Printable Calendars and Schedules
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
Cute Needle-Felted Sea Critters
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
Kirimi-chan is the newest Sanrio character
Maybe you remember the character contest based on popular foods that Sanrio held last year. The contest is over and you can find the final results over here. It turned out that most people voted for the weird salmon fillet! … Continue reading Kirimi-chan is the newest Sanrio character
A Kawaii 2014!
Woohoo, I wish you all the best for 2014! I hope it will be a great year and that you will keep visiting kao-ani ^_^ Thank you so much for your support in 2013! And now for the winner of the Paper Doll Mate calendar & pen givaway: . . . ♩♪♫♬ *drumroll* ♩♪♫♬ . . . it’s Heather! Thank you all for participating and please feel free to enter a next time, because I’m sure there will be new giveaways this year. Continue reading A Kawaii 2014!
Paper Doll Mate Calendar Giveaway
Because 2013 is almost coming to an end I decided to keep a small giveaway. You can win this Paper Doll Mate desk calendar & a duck pen from Sweet Sunday Shop, to kick off 2014 in a cute way! … Continue reading Paper Doll Mate Calendar Giveaway
Belated Birthday Presents
Last week I met up with friends. Somehow all our birthdays occur in September and October, so we decided to exchange gifts. Which is awesome, because we all have a thing for kawaii stationery. The pressies were so cute that … Continue reading Belated Birthday Presents
Kawaii DIY Gingerbread Man Cookies
After watching Shrek, I’ve developed a soft spot for gingerbread men ❤ So when I stumbled upon the Frosted Fun cookie cutters from Wilton, I couldn’t help myself. The last time I made cookies was before the millennium, light years ago… … Continue reading Kawaii DIY Gingerbread Man Cookies
Kawaii Alpaca Christmas Card
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
Cute Stationery: Sweet Sunday Shop
Today it’s time for part 2 of the Sweet Sunday Shop review, I hope you’ll enjoy it! Part 1 with an introduction and cute Christmas stationery can be found here. Cute Korean Cat Diary Stickers First I want to introduce … Continue reading Cute Stationery: Sweet Sunday Shop
Kawaii Christmas Cards & Stickers: Sweet Sunday Shop
Recently Kathrin asked me to write a review of the super cute items which she sells in her online shop called Sweet Sunday. Today I’m starting with an introduction of her shop and a review of kawaii Christmas stationery. My … Continue reading Kawaii Christmas Cards & Stickers: Sweet Sunday Shop
Kawaii Jewelry Shop Update
The Kawaii Jewelry Shop has been updated with new necklaces and rings during the past week. I hope that you like the new items, I surely had fun making them. Next on my to do list is creating pendants with … Continue reading Kawaii Jewelry Shop Update
Tarina Tarantino’s Sparkle Factory
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
Cute Kitchenware by Camila Prada
Years ago Tado tweeted that they had bought several items at Camila Prada. I’ve kept an eye on her cute ceramic creations ever since. So when I received Camila’s newsletter saying that the Sample Sale had started, I clicked on … Continue reading Cute Kitchenware by Camila Prada
Molang Desktop Wallpaper
As you might have noticed I’ve got a soft spot for Molang. I decided to make a couple of cute Molang desktop wallpapers, you can download them in 1920x1200px by clicking the pictures below: More Molang Desktop Wallpapers Still craving … Continue reading Molang Desktop Wallpaper
Kawaii Kitchen Week – My Collection
Thanks to a blog post from Yvonne about a Shinzi Katoh apple container with worm-shaped chopstick rests, I got hooked to kawaii kitchenware about 6 years ago. Whenever I see something useful with kawaii characters or faces on it, I … Continue reading Kawaii Kitchen Week – My Collection
Kawaii Kitchen Week – Gladee
Gladee is a Japanese company which originally started selling ceramics in 1991. Later other products where added, such as plush, pouches and bags. The name is made up of the words ‘Glad’ and ‘ee’, which sounds like good (いい) in … Continue reading Kawaii Kitchen Week – Gladee
Kawaii Kitchen Week – Karel Capek
Utako Yamada is a Tokyo-based illustrator and children’s book author who has created a chain of teatime shops called Karel Capek. The name Karel Capek is kind of random since he’s a Czech writer who invented the term “robot”. The … Continue reading Kawaii Kitchen Week – Karel Capek
Kawaii Kitchen Week – Decole
Decole is the brand that actually started my craving for cute Japanese kitchenware (zakka). They make vintage inspired items and each style has got it’s own name. Miranda usually involves cat patterns or cat-shaped items. Other animal-shaped items can be … Continue reading Kawaii Kitchen Week – Decole
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