雪の下北 (Shimokita Snow)

わー！ It snowed the other day in 下北！とてもきれいでした！It was so beautiful!

My lovely 日本語の先生's prediction was right. Just as you think it's getting warmer and that winter is on it's way out, it starts to snow! Secretly I was so happy. Coming from Sydney where it never snows, it's so beautiful and fun for me. I was standing on my balcony squealing 'there's snow on me! there's snow on my arm!' ha ha. Can you tell from my snow excitement that I've only be living in Tokyo for almost a year!

And when I went for a walk in the morning I saw three snowmen!




Some shots from the night before...








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ハローサンドウィチ

Hello Sandwich VOGUE Living Ten Favourite Things

Hello Sandwiches!

I think I'm about to go on an explanation mark frenzy!

The lovely VOGUE Living have interviewed Hello Sandwich for their Ten Favourite Things page and it's on sale tomorrow!!!

It's quite unbelievable for me that I'm on this page as for years at the VOGUE Living art desk whilst designing this page each issue I would playfully imagine what my top ten things would be. Once, I even made a mock 'Ten Faves Page' for my dear friend Richard Waller (former VOGUE Living Deputy Editor and current Editor of Inside Out Magazine) on his birthday. His 'mock' (but secretly true) ten favourite things included Pol Roger Champagne and blue moon roses! So it's quite crazy for me to see myself on this page!

The cover of the new VOGUE Living looks so beautiful! I can't wait to receive my copy! It always makes me miss my old job when I receive the issue in the mail though (sob sob).

Thank you so much David and the VOGUE Living team! I miss you all so much! Thank you so much for your Sandwich support! xoxo


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xoxo

P.S. Gemma! I love the purple masthead and coral 'Living' and ampersand colours! PMS request please! ;) Nawww, I miss sitting at the art desk with you looking through covers with the pantone book... xoxo

Seventies Kyoto Hotel

Our rented bikes.









A few more pics from our Kyoto trip. We stayed in a cheap and cheerful seventies hotel close to Kyoto station. I really loved the retro style and the bathroom was crazy...lime green bath mat?!

ELLE Canada

There is a little Sandwich in ELLE Canada this month.

Kyoto

A few Sandwich style shots from my weekend trip to Kyoto.

京都に行きました。楽しかった。

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Tokyo Craft Workshop Video

Hello Sandwiches,

I just made a little video from my Tokyo Craft Workshop! Hope you can enjoy it.

The super cute music is by Nagoya based Lullatone. They've just released a new album called 'Elevator Music'. It's so cute! You can download it here.

It's a long weekend here in Japan, and I'm off to Kyoto! Weeee. Have a lovely weekend.

It's also mama-sando's birthday! HAPPY BIRTHDAY MAMA-SANDO!

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Sandwich
xoxo

D ♥ Y at Claska

It's a little sad that another fantastic D♥Y event is over. Remember the last event here?

What a wonderful weekend! Creative people, music workshops, ceramic workshops, calligraphy workshops, handmade pinball machines, delicious food + coffee + hot wine, lovely friends visiting and meeting some lovely Hello Sandwich readers!

Thank you so much Eguchi-san for inviting me! And thank you lovely Hiroko-san for all of your help and for translating for me!









The most lovely view from 8F Claska.





Takaiyama inc.



Super cute!





Kata Yuko and Kumajawa at Kigenzen.






Felt time capsule making workshop.



Hello Sandwich Gift Wrapping Craft Workshop action shot!





Setting up on the rooftop!









Delicious doughnuts!


If you weren't able to come along here is a little video walk around D♥Y if you'd like to take a virtual walk through the event.



And here is a little (ちょっとはずかしい） recorded stream from the beginning of my workshop.




There are also a few ustream recordings of my workshop here, here, here and here. And there are are lots of other workshop ustrem recordings here.

I can't wait until the next D♥Y!

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xoxo

Thank you Miss Wong for some of these pics.