Arnold
Arnold is a present for Alfie, who's birthday was in december. Which makes this gift 6 months late. Is that a record ?
Oh, and I got me a cutie-cute book on carving stamps.
ISBN 978 4 529 04339 7, available here, also available at amazonjp, but I can't link directly to it. Just type in the number, spaces included.
I think I'm going to stamp 'HURRY UP' on my children's foreheads in the mornings.
There are cute ideas for stamping onto fabric, paper bags, china , plant pots, coat hangers, socks, lunchboxes - you name it, they've stamped it. All you have to do is trace the designs and carve away. Hah ! - if only it were that simple.
Arnold is adorable!
I think yesasia And amazon.co.jp and the like should be giving you a cut of their profits...you feature all these great japanese books and magazines, and then we all go out and buy them!
Posted by: Kate | June 18, 2007 at 02:21 PM
Ha! Ha! i'd like to stamp my kids' hands reminding them to FLUSH the toilet. Arnold looks like he's up to something... are you certain he'll behave when he and Alfie are hanging out together? Better keep the bail money handy, just in case. And hide the candy. I'll bet Arnold will be an absolute maniac when he's jacked up on sugar. I've made a few stuffies that went on to become quite sinister in their dealings with the children, cloloring on walls and such, and looking all the while perfectly innocent... I love seeing all the cool things you make. You've got me hunting all things Japanese; I've even got a pal involved in this madness (her family lives on Okinawa) Love the peeks you provide, thanks again! Cami
Posted by: Camilla | June 18, 2007 at 02:40 PM
I just came across your blog and it's so lovely! Thankyou for sharing all your amazing tutorials, I plan on trying out some of the fabric flowers today. Also thanks for sharing the Japanese books images! They are so inspiring.
Posted by: Jess | June 18, 2007 at 03:12 PM
Arnold is brilliant-what a smile! Stamp books is sooo cute-love it!
Posted by: fhiona | June 18, 2007 at 03:44 PM
Love Arnold!
Posted by: Mama Urchin | June 18, 2007 at 05:07 PM
Arnold is so cute! I love all the stamping pictures!
Posted by: scribblesnbits | June 18, 2007 at 06:28 PM
Arnold is very cute, and I am oh so glad to see that someone else is very bad about giving gifts and cards and whatnot on time as well... I am chronically late!!
Posted by: Molly | June 18, 2007 at 07:16 PM
You're not the only one - I just gave away a cot quilt that was intended to be handed over at birth and baby is now six months old...
Arnold is great - love that cheeky grin; he's up to something, you can tell!
Posted by: mathea | June 18, 2007 at 07:58 PM
I loved your previous post! And this post! Oh you were a naughty girl!!! What fun!!! I just adore your creations! And stamping little children? What fun!! :)
Posted by: Vanessa V | June 18, 2007 at 08:39 PM
I think Arnold was def. worth the wait :)
I just grinned from ear to ear when I saw him...
Posted by: Mrs G | June 18, 2007 at 10:59 PM
how do you make stamps? wich is the easiest way for selfmade? yours are so marvelous...
Posted by: zora | June 18, 2007 at 11:44 PM
adorable!
Posted by: kiwi | June 19, 2007 at 12:57 AM
arnold makes me laugh. he's too cute. i really like that fabric in the background too. 6 months is definitely worth the wait.
that book looks really cute. i gotta check that out.
Posted by: jen | June 19, 2007 at 02:35 AM
Arnold is great! I certainly wouldn't mind if he was my present and 6 months late ;)
Posted by: Emma | June 19, 2007 at 07:57 AM
arnold has great teeth, i am jealous : )
Posted by: lucykate crafts | June 19, 2007 at 11:55 AM
Ah see, now there you go again, just when I was set not to order anything for awhile 8-) As always, thank you for posting so many images from the book. Can you tell if they are carving the stamps from erasers? The first word in the title--keshigumu--means eraser. Some of those would make good embroidery designs as well.
Posted by: Donna | June 19, 2007 at 02:22 PM
Arnold is cute! That book looks great...
Posted by: Chara Michele | June 19, 2007 at 06:17 PM
Don't you mean 6 months EARLY! That's what I would say...
Posted by: janet clare | June 19, 2007 at 06:59 PM
These are absolutly darling! I don't think I would be interested in carving stamps, but I agree that they'd be fantastic for embroidery.
So cute...
Posted by: Joyful Abode | June 19, 2007 at 08:48 PM
Oh please let me know if stamping on your children's foreheads works - we could do with a bit of speeding up on school mornings! I am in love with Arnold and his wonderfully big smile - lucky old Alfie!
Posted by: julie | June 19, 2007 at 09:04 PM
My daughter needs that Hurry Up stamp as well. Maybe if I stamped it on the breakfast plates and as well as on her forehead the message might get through. Arnold is lovely.
Posted by: Frances | June 20, 2007 at 01:33 AM
Great grin, Arnold! :-)
Posted by: Georgia | June 20, 2007 at 07:56 AM
Arnold is such a cutei! (I LOVE that Japanese background fabric too!!!:)
Posted by: ThreeGreenApples | June 20, 2007 at 11:09 PM
very cute book indeed!!
Posted by: momo | June 21, 2007 at 09:58 AM
Oh, Arnold is adorable!
Posted by: Emma | June 21, 2007 at 12:21 PM