When wrapping up their trip to Tokyo, modeS4u’s Managing Director and IT Manager, Sandra and Alan, came across the works of some very talented designers who work with DIY products. The first artist, Kuroda Tsubasa, uses pom poms to create realistic looking cats and dogs! The second artist is Nakayama Midori, who uses felt to also create very realistic furry friends. Check out some fun images of their work here!
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Continuing with their trip to Tokyo, Sandra and Alan (modeS4u’s Managing Director and IT Manager respectively) also took a look at the incredibly colorful Kawaii Monster Cafe, which features some of the most creative and wackiest interior design we’ve ever seen! Many of the cafe’s displays looked like giant dessert figurines, whilst the walls were adorned with colorful macarons. There were amazing flower structures along the booths too! Check out some amazing pictures right here.
Incredible displays
Very creative designs!
So much color everywhere!
Even the food is super colorful!
What a creative burger!
More stunning displays
A dessert that looks too good to eat!
This dessert is so much fun to look at!
Those are the biggest macarons we’ve ever seen
A very creative design here!
Really fun booth designs
Color and creativity
What do you think of the designs here?
Wow!
Continuing with their visit to the Tokyo Hobby Show, Sandra and Alan made sure to check out as many booths as possible and wow, were there a lot of booths! This year saw more fabrics on display than in previous years. Not only were there gorgeous fabrics on show, there were also lots of arts and crafts items, colorful slime products and more. Take a look at the pictures here!
Beautiful fabrics with patterns
Colorful fabrics
Even more gorgeous designs
Amazing ‘food’ made of microbead slime!
Everyone’s having a fun time with the microbead slime!
DIY craft supplies
Drawing time!
More stunning fabrics
Fabrics on display
Items made with some of the fabrics on show
People of all ages can enjoy drawing and coloring in
More artwork on show
Drawing supplies
Kawaii cat toys
Lots of creativity on display!
During their recent trip to Tokyo, modeS4u’s Managing Director and IT Manager, Sandra and Alan respectively, stopped by the incredible Tokyo Hobby Show. This event was jam-packed with all manner of creative goods; it’s every DIY fan’s dream place to be! From colorful and kawaii iron-ons, to highly detailed figurines, to stunning fabrics, The Tokyo Hobby Show had it all! Check out some fun pictures of the event here.
Kawaii toys
More lovely hand-made toys
Funny dog iron-ons
We love all the colors shown in this picture!
Gorgeous figurines
These figurines are super detailed

Fabrics on display

More lovely fabrics
Rolls of fabric
Lots of colorful notions
More adorable toys
Figurines on display
Don’t these look gorgeous?
So creative!
We love the incredible amount of detail in these
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Earlier this year, Sandra Boch (Managing Director of modeS4U) and Alan Mak (IT Manager) visited the Quilt Market in Tokyo and there were just so many stunning Japanese fabrics stitched into some truly incredible projects, such as quilts, toys, displays and much more. From designs featuring gorgeous floral fabrics, to those using vibrant patterned fabric, there were many inspirational projects as far as the eye could see. Which of these projects do you like the most?
This features a vine-type design
A beautiful shaped floral design
A stunning floral pattern creation
Beautiful!
A super kawaii bag
Floral pattern bag
Another lovely floral pattern bag
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Fabric was used to create the garden!
Look at the detail!
So kawaii!
Very creative!
Alice in Wonderland
Fairy tale characters
So much detail
Again, so much attention to detail
Very cute
A beautiful large display
More creativity on display
A gorgeous design
Earlier this year, Sandra Boch (Managing Director of modeS4U) and Alan Mak (IT Manager) visited the Quilt Market in Tokyo and there were just so many stunning Japanese fabrics stitched into some truly incredible projects, such as quilts, toys, displays and much more. From designs featuring gorgeous floral fabrics, to those using vibrant patterned fabric, there were many inspirational projects as far as the eye could see. Which of these projects do you like the most?
This features a vine-type design
A beautiful shaped floral design
A stunning floral pattern creation
Beautiful!
A super kawaii bag
Floral pattern bag
Another lovely floral pattern bag
modeS4u visits the Quilt Festival in Tokyo (Part 1) 8
Fabric was used to create the garden!
Look at the detail!
So kawaii!
Very creative!
Alice in Wonderland
Fairy tale characters
So much detail
Again, so much attention to detail
Very cute
A beautiful large display
More creativity on display
A gorgeous design
When we went to the Japan Hobby Show in Tokyo earlier this year we saw lots of new stationery and decoration we really loved. We will certainly think about getting some of the articles that we don’t carry in our shop yet. Again and again we were stunned by the attention to detail with which the creators care about even the tiniest features of their little pieces of art. Especially the clay decoration we discovered looked so sensationally realistic, it was hard to believe that those were fake sweets. With so many spectacular designs to look at, it’s no wonder it made our mouth water for more of these incredible DIYs.

Some of the amazing clay sweets at the Japan Hobby Show.

Many of the exhibits were incredibly detailed.

Looking really yummy. Cute clay deserts and pastries.

Lots of clay sauces and crafting supplies.

Cute construction. A spectacular house of cookies.

These little bears would feel home right away at modes4u.

Everything small. These tiny decorations are a big inspiration to us.

‘Honey I shrunk the china.’ Incredibly detailed tableware.

What beautiful clay flowers we found here too.

A presentation of some clay crafting at the trade show.

We wonder how many people asked if they can get a slice of this cake.
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 possibilities for crocheting projects
These sets already come with the wool for the crocheting project
More kawaii crochet animals
One of the things we really loved on the Japan Hobby Show in Tokyo were the adorable felt items. We saw lots of lovely little fugures made completely from felt, such as litte animals, matryoshkas, Halloween items or sweets. We don’t carry any of these DIY sets in our shop yet, but it certainly made us think about getting some.
kawaii felt animals in sailor theme
The little felt items make adorable decorations
The cute little sailor matryoshkas made with felt are awesome
These sets would be a great gift for children and DIY fans
Some of the actual DIY felt sets
There were hundreds of books about felt crafting
At some booths you could craft your own felt item
A cute felt project to make knitting bears
They looked even cuter in real life
Matryoshkas seem to be a very popular design for felt crafting
kawaii little felt cats
An adorable seal in a Halloween design
Pandas rock!
kawaii felt macarons
The felt sweets look amazing
More cookies and sweets made from felt
Part of our team went to Tokyo a couple of weeks ago to visit the Japan Hobby Show. It was a really great exhibition with lots to see and try. As the trade show was open to the public the whole time, there were lots of opportunities to actually use different hobby products like fabrics, clay, colours, different techniques etc. We took hundreds of pictures which we want to show to you guys. So today we’re kicking off our little series with some general impressions from the show.
Sandra next to the official poster of the Japan Hobby Show 2013
Large exhibition halls with thousands of people who try many of the presented products
Wonderful accessories
Do it yourself – people could really try lots of things
A fashion show by students who made cute candy outfits
Lots of crafting accessories like deco tapes
Not everything was girly, boys and men loved this miniature car section
Some children are assembling miniature items
Lots of ways to be creative
Super cute DIY sets to make funny play dough animals
We will probably carry these 3D papercraft frame sets in our shop soon
These DIY wall decoration sets look adorable too
kawaii tree ornaments
Really amazing miniature rooms
Lots more miniature rooms and houses