Technical Upgrade Today

Hosting company is doing a technical upgrade; Shichijiro.com will be back online very soon! ETSY shop is open: http://www.etsy.com/shop/fushan159
Thanks!

New ETSY Friends

ETSY-West Elm event has been fun! We hope they do this everyday! We met some new ETSY friends at the event; I want to show you their super cool handmade products (Click on store names to go to their ETSY stores for more goodies!):
Alissa – By Alissa fabric bags, flowers & other lovelies
Custom Bridesmaids Clutch Bags

Fabric Flowers

Precious Knits – Warm cabled pillows, stuffed animals & more
Braided Cable Knit Pillow Sham

Wool Cabled Knit Pillow Sham in Cream

Light Gray Wool Handmade Knit Toy Elephant

Greetings from Geralyn – upcyled recycled record albums…..keeping vinyl alive
Paul McCartney Picture Disc Clock (upcyled record album)

Bookends upcycled Bob Seger Records

CarasScrapNStampArt – Handmade candy bag favors, greeting cards, scrapbooks.
Hi Birdie Card

Snowman Holiday Gift Card Holder

Birthday Boy Card-Hugs

Jasmine – Jasmine Cayabyab, infinity scarves & fashion goodies
Ribbed Basketweave Infinity Shawl

Next: Christmas

Shichijiro’s holiday collection is complete. Everything is online at our store or our ETSY store. On Thursday, December 1, we are going to attend ETSY West Elm mini-market in Princeton, NJ. We hope to see you there if you are in the neighborhood.
City Panda

Dragon Dance (the new year is going to be the year of the dragon!)

Dragon Dance Big Gift Tags

Skiing Santa

Wreath Making and Feeling Christmasy

I attended a wonderful wreath making workshop today at Terrain At Styers outside Philadephia. The lady and gentleman took care of the class were wonderful, although I forgot their names after just a few hours. Anyway, here a few photos to show off:

I was given a wreath form and dried grass, berry branches to start:

The secret weapon is this little wire to secure the goodies you want to put on the wreath form.

Bright colors!

Done! (the daffodil was secured using glue and wire)

People Too – Amazing Paper Art

Amazing paper artist People Too. I am speechless. Here are a few photos to share with you. For more, please visit their website at http://peopletoo.ru or http://www.behance.net/peopletoo.
The office:

That’s a curious cat. Oh, wait, he might be the boss.

Body parts.

Children’s books: Sounds!

The magic starts:

Lots of work and talent!

Wow.

Holiday Season Is Around The Corner (Almost)

We have been working hard on our new holiday cards these days. Think about it, it’s almost November!
A couple of thanksgiving cards in very warm autumn colors:


Christmas Cards:



2012 is the year of the dragon. Look at this fierce dragon! It’s going to be a good year.

Halloween

Preparing for a really scary and stylish Halloween? May we suggest:
Awesome Halloween party invitations by belleandboo @ ETSY

Cakes that are too scary and too precious to eat: Zombie Matryoshka Doll cake By Sally Bratt @ House of the Rising Cake www.houseoftherisingcake.ca
The 2 dolls on the left are sculpted from actual chocolate cake. The other 2 on the right are rice treats and chocolate. Yummy!


If you are having cupcakes, try these for your guests: Scary Hands and Spooky Feet Cupcake Toppers by mimicafeunion @ ETSY

It’s going to be fun!

Sticky-Notes are Your Stylish Friends

These sticky-notes designed by Kenjiro Sano remind you to order dessert at dinner.

Muji’s sticky-notes + Organizer, makes sense!


Nature-inspired designs by Appree, so romantic.
Ginko leaves


Original Leaf-it

Leaf-it installation

Pigs

People make fun of pigs; that’s so wrong. Without pigs, where do you put your money?!
Piggy bank

Piggy purse

They believe they can fly.

They are pure hearted and kind.

These three little pigs are even preparing pork for you…

They are vulnerable.

So, hold them tight, they make good companions.

List of artists: (click on images to view artists’ websites)

1. Piggy Bank: nendo
2. Piggy Purse: Michelle Chan
3. Flying Pigs Mobile: Helen Greenstein
4. Porcelain Pig: Randy (Dred242)
5. Pigs and Pork: karenisme08
6. Origami Pig: Daniel Chang
7. Lotta Leaves Home: Yoshitomo Nara

Back to School?

Feeling blue? feeling red, green, orange? Feeling organized?
Breakfast is important.


Organize to impress:

Emm, I will need a couple of minutes to decide which eraser works best for this project…

Good grades are waiting for you. (according to my fortune cookie)

And last but not least, focus on what teachers are saying.

All photos are from Things Organized Neatly, please visit their website for more – http://thingsorganizedneatly.tumblr.com/