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Super kawaii Mameshiba food

by modes4u February 18, 2014

If you want to prepare food in the shape of characters, Mameshiba is the way to go. Mameshiba are a hybrid of beans and dogs and very popular characters in Japan. Their bean shape is quite easy and can be made with different food. We found a couple of great examples on different blogs:

Super cute Mameshiba bento by Hana Mama Obento

By coloring rice balls you can easily make different Mameshiba characters like Cooking Gallery did

Super cute Mameshiba Curry rice dish by naohaha’s obento

We found these adoarable Mameshiba macarons on the blog kawaii eats

Mameshiba Dango pudding posted by hirorin0120 on SnapDish

Pretty elaborate: Mameshiba coffee art by Nowtoo on onotakumode.com

Mameshiba pancakes uploaded by rirunon on SnapDish

Super kawaii Mameshiba cake spotted on the blog Purapea

February 18, 2014 2 comments

Michael Miller fabric inspirations: Les Monsieurs by Tamara Kate

by modes4u February 16, 2014

Not only do we love the great fabrics from our supplier Michael Miller, but also their blog! You can always find great ideas on what to sew with Michael Miller fabrics. We found a detailed introduction of the collection Les Monsieurs by Tamara Kate with lots of inspiring pictures. You can buy lots of Tamara Kate fabrics in our shop. And if you want to go one step further: Tamara Kate even offers many sewing tutorials on her blog, for example for the awesome skirt or this cape made with fabrics from the Les Monsieurs collection.

What a fun picture! We love the cape made with the Tamara Kate fabric for Michael Miller

Tamara Kate offers a sewing tutorial for this cape on her blog

Chair upholstery made with a fabric from the colelction Les Monsieurs

Chair upholstery made with a fabric from the collection Les Monsieurs

Wonderful bed linen made with fabrics from Les Monsieurs

Cute pillow with pockets

Adorable Les Monsieurs puppets

Want to sew this skirt? Tamar Kate offers a sewing tutorial

Want to sew this skirt? Tamar Kate blogged a free tutorial

February 16, 2014 0 comment

Make Valentine’s Day Bentos

by modes4u February 10, 2014

If you want to surprise your loved ones with a little Valentine’s Day treat make a cute Valentine’s Day Bento. We found some really cute Valentine’s Day Bentos on several blogs that might inspire you. They look super adorable and are a great way to express your love. For most of them you just need a heart-shaped food cutter, cookie cutter or rice ball shaper. Heart-shaped bento cups are also a good start.

A kawaii heart-shaped bento lunch found on the blog Wendolonia

Cute Valentine’s Day bento seen on bentolunch.net

Super cute heart-shaped Onigiri spotted on the blog Lunch in a Box

These Valentine’s Day pancakes from Living Locurto are super easy to make

heart food picks forks for Bento Box Lunch Box

rabbit heart message plastic stencils for food

panda bear heart flower Bento Onigiri shaper rice ball mold

bear heart house tree Bento twin food cutters

Rilakkuma bear picnic bento lunch box heart paper cups

February 10, 2014 0 comment

Our fabrics in the Easter edition of magazine Lena Creativ

by modes4u February 8, 2014

We are in love with all the beautiful things the editors of the German creative magazine Lena Creativ made with our fabrics. For their Easter edition they used many of the fabrics from our Dots, Stripe, Checkers category to make lovely projects for outdoor life. We are super impressed with the pillows, covers, parasol, bunting and decoration items. But our favourite one is the lovely big cushion made with one of our Michael Miller cotton sateen fabrics.

