Sweet Homewares from Littleleaf

Saturday, April 28th, 2012

Littleleaf is a Rakuten shop that sells mainly the Le Sucre brand of homewares, a category that includes kitchen supplies, storage & organizers, stationery, and a few cute plushes here and there.

Le Sucre items boast sweet designs, with soft colors depicting cute animals (often bunnies) and nature.

The store just makes me all ooey-gooey in adoration. Let’s see if I can showcase a few favorite items without just melting.

Le Sucre Tin Cases

This is a good example of the kinds of designs the store specializes in.

These colors. ;_; They’re so… gentle.

And

and we know how I feel about bunnies.

Le Sucre Sandwich Box

I think these look big enough that you could fit some other snacks besides sandwiches in there. n_n

I wanna go on a little picnic or something carrying my lunch in this. ; 3;

It also folds up to be really compact once you’ve emptied the contents – clickthrough to see!

Le Sucre Page Markers

I wish I had these in college. They’re waaaay cuter than using sticky notes to mark textbook pages and study notes!

Le Sucre Mascot Phone Strap

Man

if I ever get a nice phone, I am going to just pile on the ridiculously cute phone straps.

Rilakkuma Bento Bag Drawstring Purse

Okay, so here’s a non Le Sucre thing just to show that Littleleaf sells other brands, too.

Rilakkuma is a kawaii icon on par with Hello Kitty, and this print is featured on a drawstring bag you’d use to carry your bento around in.

Once again, feeling very tempted to go on a kawaii-themed picnic…

Cute Craft Books

Friday, April 27th, 2012

Maybe you’ve noticed that I like sewing cute things with felt. I wouldn’t have gotten started with this craft if I never read about it first!

Here’s a collection of books that will more than get you started on your own cute, cuddly crafting. You’ll learn all of the techniques and equip yourself with more patterns than you can shake a needle at!

Big Little Felt Universe: Sew It, Stuff It, Squeeze It, Fun!This is a great introductory felt sewing book. There are more than 70 projects in here including food and toys, such as cakes with removable decorations!

The techniques are simple enough that beginners can pick up on them easily, but there’s so much packed in here that experienced crafters will find tons of inspiration as well.

My Favorite Felt SweetsThe book offers detailed, easy-to-follow directions, as well as life-sized patterns, for 106 different projects! o_o

Sheets of colored felt and basic sewing skills (and sometimes a little glue for the final, decorative touches) are all that are required to whip up these luscious-looking and guilt-free confections.

Yum!!

Warm Fuzzies: 30 Sweet Felted ProjectsFelting is a bit different from the typical sewing-with-felt that I’m into, but thanks to the difference in technique there is potential for creating new and different things!

This book encourages using old wool sweaters – a trip to the thrift store could supply you with everything you need. There is no knitting involved!

Aranzi Aronzo – Cuter BookThis wouldn’t be a proper cute sewing post if Aranzi Aronzo weren’t included here!

The Cuter Book is a follow-up to The Cute Book, and between the two of them are patterns for hundreds of unique cuddly characters. There’s a special flair to Aranzi Aronzo’s projects… there’s a simplicity to the characters’ designs, but SO MUCH FUN to them, too!

Super-Cute FeltAnd this is a great finisher to this post, thanks to the huge variety of simple projects it includes.

The categories in Super-Cute Felt include Accessories (think brooches and small purses!), Gifts (pincushions!), Homewares (coasters and tea cozies!), and Celebrations for holiday-themed cuteness.

This is all reminding me that I need to get back to work on my own instructional sewing book! o^o

Cute Desktop Accessories from ModCloth!

Thursday, April 26th, 2012

If you’re like me and spend a lot of time on the Internet on the prowl for cute things, you probably already know about ModCloth.

While ModCloth started out specializing in vintage fashion and decor, nowadays their online store showcases tons and tons and TONS of adorable modern accessories!!

I’m a huge sucker for adorable stationery and small decor stuff, so this post will highlight some of my favorite desktop accessories of theirs. c:

Mushroom Kingdom Eraser Potoh mY GOSH SEE THIS IS WHAT I’M TALKING ABOUT.

Yeah.

Maybe you can relate to this, but I just have this need to surround myself with cute things. And fun pastel colors on inanimate objects with cute little faces – that’s just

that’s just a recipe for pure unbridled love.

