Kawaii Halloween in Japan
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Halloween is one of the most fun times to visit Japan. See what it's like
at the theme parks, character cafes and shops + tips for visiting next year.
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Hello!
I'm Laura and I live in Glasgow, Scotland.
I like sewing and drawing and cutting and sticking and printing and messing about on the computer and crochet and knitting (kind of). I try to blog about things I'm making, but mostly I end up blogging about anything I'm finding interesting: things other people are making, charity shopping, films, music, books, the city I live in, my cats... Since having a little girl, I've found she has kind of taken over my life and therefore my blog too. Your comments are always much appreciated and I reply to them in the comments section, so do check back. Thanks for stopping by!
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an embroidery download to try, what’s on my worktable, and calendar pre-orders - Let’s start with the embroidery template. It started as a drawing, become a daily painting and then my first embroidery pattern. You can download the fle...
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How to sew princess seams - [image: How to sew princess seams] Princess seams are a gorgeous alternative to darts for adding shaping to a garment. If you haven’t sewn princess seams b...
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Kawaii Toast for Print-on-Demand - 2 new designs have been added to my print-on-demand stores with kawaii bread and toast including a PB&J
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Dailies: Log cabin, snuggle stitch, library trips, sowing seeds, banana lounge - [image: Tea cosies by pip]Wednesday 8th October Hallo! Good morning! How are things with you? I’m sleepy, pals. This non-daylight savings transition is kic...
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Sewing Room - When we bought our house in Pittsburgh, both of our son’s moved with us. It was a three bedroom home so we told our oldest son he should just move back in ...
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Enough Love? : New Book + FREE Download Activities - [image: EnoughLove_Cover2.jpg] *Enough Love?* is a new picture book published by Affirm Press, written by Maggie Hutchings and illustrated by me. Some ...
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I STARTED A NEW BLOG! - So, last year I moved my blog over here and I completely forgot to tell you! I finally started blogging again and hope to see you over there! x
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How I Plan An Effective City Break Using Instagram & Google Maps - Wring the most out of your city break with these really rather simple tips!
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McCalls 7922 - The Super Fuchsia Dress - This, my friends, is a tale of what happens when you fall completely and utterly in love with a fabric, and use it despite the fact that it might not be th...
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An ode to a house - ------------------------------ We leave our little house next month. I’ve lived here three times. Once while my exhusband’s parents, who first lived here...
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Dipping my paint brush in my brew! - Revisiting some of my original screen printed illustrations for Lily and Bear and Grumpy feet this week and having some really very lovely watercolour th...
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Here we go, 2020 - I've wanted to start blogging again for ages, but wasn't sure what to write about, it's been a real year of change for me in 2019. However, in the last we...
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A Startling Fact about Poker Tracker Uncovered - A Startling Fact about Poker Tracker Uncovered [image: poker tracker] What Poker Tracker Is - and What it Is Not You shouldn't, ever play agen poker onlin...
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Start the Year off Right With 2 Months of Skillshare Premium for Free - Looking to start 2019 off on the right foot? Looking for ways to challenge yourself and take your work to another level? Skillshare is an online learning c...
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Photo Archive- Charity Collection Boxes-Set 1. - As I do not own any charity collection boxes I take pictures of them instead. I don’t know what it is about them I like. The mournful plastic dogs wheele...
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Hello and welcome! - *Plan, organize and celebrate every day! Unique, hand illustrated/drawn/painted, functional planner stickers are available here. *
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Ice Cream Plushie DIY Craft Camp 2018 #4 - So the second part of the tutorial is how to make the ice cream cone, I enjoyed making this so much I made another one...you could go on and on, think o...
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Inaluxe prints, news, and a big hello! - It's been quite some time since writing up a blog post. Since the last post, alot has happened. We worked on some amazing collaborations with Tattly in ...
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'I feel like I'm in a different time': Thames Lido review - Unused since its closure in 1974, the pool has been restored and refurbished to a quirky and glamorous degree In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, ...
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let's cook: gazpacho and bread rolls - Our summer cooking challenge was gazpacho and bread rolls. My attempt is shown on the left and my mum's is on the right. Audrey also joined in with this...
