LoveForJapan

I am so very happy to report that Etsy reversed their position on collaborative charity shops and the lovely shop LoveForJapan popped up immediately. All proceeds from sales in the shop are donated to the Red Cross, shipping is covered by the individual sellers.

Fuzzy Sushi donated a set of hair clips, made in Japanese red and white, to the shop.



Red and White Flower Hair Clips Listing

There are tons of other gorgeous listings from other sellers as well! Click on the pictures to get to the listings.

Donated to LoveForJapan by KaleidoscopeByErin

Donated to LoveForJapan by Kimiko611

Visit the LoveForJapan shop to see everything they have!

Fuzzy Sushi Accessories Line

I've been working on rounding out the new accessories line in the shop. I have so many more ideas and can't wait to keep adding to it!

I'm thinking more hair pieces, more jewelry, belts...I'm excited to get my fingers moving!

More Mustache!

I decided one thing my creations were lacking was facial hair. So, I remedied that posthaste.



Soft Merino Beanie Now With More Mustache

Shameless Self Promotion

Which, really, what else is a blog for!?

My blog partner, Alicia, over on our craft blog Team Awesome has created an absolutely adorable corduroy bag and we're giving it away this week!

Hop over to Team Awesome and enter to win! You can comment, tweet or Facebook (or all three!) to enter.

Another one bites the dust.

I'm not sure what one would call this thing, but I'd say it's a neck gator.  Except I don't intend to hike it up over my nose.

It's from my book of difficult and complicated patterns. I used the wrong kind of yarn, so it didn't come out exactly the way it was supposed to. I still like it.

I also used my webcam to take a picture for the first time ever, hence the totally awkward shot.

Technorati tags: knitting

Happy Friday! 3.12.10

We have some fun things planned this weekend and are undeterred by the blah weather. I'm posting a few of my favorite things from blogland over the past week to add to your fun plans for the weekend!

Oh, Hello Friend turned me on to the adorable We Love Crafts online magazine. The layout is fun and the projects and pictures are cute and serve as great inspiration. If you don't understand enough Spanish to navigate the magazine, well...you probably don't have children who watch Dora.

I love the vintage inspired kid's birthday party featured on Decor8 this week.

Can't wait to score this kind of haul when we get to Germany and back to real farmers' markets!

Nicole at Making It Lovely put together a fantastic round up of painting advice, tips and tricks that I would have loved to read about two months ago.

A big part of why I wanted to take up knitting is my obsession with fingerless gloves. These, featured on Sacred Lotus, are uh-may-zing. I wants. Also, I wants her hair.

I'm looking forward to maggie makes' tutorial for this adorable fabric flower adorned easter basket.

Sfgirlbybay launched a vintage shop on Etsy. La Petite Flea...how cute is that!?

Love the sweet vase yarn craft featured on Sweet Paul's Crafty Friday this week. I foresee the need to use up scrap yarn in my future and would love to use it this way!

I hope you all have a lovely weekend and enjoy these inspirations and ideas! What do you have on the burner this weekend?

Technorati tags: weekly links, crafts, blogging

My new hobby.

I've taken up knitting! I'm a knitter! And I'm so totally excited about it. I love the idea of making things to wear. I've done a lot of cross stitching and my friend Alicia and I have a shared craft blog. But, I haven't really created anything that I could wear. And, if you've been following along here at Chicken Fried Sushi, you know I likes things to wear.

Of course - before I even bought yarn or needles - I ran out and purchased a book full of difficult and complicated patterns.

Because, you know...that's smart. Sigh. Then I backtracked and went online. I found Lion Brand Yarn's Learn to Knit section really clear and helpful. It has both illustrated instructions and videos for each stitch. I also read somewhere on these here Interwebz that a knit stitch scarf was a very easy first project. So I made one!