Hops and Dreams Tape DispenserBUNNIES
AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH
they are only among my most favorite things on this PLANET.

How could I possibly resist a precious little ceramic bunny on my desk, so perfectly willing to hold my tape for me?

Stick Out Paper Tape Set…And here is some pretty, girly decorative tape for loading into your tape-dispensing bunny. c:
What I Wore Today by Gemma CorrellI love-love-love-LOVE doodle diaries!!

Keeping track of what you wear is a great way to take pride in the way you present yourself, and helps you develop new ideas for great outfits!

I just love the whole concept of this book. ; 3;

Tracing Rainbows Pencil and Eraser Set…And this cheerful little pencil/eraser set is just perfect for drawing in your fashion doodle diary!!

WHO DOESN’T LOVE RAINBOWS??

Nobody.

Wigs for Cosplay and Every Day

Wednesday, April 25th, 2012

Zephyr1 is a wig shop on Rakuten that sells hairpieces in bright fantastic colors as well as for every day.

Wigs have made their prevalence known in Lolita fashion – when was the last time you saw a photoshoot that didn’t include perfectly-curled pastel pigtails? And it’s not that natural colors are an oddity either. Cascading hair extensions are almost essential to Himegyaru style. And what’s more, Zephyr1’s selection of wigs are available in enough colors and basic styles that you’re sure to be able to find one that you can style to match a favorite character you choose to cosplay.

Of course, even if you don’t follow any of these street styles, wigs are great for just giving you a new everyday look to try out without fear of dying or cutting your hair. They’re really not such an oddity nowadays!

So let’s check out a few of them!

Long Wavy Wine Red Wig

Here’s a good start for this post – this wine red color is romantic and just-natural-enough that you could get away with wearing it with any everyday outfit. 😀

The length and waviness of it is great, too! c:

Straight Shaggy Rose Pink Wig

This is suuuuch a great rosy color~ ; 3; Usually I’m all about pastel princess pink, but this shade is more neutral and would work with more outfits, I think!

I wanna put a BIG OL’ BOW in it!!

Short Tussled Lavender Wig

This style is just REALLY fun!!

Lavender is always such a sweet color, but this style makes it wild!

Long Wavy Gold Wig

One more natural color to even this post out! And that’s quite a gorgeous gold.

The soft curls would fall so prettily over your shoulders~ o^o I really just love this wig a whole lot.

Long Straight Glass Green Wig

Ohmygosh that shade of green is SOOOOOO GOOD wow!!

Soft pastels just work so great in the fashion styles that I love the best… but green is a color that often gets left out amidst all of the pink and baby blue and lavender.

I really am seriously pining away for this color, and dreaming up ways to incorporate it into outfits. It would add a very different kind of “naturalness,” haha!

Betsey Johnson Bags

Tuesday, April 24th, 2012

Betsey Johnson is a big-name designer that I just adore! Her designs cater to those a little outside of the mainstream, and would fit perfectly in the arms of one who follows Japanese street fashions.

Today’s highlighted Betsey Johnson products will be purses and bags!

QUILTED LOVE HEART WRISTLETBRIGHT pink, wow!! I love anything with hearts. And bows.

So this little handbag is a winner!!

There are a few other colors available as well. n_n

BETSEYS BOUQUET XBODY BAGThis blingy design definitely reminds me of Hime or Ageha looks and would be FABYOOLUSS with any of those formal dresses I posted a few days ago.

Basically just slap a big bow on anything and I’ll love it.

TEA PARTY FRAME XBODY BAGIT’S PINK AND THERE ARE BOWS ON IT.
LOVE FOLDS FRAMEDesigns like this that are simultaneously elegant and cute are the reason I went ahead and categorized this post under Lolita as well.

This is the sort of bag a princess would carry around on her night out on the town.

FLORAL WRISTLETAnd here’s a sweet piece to round off the end of this post with. Black looks good with everything and a floral design will keep you look girly and elegant.

The lacy-ish design in the corners is what really won me over, though!

Betsey Johnson’s stuff may be leagues out of my price range, but that doesn’t mean I can’t admire them from afar!

And that’s just what I’ll do.

Probably forever.

;_;