Wedding

This blog is *hanaha*'s blog so I don't write about my personal things so much.
That is why sometimes people think I come to Holland alone and live alone but that is not true.
The reason why I moved to Holland was ... to live with my Dutch partner and recently I married with him.

The wedding in Holland has no rules so everything needs to be decided by ourselves.  That is interesting and also a lot of work.  But that is why our wedding became a day with many handmade things :)

I didn't wear a wedding dress but this...!

My mother made this "kimono" about 15 years ago for her daughters. And my 2 sisters set my hair.

We decided to use this kimono's red as our wedding theme color and I made a invitation card with my favorite poppy flowers in this color.

The hair clip which I wear is made by The Honeycomb. I found her works on Etsy and fell in love immediately!

We had a party at Giethoorn which is known as "Venice of the Netherlands". Me in kimono got many attention from the tourists and "congratulations" in several languages.

My younger sister is a cartoonist and she made a funny comic about us.

Something which I was really looking forward to was... a wedding cake!

Dutch sweets are generally too sweet for me and I don't like them so much. So I was worried that  I can find a nice and tasty cake or not... but luckily I found Caek.nl which is managed by a young creative lady, Etty.

We orderd a wedding cake based on our invitation card and... this is it!

It has chocolate cream and apricot jam inside. Super cute and tasty! What a perfect combination :)

After we cut this cake, I changed my wear from kimono to a light dress. I decorated it with poppy flower applique and this necklace which I'm wearing is by a handmade jewelry store Widaro. 

with my lovely family from Japan.

They're mini gift for our guests. I made coasters with poppy applique.

I also made some party bags for this day but will show them next time.

Thank for the people, the weather and the location, it was a really fantastic day. Never better :)

kayako *hanaha*

http://hanaha.net

Spring and Disaster

Even though such a terrible and sad things are happening in my country Japan, still here comes the spring.

My family and friends are luckily safe but it doesn't make any difference about the damage of the disaster and still many people are in a really hard situation.

What can I do for them...? Praying, donating and never forget about this disaster. It will be long  and hard to recover but I also trust my country. It is not impossible.

kayako *hanaha*

http://hanaha.net

A HOPPY NEW YEAR!!!

I wish 2011 will be a happy HOPPY year for everybody.

Kayako *hanaha*

http://hanaha.net

winter pictures

WInter in Holland is really dark, cold, wet and it lasts too long so I don't like it so much but December is the exception.There're many enjoyable things!

*Hanging Xmas lights and put on the candles...

*Some decoration for Xmas...

*Having a party with friends...

*outside is really cold but if the sun shines, take some walk is also nice...

*and also I added new bags to my website. Please check them! http://hanaha.net

Kayako *hanaha*

http://hanaha.net

moving!

In the beginning of this month, We've moved from an apartment to a house.
This house is 25years old and we have to repair and change almost everything. Still there're a lot of things to do and we don't have even floor in the 1st floor but... my new working room is finished!
This is that :)

I really like this new space. It has a nice inclined roof and small shelf and I can put some stuff on it so can have much space on the table.

And also this room has a perfect space for my IKEA Antonius with bag material!

Look at this! It is quite amazing :)

I will create many many bags from this room!

And by the way... This room was like this at the beginning. I think we've done a great job to give a fresh atmosphere.

Kayako *hanaha*

http://hanaha.net

new material

I wanted to try new material for my bag so bought fake leather a while ago. And finally I tried it!

That material is used for the side and handle parts.

The motief is again my favorite cactus but this time, I changed the color to fit the base color mustard x black. That color combination and fake leather gave a kind of new taste to my bag.

I put other pictures of this bag and also some other new items on my website so please have a look!

Kayako *hanaha*

http://hanaha.net

Cactus

Last week I received a parcel from Japan and was from my sister. In the parcel there was a really lovely dress with cactus and humming bird pattern.

 

I tried this on and thought "I don't know why but...I love cactus!!! I want more stuff with cactus."
So... I made this.

This is a small bag especially for a camera. Inside is like this.

There is a pocket in the lid. Cute and useful, this is really important I think :)

Kayako *hanaha*

http://hanaha.net