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Wednesday, January 2, 2013

My Kokeshi

Hello everybody, I hope you had a wonderful holiday. I love Japanese songs and I used to listen to a Japanese program on the radio when I was very young. A customer of mine gave me a "Kokeshi" for the very first time. She is beautiful and it gladdens my bedside table. I love Japanese things such as Ikebana, Origami and so on. There is an Origami that I likes called "Abre e fecha" in Portuguese, but it has a very different name in English, "Fortune Teller". The girls used to play when they were in school. They wrote things on it and had so much fun! There is a website that teachs us  how to this one at http://www.ikatbag.com/2009/05/origami-part-2.html

Have a Happy New Year!



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  1. Cute kokeshi! I love Japanese children's songs. At one recent quilt show, there was a series of quilts all on the theme of those children's songs. I spent a long time looking at them and I think I knew all the songs. We made those origami fortune tellers back when I was a kid too. I forget what we called them but I had never heard the word "origami" at that time.

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    1. Hello Julie!! I also love Japanese songs. There was a station in Brazil called "Voices of Japan" that I used to listen in 1972 at 6:oo a.m. :)
      The quilts on the children's songs must be lovely!! Yes, there is a film that passes through our minds with memories. We recall things forgotten.
      My daughters used to play at school with it. I think it is so beautiful. We have many Japanese friends in Santos and there is one veterinarian that came in Kasato Maru ship that arrived here in Santos in 1908.
      the Kokeshis are so cute! I love it!!!

      Hugs .... Sandra xx

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  2. Your kokeshi is cute! Japanese children play origami as you know.

    I will introduce you a practical origami.
    I have many stock of mame hako, which is a small box for beans. Every morning, a new small mame hako is placed on our table. The box become full with small trash is gone to a trash pail after breakfast. Any paper can be available for making mame hako.

    http://happylilac.net/mamehako2.html

    Green tomato

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    1. Hello Tomoko! Glad to see you! I love to know about mame hako!! I've never heard about it. I saw the website http://happylilac.net/mamehako2.html I will try to make a mame hako. I like to see your pictures very much. Why don't you take a picture of them? Thanks a lot for sharing with us about it.

      Have a lovely week!

      Hugs...Sandra

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