art is now in the shop!
All about Japanese culture★
Find out more at my etsy shop :)

This is the size of my flower box

Sometimes pretty difficult to imagine how big is these products, even you know the measurement.
I took few photos of my Saikumono on my hand.
The sizes of cherry blossom and plum blossom are almost equal to garlic.
Can you imagine these Saikumono little bit better now??

Happy red - headband with flower pin

★ New item in shop★

Do you feel happy?
This vivid red color base with a lots of Japanese flowers make you happy!
I wrapped headband with chirimen material, a special crepe a little heavier than normal fabric used in making Kimono, and a little matching flower bobby pin with it.
You can use it as individually :)

Flower box - cherry blossoms - Japanese art craft

★ New in the shop ★

Another flower box! This is a pair of cherry blossoms.
One is a vivid pink, other one is a baby pink base.

Find out more details in my shop :)
raycious.etys.com

New list and Christmas in July sale!!

★ New item in shop ★

=Japanese Art Craft=
A plum blossom is a flower which represents the Japanese spring.

It's being little sachets. Have it in your bedroom, fill it with your favorite fragrance, sit and meditate upon it or just display it round your home, whatever you decide it is a nice look to compliment anywhere!

*Plum blossom
W 6.0cm x L 6.0cm x H 3.5cm
*Box
W 13.5cm x L 7.2cm x H 3.7cm

★☆★☆★☆Christmas in July sale★☆★☆★☆

For the weekend of 25th/26th July 2009 this store will be having a Christmas In July sale.
*for international customer---15% off all items (shipping is not included)
*for Australian customer---$US=$AUS,the price listed in $US, is the actual price you will pay.

I will refund the difference by paypal.
If you choose direct bank deposit(Australia only),please convo me before you pay.

Have a look around DUST team website and find out more about Christmas in July event!!
http://www.dustteam.com/sales/julyCIJlist.php

★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆

Chiristmas in July!

Chestnuts roasting on an open fire

Jack Frost nipping at your nose

Yuletide carols being sung by a choir

And folks dressed up like Eskimos

(Torme & Wells, 1946)

No, not usually. Unless, of course, they refer to the Etsy Down Under Street Team (DUST) “Aussie Christmas in July” promotional weekend.

Etsy DUST members from all around Australia are coming together for one whole weekend, 12.01AM Saturday 25th July through to 11.59PM Sunday 26th July (AEST), to showcase their talents & stunningly handmade creations.

All stores participating will be offering a promotion to their customers - free worldwide shipping or % off sales; a selection of items at reduced prices or reverse auctions.

With so much variety, including jewellery, children’s clothing & accessories, art, supplies, vintage items, stationery & bags, you are sure to find something to suit each & every taste.

The DUST team will also be running giveaways for the entirety of the weekend, giving you the opportunity to win some fabulous prizes from Australian sellers. Poke your nose into the Etsy Forums during the promotion for your chance to win.

I encourage you to visit the participating stores, as well as our team website – http://www.dustteam.com/ – and support the handmade revolution sweeping Australia.

Stay tuned for more details as the weekend draws nearer...

Are you looking for some Japanese fabric?

I am a fabric addict person, when I sew something special, cute, unique, lovely, gorgeous, colorful fabric, I just buy it and keep it in my room.
BUT, I realized that I have no idea in what to use it on, so I decided to resell it to someone who might use it in a better way than me :)

All fabric is Japanese and using for kimono.Find your favorite fabric and enjoy!

Cotton - Okinawa bingata print fabric - Pink

Kanoko shibori - most high quality hand dyed silk - brown

Chirimen - Rabbit's play - Orange Yellow based kimono fabric

Cotton/canvas - Okinawa bingata print fabric

Chirimen - rainbow color kimono fabric - retro modern / hippie style

Kinran - Gorgeous gold and pink cherry blossom fabric

Please check my shop for the details. http://raycious.etsy.com

Tanabata (July 7th)- Japanese annual event

from Flickr : Yuma Sugawara

Tanabata (July 7th)

Tanabata is a star festival that occurs on July 7th.
It's based on the Chinese legend in which Altair and Vegan who are split apart on opposite side of the Milky way, are allowed to meet once a year on this night by the Emperor of the universe. So tonight is a very romantic day!

In old days, people prayed to become clever with their hands on this day. This custom remains today, but we are praying some other things. When I was a little girl I wished "become a millionaire" well still not! lol
Anyway, people write their wishes on strips of paper and hang them on branches of bamboo tree with other paper decorations.

from Flickr : shinobuxxx's

Etsy item of the day blog feautred!

One day when I was on twitter I found her. Her twitter name is EtsyToday.
And I checked her and I found it's very exciting blog!
She featured an etsy seller everyday!! What a great work.
So I send mail for asked her to take a look my shop.
Next day..... Yes, I got it!!!!!!!
She piked my kimono blank card.
http://etsyitemoftheday.com/etsy-greeting-card-kimono/
This card comes with three different types Japanese paper called Chiyogami.
You can use this Chiyogami for your scrapbooking or some crafts.
So this card is a card and it becomes a gift, too!
I glued on these Chiyogami but it cuts easily according to the tear off along dotted line.

Kimono (blue) -Japanese chiyogami blank card

Please take a look her blog and you can be next day feature seller!
www.etsyitemoftheday.com