Coffin Purses For Halloween

I'm really feeling in the halloween spirit this autumn so I took some halloween themed photos of my coffin purses to show them off a bit better. The purses are wallet sized and are available here from my etsy shop. 

New Range Of Coffin Purses On Etsy!

I recently made a range of three new styles of coffin purse. You can see more photos of them at my etsy shop.

Coffin Purse With Gothic Cross & Dark Purple Lining

Coffin Purse With Celtic Cross & Mauve Lining

Coffin Purse With Ornate Cross & Rust Red Lining

What do you ghouls think? Which one is your favourite?

New Long Bob Hairdo

I finally got my hair chopped the other week to a long bob, something I've wanted for ages. I'm not ruling out growing it long again, but it's so nice to get rid of the black ends that I was growing out and to have a proper "style" for the first times in ages. 

I went from this to this. Think I might keep it!

D.I.Y. Gudetama Tote Bag

Ok, I'm a little bit in love with the Sanrio character Gudetama right now. He's a lazy, adorable egg yolk with a butt so how could anyone not love him? Unfortunately, with Sanrio being a Japanese company, the shipping on Gudetama is quite dear and, although I did treat myself to a bundle of collectible gashapons (bottom picture), I couldn't really justify buying a Gudetama bag which is what I really wanted.

Instead I decided to use fabric paint and make a D.I.Y. one for myself as a treat! (It's only for personal use, don't worry). 

The finished Gudetama tote bag. I used Pebeo paints, but you could use Dylon fabric paints too, I'm sure.

Taking my Gudetama bag out for a matcha latte like a proper obnoxious Japan-obsessed Westerner! Yee-haw! *speaks random words of pigeon-Japanese and nibbles a pocky stick*

And how cute are these Gudetama gashapons I got?? Now I have a bag to clip them to as well.

Home-Made Bunting

To brighten up our bedroom a bit, I decided to make some bunting recently. I have no idea why I'm obsessed with yellow at the moment, but I am and working in a fabric shops means I get tempted by lovely fabrics all day, that's for sure. Below, you can see the bunting in its place in our room. The stuff on the bed was some Japanese candy from Tofu Cute I surprised my husband with and also a copy of Akira on DVD (can you see what theme I was going for here?!)

Resin Foxjaw Necklace by Hysteria Machine

It was my birthday last weekend and my husband got me this beautiful silver resin cast foxjaw necklace from Hysteria Machine (aka Cara Trinder) on etsy. I can't wait to wear it.

Cute Things From Tofu Cute

I went a bit nuts the other week when my husband and I were off on holiday and ordered a bunch of cute Japanese things from Tofu Cute. Sometimes going nuts pays off though as everything I ordered turned out to be super cute/tasty!

A bag of Japanese cuteness (yay!)

I couldn't resist (and I really tried. Believe me.) buying this Pote Usa loppy bunny charm by Amuse Plush. It comes in six different styles, but I fell in love with the albino one as soon as I saw it.

Pens are a sensible thing to buy, right? I mean, I'm always running out of pens. It's only a coincidence that these Mameshiba (a dog that's also a bean? How great is that?!) pens happen to be utterly, adorable as well. As pens go, I mean. The styles I got were: kidney bean, coffee bean and green bean.

I also got a bunch of ridiculous sweets for us to try out. These Koala March biscuits by Lotte really did taste like cheesecake in the centre.

I've never tried pocky before so I thought I'd order some in our "New Favourite Flavour" (TM). They were delicious.

Since Japanese Kit Kat flavours are way more interesting than what we can get in the UK, I had to order some of those as well. I've never tried red bean paste, but it's definitely on my list now after trying these Hokkaido Red Bean Kit Kats. The flavour was really interesting.

After seeing my husband's reaction to the after-kick, I chickened out a bit with the Hot Shinsya Chilli Kit Kats and only ate a tiny nibble. Not for the faint-hearted!

These Tamaruya Wasabi Kit Kats were more my cup of tea than the chilli ones. They had a very subtle, but totally recognisable wasabi taste that hits the sinuses.

Last, but not least, is this Puccho Melon mini bento tote bag which I think will be a very handy thing to have.

In conclusion, the quality of the products from Tofu Cute was even better than I'd expected. And that, combined with the cheap prices and quick shipping means I'll definitely be ordering from them again!