Rose Petal Deer 100 : Days 2 - 5 ♡ (100日ハンドメイド)

More cuteness this time in the form of unicardo the avocado unicorn & some little embroideries...

Lots of love x x x x

Rose Petal Deer 100 : Day 1 ♡ (100日ハンドメイド)

Starting today, I`ve decided to challenge myself of a drawing a day for the next 100 days of something cute and magical, hopefully to bring a smile, love and magic to people`s day!  Day one begins with this retro giraffe baby! Lots of love x x x

Psilicybe dreams ♡

A little bit of trips pink goodness to sparkle up your weeks! Some latest drawings...

Lots of love! x x x x

Saitama Exploring ♡ 芝桜

Any of you who have been following me for a while / know me in any form will know how much I love all things floral / pink related, so when I discovered Shibazakura (floor moss sakura) I always dreamed of being able to go visit some! Last week I took the trip to Chichibu in rural Saitama to do just that, it was a super cute outing on a local train full of elderly japanese with their little bento boxes, and it went straight through so much nature and mountains. On arrival I got totally lost, but eventually made it to the area where the beautiful fields of pink were waiting, and seriously I couldn't cope, nature can just be so overwhelmingly beautiful in Japan at times, I sat here with some local foods from the market alongside (they had a sort of short term festival) - and it involved vegan friendly things, so I was pretty happy! Heres a little glimpse of the pinky-goodness...

Lots of love x x x x

Aoyama Cemetery ♡

This place was so beautiful it made me cry, maybe it was the sheer amount of flowers, how quiet it was and the fact it was such a calming peaceful place, every grave was so well looked after and had lovely flowers placed around it, and the sakura was fully bloomed and beginning to fall slightly with the wind. This area of Tokyo between Aoyama and Roppongi is not somewhere I`d been to before, its  full of offices and large expensive buildings and shops, but this little haven between lovely Aoyama and some of Tokyos big art galleries felt like miles away from the hustle and bustle of Tokyo, I can't wait for the photos from my little film camera to come out! ahh!

& my first trip to try yummy cold pressed juice in Tokyo! yum!

Lots of love! x x x

Part 2 : Further Cherry Blossom wanderings ♡

Shinjuku Goen has to be a feature on my cherry blossom exploring, there are so many types of trees there that even if you go a little bit before or after season there are always so many beautiful flowers to see, this year I timed it just right going a little after the main rush, so many flowers were falling and the late blooming types like the little ball blossom you see below were just starting to fall. I even managed to find a cute little juice bar with a vegan sandwich option super close so was able to take my diary & sketchbook and have a little picnic in the sunshine. I love the constant in places like this of the nature against the harsh grey skies of Tokyo architecture..

Yummy dinner at Commune Omotesando after blossom viewing, fried soy & brown rice veggie plate..

Inokashira Koen, I only made a brief little trip but definitely worth it, its always a good park to go by yourself and wander around in..

Kudanshita..this place literally blew my mind, the amount of blossoms here were seriously insane, my lovely friend was visiting from Kyoto and we wanted to try something different so checked this place out, the blooms stretch all around the edge of the Imperial Palace and I`ve heard at night they light up, sort of overlapping each other like some magical tunnel, if I`m here again in blossom season I will definitely make a trip back!

Finally our biggest hanami day was in a super local area of Nagano, avoiding the weekend crowds we took to a few cheeky street drinks and joined in a local hanami festival. Here is one of my absolute favourite Japanese snacks, which I managed to score from a super local vendor - `Sakura mochi`, salty sakura leaf and yummy azuki beans inside mmm..

Apparently this is the longest stretch of straight cherry blossoms in Tokyo, going all through Nakano..

Lots of love x x x x

Sakura dreams 桜の花 ♡

My absolute favourite time of year in Japan these past few weeks have been a super beautiful sea of pink once more, we managed a few hanami`s and a wonder a few weeks back in one of my favourite spots to see Sakura - Shinjuku Goen, there are so many types of sakura here and each is so magical looking, anyway here`s a few of my favourite snaps, Hope your all having lovely spring`s! Lots of love x x x x ♡

A little bit of my Tokyo December ♡

MERRY CHRISTMAS lovely`s! My month has been super busy with my new job doing craft and english activities with little kids (so cute but so hectic!) But thought I`d post a few little photos from the past month! - So excited for my few days of Christmas hold next week and to get working on the new artwork ideas I have piling up and also - finally reopening my Etsy, anyways hope you all have a  lovely Christmas! 

Me & me of my best friends before Nutcracker ballet last week <3 it was so cute!

The cutest kids baking cafe in Koenji which was like something out of a Disney film - the decor was so so cute and candy-fied I couldn't cope haha, they do little cooking workshops with kids and there is pretty baking things and cakes everywhere wahhh!

Epic Vegan dins in Koenji - so many crazy interesting vegetables <3

Big baggy wild fox jumper times as the weathers started getting cooler <3

& fluffy coat layers pre ballet, finally gone full on back to blonde (can't believe I tried to stay away from it!) 

Our little Christmas tree in the flat - so small and japanese <3

More posts soon! Lots of love! x x x