Apr 17, 2012 | Life, Score!
Entry #1: Katarina!
Wow. I’ve never had Random.org spit out a 1 at me. Oh well, since it’s random, I guess anything is possible!
Congrats, Katarina! I’ll be emailing you to get your shipping info.
Thanks so much to everyone who entered!
I’m also super-excited to announce that starting tomorrow will be a FULL WEEK of DIY posts, contributed by both yours truly and other fabulous DIY bloggers! Stay tuned for a whole week of creativity!
xoxox
Carly
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Apr 15, 2012 | Life
Well, it’s now been just over a week-and-a-half since I arrived in Tokyo to take care of my mother as she recuperates from her recent stroke.
I arrived late Wednesday evening April 4th, discharged my mother from the hospital Thursday morning, and went to stay with her in her apartment. Hub and Lil Tot are staying with my in-laws in a different part of the city, and I’m able to see them every couple days or so briefly.
I am sleeping in my mother’s storage room. (more…)
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Apr 15, 2012 | Life, Score!
Yup, you guys only have until 11:59 PM PST Sunday night to get those entries in for the pretty Double Skull Bangle up for a giveaway from SarahAghili.com. So what are you waiting for??!;-)
Good luck!
xoxox
Carly
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Apr 14, 2012 | DIY
As you guys know, I’ve gone out to Japan for a month to help with a family medical crisis. In the meantime, some very talented and very kind DIY bloggers have come to my rescue with offering up some DIY tutorials to share with all of you while I’m away! I’m so lucky to have such incredible friends who can help out with blog content during this time.
First up, Samantha from Bromeliad Living has volunteered an amazing DIY Macrame Bracelet tutorial – perfect for Summer and all those music festivals coming up. Or just if you like saving a hundred or so bucks in mimicking the original!!;-) Take it away, Samantha!
Hello, I’m Samantha from Bromeliad Living, and I’m pleased to be guest posting for Carly while she is in Japan. Carly’s information-packed blog has gotten me through many DIY projects, particularly the ones that involve inscrutable things like shirt sleeves.
In addition to my personal blog, I write about DIY Fashion and DIY Home Decor for Examiner.com.
Today’s tutorial is inspired by Jensen Conroy’s Macrame and Brass Bracelet ($129; above). My version takes a few bucks and a few minutes to make, and the result is a nice, sturdy, giftable bracelet. Here’s how… (more…)
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Apr 12, 2012 | Fashion
Ah, Tokyo is a shopping paradise!! I just love coming here and walking all over the city pocking in stores, touching everything, making lists, reading magazines to find out what’s in and where to get it, and eventually returning to said stores near the end of my trip to purchase a few items after I’ve been dreaming about them for weeks.
With my mother unable to leave her apartment just yet (except by car to go to her physical therapy appointments), and me unable to leave her side, instead of window shopping I have to console myself with web shopping. But thank goodness Japanese online shopping has blossomed over the past year or so and now I can get quite a few things on the Internet that before were only available in stores or via Rakuten’s third-party sellers [some of the time].
Here are some things on my wishlist:
1. MURUA Logo Photo T-Shirt / 2. Spiral Girl Wing T-Shirt in Beige Pink / 3. BORNY 2-Stone Earrings /4. WOND Mesh T-Shirt in Orange / 5. moussy Bi-Color Knit Cardigan / 6. maygloba earring set / 7. MIIA Marine Tote Bag / 8. Chihiro Baba Mirror Earrings / 9. Spiral Girl Hybrid One-Piece Dress / 10. Osmosis Grey Asymmetrical Sandal / 11. YOiM furfur Chiffon Pleats One-Piece Dress/ 12. flake Rhine Heart Earrings / 13. KAZA Jack Bracelet
Most of these items are only available if you ship to a Japanese address; you could perhaps use a freight forwarder to have it shipped to your foreign address, but I’ve never used one of them and really wouldn’t know how to go about it…
Hmmm…must research this…
xoxox
Carly
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