modeS Blog - Part 82

Cute San-X smartphone plugs with Rilakkuma & Co.

by modes4u July 24, 2013

Yay, now we have super cute San-X phone plugs with Rilakkuma in our shop. The phone plugs protect your earphone jack from dust and moisture, but of course they also look really cute and decorate your mobile. We got kawaii designs with brown bear Rilakkuma, white bear Korilakkuma, yellow chick Kiiroitori, Sentimental Circus and Kutusita Nyanko.

Rilakkuma brown laying bear mobile phone plug earphone jack

Rilakkuma white bear head mobile phone plug earphone jack

Rilakkuma white bear squirrel mobile phone plug earphone

Rilakkuma music bear mobile phone plug earphone jack

Rilakkuma yellow chick mobile phone plug earphone jack

Rilakkuma brown bear head mobile phone plug earphone jack

Rilakkuma white bear bunny mobile phone plug earphone jack

Rilakkuma yellow chick bear mobile phone plug earphone jack

Sentimental Circus elephant mobile phone plug earphone jack

Kutusita Nyanko cat paw mobile phone plug earphone jack

July 24, 2013 0 comment

Japan Hobby Show Part 8: clay sweets

by modes4u July 23, 2013

This is the last part of our big blog series about the Japan Hobby Show in Tokyo that we visited earlier this year. But the grand finale is definitely worth having a look, because it is all about clay sweets. The clay decoration we discovered at the trade show was really spectacular and made your mouth water. It looked so realistic, it was hard to believe that those were fake sweets.

Amazing clay sweets at the Japan Hobby Show

Cute clay candies and pastry

A super sweet candy box

These fruits and ice cream cones look so realistic

We wonder how many people tried to eat the fake sweets

Cute Jelly Beans made from clay

Wedding themed clay macaroons

Lots of clay sauces and crafting supplies – we carry lots of them in our shop

A table full of sweet clay items

Yummy looking fruit tarts

Some books about clay sweets

So many different fake sweets clay crafts

So many different clay crafts

The exhibits were amazingly detailed

A crafting table to try some clay crafting at the trade show

A woman surrounded by clay sweets

Those items are for sale

What an amazing cake

Clay sandwiches and clay cakes

July 23, 2013 0 comment

New paper clay by Debika in our shop

by modes4u July 21, 2013

We just added some new paper clays by the Japanese brand Debika to our shop. Most of them are in white colour, but they can always be painted after they have dried. All of them are lightweight paper clays which are great for crafting dolls or small objects. Besides ‘regular’ lightweight air-dry clay we also have environmental-friendly paper clay, an ultra light paper clay and vacuum-packed paper clay in a reclosable bag to protect clay from drying out.

If you would like to try something different, get the cool wood paper clay which is made from recycled wood flour. You can craft objects in a wooden look with this kind of clay.

lightweight white air-drying paper clay from Japan

lightweight white eco paper clay from Japan

super lightweight white Debika paper clay from Japan

lightweight white vacuum-packed paper clay from Japan

lightweight brown air-drying wood paper clay from Japan

July 21, 2013 1 comment

Many new iPhone 5 cases by Shinzi Katoh

by modes4u July 20, 2013

If you like Japanese designs you will love this. We have a couple of very pretty new iPhone5 cases by Shinzi Katoh. We didn’t get new products from this brand for ages, so we’re really excited. They always have very cute designs and we now have lots of new Shinzi Katoh products. The cellphone cases with cute forest animal, Alice in Wonderland, Little Red Riding Hood or bear pictures are all suitable for iPhone 5.

We will add lots more stationery, masking tapes and postcards in the next days.

pink forest boy deer iPhone 5 hard cover case from Japan

Alice in Wonderland fairy tale iPhone 5 hard cover case

Little Red Riding Hood fairy tale iPhone 5 hard cover case

brown forest deer iPhone 5 hard cover case from Japan

blue polar bear Sorabear iPhone 5 hard cover case

toadstool and bugs iPhone 5 hard cover case

July 20, 2013 0 comment

Lots of beautiful San-X cups

by modes4u July 16, 2013

We just added a bunch of new mugs to our shop. They are all from our latest San-X delivery, so they are all about Rilakkuma, Sentimental Circus, Kutusita Nyanko or the cute shy Sumikkogurashi characters. For the first time ever we now have two Sentimental Circus magic mugs in our shop. The design of the cup will change when you fill it with hot water. We also got some new gift sets containing cup and towel. Also check out our cute new Sentimental Circus bowls.

big light blue Sentimental Circus carnival cup San-X

big yellow Rilakkuma Egg Kitchen cup San-X

checkered Sumikkogurashi shy animals cup by San-X

kawaii white Rilakkuma cup with brown bear San-X

big white Kutusita Nyanko cat with hearts cup San-X

dotted Rilakkuma teddy bear cup with heart San-X

Sentimental Circus animal magic mug carousel San-X

kawaii Sentimental Circus ceramics mug bowl by San-X

cute Sentimental Circus carousel ceramics bowl by San-X

July 16, 2013 0 comment

Japan Hobby Show Part 7: crochet work

by modes4u July 14, 2013

You have almost seen everything that we discovered on the Japan Hobby Show. But not quite everything. We definitely wanted to show you all the cute crochet work that we spotted on the trade show in Tokyo. Crocheting sometimes still has a certain “granny attitude”, but when you see all the kawaii stuff you can make with this technique, it will change your mind forever. Have a look:

