My immediate and extended family as well as my close friends are big thrift store/second hand shoppers. We all love to stretch our dollar and to find a good deal. I personally use my “thrifty-fu” to score cool secondhand Japanese items. ;3
Below are some of the many Japanese items I’ve picked up over the years. I would love to show off all my finds – but I’m not gonna go crawling through the attic to find them. ごめんなさい… ^^;
Where do you buy most of your Japanese things?
A very very very very long time ago, around 2006 or so, I got into watching Japanese commercials – namely Pocky commercials as they are a lot fun to watch and Pocky is the iconic snack choice of otakus. :3
The following four videos feature my all time favorite Pocky commercials:
Today my family celebrated my maternal grandmother’s 80th birthday…
Guess who chose the balloons~? (I ♥ color!) :3
A close up of the bouquet I helped pick out. So pretty!
Grandma’s angel food cakes that I decorated with yummy fresh fruit!
Happy Birthday Grandma!!! I love you!
***The superwoman who made Grandma’s special party possible was my mom! I just helped out on some of the fun & easy stuff! ***
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One of the reasons I’ve been using the serger on presents and personal items lately is to practice for my eared hats! A project that has been shelved for the past two years due to Youmacon’s ban on hat sales in the Artist Alley is being revived once again for Etsy. 🙂 Hopefully my nitpicking ways will pay off when I add this item to my shop!
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