When I finished it, I realized that I had dropped two stitches right next to each other which created a hole in the scarf.  So, I knitted a little rose out of my super awesome yet difficult book to plug the hole and it came out really cute!  But, also the size of half Cheeseball's head.  I tried to modify the pattern to make it smaller but apparently modifying patterns is waaaay over my pay grade.  I ended up just knitting a few rows of knit 2, purl 2 and then stitching the ends together and gathering the "flower" in the center.  I may go back and add a little button in the middle of it at some point.  I'm actually glad I made that mistake, because I think the flower is really cute on the scarf.

I think she likes it, too!

I ordered The Chicks with Sticks Guide to Knitting: Learn to Knit with More Than 30 Cool, Easy Patterns and can't wait for it to get here! A lot of the patterns on line are easy and you can certainly learn to knit with them but they fall woefully short on the cool criterion.

I also can't wait to hit up the new etsy shop of an old high school friend. She weaves and hand dyes her own fibers and they are so beautiful. I'll need to wait until the things I knit doen't have holes that need to be plugged or wildly varied stitch sizing. So, it could be a while...

Weekly Etsy/ 3.7.10

Spring feels like it's on its way and your weekly Etsy finds are already here. Enjoy!

clock by decoylab

shirt by pepperhem

leather pendant by flightpathdesigns

key necklace by ohhellofriend

phone from sovietvintage

lace necklace by whiteowl

poster by slidesideways

buckle by flightpathdesigns

cards by colettepaperie


Technorati tags: etsy, handmade, jewelry

Inspiration and Anticipation

All this "home work" I've been doing has been sparking my creativity and had me pouring over design blogs which lead to craft blogs and DIY ideas and in turn have SO inspired me. I can't wait to get cracking on some crafts (not least of which is the latest fun project sent to me by Alicia for Team Awesome) and sink my hands into some home design that's for us and not watered down and neutraled out for potential buyers.

In the meantime - while scrubbing and styling and curb appealing and real estate picture taking have to remain forefront - I'll just keep looking and longing. And showing you.

I love how these crocheted vases and bangles seen on Design*Sponge take something solid and make it soft. I haven't crocheted since I was a little kid and even then all I ever managed was lines. Long lines. Lots of them. Which I tied and made into leis. But, still. Lines.

I love the sentiment and the vintage charm of this wall hanging by Dottie Angel.

The last origami I folded was 1,000 cranes for my wedding about 8 years ago. This kusadama tutorial seen via Apartment Therapy make me want to pick that paper back up!

How amazing is this teeny tiny terrarium housed in a lightbulb?  Seen on The Hipster Home.

Ah, I can't wait!

Technorati tags: creativity, DIY, crafts

Vintage-inspired inspires me.

Ah, I am love love loving the winter collection at vintage inspired boutique ruche. I love the totally affordable pricing almost as much as I love this:

I want to sneak into this picture and make it all mine mine MINE!

I'm obsessed with fingerless gloves this winter (as is everybody it would seem) and I covet every one of these items.

sweater vest, gloves, top, rings, purse, skirt, shoes

dress, scarf, birdcage necklace, owl necklace, coat

First spotted on Sacred Lotus.

Technorati tags: ruche, fashion, vintage

Weekly Etsy: Walking On Sunshine

Spring is coming soon, right? Right!? Oh, at least we can gaze on bright yellow sunshiny goodness on etsy.

tulip earrings by Beadwitches

pillow by joom

bird print by twohanddesign

ring by tamar

clutch by humade

earrings by wiseoldowl

Technorati tags: etsy, handmade, accessories

A little owl love. Weekly Etsy. AGAIN. On time. Bad. Ass.

I have some love for owls. Actually, I love them like I love noodles, licorice and vodka. I love them so much, in fact, that I couldn't contain myself to a mere six owl finds on Etsy.  A ninja owl?  Really?  My heart swells.  And, just as soon as we move and get settled, I am ordering me that owl address stamp.

clutch by farfallagialla

pocket mirror by leearthaus

thank you tags by susanschrock

tote by thecraftpantry

ninja by JooSweetie

wall art by styleywalls

plush owl patterns by retromama

stamp by tickledpinkpaperink

pouch by beelovelee

Technorati tags: etsy, handmade, owl

I'm in love with my new iPhone cover.

