Origami Kits
Cindy Ng of Finger Magic has some cool origami kits for gift giving this holiday season. I love the cute animals like bunnies and frogs. Check out all the kits and her line of DIY origami greeting cards, jewelry and more. Link.
Japanese Crafts
Tokyo yarn list and free Japanese patterns
Pinku has updated her list for Tokyo yarn stores as well as given us a heads up to some of the cutest slipper patterns and hats. (Note: The patterns are in Japanese.) Link.
Japanese origami blog
This blog is a visual feast for the eyes. It’s all in Japanese but you can follow along and get inspired by all the amazing works of Origami and the process (I love seeing the plastic bins of origami and wrapping paper nearby). There’s also links to lots of Japanese Origami books down the sidebar. […]
Crafty Komaneko
My Little Mochi has me addicted now to the little stop animation videos of Komaneko (means frame-taking cat) and her adventures in making her little plush and filming it. This movie won the 2003 Japan Media Arts Award for short form animation. This photo is now my desktop wallpaper. Link.
Fabric Tales – Japanese Fabrics Gallery
The online Japanese fabric store called Fabric Tales has a great gallery featuring user submissions of projects featuring the Japanese fabrics bought at the store. Pictured left is handmade dog collars made by Jacqueline Broussard and right is a Blythe doll “Pura-chan” in a Japanese kimono made by Ryoko. It’s fun to browse through all […]
Superbuzzy
There’s a new online fabric shop called Superbuzzy that specializes in cute Japanese craft imports. We should have known since the site is brought to us by a couple of our favorite craft blogs Super Eggplant and Buzzville. There are lots of great fabrics in cool prints, notions, and Clover craft tools. Link.
Shiny balls of mud gallery
Bruce Gardner has a galley of hikaru dorodango a Japanese schoolyard pastime where kids polish clumps of mud to create these amazing little nuggets of shiny – [via] – Link & how-to
