Sumikko Gurashi: Whipple

In which I try to do crafts, and we all know how that goes, but somehow things turn out pretty nifty nonetheless. Hopefully I haven’t fooled any readers into thinking I’m some sort of crafts wizard, what with my skilful application of stickers and such, but I am in fact pretty consistently bad — and […]

Candy Toys and Miniatures: Re-Ment: Uki-Uki! Sumikko My Room

In which I gripe some here and there, but ultimately love this collection. It feels like a while since I’ve written about Sumikko Gurashi! Two of my favorite things in the world are, of course, Sumikko, and Re-Ment miniatures. So it’s always an especial pleasure to open up a new Re-Ment set with a Sumikko […]

Dagashi Sagashi: Four New Snacks: Featuring Sumikko Gurashi!

In which the Sumikko toy with the basic laws of time and space, you know, as one does. And there are snacks! Aoringo means green apple—well, actually it literally means “blue apple” because what’s called blue and what’s called green often differs between Japan and America for complex reasons. Mochi is Japanese rice, uh, sort […]

Re-Ment: Sanrio Dolly Case

In which I get nostalgic, get grumpy, settle back into nostalgia, and eventually learn to stop worrying and enjoy what’s essentially a set of Sanrio “pimp cups.” The two factors that really made me collect things were Sanrio and Re-Ment. Sanrio was part of my life since I was a little girl two hundred thousand […]