Next II: On Main Street

My Spadazzle line of artwork can now be found at Next II: On Main Street. Original collages, cards and more.

Japanese Inspirational Series

Here is a necklace from my new Japanese Inspirational Series line of jewelry, each necklace is made with an upcycled Scrabble tile adorned with Japanese Washi Paper from Kamakura, Japan. Each necklace takes 10 days to complete as it is sealed with 10 layers of sealer making it super shiny! Comes packaged in a silver color tin.

Have a Happy Day:)

Sand art from Okinawa.

Hope Necklace

Hope Necklace, originally uploaded by artofspadazzle.

New in my "Japanese Inspirational Series" The Hope necklace takes 10 days to complete with 10 different layers of sealer making it Super shiny. Comes on a ball chain with a sparkly charm. Each necklace is packages in a silver color tin.

Summertime in Kamakura

Kamakura, originally uploaded by artofspadazzle.

This photo was taken a couple of weeks ago when we went to Kamakura with my cousin and family who were visiting/working in Tokyo for the week. I had never been to Kamakura in the summer, even though we had been here for 3 summers so far. It is just so hot and humid and pretty much unbearable to do anything outside that involves walking around especially when you live here and can go sightseeing anytime of the year. We lucked out that day that it wasn't too bad out and we left later in the day (a HUGE difference). I would have never thought there would be different things to see during the summer and would have really missed out on all the bright summertime colors and decorations that were all over the shrine:) and I love bright colors:)

Cheesy Garlic Bread

Here it is! This is what we had tonight for dinner paired with a salad, thank goodness for the salad. WOW! The bread was amazing but very, very cheesy. Now that I think about it we probably should have had a meat and just a little of the bread, a little goes a long way. I am not good at making links so here is the full link to the recipe and there is a ton of other great looking food and recipes there too. Amazing and YUM! http://thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/2009/03/garlic-cheese-bread/

More Around Japan

Kamakura, originally uploaded by artofspadazzle.

I never knew lily pads grew up and out of the water. Interesting. Photo was taken in Kamakura