After months of enjoying the sun I don’t mind cocooning in autumn. It’s a great excuse to turn on the heat, grab a hot drink and to get some creative projects going. Recently I stumbled upon Ayako Kishi’s work and … Continue reading Free Autumn Papercraft from Ayako Kishi
Recently some creative ideas popped up in my head and this cute cat card was the first to see the light of day (^_^). This DIY project is quite easy and will probably take you about 20~30 minutes to make. The … Continue reading Cute Cat Bookmark Card DIY
Shinanda from Korea makes the cutest polymer clay creations. She also kindly offers DIY tutorials on her blog. Even though the tutorials are in Korean, I think the step by step photo’s should say enough. I have made a selection … Continue reading Cute Clay Charm Tutorials
Personally I have a hard time holding a exacto knife straight, so my jaw dropped when I saw the work of Yuri (ユ リ). She very skilled and her cut paper designs look amazing. Judge for yourself (*^▽^*): Visit Yuri’s … Continue reading Wonderful Papercut Art by Yuri
You might have heard of Maqaroon, Joanna’s brand for kawaii jewelry and art. Amber from Miseducated has posted a great interview with Joanna, if you would like to know more about her. Somehow it had skipped my attention that Joanna … Continue reading Kawaii Craft Tutorials from Maqaroon
Because the Kawaii Jewelry Shop is doing quite well, the inventory is starting to dwindle 😦 I wanted to make some new necklaces this weekend, but discovered that I’m running out of beads and chains. So I ordered new ones … Continue reading Polymer Clay Charms Tryout
The temperatures have been sky high in the Netherlands, while summer hasn’t even officially started yet! One of the nice things about summer is the abundance of fruit. I like to load up on bananas, strawberries and other red fruit, … Continue reading Fruity Summer Crafts
Several sheets of felt have been laying in my closet since -euhm- forever. I’ve been meaning to make a cute cat (Catootje) with it, but somehow never found the time or inspiration. That is until I spotted a new book … Continue reading Cute Felt Deer DIY
I ordered this vintage coloring book from Kawaii Shop Japan a couple of years ago. It’s filled with stickers and super happy images of girls in frilly dresses. Also look at the animals, notice that koala and the cat resembling … Continue reading Kawaii Coloring for Adults
What better way to express your love than a little handmade gift or handwritten card? These free Valentine printables might just do the trick ^_^ Perfect Pairings cards from Hostess with the Mostess Printable Treat Boxes from We Love to … Continue reading Kawaii Free Valentine Printables
Santani is an artist from Russia, who makes the most adorable fantasy creatures. She uses various materials such as use fimo, sculpey and fabric fur to create her dolls, designed after animals like chinchillas and owls. If you take a … Continue reading Cute Fantasy Animal Dolls by Santani
Still looking for some sweet 2014 calendars or schedules? These printable calendars will help you to get organized 🙂 Sweet New Year Calendar by Eat Drink Chic Sanrio offers a new calendar for each month of the year, with enough … Continue reading Printable Calendars and Schedules
These adorable sea critters -with their sleeping habits- are needle-felted by artist Hiné Mizushima. They were made for an exhibition in Baltimore called In The Palm Of Your Hand. Next to needle-felting Hiné is also a stop-motion puppet animator and … Continue reading Cute Needle-Felted Sea Critters
A small gift from me to you – kawaii printable alpaca christmas cards 🙂 They are available in three formats: – Horizontal post card (like the one above) – Vertical post card (left below) – Horizontal folded card (right below) This DIY is … Continue reading Kawaii Alpaca Christmas Card
Tarina Tarantino started making jewelry as a child and she picked it up again during her time as a model. Her (future) husband encouraged Tarina to start a business with her jewelry. During that time (the 90’s) minimalism in fashion … Continue reading Tarina Tarantino’s Sparkle Factory
With Halloween just around the corner I’ve collected some kawaii Halloween treats and crafts that you can make. Cute Halloween chocolate cupcake toppers by Next to Nicx Kawaii Little Ghost Cookies by Make Me Cake Me Cute Halloween Pumpkin Balloons … Continue reading Kawaii Halloween DIY Crafts
About a year ago I started using Illustrator. It takes a little while to get used to, but it’s a great way to create kawaii characters. Here are some tutorials that I’d like to try and wanted to share with … Continue reading Kawaii Illustration Tutorials
On one of the previous websites of kao-ani.com I had posted a Paper Stars Origami Tutorial. The instructions were written in an itsy bitsy tiny pixel font, since that was all the rage back then. Luckily I still had Little … Continue reading Lucky Paper Stars Tutorial
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