New Soaps made of Red Palm Oil and Green Tea

I did 2 batches soaps this week.

One is made of Organic Extra Virgin Red Palm Oil instead of regular Palm Oil, love the color of the soap, very colorful and sharp. And I topped it with Rose Buds and Petals, scented with "Love Spell" FO, it smells great and look beautiful. Very proud of myself.

Another one is made of Jasmine Green Tea instead of water, I topped it with Green Tea Leaf and scented with Green Tea Soulffe FO. The color of the soaps are kind of brownish. Next time I will try to color it with Green Clay.

Here are the pics:
Love Spell:
Green Tea Soap:

Japanese Sewing Book "Home Couture"

This is Japanese Sewing Book "Home Couture" by Machiko Kayaki. This book includes 23 sewing projects, like dresses, shirts and bags. Very stylish and elegant. And it comes with Full Size Pattern. The instructions are in Japanese, but it has step by step diagrams. So it is pretty easy to follow.

This book is USED, but in EXCELLENT Condition, just a little bit dirty on the dust cover, the book itself is like BRAND NEW.

ISBN: 4-579-10745-4
Page:82

If you are interested in this book, pls check my Store.

My cute little flower soaps

I bought some Flower Candy Molds from Michael's, I have been using them to make soaps, they are very cute, I really like it.

And I have been giving out my soaps to my family and friends, so far I got very good reviews on them. I am very proud of myself! My brother-in-law even said it is the best soap he ever used. It really makes my day.

Here is the pic:

Another Japanese Craft Book: Wire Work/ Wire Art Zakka

First I saw this book on ebay, but I didn't win the auction. I was so surprised to find it in NYC. Love this book, about 20 wire work projects, like Basket, Soap Holder, Business Card Holder, Tray, Hanger, Candle Holder etc. Very creative and cute projects.

In the beginning of the book, it teaches you all the basic wire work techniques. All you need is wire and couple hand tools.

ISBN4-8275-4072-1
Soft Cover
50 pages

I bought 2 of this book, one for sale and one for myself.

If you are interested, pls check out my Etsy Store.

Japanese Sewing Book

This is one of the Japanese Craft Books I bought from my trip.

Love this book, include 53 sewing projects, like bags, purses, coin purses, wallets, small containers, aprons, coasters, pencil cases etc.

Here are some high light of the book. Available at my Etsy store.

Japanese Craft Books from my NYC Trip

Just got back from NYC, I have so much there. I went to 3 different Japanese Bookstores, one of them are "Used Bookstore". I bought about 5 craft books (include Zakka, Sewing, Purses and Wire Art) and 1 Fashion Magazine. If you go to NYC, don't miss "Book Off" (the used bookstore name). It is on E41 Street at Manhattan (near Madison Ave).

But the other 2 japanese bookstores are very pricey. It is more expensive than buying online, but it is nice that I can read a lot of craft books. I spent about an hour at one bookstore.

I will post the pics tomorrow. Few of the books will be for sale at my Etsy store.