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* Day 16 *

A big thank you to our customers - what a wonderful and wonderfully talented bunch!

Here are a few of their creations.

Little House

Lily Vanili


Cottage Crafts

Art by Adora

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* Day 15 *

Probably the most terrifying thing for us as we started myfuroshiki this year was doing our first markets. Would people like myfuroshiki? Would they even know what one was? Did we have enough stock? How should we display it? We tired ourselves out before we'd even started! But it was all worth it ...

Perth Unwrapped - March 2009

Keighley Arts Factory - April 2009
We've met some great people, customers and fellow stall holders, had some funny experiences and even sold some furoshiki so now, a dozen markets later, we're happily planning our ones for 2010 - watch this space!

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* Day 14 *

... and the final lot of fabulousness from the Coriandr Express!

Tiny Pretty Things
Sweet Treat
Heart and Soil Baskets
Ruby Spirit Designs

Tomato Tea

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* Day 13 *

... more current goodies from the Coriandr Express crew ...

Snapdragon Beads
(Alice's Coriandr shop is closed until 2010 but check out her website)

FruteJuce

CeeGee Jewellery

Lej Jewellery

Love, light and peas

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* Day 12 *

... more of the original Coriandr Express crew ...

Creativesque

Nic's Knots
Mrs Toad Designs
Debbs Elliman

(I think she may be on holiday at the moment, but do call back)
myfuroshiki :)

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* Day 11 *

One of the things I've really enjoyed about selling on line is getting to "meet" so many wonderful sellers. There's a great sense of community which really came out in the Coriandr Express promotion which we took part in earlier this year. Twenty sellers got together to promote each other for three days at a time. Here's a quick look at what the first five have in their Coriandr shops now.

Dig the Earth

Blue Fish Handmade
Handmaid by Julie Mills
Kitty Ballistic
Pirate Pixie Crew

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* Day 10 *

There are so many wonderful blogs out there, quirky, funny, interesting, informative ... here are just 3, each with a Japanese connection, that I love to read:

Hiroko lives in Denver and posts beautiful photos of her life there and thoughts on living a greener life on her blog Live Simple Eco Life, Love Green.

Mari is a student in Brazil who writes a blog, M's diary, as part of her English class.

"East meets West at La Fuji Mama, a home cooking blog dedicated to exploring the relationship between food and culture."

Hope you enjoy them too!