Flowers on a rainy day just makes me happy.

KeKe

So I should be sleeping right about now but I had to share a blog I came across. It is by a Melborne based artist Kirra Jamison, and the blog is called KeKe. The recipes she shares are inspired by her time living and cooking in Japan, and also from the people she knows and the places they cook. 

I can not wait to try the recipe for the Osaka Pumpkin Tofu cake! It is so hard to find a decent vegan dessert. 

     
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Fruits and Nuts

Fruits and Nuts

Handmade board book by Laura Owens

 Published by ooga boooga.

So on my wishlist!

via thelooksee

Cafe Vivid Life

I have to backtrack a bit, time has not been on my side lately. I wanted to post more from my trip to Japan before it became a faint memory. I am so behind I still have two more memory cards of photographs to upload! 

One of my favorite things to do in Japan is to visit coffee shops. Japan has some the most amazing coffee shops I have ever been to. Some of the cafes date back to the 1920s. Most serve slow dripped coffee, even though everything takes a little longer it is worth the wait. One of my favorites is Cafe Vivid Life in Sapporo. We always make a special trip to visit Cafe Vivid Life. The owner Satomi Nagatani  makes the most delicious green tea cheese cake, and she is the nicest person. The co-owner Mariko, who happens to be the cutest pregnant women I have seen, trekked through the snow to visit us at the cafe. Everything about the cafe is warm and inviting, the dark hard wood, the abundance of  some of my favorite Japanese magazines, and above all the coffee is the best I have ever had.

Thank you Satomi and Mariko!

ikoiko space

I first learned of ikoiko from renee. It was on the top of my list of places I had to visit in LA. 

When we arrived Kristen was just about to close shop. My friend and I did not realize all the road blocks that were put up for the Oscars. We nearly did not make it on time. She was so kind to let us stay and look around her beautiful shop. 

My friend picked up a stunning pair of earrings by Hannah Keefe.

If you are in the LA area or visting it is not to be missed.

more images here.

No.6 Spring/Summer 2012

And I thought the last pair of clogs from my last post were cute. No. 6 has done it again...what am I going to do?! I love everything! The coral clogs are beautiful. And there is more here.

Loeffler Randall X Sven Clogs

Lotte Knot Clogs by Loeffler Randall X Sven Clogs
Too cute! I had to post them.
via Growing.

A Détacher Fall 2012

photo by mark ho-kane

Doris Ho-Kane's review of the recent A Détacher Fall 2012 collection summed it up the best, 

"There is a timeless credibility to A Détacher that many of-the-moment designers lack. Although never mainstream, A Détacher is always diverging/converging and is very active, having initially erupted in 1998 into the world of art and fashion." 
It was comforting to read her exuberant review after reading some wishy washy reviews of the show. I felt alone for a millisecond in the interweb consciousness...was I the only one that adored this collection?
Of course not.

Place of Hope: The Kasama Potters Community & The Great Ordeal

Place of Hope from R3IMAGE on Vimeo.




"R3 created this campaign trailer to raise completion funds for this film and to support the Save Kasama Potters movement in response to the 2011 earthquake in Japan.
This is the story of Akio Nukaga, a Kasama potter who spearheads a movement to bring potters together to rebuild and rejuvenate Kasama and its rich ceramic-making heritage."

Kathleen Whitaker

Delicate and understated, my favorite type of jewelry... I love that you can mix and match these beauties.

here.

my sweet valentine.

Happy Valentine's Day

My sister gave me a sweet valentine's heart from Peru.

The Araks Olga Bralett in lovely pastel shades are so sweet. I would love to add the mist colorway into my small bra collection. available at anaïse.

Happy Valentine's Day!