Wooden egg cup pincushion - retro modern

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Another wooden egg cup pincushion AGAIN!!

This time we made it little bit larger than before.
I love this material, lovely color and design!
I made it for a pincushion but why not to use this for home decor!

Wooden egg cup flower pin-cushion

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Another wooden egg cup pincushion is here :)
This time I made flower shaped pin cushion and I filled lavender buds on bottom of cup, so when you open it, you can smell it.
I made this for pin cushion, but I think just lovely to have it for the home decoration.

Flower box - cherry blossom and plum blossom

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Sakura (cherry blossom) and Ume (plum blossom) in the box.
Is someone thinking about mother's day present? It's would be a great gift idea :)
I know it's Autumn in here Australia, but Spring time in Japan!
Cherry blossom is just blooming in Tokyo, most beautiful time in there. I miss it!!

Wooden egg cup pin-cushion

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This wooden egg cup made by my fiance, he is a wood turner and It's used Australian hard wood is called Victorian ash, beautiful light wood finished with clear lacquer.
The material has lovely cherry blossom pattern.
The material is called Chirimen, a special crepe a little heavier than normal fabric used in making Kimono.My fiance has made heaps of stuff and I said to him "You should open etsy shop or take your crafts to local gift shop!"
but he is shy (or bit lazy) and I decided to sell this egg cup with my craft.
Maybe I should push him little bit more harder ;)

*His wood works*

For all sewing lovers

I found two interesting web site for all sewing lovers!
You might already have known these site...?

＊Spoonflower＊

If you could not find the fabric that you looking for, what about design by yourself?
They are doing custom fabric print. So you can design your own fabric!
I think this is a kind of crafters dream!!
You can be a textile designer?!
http://www.spoonflower.com/welcome

＊Pattern creator＊

Do you love to do cross stitching or do you know someone love to do?
You should let them know!
Here you can convert your photo into a stitch pattern!
Thank you pattern creator it's absolutely free!!
http://www.patterncreator.com/

Kaiawase -shell matching game-

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Kaiawase is a shell-matching game played originally by nobles in the Heian period (794~1167)in Japan. The shells for this game are stored in a kaioke(A hexagonal container) but I use round box.
It's similar to the card game “concentration”.
The base color is gold and I sticked Japanese peculiarity things on the inside of shell, such as "cherry blossom""A fan""origami crane""chrysanthemum"..etc... 10 different pictures sets.
And I painted cherry blossoms on the outside of shell.

It's playful but you can use this for just like a home decoration ;)This is how to play ...

You can see Kaiwase design in Kimono

Hinamatsuri

＊Japanese Annual Event＊

"Hinamatsuri (Girl's Festival, Doll's Festival)" is held on March 3rd. This is a day to pray for young girl's growth and happiness. It is also called "Momo no sekku (Peach Festival)" because of the peach blossom season on the old lunar calendar. May 5th is "Kodomo no hi (Children's Day)," and this is so called "Boy's Festival." While Children's Day is a national holiday, Hinamatsuri is not.

Most families with girls display "hina-ningyo" (special dolls for Hinamatsuri) and dedicate peach blossoms to them. They are usually arranged on a five or seven-tiered stand covered with a red carpet. At the top are the Emperor and Empress. The next step contains three court ladies (sannin-kanjo), followed by five musicians (gonin-bayashi), two ministers (udaijin and sadaijin), and three servants ending the bottom row in a five-tiered display. There are also small pieces of furniture, small meal dishes, and other things.