I want to kiss it and hug it and get a silver bullet trailer with it, have a baby boy and safety pin his clothes all cool while it graffiti's up his tie.

That is all.

Technorati tags: iPhone, amazon.com

OMG Weekly Etsy again. (Shh, don't make a big deal about it).

scarf by bossybootsdesign

vase by newmoonstudio

belt by sanfranleather

necklace by dromdesigns

ring by sarahrobinl

hat by heartsmiles

Technorati tags: Etsy, handmade, accessories

Weekly Etsy. I hope. We'll see.

I'd like to post some weekly fave finds on Etsy. But, I'm a bit of a commitmentphobe. If I say I'm going to start up a weekly Etsy post, dollars to doughnuts I'll start refusing to even browse Etsy. Just on principle. But, here's a bunch of Etsy finds I'm loving right now. No promises but, really I'm going to try to get this up weekly. Secretly. I DON'T HEAR ME, NO PRESSURE.

scarf by alonalona

brooch by mgmart

kanzashi by petal mix

ring by the pebble collection

ring by Pattycake's Plunder

bracelet by vivid colors

Technorati tags: Etsy, vintage, handmade

She's (not) Crafty.

I love browsing the beautiful creations on Etsy - wishing I could buy most everything and wishing even harder I had half the talent and creativity of the broken hangnail on the pinkies of some of these sellers. Not that I think these ladies have broken hangnails, because that would be a weird thing to say. I'm sure they all have lovely nails on their crafty little hands.

More importantly, I'm going to stop talking and show you some pretty awesome things that are totally inspiring me. (Really it would take something more like a mack truck to inspire anything creative out the tips of my fingers. But, I likes to look.)

From cottonpurr.

Both from FaireHoure.

From pocketcarnival.

Just in time for Christmas, from PaperEclectiques.

Things I see that I love.

I don't even like ankle boots, but something about this pair is far enough removed to make me ♥. I can't say that I usually care for Fendi's handbag collections - far too much focus on F-E-N-D-I all over the place. I prefer not to volunteer as a walking billboard. This is not to say that were they to deemphasize the logolove, I would have the means to run out and stock my closet with their Fall line. But, I have standards even in my own imagination. I do love this clutch. (Don't love the picture or the angle, but it's the best I could find. I really love the oversized gem detail, which is repeated on this clutch from the same collection.

I wish I could say that I'm not usually a dress person, just to continue the theme but I so am. I love strappy summery sundresses and this embroidered cotton Zadig & Voltaire is right in my sweet spot. The strappy ties in the back are just adorable.

Things I Will Buy When Allowed.

I'm beginning to see the light at the end of the tunnel of my self-imposed moratorium on new clothes purchases. I've got 10 more pounds of baby weight* to go before I will allow myself to buy anything new. But, when I do...debit card watch out. I will burn you to smelly, plastic ash.

Gray & yellow are one of my favorite combinations in the world. That and jack & coke and toast & honey. This dress from Martisse is perfectly professional yet not stuffy.

For this ring, the term "things I will buy" is used very loosely. In the sense that I would never in a million years spend $9k on a ring. Nor do I wear gold except in a ghetto fab kind of way. But, it's lovely.

Now, I would not hike this dress up over the tips of my underwear. But, I would wear it, and wear it and wear it again. From Matthew Williamson's collection for H&M. Not that we have an H&M anywhere near us. But, we travel. Occasionally.

*Can you call it baby weight when your "baby" is three years old?**

**Yes you can when it's the sweet little bunny's fault you're so fat.***

***Not that it's her fault that I ate like a starved pig while pregnant with Her Sweetness than laid around like a retired, arthiritic sloth after she was born.****

****Although, it's only fair to note that I never craved a hot fudge sundae in my life until I grew her. Just sayin'.