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My Wedding - About a month ago I got married. I was debating whether to share everything online. You know, in case Judgey Judgerson and Bitchy McGee popped up to offer ...
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Winter 2016 Book Challenge: Final Post - photo via Instagram Happy February, everyone! Thank you all again for a fun and challenging winter reading experience. The #SCWBC16 wrapped up two days ag...
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Sunday beach trip - Gara Rock, Devon - It was a gloriously sunny day here in Devon today so we decided we needed to get out and have some fresh air. We asked our daughter where she'd like to go ...
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Unravel..a festival of knitting - I have been invited to do a talk about my career as a textile artist and knitwear designer at Unravel a festival of knitting on Friday 17th February 12.30 ...
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How-to | Christmas stars - I thought of making these quick and easy stars to add a hint of light to any Christmas gift, card, ornament, wreath... anywhere really! As usual, I'm wo...
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a look around... - A wee taster of what we have in the shop at the moment (of course, we have so much more). And a gratuitous pic of my chin after a recent fall at the end ...
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On alcohol and reading... - It was with great pleasure I accepted the invitation to choose a category for the Semi-Charmed Winter Book Challenge 2016! After (just) finishing in f...
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Thursday 10th March 1988 - *Nothing much happened today apart from I think Stuart might be jealous of me because I sat next to Jaime all dinnertime.* I am going to post this on Faceb...
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Bus card to Student rail card - An inspirational talk held at WI last night from a lady who went to university in her 60s. She studied garden design and horticulture which was her dre...
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Blooming into Summer . . . - New floral pattern to show you today:). I've been waiting for the sunny days for a long time... and now that they are finally here I'm going to enjoy the...
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Draw Your Own Teddy Bear - Do you love doodling, dressing-up play, books, making new friends? Well, we’ve got it all in The Teddy Bear Book! A book to make your imaginary bear frie...
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Looking For Something? - If you've ended up here and this isn't what you were expecting, I've probably unpublished the post you were looking for. I stopped posting here around the ...
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hook on wings - Happy Thursday folks. I guess today is my Friday, no school tomorrow Oscar just informed me this morning. Not sure when I became clueless out of the loop m...
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Felt Heart Flowers - Find out how to make these lovely felt heart flowers at The Magic Onions that are perfect for Valentine's Day but you'll want to keep them out all year long.
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Oops - I didn't do a very good job of keeping this blog up-to-date in 2015. In fact, it could be reasonably argued that I did an atrocious job, since I posted on...
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Merry Kitschmas! - Wishing everyone a fabulous festive season! I'm hoping to update my blog a bit more often next year with new work and other fun stuff..Here are some new ...
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Tiny Handmade Dolls - Lately I've been all about doll making, it really seems to be the perfect fit for using all my favourite crafty skills. I've loved sewing dolls since chi...
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Quilting From Every Angle... - *Title:* Quilting from Every Angle *Author:* Nancy Purvis *Publisher:* Interweave *ISBN: *978-1-63250-086-1 Welcome to Day 3 of Nancy's book tour! I am...
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Screen printing - Stack of screens A shelf of cooler colours A shelf of warmer colours My favourite squeegee! Hand printed paper bags A close up of the 'Atomic' hand pr...
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We have a new blog! - Hi everyone, Thank you so much for following us over the years on blogspot - but we finally have a shiny brand new blog! -- From now on, please visit our ...
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Southside Fringe 2015 - Kicking off the Summer and the festival season the Southside Fringe is back. I know we say this every year but this really is our favourite time to live ...
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Kampala commute: the boda ride - I knew Johnny was an enterprising boda driver when he phoned me unprompted at eight thirty one morning and asked if I was ready to go to work. He had taken...
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Zoella’s New Home: Custard Cream Cushion - A few peeps have been in touch to let us know that our Custard Cream Cushions have popped up in photos of Youtube superstar, Zoella‘s Brighton living room!...
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Whoot!! - This is really only a shout out for my Mum and Dad - they are finally online and have said that they will have a look at my blog so 'Hi, Mum and Dad!' Ha...
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a not-a-birth story - When I was pregnant the big thing all the kids at school would ask me - particularly the girls - was, 'Are you scared? About the labour?' My stock response...
