Handmade brooch

One of my supplier in Japan is a talented artist Junko.

She makes lovely bag/mobile phone charms, obi charms , brooch, obi and hair accessories.  She holds a stall at handicraft market in  Kamigamo shrine,  Kyoto. She is there almost every month.

Kyo Modern sells some of her brooch. Snowflakes and Sakura petal brooches are made of epoxy resin with swarovski rhinestone inside. I love the rhinestone. It adds an accent in a brooch. 


You can purchase theses brooches at Beehive Gallery in Newtown. If you are not in Sydney, you can purchase it on my website. 


Theses products are supposedly a obi charm with hooks but Junko used a safety pin to make a brooch for me. 


I wanted to explain this brooch is pretty thick. In the photo on right, hopefully you can see how thick it is. The brooch is about 1.8cm heights (including a pin) from the side so it's pretty big!
 
It will definitely adds accent on your bag, shawls, hat, or where ever you want to put on.


I put a snowflake brooch on my bag. It makes cold weather enjoyable!

They are here!

Yay! Kanzashi is finally here.

I'll be dropping them off at beauty salons and will sell it at next Kirribilli market if I can get a spot.

I will let you know once Kanzashi is definitely available at salons!

Please keep eye on the blog or my facebook page:

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Kanzashi

After catching a really bad flu from and overdosing paracetamol which caused great issues with my health, I'm finally recovering.

I can't believe I was sick for a week! All those things I was meant to get it done last week obviously haven't been done...

Anyway, I should catch up with my work and social life now!

I'm in a process of getting Kanzashi from Kyoto.  Kanzashi is a hair accessory worn with kimono.  They are available in many different designs for different occasions.

I could get a very traditional one which is made of expensive piece of wood, covered with lacquer and gold flakes but that would be very expensive and you can only wear it  for very formal occasions.

Instead, I'm getting more simply designed ones,  so that you could wear it with casual outfit. I'm sure it will be suitable for formal occasions too.

I should get them early next month so I will let you know when I have it available for sale!

New Arrival at Ebisu Design

Ebisu Japanese Design is one of the best Japanese fashion accessories and homeware shop I know in Australia. It may not look that big from outside but it's actually pretty deep inside complete with a Japanese style garden and a Tatami room(studio) where they run workshops.

It is located in a sunny town Elwood in Melbourne.

I feel so lucky that they sell some of my products.   I think what makes this shop very different to any other Japanese style shops I know is the varieties of products. Apart from Kimono and homewares, you can find many fashion accessories, Japanese style dolls, bags and many more.

The shop owner Miho is also a calligraphy artist so you can purchase her work as well.

Some of Chirimen Gamaguchi purse and pencil case, Nishijin silk and flower mini hair clips are available on the shelf near the counter so please have a look!

Ebisu Design

Shop address: ebisu design
161 Ormond Rd
Elwood 3184
Ph +61 3 9531 2300

Apologize and news

I was pretty sad not being able to make the market at Kirribilli last Saturday. I woke up with a sore throat and massive headache. It was clear that staying outside for over 6 hours wasn't going to be a good idea.

I'm very sorry if anyone went there to find my stall on that day.

Stall allocations for June market are already full so it  looks like I'm not doing market for a while :(

But the good news is, you can still buy some of new products on my website and retails shops. I just finished updating the catalogue as well so please check it out!

I'm going down to Melbourne this weekend to meet my buyers. How exciting!

Stay warm.

Photo: A new Gamaguch Pouch available at Beehive Gallery in Newtown, Sydney.
Dimensions: Height 10cm, Width 14cm, Depth 3cm. Made of Chirimen fabric in Kyoto)

New products

Just added new Gamaguchi style pouch/bag made of Nishijin silk and Chirimen Gamaguchi purse on my web. There are more to come.

I should have realised long time ago that I'm not very good with designing a website... Somehow it takes forever.

All the new products will be available at my stall at Kirribilli market in Sydney on the 28th of May.

Spring in Japan

It's only been 2 days since I came back from Japan. My mind is still very much in holiday mode!

I know many people have been avoiding to trip to Japan since the earthquake but as long as you avoid affected areas, it is completely fine.

After spending few days in my town Kyoto, my husband and I flew to Okinawa, we then visited Kagoshima, Kumamoto, Oita, Yamaguchi, Hiroshima and Shimane prefectures. We took so many photos and bought heaps of souvenirs.

I normally see many overseas tourists in Japan through out the year but there were significantly less amount this time. But there were some. So I felt like thanking to every single overseas travellers I saw during my trip.

I'm glad I made it.  Initially I wasn't sure if it was a good idea to have fun while people in affected areas are still suffering but I then realised spending money in Japan helps Japanese economy to recover.

My husband and I definetaly spent lots of money in Japan so hoepfully we contributed to rebuild Japanese economy!

I will be at Kirribilli market on the 28th of May. I will be selling new products so please come to my stall!

(Photo: Touching remaining Sakura near my house in Kyoto in April mid)