Since I showed you some of the adorable food that you can make in your lust for bento I thought you might like to check out some of my favorite cute bento cookbooks too. These are ones I actually own and use often.

Great cute food cookbook, terrific ideas and all made for bento.

I adore this cookbook, plus it’s spiral so it lays flat. You can literally make anything with a piece of cheese and ham or turkey!

This is part two and I cannot wait for it to get here!

This is a great book that talks about charaben and has some of the finest examples I’ve seen.

This book may not have the best photos but it does have tons of ideas and recipes. You will be making bento in a snap.

Another new book, I will update you once I go through it.

Also new and looking forward to getting it.

I’ve had to step up work considerably so I’ve been a bit overwhelmed and haven’t updated here in a long, long time. That doesn’t mean I haven’t been keeping my eye out for kawaii things, I always am!

My closet still calls to me but I haven’t even thought about cleaning it out more in months. I haven’t been “adding to” (my Mom always says “Don’t add to; take away.” but I just cannot face all the stuff sitting in boxes in the closet and actually organizing it.

I gave up organizing my Re-ment (definitely a case where I “added to”) and still have 7 boxes of tiny little baggies of Re-ment that need to be put into the photo boxes I purchased at Amazon expressly for this purpose. I was so motivated then! Not so motivated now. That’s what being overwhelmed does to you.

Once I get a teeny, tiny break maybe I will indulge myself with some kawaii-ness. Meanwhile I hope your Valentine’s Day was plesant and super kawaii!

Ahhh the madness of the season is nearly over so it seemed like a good time for me to re-cap some of the kawaii things I got for Christmas.

This was a stocking stuffer for me, a great set of STILA mini lip glazes. These are so sweet and portable and have yummy flavors too. My faves are the pearly and sparkly colors.

This great beauty kit is from POPBeauty and is much more vibrant than it looks in this photo. This is a treasure trove of festive colors ready made for parties and the winter months. You get five eye shadow/liners, two shades of bronzer, two shades of face powder, a multi-hued shimmer palette and eight lip colors, all in a velvet covered box.  It is called Cabaret Bouquet and was on sale at ULTA.

Another great make-up kit this one is from Pixi Beauty. I mean it has a little twee fairy on the box! All the colors are shimmery and sweet. You can get this right in Target and it was on sale to boot. You can also get it online at pixibeauty.com.

My sister-in-law was kind enough to get me this adorable Bare Minerals Sweet Obsession mineral powder eye kit. The smaller size jars come in a little foil candy cups. Arrragghhh – cute overload! So yummy I want to eat them!

Since I get cold tootsies in the winter (yes, even in Florida, what can I say, I am a big baby!) I looked for a pair of faux fur lined boots online and came up with these which were sent overnight from endless.com and arrived on my doorstep on the 24th. I’ve barely taken them off since. Except to put on these:

These are called Chastity Sweater Slippers and were $18 at Target. They are completely faux fur lined and delicious on cold toesies.

Hope your Christmas was loaded with kawaii goodies and joyful happiness. Remember to hit all the After Christmas sales too!

I’ve been away from the kawaii a bit so I have lots to catch up on. You’ll be seeing me more regular-like from now on.

Happy Kawaii New Year!

Just letting you kawaii folks know that I will be taking a little posting break through the end of November. I’ve been busy with work, family and getting ready for the holidays. I promise to post in December once I get everything squared away. It will definitely be a very kawaii Christmas. I plan on doing my Amy Brown Faerie tree as usual plus the traidtional tree, my Barbie tree and some super sweet Hello Kitty decorations as well. More on that in the next few days!

I have long had a deep obsession with the world of faerie. Since magick plays a huge part in my profession, especially magick having to do with faeries (and many other creatures of magick like dragons), I have been on the prowl for representations of my dear little friends. These faeries may not truly qualify as kawaii in the more colorful sense, but to me they are adorable and twee and that is a big part of kawaii. This is how I came to know and love Amy Brown’s Fairy Diva’s.

Amy Brown is a fantasy artist who began painting faeries in the 90′s and is considered one of the best faerie artists in the world (along with other artists like Jessica Galbreth and Nene Thomas). The 37 year old artist (who looks much younger) has her own empire and looks like she is right out of the faerie world herself (or at least perhaps from Twilight as she bears a striking resemblance to actress Kristen Stewart who plays Bella Swan) is a  mother of two litte faerie girls and lives in Washington state.  Check out her website.

My first Fairy Diva was this little lady:

I decided then to collect every single diva there was and make a Fearie Tree for Christmas. Here are some of the other lovely ladies I collected:

Finally here is my Faerie Christmas Tree that I do every year.