Finally! Amazon.jp has started adding page excerpts on their listings. For example, here are some pages from two of the cuta zakka books. It doesn't seem to be hugely common yet, but there are definitely pages for listings that didn't...
I passed through New York today on my way to a meeting on Long Island. So, while I was there, I stopped by the Japanese book stores (Bookoff and Kinokuniya, plus finally found Asahiya, which was more on 45th than...
I let my Sampler subscription lapse last month, but then was horribly jealous of everyone's summer samplers and so ponied up for another 3 months. If you want to subscribe, you have to be on the web site, already signed...
Wow, Renegade was great. There was a lot of reworked vintage stuff, like, say, pouches made from old sheets and tableclothes. I don't know where people find all their great fabric. Also lots of wonderful silkscreening. I'm totally inspired to...
In looking for Lindsay Packer links (see previous post), I learned that she's RISD, like everyone else I like. That reminded me, guess who gets to go to the RISD Alumni Sale Saturday? My husband and I both have business...
Thank you Mary I, who commented on my Japan in New York post about the Japanese used book store Book Off. I made it up there today and it was fantastic. It's at 14 E 41st between Madison and 5th...
Spent the day in New York City yesterday, seeing the Gates and checking out all the Japanese stores I could find, mostly midtown. I figured I'd post them just in case anyone else is looking. I found out about these...
We've been going to the Ikea in Elizabeth, so for a change of pace we tried the Conshohocken one. It has fabric, which makes it my new favorite. We were looking for curtains, but couldn't bring ourselves to buy $90...
Oooh, there are so many craft books I want. Apparently the people behind Get Crafty and Knitty both have books coming out. Erika Knight's got a new knitting book called Simple Knits with a Twist (seen on Creating Me). Word...
Went to the mall today, and the card store (Papyrus?) was going out of business or something. Everything was 70% off plus buy one get one free. I got a bunch of ribbon (including some puffball ones like this from...
I'm on the lookout for a new magazine, Rescue. I saw a thing about it in the newspaper describing it as a sort of Real Simple for men. Their website's pretty slick, even if there's not a whole lot up...
I must get one of these things. A Gocco mini-silk-screen sort of printing device. Some of my favorite artists are printmakers (Tom Killion, Patricia Curtan, Gustave Baumann, letterpresses of all sorts) or serographers (Kathleen Lipinski). I've been playing with eraser...
