Archive for the ‘Shopping’ Category

Jan 29

Guinea Pig Pouches (by Seattle Roll)

Get your own at the Orange Apollo shop on Etsy.

Dec 10

Japanistic Japanistic is an offshoot of online gift shop Essentials, featuring a variety of gifts from Japan, with “style and design” highlighted throughout. There are desk accessories, kitchen items, jewelry, and other lovely things to buy.

Nov 01

Check out these cute felt brooches, a new addition to the Super Cute Kawaii online shop. I can’t decide if I like the cakes or the coffee best…

Kawaii Felt Brooches at Super Cute Kawaii

Oct 19

Have you met The Tummie Friends? Visit their home on Sugar Hill to learn about them, shop for plushes, or download some neat goodies.

The Tummie Friends

Oct 17

Mary makes jewelry that’s simple and sweet, with smiling teacups and ghosts, pinwheels, and tiny fortune cookies. Get one on a necklace or ring, or as earrings.

Mary also has a blog called Moving Metal, where she writes about her jewelry and daily life.

Oct 15

Parasol Craft, Issue 2 Digital magazine Parasol has a new Craft issue out this week, and it’s all about kawaii. There are interviews with kawaii crafters, templates and instructions on making your own cute things, links to cute sites, and plenty more.

The issue sells for $2.50, which includes a PDF and additional files.

Oct 14

Sick on Sin has some cute badge pins with spooky monsters, perfect for a minimal costume or as a year-round accessory. There are zombies, vampires, the reaper, and other creepy creatures.

A Sick on Sin Halloween

Oct 13

A Jinjerup Halloween

Jinjerup has opened up a new Etsy shop, just in time for Halloween, with some cute printable craft items in a holiday theme. There are patterned backgrounds, little embellishments, and notes, all ready for your kawaii crafty purposes.

You can find more of her work on her blog, including free “Helloween” notecards.

Oct 12

A Letterpres Halloween

A few more Halloween goodies today, with letterpress cards on the Hello Lucky site. The design in the middle is by Hello Lucky, with a cute pattern of skulls; the designs on the left and right are by Lab Partners, and feel like they’re straight from vintage children’s books. Check out the site for more cards and designs.

Oct 11

Halloween is just around the corner, and a number of online shops are gearing up with cute crafty and papery things to celebrate the holiday. First, here’s what Etsy shop Paper Glitter has to offer:

A Paper Glitter Halloween

Be crafty with these printable Halloween decorations and party items, including monsters and creatures that are more cute than they are scary. There are icons to cut out, invitations to customize, and party accessories to decorate them. You’ll get PDF files of everything, to print as many items as you need, all for nice prices.