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D.I.Y. Design it Yourself
| D.I.Y. Design it Yourself (Design Handbooks) by Ellen Lupton ISBN-10: 1568985525 There are a few sections in this book that are exceptionally close to my heart now that I have left the design industry to become a personal banker in a financial industry. My favorite sections in this book includes Books: where they discuss binding techniques, Housewares: very zakka-ish, Stickers: print your own and stick’em, reminds me of good old Stickernation that’s now defunct (I hope they bring it back one day), Wall Graphics: cut vinyl to decorate the walls in your home, and Zines: create your own indie zine. |
I have more medium-res, readable scans under the cut.
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Poupeegirl
Many thanks to Chun for inviting and introducing me to Poupeegirl! Leave a comment if you’re interested in joining and I’ll invite you! We’ll each get an extra 30 ribbons! 
Look at my current avatar and previous avatars (tiny back button):
Poupeegirl is a fashion brand community which allows you to customize your very cute Japanese avatar and also to post photos of your fashion buys, sorting them by brands and categories. The site is loosely translated to English which reads funny at times but all the better for the non-Japanese readers ya? v(^_^)v
Learn Japanese
Learn Japanese @ Japancast.net
After receiving my new iPod Touch, apart from using it mainly to share my wedding photos and videos with family and friends, I’ve been listening to some podcasts by Japancast.net.
Firstly, and most importantly, it’s free! Sounds too good to be true? But it is true! Next, you get a native teacher, Hitomi, and her American husband, Paul, speaking in both Japanese and English in their lessons. Both Hitomi and Paul also give their personal opinions on culture shock in Japanese and American perspectives. The lessons are very light hearted and I find myself smiling widely on the train or on the bus while listening to their podcasts. So if you’re interested in picking up the Japanese language, go download now! Don’t forget to check their website for very interesting posts of things in Japan and Hitomi’s Japanese blog snippets with English translations.
Taking advice from Hitomi to blog a bit in Japanese everyday;
皆さん、こんにちは！
（みなさん、こんにちは！）
お元気ですか？
（お げんき ですか？）
ふりがな英和辞典が欲しいです。
（ふりがなえいわじてんがほしいです。）
