HOW TO – Origami Stars
Zen Crafting shares a tutorial for making these modern-looking star decorations from origami paper.
Japanese Crafts
HOW TO – Mizuhiki Cord Knots
Zakka Life shows us how to get started using Mizuhiki cord with this gorgeous gift-wrap project. The knot on the box is called an abalone knot. It’s also referred to as awabi musubi, the Josephine knot, or a good luck knot. This is one of the easier mizuhiki knots to make.
Japanese LilyPad Arduino Blinking Tote Bags
At a recent MAKE: Tokyo meeting, these LED Dia De Los Muertos-themed tote bags with embedded LilyPad Arduino boards made an appearance. Mike Dixon, MAKE‘s Japan liason found an excellent quote on their blog about the event: We made our bags controlled with LilyPad Arduino (kawaii microcontroller board designed for wearables and e-textiles), we were […]
Bunny Pencil Case from Zakka Sewing – CRAFT Pattern Podcast & Giveaway
Zakka Sewing by Therese Laskey & Chika Mori (Stewart Tabori & Chang) Buy the Book ($24.95) If you’ve ever wished you could understand the patterns in those wonderful Japanese craft books, you’re going to love Zakka Sewing, the new book from Therese Laskey and Chika Mori. “Zakka” means “household goods” in Japanese, and the term […]
Totoro Baby Room
I-Wei, a robot maker we usually see more on MAKE (as Crabfu), is having a baby boy. He painted this really adorable mural featuring Totoro from Miyazaki’s equally fun and kid-friendly animated film. The umbrella’s going over the crib. Check out the Flickr set to see the other elements around the room.
Bento Box Ring
From the CRAFT Flickr pool: user FromJapanWithLove made this totally awesome tiny bento box ring, which opens to reveal its tiny (and possibly delicious?) contents.
New Blog – Japan Craft Journal
Check out the new Japan Craft Journal blog that features all things related to Japanese crafts. The blog has four contributors, three who have been lucky enough to travel there. Belinda (http://www.tuttifruiti.blogspot.com), Kristine (http://www.townmouse.typepad.com/), Corrie (http://www.retromummy.blogspot.com) and Leslie (http://goodness.typepad.com/goodness/) who lives in Nagoya and sells all sorts of Japanese goodness on Etsy. Belinda writes: [Japan […]
