SQUISHY HAUL!

 Okay, so I went a little crazy with buying squishies. Here are my purchases.

TooTooKawaii

I bought a hello kitty jumbo donut, hello kitty mini donut, and a strawberry eclair (my first Cafe De N squishy!). The golden apple was an extra and it is soo soft and squishy! I love it!

Kawaii-Land

I'm a little traumatized from purchasing from kawaii-land. The first time I purchased from there, every squishy had defects, but I took a risk and purchased from them again. Bad move. The yellow macaron squishy has a small chunk taken out of it on the edge. Try enlarging the photo to see it. Slight disappointment, but my other sqiuishies turned out fine. I guess it's not a huge problem but it still bothers me and if I'm going to pay so much for it, I want quality items.

Its-Cute

This is a mix of two different packages from its-cute (formerly know as decoden-acc). My first package was two of the mini Cinnamorolls. They are so adorable! The second package is another mini Cinnamoroll and the peanut butter and chocolate Cafe De N eclairs.

CLICK [HERE] to view video!

Botan Rice Candy

Botan Rice Candy is a soft, chewy, slightly lemon-orange flavored candy with an outer layer of rice paper. The rice paper is clear and plastic-like when dry, but it is edible and dissolves in the mouth. It is a traditional Japanese candy.

The candy's name, Botan (kanji: 牡丹, hiragana: ぼたん), means "peony" in Japanese. A peony blossom is shown on the label, next to an inu-hariko, a dog-shaped traditional toy for Japanese children.

The candy is similar to the taste of a gum drop, but better, and with a slight taste of rice. It might sound a bit strange, but it's delicious! I love it! I have to buy multiple boxes since the portions are so small (in my opinion).

Each box also comes with a collectible sticker!

Botan Rice Candy can be purchased at your local Asian food market. You can also buy it online at Amazon.com.

Hello Kitty Strawberry Dip Biscuits

This is a similar version of YanYan and the well-know Pocky - chocolate covered biscuit sticks.

It comes in a container that separates the biscuit sticks from the strawberry cream dip. It may look like a lot, but there is a very small portion of cream dip.

It's really fun to eat, but I think it tastes horrible. Some who have had this before might argue with me and say it tastes just like Pocky, but I can tell a difference. To me, it tastes like cardboard with strawberry cream on it. I couldn't eat more than two of these and immediately threw it away. Don't let the cute packaging fool you. I would not recommend anyone to get this.

You can find this in your local asian market or you can search online to buy it.

Strawberry Hi-Chew

Hi-Chew (ハイチュウ Haichū) is a fruit-flavored chewy Japanese candy sold by Morinaga & Company and can be found in many stores across the U.S. It comes in the following flavors: 

Strawberry, Green Apple, Mango, Melon and Banana.

It was first created to be an edible gum in Japan, so it is really chewy. The taste is similar to Starburst. I can only find them in one store where I live so I rarely buy them, but they are soo good and very addictive! I love them!

If you want to know where you can buy them, you can visit the hi-chew website @ http://hi-chew.com and visit the "Where To Find It" Page. You can also find hi-chew online at Amazon.com!

Small Collective Haul

Last weekend I went out of town to take my sister to college and I did just a bit of shopping. Not much, but I thought I'd share it. && I promise all of my blog posts won't be hauls, haha :) I have a ton of exciting blog posts for the future so stay tuned!

It's an unlisted video, so if you've made it to this blog, you're pretty special to be able to watch it :)

Craft Shopping!

The craft store is seriously my second home. I spend hours and hours shopping around until my mom starts rushing me to hurry up. This time I spent quite a bit of money, but after a long hiatus of not going, the list of things I needed was pretty long. I got cute stationary, polymer clay, clay tools, findings, glass bottles, miniatures, scribbles, cake decorating items, storage containers, etc.

For a closer look at all the items I bought, you can watch the video below!

A few other things I didn't include in my haul video was scrapbook paper, felt, and two white tiles (what I used in the background to film). I got the tiles to work with my clay on.

 I can't wait to start on new projects!! :)

Mini Kawaii Haul!

This is a quick video about a few kawaii things that I picked up at a store. I purchased some squishies , Japanese soda (Ramune), and some Japanese candy (Hi-Chew). I've been really into squishies lately, and I think they're a really cool thing to start collecting. They are sold in Japanese and Kawaii stores like Sanrio, Japantown, Daiso, etc. so I was totally surprised to actually see them in person in store and I just had to get them all since they're so rare.

The soda and candy were purchased from a grocery store. The Hello Kitty Ramune soda is strawberry flavored and is soo delicious. The Hi-Chew is like a Japanese version of Starbursts, which is also really chewy and very good.