Treasury

So I am in treasury! It's poppy bracelet choosed by Nightingale03! I combined with fused glass and round red berry like beads.

Acqua

The second crocodile of this week is light blue one.
A drop of water made a cute one! Fresh like water of the mountain.

Swimmy

Here's first listed of this week!
Yellow and blue crocodile Keychain! Imagine that one sunday at the swimming pool in the neighborhood. just relax and this crocodile is with you...

Sunday

I have listed new earrings on my shop!
Here is cool tonight.. Elvis, one of our cat came home.. he was outside for 3days.
He is just 5year old but don't have the canine teeth.. He is just like a pirate cat.

I made some more crocodiles keychain. I will list them in next week! so please check it up!

Wonderland

Here what I created with the words of my blog.

Create yours!

Pesca Tabacchiera

In this season in the market there's little peach crashed.. I like it because they have strong sweet perfume and taste also sweet. Since I looked up on the internet: Here they call "Pesca tabacchiera". It is usually grown in Etna, Sicily. Inside is white and it taste very sweet. They call it "tabacchiera" because it seems antique tabbaco box...
If you find it I recommend to try it! It is very very good!

Perfumed garden

This moment there's beautiful perfume in the garden. Very very romantic...
Gardenia

Jasmin

Magnolia

More new crocodiles...

Here are more new crocodile which I made last week. It's already on my shop, etsy.

African Print

I bought this african print skirt via internet! The shop call MANANI. MANANI means plastic or modelling in West African language. She is selling clothes made of African fabric and jewelry. They are very fabulous! The online shop is in Japanese but she has also shop in Paris.



I love the pattern and the color of this skirt.
Feeling this summer african air..

Here comes the sun...

And finally, we have sunshine! and... too hot.. Never in right way... Anyway I am happy because there's sun.
And also another thing, I get cold. damn... Last Thursday, I had sore throat. I had to finish my work by Friday. I went to pharmacy to get medicine. On Friday I couldn't get up.. but I went to the office anyway. I left office right away when I finished the stuff I needed to do. It was 2pm. On the way home, I take train. I got wrong train. I noticed before the train took off. I was even sleeping there... I felt too much tired.. anyway I got home at 6pm, instead of arriving before 4pm.. damn...
These days, I am too much tired. May be because of rain, or work, or many events we had this month.. I don't know..
So this weekend, relax just relax. I just did things I like. Up dating items on Etsy, taking walk, cooking. And now I feel much better. :)
Hope you had nice weekend too!

New earrings

Here is new added earrings on etsy. The one is kind of Carnival. The grass beads of blue and red dots. I like it because the dots makes me fun.

And the other one is Summer stream earrings.
These earrings reminds me when I was child, on the vacation, we went to the province in france. And one day we went to take a walk in the forest. See the sun light under the tree and everything is shining. Feeling the chilling air and sometimes there's a place you can hear the sound of streaming...
That's what it inspired me!

Hope you have wonderful weekend!

New necklace

I have just up loaded to my shop etsy, new necklaces! One is made from wood beads and the other one is mix with wood beads and ceramic beads.
The red bordered one is very pop and cute. I imaged circus.
The other one with blue tone, inspired by Chinese blue lotus. The blue bird is the point!

These days we don't have so much good weather... It seems rainy season in Japan...
not humid though, but cold... oh.. when will the sun shining day appear...

Funny face

While I was taking photo of the earrings, Dora came to see what i am doing..
here is here funny face!

mandarin earrings

These days here is not good weather. raining, raining and raining... except yesterday it was sunny day. So, I made this yellow sunshine earrings!
you can find on etsy shop!

The Weepies

I found this group duo the other day. i like it very much.

http://www.myspace.com/theweepies

green monday

Seeing fresh green vegetable makes me happy! Green Asparagus and Erbette (= grasses?). Erbette is a kind of spinach but taste is more delicate. I don't know what call exactly and what spacies...

red sunday

red. when i notice that red color is often near me.

Apple Confiture

This weekend i didn't do nothing... (nothing mean for the house cleaning..) except cooking and meet some of my frieds. Having lunch with them and chitchatting all day long. It's a while i didn't see my friends so it was very very fun! It's not good always doing rutin things and get stress of the every day life... anyway, While i was surfing on the internet this morning, i found a blog which was writing about confiture. And, this inspired me. I had some apples which i didn't know what to do. They were becoming shrinking... So i decided to make a confiture with apple flavoured with cinnamon.

