A Puzzling Need

This morning, I decided that my life would be more complete if I had a Rubik's cube. Not just any cube (I have two standard issue rainbow coloured cubes), it has to be a pastel one(j). Failing which, I'd settle for a platinum Bedlam cube (UK).

Re-Ment ♥ - It's No Secret

Re-ment (Reform The Entertainment) is a Japanese company that manufactures Puchi Petites -- scaled miniatures of everyday items. If you're into dolls, Re-ment miniature replicas would be a great addition to your dolly's world:

Speaking of dolls, I saw a woman carrying a Volks Super Dollfie (a 1:6 scale ball-jointed doll) in her arms at a bookstore the other day. She treated it like it was her baby, talking and fussing over it. It was... weird. But even if dolls aren't your thing, there's no reason why you can't appreciate the realistic-looking collectibles:


Rement products are not expensive, most selling at 200-400 yen (around USD3), but they are sold in a series of mystery boxes ala trading cards so you may need to buy a few boxes from the same series before you could get the item you want (though it is possible to buy single unboxed items at a higher price). I didn't know this prior to my trip to Tokyo so when I insisted to a salesgirl there that I wanted item no. 9 on the box she was all "Secret! Secret! All SECRET!!!"

Great Little Toys

Retro wooden kitchen set and soft barbeque set from Great Little Trading Co.

Creative Kits for Kids

Creative kits - knitting, building, stitching - for children from The Little Experience. (I'm tempted to buy the Knit It Sheep kit for myself) There are also instructions on how to reuse the packaging to act as props for your creations. Genius!

G... That's Nice!

Beautifully crafted wooden toys by Takeji "Take-G" Nakagawa.

Tokyo No Banana

The good news is I did go to Tokyo; the bad news... I didn't have enough time to find a Tokyo Banana. :(

Amongst all the things sweet, cute and frilly(Baby, the Stars Shine Bright et al) and all things dark, gothic and punk (Moi Meme Moitie et al) in Harujuku and Shinjuku, I fell in love with this tiered coat from Miho Matsuda at MaruiOne.

Unfortunately it was way above my budget... I did, however get a couple of these. :)

Consumed by Cuteness

From Mochi Mochi Land

Q-pot

Love the food-themed accessories (croissant necklaces! macaron rings!) from Q-pot(j).

This Wood Be Nice

When I was a kid in kindergarten, I only played with the boys -- but only because I loved the wooden toys set aside for them. (The girls were given dolls for playtime - grrr! gender stereotypes! )

Contrary to the amount of cuteness featured on this site, I do not own any Hello Kitty products or the like. I do however, eat lotsa chocolates and ice-cream. :)

Hello Kitty Wooden set from Sanrio(j).

Yo Gabba Gabba!

I saw a preview clip for Nick Jr's Yo Gabba Gabba! on E! last month and instantly fell for the pretty, colourful sets. I really don't know why some people feel so strongly against the show, but it does feel kinda trippy - and I like it!*

*I don't have kids and count the teletubbies as one of my fav kiddy shows... so feel free to judge me. heh.

Moomin

Aaah! Too cute! Moomin 3d paper character book available from AssistOn (J).

Ooh, sticky!

These recently launched StickerBooks, from the people who gave you the Minicards, turn your photos into perfect, little stickers. Lovely!
Check out Moo for details.

Wood/Food

Zero calorie creations from Erzi, Haba, and Decole "Decolello" collection.

Available from Willow Tree Toys and Chocoa(JP)

Time To Play

Highly additive and nicely-designed games from Lab Pixies, (Warning: I spent two hours on Flood It and Round'em Up) among many other useful (and possibly time-wasting) site widgets that you can find at Google Gadgets.

Colourful Little Rascals

Playful, colourful things for your home from Petit Coquin(jap).

Happy New Year!

About a month ago, I thought of letting this blog fade into oblivion. Then I realised that Lovely Room is one of my (biggest!) little pleasures. I miss sharing pretty things with everyone.



Like these images I found at Nakabayashi (jap).



I'm not sure if you'll ever need a "good taste, healthy milk" picture but there are many other cute images that might of use to many people.

Smell The Flowers, Hug A Tree

"Lollia is a world created with lovely details, blushing fragrances and flirtatious touches." from Lollia by Margot Elena.



And "Forest-inspired oddities for humandkind" from Little Odd Forest by Linda Lye.

In The Middle of Things

Since we're hot in the middle of the World Cup, I just had to fit a soccer ball in there, right? ;)

Cute erasers (including the ball) and other stuffs from Iwako

The Small Things in Life

Cute clothespin creations from The Small Object
Happy Vesak day everyone!

Yummy Party

Loving the colourful collections at Plum Party, featuring, among others, the lovely stuffs from Jackie Shapiro and Jill Smith.

Have a Good Friday and Happy Easter.