Zakka Candy

Ever since I can remember I have always loved christmas crafts. As I am a fan of everything kawaii and Japanese zakka or Japanese cute crafts I have been studying Japanese christmas crafts a bit this year and of course Japanese Xmas craft or zakka is as cute and adorable as all other Japanese crafts or zakka. Here above are some samples that I found on the Japanese website Zakka Candy

Rilakkuma and Tarepanda

How did we do before Wikipedia ?? It is amazing how information about anything you can think of can be found there. Anyway as I am getting more and more additced to Japanese cuteness, I found out that cute Japanese teddy bears that are often seen have brand names. Rilakkuma is a combination of relax and and the Japanese word for bear and the character is produced by the San-X company. Tarepanda another San-X character on the other hand means lazy or droopy panda, its a character who gets around by rolling, since it is so lazy, how cute ;-)...

I found these cute Rilakummas at:http://www.rilakkumashop.com/

Some cute Tarepandas...

Cute Japanese Good Luck Animal softies

I thougth that these cute Good Luck animal softies would be very suitable for the theme of my blog, they are so cute and I am sure that they bring good luck at least they should make people who love cute softies smile :-)...

Here is a link to the online shop :-)..
Japanese Good Luck softies

Cute characters by Cally Jane Studio

I thought it was about time to add something to my blog. I ran into these incredible cute characters by Cally Jane Studio
Cally Jane Studio

Cally is a freelance illustrator based in the UK. The aim of Cally´s work is to make people smile with her cute characters.

Cute Japanese softies and baby stuff

I guess I am a bit of a internet nerd at least I find it nice and relaxing when I am a too tyred to do something useful with my time to search the net. Tonight a ran into this japanese site with some cute inspirational softies:
http://www.monseuil.co.jp

Free download kawaii cute little dog

I haven´t had much time lately to blog or create but I still have a lot of cute little kawaii style animals in my head that I would like to create, I would like to sew some and crochet some, I simply love the amigurumi style crocheted style animals :-)... Anyway I thought that I should give this cute litle dog as a freebee, I hope somebody can use it in their scrapbooking or for other crafts :-)..
Please note that this cute little teddy is copyrighted be me so it is for personal use only. Please not distribute further without my permission.

Free download teddy bear

I have been designing some cute little animals, I have to think about what I can do with them, I guess I will making someting for my Etsy shop with them, anyway I thoght I would start by giving this one as a free download. Please note that this cute little teddy is copyrighted be me so it is for personal use only. Please not distribute further without my permission.

Cozy Mom - Japanese Zakka plush animals

By browsing on the web I found this sweet page with cute japanese plush animals, unfortunatly I don´t understand a thing as it is in japanese but the brand seems to be called Cocy Mom.
Here is a link: Cozy Mom Antiques & Zakka

Cute Japanese handmade teddy bears by Rutsu

I must admit that I have simply fallen in love with handmade Japanese teddy bears or handmade teddy bears inspired by the simple cute Japanese ones. I found this Japanese teddy bear designer on the web. She has a Etsy shop.
Rutsu teddy bear shop on Etsy

Aranzi Aronzo craft books and more

If you like cute kawaii inspiring crafts, Aranzi Aronzo releases wonderful sweet Japanese-styled craft books and more. On the offical webpage Aranzi Aronzo is a combination of Mr. Aranzi and Mr. Aronzo but according to Wikipedia, Aranzi Aronzo is a company run by Mrs. Saito and Ms. Yomura that produces original goods. Their catch phrase is"cute, strange, cool, silly, a little bit horrible, stupid and conmfortable".
Here is a link to the official hompage in English:
Aranzi Aronzo official hompage
The Aranzi Aronzo crafts books are available at Amazon:
Baby Stuff

Knitting Dreams

I found this lovely shop on of my favorite places on the web Etsy. The shop is called Knitting Dreams. The designer makes very cute handmade amigurumi and miniature teddy bears and plush toys. Her miniature photographs are incredibly cute.

Nicola Pearson textile/graphic designer

I ran into the designer Nicola Pearson who fits very well into the theme for my blog, Cute Craft Ideas. She makes very nice designs for companies like Mamas and Papas: http://www.mamasandpapas.com

You can take a look at Nicoalas designs at her blog: http://nicolapearson.blogspot.com/

Kimmidoll desktop wallpapers and more

I have always loved the cute small Japanese Kokeshi dolls and I recently discovered that there is a more contemporary type of them available, called Kimmidoll. If you are interested there is a very nice US website www.kimmidollusa.com where you can find sweet Kimmmidoll desktop wallpapers and coloring pages among other things.

Kawaii style Easter Bunnies

I like very much Asian or Japanese Kawaii or Cute style crafts so I have decided to blog about my own crafts projects made in kawaii style and other cute crafts I find on the Internet :-)... Here you see a photo of my Kawaii Style Easter bunnies which I made for Easter this year. It is possible to buy them as a printable pdfs from:.
My Etsy Store