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Full of fun and inventive projects, Hello Tokyo is a cute and quirky guide to living a DIY lifestyle inspired by Japanese crafts and trends Filled with simple craft projects and fun tips inspired by her daily life in Tokyo, Japanese blogger, crafter, and designer Ebony Bizys captures the humor and originality of the eclectic Japanese experience in this charming handbook. Perfect, pretty projects come together quickly and easily, and they require just a few simple materials to make. This easy-to-follow book offers ideas galore to inspire beginner and advanced DIYers alike. Readers will find: step-by-step instructions for crafting handmade stationery from secrets for making handmade memory books to store cherished pieces from their travels recipes for personalizing garlands and tassels to add fun and sparkle to small soirees and more! Fun and cute in its entirety, Hello Tokyo is a sweet look into Japan's DIY culture, brimming with clever craft ideas for bringing happiness to the everyday. It will delight any crafter looking to add a touch of whimsy to their DIY adventures.

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Publié par	ABRAMS BOOKS
Date de parution	28 mars 2017
Nombre de lectures	5
EAN13	9781683350088
Langue	English
Poids de l'ouvrage	6 Mo

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HELLO TOKYO
30+ HANDMADE PROJECTS AND FUN IDEAS FOR A CUTE, TOKYO-INSPIRED LIFESTYLE
EBONY BIZYS
PHOTOGRAPHY BY BOCO
ABRAMS | NEW YORK
This book is dedicated to you, my lovely little Sandwiches, for all your constant and ongoing support. For reading my Hello Sandwich blog, leaving Instagram comments and likes, for coming along to my workshops, buying my books and zines, for sending sweet e-mails, and for your unfailing encouragement and enthusiasm.
Without you, this would never have been possible. Arigatou, Sandwiches!
Love Love, Hello Sandwich xoxo
CONTENTS
Introduction
Chapter 1 Hello, Tokyo
Chapter 2 Home Style
Chapter 3 A Handmade Lifestyle
Chapter 4 Collect Record
Chapter 5 Correspondence
Chapter 6 Gift Wrapping
Chapter 7 Parties Events
Creative Collaborations
Glossary Websites
Project Index
Acknowledgments
HELLO SANDWICHES!

Welcome to Hello Sandwich world: a tiny apartment in a little corner of Tokyo that opens onto a vast expanse of creative inspiration. I m an Australian artist, designer, blogger, and author: My daily life in Tokyo is documented on my blog, hellosandwich.jp; on social media; and now it s here in this little book you are holding in your hands.
Living in Japan has been an unexpected whirlwind with a trail of creative projects that I could never have imagined in my wildest dreams. I ve collaborated with some of my favorite Japanese brands; hosted workshops at Tokyu Hands and Isetan department stores; appeared on Japan s national television station, NHK; dabbled in Japanese radio programs; and published two Japanese craft books.
I can pinpoint the beginnings of my Tokyo creative journey to one event in particular. It took place just a few weeks after I moved to Tokyo. I was very eager to sign up to do something creative, so immediately upon arriving, I applied to take part in the Tokyo Art Book Fair. It was at this event that I met Mio-san, from Japanese publishing house BNN, who had an interest in Hello Sandwich. Mio-san promptly organized a feature in a new girls zines book, and from there the opportunities multiplied. Honestly, I still can t believe it when I walk into a Japanese bookstore and spot a Hello Sandwich publication. I m constantly pinching myself to see if this is all just one big dream.
I hope you will enjoy this peek into the city that I see every day and love dearly. And if you can, please come along and visit Tokyo!
Love Love,

HELLO SANDWICH
xoxo
* Find hellosandwich on Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, and Facebook.
CHAPTER 1 HELLO, TOKYO
Being a foreigner in this city-being able to see the city with fresh eyes-is so, so utterly inspiring

DAILY LIFE * in Tokyo

I ve been living in Tokyo for five years now, and not a day passes that I don t catch myself smiling at something uniquely Japanese on my travels. It might be the striped tape seal on a brand-new package of plastic wrap, the Tiffany-blue garden hose around the corner from my apartment, or a passing polka-dot truck. The inspiration in this city is never-ending. One of my favorite pastimes is wandering around the local suburbs looking for photos, as I call it.
TOKYO CITY SCENES It blows my mind that I m lucky enough to be able to live in this incredible city. Spending lots of time in my local neighborhood, it s easy to forget that I live in such a megametropolis! Every now and then, I love to stop for a moment and catch a glimpse of the city from a high-rise building. It s mind-boggling. Looking down over the vast city from these heights, I m amazed that somehow I ve made a life for myself among the millions of people living here.

