Yay!
I made the carrot cupcakes and success! Well almost. They didn’t come out wet sodden messes but they didn’t poof up as much as I was expecting. They are, however, delicious. I don’t even need the frosting. Yay! Less work for me. I only frosted two of them.
And also, YAY, I got three new Japanese craft books. THREE. As if I needed more. Alan actually asked me why I don’t take Japanese classes since I have so many books. 
Yeah why don’t I?
So where is the picture of the new books? Here. One picture for you. Of one book, ISBN 4579111494.
Am I being mean and teasing you? No. So why only one book? I had this brilliant idea of taking pictures of each project to share with everyone. That way you’ll know if you like it before you buy it. But damn that took a long time. There are 28 projects in this one. TWENTY EIGHT!
The light was bad and Isabelle was all underfoot. As a result the pictures just turned out a mess. But I had decided it was a brilliant idea so refused to give up. I then tried taking the pictures with a tripod. Still didn’t work. I would not quit. I ended up scanning them all in, all 28 projects. Then I laid them all out six to a page because I didn’t want to upload 28 pictures. (I believe I have my account set up so you can click through to the larger size.) And when I was done, I WAS DONE. Too tired to scan the other books. Too tired to finish this post properly. Another day. sleep. now.
November 16th, 2007 at 4:38 am
I love the Japanese craft books! They make things look so beautiful and simple at the same time. Thankfully, I have no need of Japanese classes because my little sister is studying Japanese at Uni, my own personal translator!
November 16th, 2007 at 6:09 am
The cupcake looks yummy. Darn it, now I’m craving carrot cake! ha ha ha! The book is beautiful. I have two, both kid-related, and just love to look at them. Even the paper of one of the books is gorgeous.
November 16th, 2007 at 7:48 am
Woah! This is one of the prettiest I’ve seen! I have a few kids books but this is too enticing- why are japanese craft books so addicting?
November 16th, 2007 at 1:36 pm
But the frosting is the best part!!!
Don’t even get me started on Japanese craft books. They are SO addicting!
November 17th, 2007 at 2:03 am
Ooh, I haven’t got that book….and now that you’ve shown the project photos, I want! Gah! Hmmm, maybe I should make another garment for me from the books that I have first.
November 17th, 2007 at 6:27 pm
Me too, love to buy and collect Cotton Friend - a sewing/crafs magazine in Japanese even though i dont understand a word.
November 23rd, 2007 at 10:58 pm
you can view more samples on our french blog “japan couture addicts”
http://japancouture.canalblog.com/
and you can even become a member if you sew from japanese books…
have fun !!!