4 golden apples (600g)
sugar 500g
1 lemon
1 stick of cinnamon

Put all ingredients in the pan and heat them until the apples becoming trasparent.
That's it! it's easy, natural and delicious.
If you have apples i recommend it.

Me l'ha detto il topo...

The mouse said so...

One day when we were talking in the office about horoscope Chinese, i had a question by my colleague, "How they decided these cycle of animals?". it's like to ask "How is decided horoscope astrology?" Yes, i know it's a simple question but one doesn't think often.. anyway, when one live another country, sometimes get difficult question which is completely don't have idea... when you live there you don't notice all things. or just don't interested in. but when you transfer to another country they expect to know everything about your country.. it's difficult. sometimes.. i don't say it's annoying. I am also happy to receive this kind of question. Because you know better than before about your country and discover the identity. it's ironic though..

anyway, i found the answer in coincident!
I found a beautiful book the other day call, "Me l'ha detto il topo".
It's Italian book. It tells about Chinese Horoscope.
It came from a Chinese legend. Very nice design and simple story.

Feeling the footstep of Spring

Some days ago, while i was gathering dead leaves in the garden i found some flowers. I am not taking care of the garden so much, but when start to feel the spring i try take care a little bit... and this season usually there's some flowers blooming.

Snowdrop


Violet

Hina-matsuri, Girls day!

Today in Japanese tradition is girls day. Usually we display dolls wearing kimono. Ever year my mother send me cards designed with this dolls. This year here it is!



It's a 3D card 5cm x 5cm. it's very little. and yesterday, i found some peach flower branches at flower shop. It fits very good with black vase which is my aunt gave me.





and also usually on girls day we make "Chirashi-zushi". it's a kind of sushi salad. the base of rice is sushi-like. and decorate with fish or vegetable you like. i usually put carrot and dry porcini cooked in soy sauce and sugar, salmon or shrimp, and then this time i put "cima di rapa" kind of broccoli sprout, and on the top egg crepes slices. in Japanese cooking is important the color. so if you can't find broccoli sprout it's ok anything green, green pie or spinach. instead of salmon or shrimp, if you find salmon eggs.. so you can arrange the topping as you like it. Important thing is just be colorful!

and as dessert, i usually do chopped strawberry with ice cream. or strawberry cake..
Now has just began strawberry season so anything with strawberry it's good!

so here is Girls day in Japanese style!
hope you enjoy!

Cats...

Anyway, one of my cats broken the vase which has red tulip i bought on saturday... i knew. she is young (only one year..), she is curious everything but plants! she can't resist to touch it and smell it.. and of course, with that tulip too, she was curious. she was gazing it and tried to jump on the shlef... i said many times not to get near... oh well, she is only a cat... when she saw me she was escaping... then.. yesterday, I was at work, Fede called me...

so, it happened... flower trashed because i don't know... he bought me new tulips..
anyway. just it.

let's keep up.

Tiny

There's a market every Friday near office. I often go there to discover something new. I like market very much. There's many thing and also i can see what is eaten in Italy.
and i found. i found tiny tiny white fish. They are also eaten in Japan too. They are becoming sardine or anchovy.. Yes! They are "Bianchetti" in Italian and "Shirasu" in Japanese!



The one i found in the market was boiled. In Italy it seems they eat with olive oil and lemon but in Japan, they use usually as topping of tofu, salad, pasta, or mixing with rice.

So I made "Shirasu Gohan". It's really simple. just cook rice and at the end mix with bianchetti and some wakame (algae). The bianchetti is already salted so i think it's enough tasty. If not add some salt.

Red Tulip

I bought yesterday at supermarket a red tulip. It's red and elegant red petal like skirt of 18 century. I've never seen this species. I looked up on the internet and i think it's "Abba".. but I am not sure.. Anyone knows how it call???

