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April 19, 2005
yet more Japanese craft book goodness
Jumping on the Japanese craft post bandwagon, here. On the wagon with me: Wee Wonderfuls, One Good Bumblebee, Buzzville one and two, Angry Chicken one and two, Bellablue, Super Eggplant one and two, and Knitting sushi in AZ. Whew, did I forget anybody? (I did! Sorry Rock, Paper, Scissors.) (And they keep coming: Rosa, Croque-choux, Girl Reaction, Zhinka dinka doo, and Craftapalooza.) By the way, my Japanese craft books are all on my library page, with links to Amazon Japan (where you can get the ISBN if you're using Yes Asia instead).
Once you've got a few of the coveted craft books, look on them for URLs. Some of them point to really nifty sites:
Mame Wanko HQ, where I found this in the gallery:
And did you know they have a blog? It is filled with cute:
Le duvet doux, a wonderful zakka page.
They also have a blog, which often has some great pictures.
Aranzi Aronzo, from which you can actually buy things
Craft site with a bunch of directions and even movies of techniques. Try the "How to challenge" link.
And of course, the publisher web pages, which are unfortunately stingy with the pictures:
Posted under Crafty Links at April 19, 2005 11:11 PM
Comments
Yes, you forgot me! We are thinking alike today right down to the bandwagon!
Posted by: Snowbear at April 20, 2005 02:25 AM
I posted a few too. Thanks for posting yours- cool!!
Posted by: Sandra at April 22, 2005 03:51 PM
hi - i just posted some ISBNs as well:
Posted by: carolyn at April 24, 2005 03:24 PM
Hello....I new to the crafting blogs and love the Japanese covers of these magazines, especially the felted pocketbook. Are these mags in English?
Posted by: Sue at May 1, 2005 10:43 AM
Hi Sue, the books are all in Japanese. The instructions are generally good enough to follow if you have a general idea of what you're doing. For example, if you don't know how to sew at all, you're going to have a hard time making a bag from one of these books alone. If you kind of know the steps, though, the patterns are OK to follow. I had to buy an English felting book to figure out the Japanese one, but now it's much easier to decipher what the Japanese pattern is telling me to do. Good luck!
Posted by: Maitreya at May 2, 2005 12:04 AM
Thank you Maitreya! Happy Crafting! :-)
Posted by: Sue at May 2, 2005 12:11 PM
Hey! Can you help me find a source for Silk Art Flower making? The magazines that I have seen are on www.absolutejapan.com I want these desperately! Thanks!!!
Posted by: annette jimison at June 30, 2005 10:21 PM
Hi Annette, if you have a Japanese book store in your area, you could try there. yesasia.com and Amazon Japan also are good and have reasonable shipping fees, IF you can figure out what to search for. eBay, also, although the prices tend to be outrageous. It looks like they're for sale on the site you mentioned, some for pretty reasonable, and she ships worldwide. You're not likely to find them for considerably cheaper elsewhere. Good luck!
Posted by: Maitreya at June 30, 2005 10:50 PM
How on earth do you navigate and order off of Amazon.jp?
Thanks,
Courtney
Posted by: Glamourpuss15 at July 11, 2005 02:14 PM
Hi Courtney, yeah, Amazon.jp is kind of hard. Yesasia.com is easier (i.e., in English). You might want to try there.
Posted by: Maitreya at July 24, 2005 05:13 PM
With amazon.co.jp you just find the search box and enter the ISBN. Then find the Add to Cart button.
I have got lots of pics from books here too:
www.flickr.com/photos/redinstead/sets/1603238 (handbags)
Posted by: Jen Leheny at January 3, 2006 03:18 AM
hi maitreya!
excellent post. i have tried to order things off amazon japan, but to no avail. i have found that it doesn't accept my zip code and asks me for the state, but doesnt provide a field for this. any tips?
excellent blog by the way! love it!
Posted by: susan at February 17, 2006 05:46 AM
Hi,
I wanted to know where i can order the book with the hello kitty doll and sweater knit book?
I didnt want to bid for a 2nd hand book of hello kitty on e-bay can u email me. thaks
Posted by: jenn at February 26, 2006 02:45 AM
There's a Japanese book store in J Town, same plaza of Curry House, they carry all the Hello Kitty Craft book there. Saw it last year...but don't know if they still have it. Haven't been there for a while. Including the knit, felt, beads...etc.
Posted by: Jen at June 3, 2006 06:01 PM
What is it the Japanese have that the rest of the world doesn't?! I'm green with envy at their endless creativity and lack of self-consciousness, so cool! Thanks for posting your fabulous library page for all craft books Japanese, so much appreciated. Meow!
Posted by: murphycatspaws at October 4, 2006 04:47 AM
Wanting to purchase "Fabled Flowers" by Kumiko Sudo, new or secondhand, I believe it is out of print.
R. Greene
Posted by: Roma at May 27, 2007 07:35 PM
I want to buy craft book about party bag, crochet, embroidery, and how about the shipping charge ? How much money I can pay? Please inform us, ok... Thank you so much
Posted by: ade kustanti at July 25, 2007 05:21 AM
I want to buy craft book about party bag, crochet, embroidery, and how about the shipping charge ? How much money I can pay? Please inform us, ok... Thank you so much
Posted by: ade kustanti at July 25, 2007 05:21 AM
i am looking for this book
Mascot album of a memory ISBN:4277552056
i can't seem to find where to buy it...i want cute deer and other animal patterns!!!
help?!?!
Posted by: snew at December 6, 2007 09:34 PM