We are featured in the Easter edition of German magazine Lena Creativ

These garden tool covers are made with fabrics from our shop

Wonderful bunting and cushions made with fabrics from modes4u

Isn’t this parasol amazing? It’s also made with our fabrics

Lovely fabric wind chime with scraps from our fabrics

Lovely fabric wind chime with fabric scraps from our shop

The dog pillow on the left is made with our Prais Timeless Treasures fabric

The dog pillow on the left is made with our Paris Timeless Treasures fabric

This big cushion made from our Michael Miller cotton sateen fabrics is our favourite item

Funny find: The lovely letter set in the front is also from our shop

February 8, 2014 0 comment

DIY idea: make your own San-X coloring book

by modes4u January 14, 2014

Your kindergarten group, primary school students, little brothers, sisters, nieces and nephews will love it! San-X always offers lots of free e-goodies on their Japanese company website. For example you can download lots of kawaii coloring pages with characters like Rilakkuma, Mamegoma or Kutusita Nyanko. So why not make your own coloring book? You can save all the San-X coloring pages as pdfs, print them out and craft your own little booklet by stapling them together. Of course you can also use some Masking Tapes to decorate your book.

This is a great way to craft something simple for children.

Super kawaii Mamegoma coloring page

Cute Rilakkuma coloring page with French theme

adorable Kutusita Nyanko coloring page

January 14, 2014 1 comment

Our Washi Tape in the American Farmhouse Style magazine

by modes4u January 3, 2014

One of our products is published in a magazine again. A litte while ago the editors of the American Farmhouse Style magazine contacted us as they were planning a special about gingham and wanted to introduce one of our gingham Masking Tapes. We are so happy to be featured!

Our Washi Tape was featured in this issue of the American Farmhouse Style magazine

The red gingham Masking tape fitted perfectly into this gingham special

red gingham Washi Masking Tape deco tape

January 3, 2014 0 comment

Christmas crafts: Washi Tape Christmas Coaster

by modes4u December 13, 2013

This is a good decoration idea if you just have little time but still want to have a unique Christmas decor. Just take some old coasters and stick Washi Tape on them. You can always do the same pattern or design each one in a different way. After Christmas you can remove the tape and have your old coasters back.

Today’s Christmas craft: Washi Tape Christmas Coaster

You need Masking Tapes and coasters

A super simple decoration idea for the Christmas table

December 13, 2013 0 comment

Cute free winter wallpapers

by modes4u November 25, 2013

It’s nearly December, so it’s time to decorate your computer screen with some kawaii winter designs. We found some very cute wallpapers that you can download for free by clicking on the pictures below.

Ice-Skating Hello Kitty wallpaper spotted on kawaiiwallpapers.com

Little Twin Stars winter wallpaper found on kawaiiwallpapers.com

Fun Meomi snowball fight wallpaper

Cute snowboarding wallpaper by San-X

Snowflakes and ice crystals on this be kyoot wallpaper

Hello Kitty with snowflakes wallpaper from kawaiiwallpapers.com

November 25, 2013 0 comment

Christmas crafts: Washi Tape Table Christmas Tree

by modes4u November 25, 2013

In today’s Christmas DIY we made a cute Christmas tree table decoration. We cut out a cone from a regular big envelope and started sticking Washi Tape on it. You start from the bottom and go up layer by layer. To achieve the tree effect do not stick the tape stripe completely onto the cone, but leave the end sticking out. As you can see we also made tree version where we did not leave the ends loose, but the ‘real’ tree version looks a lot better.

Today’s Christmas craft: Washi Tape Table Christmas Tree

You need a big envelope and colorful Masking tapes

Fold and cut the envelope into a cone

Start sticking stripes of Washi Tape on it from the bottom

Go up layer by layer and always leave the ends of the tape stripes loose

You can stick to a certain color pattern or just go crazy

It really looks like a tiny Christmas tree

We also made a tree where we attached all of the tape to the cone

November 25, 2013 1 comment

Christmas crafts: Washi Tape Christmas cards

by modes4u November 20, 2013

Washi Tape Christmas cards are one of the coolest ideas ever. They look so pretty and are unique. This year we made a couple of different models. Some were done super fast; the card with the three little Christmas trees honestly just took one minute to make. Other cards, for example the one with the snowman or the Christmas balls, took a bit longer, as round shapes are a bit more tricky. Which one do you like best?