stamps shop update

these are the newest addition to the rubber stamp section in my shop, they come in a little tin,
and several different sets,
although all 3 have a delicate french feeling.
also there are christmas stamps!
and snowflakes,
and doves, which are duet stamps, which means that they are a set with one stamp making the outline, and another stamp to fill in the color within the outline.

i also love these little cooking theme stamps,

and ok, the baby animals are maybe the cutest!
these set of lace patterns are the ones i've been using to print on the cards i send out with my orders, i've been printing them with white ink on brown kraft paper.
there's also a lace stamp in the anique set of the matchbox set series.
and these hobby stamps are back in stock,
along with the popular park set,
and the downtown victorian houses! they are all in the shop for now.

a little holiday sashiko work in progress

a few designs i've been working on, i'm loving the dark navy linen background for sashiko thread.so far i think i like these trees, that are made up of lines rather than outlines,

and this snowflake turned out ok, maybe next time i'll do it less free form and draw out the the design first.

i have plans to turn these designs into ornaments, i'll show you how they turn out.

salt dough ornaments

i'm so impressed with these salt dough ornaments, from katy elliot via whip up.

pine branches ornament

Pine Branches Ornament, originally uploaded by jennybubbletime.

this wonderful ornament was embroidered by jennybubbletime, spotted on flickr.

november tenjin market

tenjin-san market for short, on the 25th of every month there is a flea market on the grounds of kitano tenmangu shrine in kyoto.

more info about kyoto markets here:
http://www.feltcafejapan.com/kyoto-handmade-markets/

december and advent calendars

very clever match box advent calendar from sweet paul, via whip up
from crafty nest

whip up also has a collection of the top 30 advent calendars

and there's a craft crowy round up too.

muji wooden blocks, the new felt cafe japan design shop, and 30 days of daily posting!

i am so excited to tell you that i redesigned the felt cafe japan shop, and it's now right there on the felt cafe japan website. also, it's full of these wonderful wooden block sets from muji! the supply of these wooden cities (and countries, and modes of transportation) in a bag is severely limited.
kyoto, including daimonji mountains.
tokyo, with the tokyo tower, and the temple with the big lantern in asakusa.
new york, love the guggenheim.
london, including the gerkin.
barcelona has the barcelona pavillion by mies! love it.
italy, including fiats and gondolas.
railroad station
and safari animals, in the cleverest little habitat box ever.

it was fun to do a little web design, and i have to give a shout out to squarespace. even though i am an abject beginner, eventually i could figure out what was and was not possible, and how to make what i wanted, and in the end feel like i learned something. woot.

and, today is my last day of daily posting for november! i did it! any other nablopomo folks out there? i really have enjoyed getting into the habit of daily posting, maybe i will try to keep it going for december. i feel like i have 30 more posts in the back of my head already!