30 list for new year

It has passed already one month... and i thought it would be good idea to make a list! Inspired by her.
Here it is:

1. get in touch with my friends more.
I am very lazy for this.. and often i lost contact.. i am very sorry for this..
This year write, write and write! meet, meet, and meet!
2. see my best friend, Yuko!
It's a long time i don't see her. there's so much to talk.
3. go to Tokyo.
Yes! it is my home town!! i miss such messy, noisy but unique city in the world.
4. learn to draw a character.
5. learn a new recipe using vegetable.
6. see movie at least one a month.
7. improve speaking italian.
8. find a favourite illustrator.
9. buy a curtain for dining room.
10. take more photo.
11. go to see a play anything. (especially modern dance)
12. improve my etsy shop.
13. make many crocodile with beads.
14. do exercise. may be take a modern dance class if i found..
15. explore the town with bicycle.
16. visit belgium.
17. read books on native indian.
18. discover new indies song.
19. find some prints to put on the wall.
20. go to a flea market to find a treasure.
21. make a little bed for cats.
22. learn knitting
23. go to breakfast on sunday sometimes.
24. learn about tulip.
25. visit venice, murrano island.
26. make a berry cake
27. learn japanese cooking
28. experiment new soup.
29. go to drink with my best friend Anna.
30. continue write for this blog!

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2008

I just wanted to say "Happy new year 2008 to all!" and i wanted to put a this video to share this moment, who had just arrived 2008 and who is going to arrive, with this cute monster. I like elmo from "Sesame Street" (He was my favorite when i was little.) and i found this is very cute and sweet and makes me smile a lot every time when i watch, even when i am sad..
I hope everyone will have a wonderful fun 2008!
Hope you enjoy it!

Bye Bye Spider! Bye Bye 2007!

These days before reaching new year, i am cleaning all the house (however, "all the house" is big words..) anyway, the other day i cleaned the outside of the house, yesterday all window, today, i was cleaning the floor.. (it's still in work though..) and yesterday when i was cleaning the window, how many spider i found!!! From tiny tiny one to big one. eak! and the spider web. i don't like to kill it so i pushed out with a stick..
Now is beautifully clean and the window is shiny. Just a little thing like clean room makes me happy. Clean all dust of 2007 and welcome brand new 2008!

Wish you all happy happy new year 2008!

Soup seasons

Winter is the season i don't like so much... the one thing i appreciate that it's good for Soup season. Because i like very much Soup! Each winter i experiment new soup.
Soup of Finocchio. (Finocchio is fennel in italian and i use the part of bulb), Tomato, Carrot, Zucchine, Green Piece, Porro... I usually combine with potato and at the end i use blender to mix them all up. The result is 50/50. Sometimes is good and sometimes not... anyway. my experiment is just begun so this winter during the holiday season i will try some more. and it is good to rest your stomach from heavy festivity dinner or lunch...

new earrings

Here is new earrings i made these days. These are on my Etsy shop. I hope you enjoy and find something you like!!!

Venetzian Murano beautiful glass earrings

I updated my little shop on Etsy. Little by little like a turtle passes... I like very much these little glass beads from Murano, Venetzia. Each motif and form is different.

Photo Booth with new Mac!

I bought a new computer. it's a white body Mac book.
It's about 7years that i haven't had a new "my" computer. The first one was in '98 (if i remember well.. ). It was NEC note book. i have just graduated the highschool. i was connecting to internet through modem. it wasn't even 56k... i remember well how i felt exciting but at the same time strange that there's another world just connecting to the phone line. The second one was Toshiba Libretto 100. it's a tiny tiny computer. i even created home page with that. Seeing now this computer, it's too small!!! Ok. i have little hands but it's just too small..
Now, i have my brand new white Mac book! yeah! and there's a fun software call "PhotoBooth"
you can modify your face or change the background.

here is the photo!

tomato or paprika?

Often on Saturday i go to fruit & vegetable store. and the other day i went there i found something strange.. it seems like a tomato but also like a paprika. I am very curious when i found something never saw. Especially in the vegetable store. I asked to the lady she said, it's sicilian paprika call, "Popone".. What!? "Popone...???!" (it's sound very strange...). anyway i got some for try.


When i back home i looked up on the internet for "Popone".. but nothing come out... i think i misunderstood what she said... then, i looked up for a while changing key words... Finally i found with "sicilian peperone"! It call, "TUMATICOT"! there was also a recipe. they say it's good as gratin...


Well, so i decided to try gratin. I sliced it, i covered them with parmesan cheese, olive oil, a little bit of oregano, salt and pepper. Put them in the oven for 15minuites.
The taste is very good! I think a little bit sweeter than usual paprika. and have thin skin so it's easy to eat.
If you find one i recommend it!

Hi again!

Again, i renewed the blog and here i am again.
I opened the new shop on "Etsy" and started to selling little animals, which is i am continuing making for years... it's a good gift for some little occasion and little thanks or hi to someone you get to know or sometimes for farewell...