YES. Always. This is from The Chocolate Room — Love the line! Perfect little statement for the brand :) Their logo is fun, too (below).

Thank you, Jasmine, for bringing these, it was soo good! xo Hijiri

My husband was on his business trip to San Francisco last week and he brought me home some treats from Miette (my favorite!) — these packages are great I had to share! Love the hand-lettering chocolate package above and this Italian candy package below is just so sweet, isn’t it?

and of course, their Miette label candies :)

Happy Sweet Friday and weekend, everyone! xo Hijiri

I was so stoked that I had a chance to stop by Anthropologie store in Rockefeller Center last week — it’s like going to a museum! Their styling and art direction of the whole store is always so impressive. Above is a window display; it looks like an artist’s studio — love how you can tell the story!

Below is an interesting installation by using yarns and chairs… there are few throughout the store…

and this installation below is made with bunch of fluorescent tube bulbs, definitely caught my eye.

Happy creative year! xo Hijiri

Passed by this Japanese sweet store in midtown yesterday and saw these daruma package design. Pretty cool! :)

These Garden of Love stamps have been out for a while, but I finally bought some the other day and I am loving them! Aren’t they so cute and lovely? And it is the forever stamp so you can use it forever!

Working with art director Derry Noyes, award-winning illustrator José Ortega created an abstract garden of bright flowers, a butterfly, a strawberry, and doves, interlaced with vines that run from one stamp to another. Each prominent element of the design is in the shape of a heart. The deep blue background is reminiscent of a brilliant summer sky. The word “Love” sits atop each stamp.

Lots of heart shapes, lots of forever love! <3

Happy Friday and weekend!! with Love :) xo Hijiri

Besides fining some types, I was enjoying all the store display designs at the Anthropologie store the other day (as always). I saw a lot more, but I couldn’t take all the pictures so here are some…

Awesome wall display by using crates and vintage boxes (above).

and how cool is this chair sculpture to the ceiling? Definitely caught my eye. Love the painting, too.

Very inspiring!

Leanne Marshall Takes on Fashion Week from Etsy on Vimeo.

NY has been busy with Fashion Week, I saw this video Leanne Marshall Takes on Fashion Week and my thoughts are with her and all the independent designers who are doing their collections by hands with original ideas and sleepless nights. Very inspiring.

Last night, I was so happy to open my amazon.com order — my pre-ordered copy of Design*Sponge at Home had finally arrived! Grace and the team had been working on this book for the last two years and it really shows their hard work in every single page! Amazing!

Love these chapter opener pages — behind the scene post was very inspiring, too.

Congratulations, Grace and the team!!

I know what I’m going to be doing for the next few days… :) Happy Friday and weekend, everyone! xo Hijiri

p.s They are giving away the book!

This pair of Ame (means rain in Japanese) Earrings from Suga Jewelry is perfect for a gloomy rainy day like today. (It poured yesterday all day, too… and tomorrow is supposed to be all rainy… )

Simple yet very unique design, don’t you think? She has a lot of new products just updated — please go look around!

With this, I am saying hello to the (hopefully filled with sunshine) Labor day weekend :) If you are in US, have a great long weekend! It will probably be a working weekend for me… but I will also try to enjoy my quiet time before the baby comes…

See you on Tuesday! xo Hijiri