Shelves full of cute crochet plushies and bags

The crochet panda bear is absolutely adorable

We also fell in love with the crochet squirrel

Some of the DIY crochet sets that come with everything you need for one project

kawaii crocheted charms

We discovered lots of Japanese books about crocheting

One animal is cuter than the other

There are endless possiblilities for crocheting projects

There are endless possibilities for crocheting projects

These sets alsready come with the wool for the crocheting project

These sets already come with the wool for the crocheting project

More kawaii crochet animals

July 14, 2013 0 comment

Hello Kitty Circus of Life at McDonald’s Hong Kong

by modes4u July 12, 2013

Yay, McDonald’s in Hong Kong just started the new super cute Hello Kitty promotion: Hello Kitty Circus of Life x McDonald’s. You can get an adorable Hello Kitty circus character plush toy by paying 25HKD on top of any food purchase. The collection is very kawaii, Hello Kitty is dressed up as a chimp, clown, animal tamer and trapeze artist. There is also a Hello Kitty magician and Dare Devil as part of a special edition. And for 238HKD you can get the collector’s edition including Hello Kitty dressed up as an elephant, a popup storybook, cards, food coupons and so on.

The staff at MyDonald’s wears colouful Hello Kitty T-Shirts with the different characters and you also see cute circus cats on the trays, boxes and packaging. We think Hello Kitty looks really adorable with the moustache as animal tamer. What’s your favourite character from this collection?

The cute Hello Kitty Circus of Life collection on the McDonalds website

The Hello Kitty plushies are displayed on the cashiers in every McDonalds in Hong Kong

Hello Kitty as trapeze artist and magician

Hello Kitty as chimp and magician

The McDonalds staff wear colourful Hello Kitty T-Shirts

All the cute plushies in a McDonalds restaurant in Hong Kong

You can also get a special collectors kit with a cute Jumbo Hello Kitty as elephant plush toy

July 12, 2013 3 comments

Ideas on how to use Hello Tokyo fabrics by Robert Kaufman

by modes4u July 9, 2013

A couple of days ago we added fabrics from the super cute Hello Tokyo collection by Robert Kaufman to our shop. While browsing the web we found some incredible pictures on what to use those fabrics for. We saw these photos on the blog The Red Thread written by Lisa Tilse. Lisa designed the collection for Robert Kaufman and showed really great examples of what to do with the Hello Tokyo fabrics. We’re totally in love with all those adorable cushions which you can sew with the big Kokeshi doll fabric. How do you like these ideas?

Lisa Tilse

On her blog The Red Thread designer Lisa Tilse shares some wonderful sewing ideas

She designed the Hello Tokyo collection for Robeert Kaufman

She designed the Hello Tokyo collection for Robert Kaufman

These cute Kokeshi doll, kawaii girl and cat cushions are super adorable

turquoise Kokeshi doll fabric by Robert Kaufman USA

white Kokeshi doll fabric by Robert Kaufman USA

pink Kokeshi doll fabric by Robert Kaufman USA

big Kokeshi doll kawaii girls fabric by Robert Kaufman USA

Patchwork kawaii Kokeshi doll fabric by Robert Kaufman USA

July 9, 2013 0 comment

The first modes4u wedding

by modes4u July 7, 2013

Summertime is wedding time all around the world – also at modes4u. Our team member Maggie just got married and invited the whole team to join the wedding ceremony. The bride and groom picked a lovely little church in Hong Kong for the wedding, which looked very much like an ancient European church with stucco on the ceilings and colourful mosaic windows. That it was not that old was revealed by the fact that there were integrated monitors in those parts where you couldn’t see the altar very well and got a video feed of what is happening. A very convenient feature.

The church was packed with friends and family of the couple who enjoyed the fairy tale like wedding. Of course the bride looked stunning in her beautiful wedding dress as did the groom in his tuxedo. The ceremony was held in Cantonese and was very touching – even for our team members who didn’t understand the language. As wedding photos are very important in Hong Kong there were many photographers and of course all the guests also took lots of pictures.

It was a really beautiful wedding and we enjoyed it very much. Congratulations to Maggie & Kenneth from the whole team!

The beautiful bride and groom on their wedding day

It was a lovely and romantic ceremony

The newlyweds leaving the church after the ceremony

The newlyweds leaving the packed church after the ceremony

Of course the bride threw the bridal bouquet

The lovely church before all the guests arrived

The church looked beautiful with the traditional window decorations

If you were sitting on the sides and did not have a good view there were monitors with video transmission

July 7, 2013 0 comment

What customers make with our fabrics: girl’s dress and dog collar

by modes4u July 5, 2013

Time to show off some adorable products some of our customers made with our fabrics. Cherie Amelie from Portugal sewed a super cute girl’s dress with our Little Red Riding Hood Kokka fabric. She posted a whole album full of adorable pictures of her little model posing for the camera, who obviously felt very comfortable in that wonderful summer dress. Unfortunately that fabric is currently sold out in our shop, but we still have many other kawaii Little Red Riding Hood fabrics in stock.

Our UK customer Emily from Leading the Pack made super cute dog collars with our fabrics. That’s an awesome idea, we haven’t seen anything like this done before. Especially the funny Timeless Treasures dog paw fabric is really great for a dog collar. We love it.

If you also want to show us what you made with our fabrics or other crafting products from our shop, just post a picture on our Facebook wall. We always appreciate it.