SEASONS Tokyo really is a four-season city, and it s fascinating to watch the city change from one season to the next, especially in the local shops. Supermarkets sell umeshu (plum wine) kits and green curtain kits (to keep out the sun) at the start of summer, bamboo decorations for the new year. . . and so on. Without a calendar, you could safely guess the date with just one visit to a supermarket.
Each season comes with its own unique events. Spring brings a week or two of hanami (cherry blossom viewing parties) and picnics. My favorite parts of summer are the festivals: I often sit in my studio and hear the drumming of passing processions. In autumn it s time to travel to Hakone to see the changing colors of the leaves, and in winter it s time to look forward to the snow.
Tokyo is very well equipped for each season. Trains have heated seats in winter and strong air conditioning in summer. Caf s offer hot wine, blankets, and heated hand warmers in winter, and kakigori (shaved ice) and frozen beer in summer. No matter what the season, it s wonderful exploring and living in this amazing city.

YUKI (SNOW) Coming from Sydney, I rarely ever saw snow, especially not in a city environment. It s such a brilliant experience to see your city nestled under a blanket of white. On occasion, it snows where I live in Shimokitazawa, usually in February. Waking up to the quiet of a new snowfall is utterly incredible. The snow absorbs all the neighborhood sounds, and it s the most beautiful silence you can imagine. You know it is there before you peek out your window.
In February 2014, Tokyo experienced its heaviest snowfall in forty-five years. I arrived back from Kyoto on the shinkansen (bullet train) just in time to see it. I wasn t even able to roll my suitcase from my local station to my house. My bike was completely covered, and the following morning I could only just make out the top of the washing machine on my balcony. It was a great excuse not to do the laundry-much wiser to spend time building a snowman, right?
Whenever this happens, I head out to take photographs, armed with my makeshift plastic bag camera protector. Those special moments in the freezing cold, snapping photos, are some of my happiest memories of Tokyo life.
The day after a big snowfall, the community comes out and scrapes the snow to the side of the streets. Business owners turn these piles into snowmen, some bigger than life-size.
For this reason, February is one of the months in Tokyo that I most look forward to.

combini (convenience store) life

TOMODACHI (FRIENDS) I ve been so lucky to have made such wonderful friends in this city. I have to pinch myself sometimes in situations I never thought possible: sitting at my craft-book-author idol s house making miso (soybean paste), for instance; or visiting famous Tokyo-based creators Sophie et Chocolat s studio space for afternoon tea.
I have recently become friends with the family who lives opposite my apartment. I call them Obaachan and Ojiichan (Nan and Pop). They opened their home to me and often invite me to a home-cooked family dinner, water my plants for me when I travel, and cheerily greet me when we pass one another in the street. It s so special to have such a wonderful network of friends in this city.

photographer Boco-chan; love this lady to bits
CHAPTER 2 HOME STYLE
Making good use of a compact living space is a challenge for many in Tokyo, but there s always room for cute ideas

HELLO SANDWICH * HQ

Hello Sandwich HQ is a tiny 125-square-foot (38-square-meter) apartment in Shimokitazawa, Tokyo. This buzzy and friendly centrally located neighborhood is just four minutes by train from Shibuya (one of the most exciting and busiest suburbs of the city). The apartment is about a quarter of the size of my Sydney apartment, so it was a matter of quickly getting good at Tetris once I arrived in Tokyo. It s honestly like a little doll s house. I can almost touch the ceilings, and tall friends have to be careful when ducking through the doorway.
My corner apartment is super sunny and in a fantastic location. My landlord lives on the floor below me, which is quite comforting, and I ve made friends with the local Sagawa Express and Yamato Transport delivery teams (couriers), and the post-office lady also knows me, so I really feel as though I have made a nice mark on the community here. It would be hard to leave this little apartment.
CUTE LIVING TIP COLLECTIONS

HINT Put together assorted ceramics to make artwork out of a table setting

I m an avid collector of many different types of homewares. I love scouting local vintage stores for particularly interesting treasures, especially glasses, dishes, linens, aprons, crocheted coathangers, tea cozies, trays, canisters, and colorful pot holders. When I lived in Australia, my parents had a vacation house in Culburra on the New South Wales south coast, and I absolutely adored spending time searching through the local thrift shops, finding discarded or unwanted gems. Having a mismatched serving set makes for a fun collection, and it s lovely putting together assorted ceramics and plates to make artwork out of a table setting.
CUTE LIVING TIP FLOWER ARRANGING
Another thing I have noticed in Japan are inexpensive mixed bunches of flowers readily available from florists or supermarkets. I was pleasantly surprised at the reasonable price of such bunches when I moved to Japan. For a little bit of money, you can buy a colorful treat to brighten up your home.

I have a thing for short-stemmed flowers-perhaps it s because my apartment is small-so the first thing I do once I get the flowers home is cut almost all their stems off. I then spend time arranging the flowers into various combinations and popping them into assorted small vases. Generally, I separate the flowers I buy into little vases arranged by height and shape. Because my apartment is so small, it s nice to have tiny vases spread throughout the house. I have a mini single-stem vase on a wire hanger that I hang in my bathroom and another that I hang in the kitchen window. It s not uncommon in caf s in Tokyo for each table to have the tiniest vase you have ever seen holding just one sprig of flowers. Attention to detail like this has always fascinated me, and it s a par