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Arro Home - You may have seen this already. It’s probably the main reason I have been lax in the blogging department. But if you haven’t seen it, here is the formal in...
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I had too much to dream last night... - I'm pleased to report I've been busy, busy again: printing, organising, posing. I'm thoroughly looking forward to seeing these artist's works come togeth...
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Okunoshima : Bunny Island! - I know a lot of you won’t have heard of Bunny Island, but of course, to someone like me (and also, someone like Kirbee) Bunny Island sounds like somewhere ...
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Lizzie Stewart - Library find in June - I love this cover for Louisa May Alcott's, Little Women, by Lizzie Stewart which I shelf checked at work last week. A...
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Hop - Yikes. It's been a while. I'm very glad to be back here, though, thanks mostly to my friend, Julie, who invited me to take part in a different sort of blog...
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A farewell to orange - Dear friends, the time has come. This blog is going into retirement. I'm packing it a suitcase stuffed with coral golf shirts, pumpkin plaid shorts, and t...
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Hello, 2014 - [image: photo Collage_zps0ed10f73.jpg] Hello, and happy New Year! Did you have a lovely and relaxing holiday break? We spent ours visiting family, and it...
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The Tea Song - This is The Tea Song (from Yorkshire Tea), full of amazing FACTS about the healing properties of the cup that cheers!
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I Have Been Gone For A Long Time. Reason #2 - We've had three birthdays around these parts; Nathaniel turned six Elizabeth turned twelve Sebastian turned four (and didn't like the singing)
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Miss Florence - [image: Miss Florence] Meet Miss Florence, my first rag doll that I have made since I was about seven I think! My mum may well correct me, I made her at a ...
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Espace TILT - MAKE - We're taking part in a group show in Switzerland with a bunch of super creatives, the show is curated by Nigel Peake and the list of other contribu...
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Teppanyaki Dynamite - Thanks for watching and please support the Revolution by clicking Like on our Facebook page.
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Knit-a-rama - [image: Vogue Guide to Knitting cover] Published by Collins/Conde Nast (1972) Two new (read: 30-year-old) craft books recently came into my possession, b...
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The Discoveries of Christopher Song - Sometimes strange objects turn up in the archive- this is one of the strangest yet. It appears to be a lump of stone with two seed pods growing out of it....
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free crochet pig pattern - *Free crochet pig pattern* | Abbreviations | FLO = front loop only | BLO = back loop only | ch = chain | ss = slip stitch | dc = double crochet | | st/st...
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New address, new spot! - There is a new blog! This is the last post here! Check it out: http://blog.thesmallobject.com/ Please update your feeds and keep stopping by! I’ll be updat...
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It's nearly Movember - It's not long now until November, which means men across the world will be sporting moustache in aid of 'Movember' which aims to raise awareness of men'...
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And now we are 32 - The Glasgow Craft Mafia just got bigger! We welcomed two new members through the door last month. Say hello to Deepfired and Sarey Poppins. You can read al...
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the things I blog about
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- baby (302)
- books (76)
- charity shop delights (141)
- clothes (60)
- craftathon 2011 (43)
- craftathon 2015 (8)
- day in the life (8)
- days out (146)
- films and television (123)
- food and drink (84)
- found (11)
- growing things (3)
- haiku (2)
- heart (59)
- markets (14)
- me and my girl (35)
- music (51)
- my sister's diary (12)
- rambling (141)
- sending and receiving mail (79)
- swimming (37)
- the place where i live (141)
- things made by me (294)
- things made by others (273)
- time-travelling tuesday (27)
- top menshies (9)
- tutorials (6)
- vintage craft book collection (11)
- wedding (6)
you can find me on flickr too
what i've been watching
- megamind
- a girl walks home alone at night
- capote
- bambi
- cinderella
- the falling
- jack and the beanstalk
- madagascar
- puss in boots
- shaun the sheep
what i've been reading
- no country for old men (cormac mccarthy)
- a tale etched in blood and hard black pencil (christopher brookmyre)
- born free (laura hird)
- the mistletoe bride and other haunting tales (kate mosse)
- room (emma donoghue)
- the miniaturist (jessie burton)
- what maisie knew (henry james)
- symposium (muriel spark)
- cat's eye (margaret atwood)
- lives of girls and women (alice munro)
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