One Good Thing A Day – Project Day 20 – New Setup!

How exciting!

Since I’m now typing away for hours on end each day, it’s pretty bad for my “bad arm”….so we got a shiny new setup with a comfortable keyboard and mouse. Quite comfortable -this should really make my writing more fun *^_^*

One Good Thing A Day – Project Day 18 – Children’s Explorer Kit

Today we got together a fun little gift for my boyfriend’s nephew. His big 5th Birthday, so we wanted to get something creatively put together.

I’m always a fan of putting together packages of different items that work together, so here’s what we came up with:

An Explorer’s Kit!

First, we found this cute pair of children’s binoculars and found a camera case with strap that it could fit into.
Next, we had to get something for him to write his “findings” in, so we managed to find a set of three mini ring notepads. To go with that, we found a multi-color pen to jot down different color-coded notes (or squiggly drawings…) and finally, for his top-secret findings, we found a Doraemon magic ink pen with blacklight!

I also made an Explorer’s checklist (with a helper’s version for his brother) just by getting clipart online and changing the main explorer’s colours a bit so the boys don’t have matching ones.

Then we packed it up in a cute box, and done! Total cost for the kit = ¥630 ($7.63 USD)

Before he gets it in the mail, we’re going to send a quick e-mail with a few riddles to get him to try and guess what his gift is. Hopefully he likes it!

One Good Thing A Day – Project Day 17 – Origami Birthday Card

I got another order from Fiverr for a simple origami/kirigami Birthday card for a little girl.
It was actually quite fun, especially away from the boring writing work I have (>_<) If you'd like to see some of my Fiverr gigs, please do so!

I made two samples for the customer to choose from and here’s the one that was chosen:

This was the other one that’s an extra for someone else:

One Good Thing A Day – Project Day 16 – Hayabusa

In Japan, there are many people who love trains…..and when the trains become their obsession, they are referred to as otaku.

Soon we will have a new bullet train called the Hayabusa, which is actually very cool design and seems to have to most luxurious seats that I’ve ever seen:

Also, in typical Japan style, they had to have a toy representation of the train (they are all mini legos by the way):

It took me quite a while to snap this simple photo since there were mounds of otaku taking shot after shot with their professional cameras (with massive lenses) on tripods. Oh dear….. just reinforcing the camera stereotype yet again.

One Good Thing A Day – Project Day 15 – Our Bird Sanctuary

Ever since we started leaving a little food on the balcony, we’re getting more birds, including six cute little sparrows. I decided to make a little bird area with food tray, little bowl of water for a bath and a bamboo “seating area” for ultimate comfort.

I hope they enjoy it!