Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Little Acts of Kindness

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On Sunday I went to Clipper Cafe (again!) I know its getting embarrassing! I am there all the time! I'm becoming part of the decor there!

Anyway I was there with the gorgeous Lisa of Lox and Savvy. She is just one of the most loveliest people you could meet. The sweetheart even gave me a stack of paper off cuts (in a weighty gsm high enough to take my collage and gouache paints) and a little pink eco Keep Cup for my morning coffee which she thought might be useful to me after noticing my eco challenge post. These cups are fantastic and you might like to order one if you haven't already!

So this lovely act of kindness made me think of all the lovely people I have met through Hello Sandwich. Sweet people who left a nice comment, or who sent an email with a list of Tokyo shops (you know who you are! ;) and other cuties who sent a special something to me in the mail. I thought I would take a moment to show you some of the lovely treasures.


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Recently I ordered this zine from Dawn Tan and much to my delight she added  one of her gorgeous handmade notebooks and some cute vintage fabric in the parcel for me! 

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And then Sarah from Sara's Loft (my new pen pal) sent me the above goodies including a Japanese craft magazine, a animal mask, pretty notepad, Japanese trinkets and goodluck charms, origami paper and a typewriter typed note card!

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And what about lovely Angela from Three Buttons blog (remember my little mention here?) who just last week sent me a packet of rain drop stationery from my favourite craft shop in Naka-meguro called Colobockle. We had planned to meet up in Tokyo but we missed out as I postponed my trip. Angela said it was Tokyo's way of saying 'hi' to me! nawwwww so sweet!

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And just the other day I was lucky enough to win the craft prize on Love you big blog. I was so excited to receive my lovely prize of handmade goodies and stationery items!

It makes me smile to think of all of these little acts of kindness! Thank you to everyone who sent a little package which brightened my day! You are all so super sweet!

Also thank you lovely Jollygoo for posting about neko-chan's new Tokyo home! I'm so happy the neko-bag made it safe to you!

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And last but not least thank you to the special Lee Tran Lam for my lovely soba packet and Japanese zine, and Cutie Gracie for My Gorgeous Handmade Cake and my customised First Place Trophy!

Oh so much love in the air!

Love Love
Hello Sandwich
xxx


19 comments:

  1. Darn, there are no keep cup retailers that I could find in Canada! I think they are so cute, I just dont want to pay all that shipping! Darn those vast oceans!

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  2. how absolutely wonderful.
    <3
    people are so nice.

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  3. Hooray! So glad it got to you ok, Ebony - enjoy!

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  4. oh love, and for all the nice things you have done for people, the list would be looooong....

    thank you for all my lifts home and for saving me at the guest lecture!

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  5. that is such a lovely post ebony! it is so nice to read about all the acts of kindness, it makes my heart warm on a cold melbourne morn. and i 100% agree with the above - the list of all of your kind and generous acts and thoughts would be from here to japan!!

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  6. I believe all the acts of kindness is made to you in return of YOUR acts of kindness! In japanese we say it's JINTOKU.
    I love your Keep Cup and I'm very for the idea of keep cups ;)

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  7. everything looks lovely! people are indeed nice, and being in the bloggy world makes the world smaller, cozier and sweeter :)
    and you are most definitely, one of the reasons why this blogging world is awesome!

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  8. Oh No! I better get you something cute before friday!!! xx

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  9. Thanks ebony for posting the keep cup!
    They are super cute...I might look into it for dear plastic?!
    xxyumi

    (p.s. you should def. do a zine for our little store?!)

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  10. This is so cute and so cool! :)

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  11. I loved your package too! It's true, everyone loves you! =D

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  12. Oh so lucky! I love the little felt cake.

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  13. : )!!!! I can't wait to get back home Monday and open your package FOR REAL!!!!!!!!!! : )

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  14. Hello Teri Rees Wang! Yes aren't they! I was sooo spoiled!

    Salut! chou chou-san! Thank you for your comment and for popping past Hello Sandwich! Hey I think it won't be long until you can buy them in Canada. They are a new brand but I am sure they will be very popular internationally very soon!

    Shayla Shut Your Eyes - aren't they just! Amazingly nice! I could not believe it! xxx

    Kate! Thank you so much lovely! It's just gorgeous! Thank you so so much! xxx

    From a Sow's Ear-chan! ow you are so sweet! haha I'm LATE FOR MY GUEST LECTURE!!! YOU are the sweetest though! xxx

    ii-ne-kore-san! Oh, I'm so happy you liked this post :) haha here to Japan! You are so funny! iie! chigau!!

    Hello hiki-chan! oh you are so sweet! I don't think thats true but it was so sweet of you to say so! I hope you are well lovely! xxx

    Hello Lyn! ow!!! YOU are one of the reasons why the blogging world is awsome! Thank you for commenting! It's always so lovely to hear from you! xxx

    haha - Mads! No sweet pea! Not at all! but how funny! See you tomorrow! yay! Tanoshiminishiteimasu! xxx

    Yumi-chan! Hello love! Yes totally look into for dear plastic. though I guess they are made from plastic...but at least you re-use and re-use! And they make the 'ban the disposable coffee cup' a lot easier for people - so therefore more people will sustain this! Yes I will do a zine for our stall! I can't wait! Let's make something special together too! I would love that!

    Joanne thank you for your lovely comment! so cute indeed! I was so lucky! People are too kind!

    Sarah! Hello! How are you love? Oh your package was the cutest ever! Thank you so much! xxx

    Hello Lisa! Isn't Grace's felt cake amazing! She is one talented cookie!

    Dawn lovely! I can't wait till you get home too! I miss you over there in Singapore! he he! Oh yes lets hope your bf did a good job of re-wrapping! haha!

    Love Love
    Hello Sandwich
    xxx

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  15. hello sandwich! aww your such a sweety, sorry i have been so busy with the design:made:trade happening this coming week, that i've only now had a chance to check your WONDERFUL blog...now your just being too kind to blog about all the kindness!!

    so lovely to see you, we must catch up again real soon + love that cafe!

    ps and lets make a date, as want to check out your mums shop! broadway betty was closed by the way, so i went to mint condition in rozelle, ok i was like a school kid in a lolly shop (no seriously!) i bought a 1960's brown tailored jacket, a 70's grey belt, YELLOW gloves (similar to the blue ones i was wearing on sunday) and an original 70's oroton scarf which is so pretty oh and almost forgot, a beautiful caramel 50's bag...wow i'm outa control!

    xxxxlisa

    x lox+savvy x

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  16. too many awesomeness! you are lucky! enjoy the rest of the weekend x

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  17. Hello lovely Lisa! Ow my absolute pleasure treasure! I love love love my new Keep Cup and all of the other treasures! You are so sweet! It was lovely to see you! Yes lets do it again soon! Oh wowzers you did buy a lot! They all sound so cute! I want to see them all! xxx

    Hello Laura! I know I was a very lucky chicken! Hope you had a gorgeous weekend!

    Love Love
    Hello Sandwich
    xxx

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  18. You have a cute blog! I found you through Hiki's blog. I hope to see more of this stuff in the future! I will be visiting often!

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