A lil bit about me...

I Love Manga and Anime.

some of the favorites that we get here in the us include:

                                   Dragon Ball Z                                    Sailor Moon

                                   Cowboy Bebop                                                      

Ghost in the Shell

                                   Gundam Wing                                          Outlaw Star

                                        Lupin III                                      Case Closed

                                            Blood                                                  Hellsing

                                       Tenchi Muyo                                       Negima

                                                  Bleach                          Full Metal Alchemist

                                         Trigun                                      Inuyasha

Avatar: The last Airbender

Howls Moving Castle

English Version Voiced by:

Christian Bale, Billy Bob Thornton, and others

(own)

Princess Mononoke

English Version Voiced by:

Claire Daines, Gillian Anderson, Minnie Driver, Billie Bob Thornton, and Jada Pinkett Smith, and others

Spirited away

KiKis delivery service

English Version Voiced By:

Kirsten Dunst, Janeane Garofalo, Matthew Lawrence, Debbie Reynolds and more

and the most recent

Ponyo

English version voiced by:

 Tina Fey, Matt Damon, Liam Neeson, Cate Blanchett,Lily Tomlin, Betty White, Cloris Leachman,

I still haven't seen ( and really want to see)

My Neighbor Totoro

                     Nausicaa of the valley of the wind                Laputa: castle in the sky

1000 paper cranes

My husband has recently been taken over by the origami craze

Hes recently made me this awesome lotus flower

and these super cute mini cranes which i turned into earrings

This reminds me of the book

There are many different versions of the book

I found this one at goodwill

Its beautiful illustrations captured my heart

Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes is a non-fiction children's book

written by American author Eleanor Coerr and published in 1977.

The story is of a girl, Sadako Sasaki, who lived in Hiroshima

 at the time of the atomic bombing by the United States.

Sadako was born in Hiroshima in 1943.

When she was two years old, a nuclear bomb was dropped on her city.

When Sadako was 12 years old, she was diagnosed with leukemia.

while in her sickbed, she started folding origami cranes

 in hope of making a thousand, which supposedly

would have allowed her to make one wish, which was to live.

 According to the legend, folding 1000 cranes will protect you

from sickness and trouble.

The crane is a symbol in Japanese tradition of

 longevity, hope, happiness and peace.

The Japanese believe that the crane lives for a 1000 years,

and that's why longevity is also attributed to the bird.

While folding the paper cranes, Sadako said:

"I will write a message of peace on your wings, and you will fly away

 and spread the word to the world".

However, she only managed to fold 644 before

she became too weak to fold any more

She died shortly after.

Sadako's efforts touched the hearts

of her classmates and teachers,

 and her friends and family helped finish her dream

by folding the rest of the cranes

which was buried with Sadako.

Sadako became a national hero in Japan,

and thanks to her belief,

The crane became an international symbol of peace.

In May,1958, due to the fund raising efforts of her friends,

in the peace park in Hiroshima a statue was built,

 dedicated to Sadako and the peace cranes.

 Now every year on O Bon Day,

which is a holiday in Japan to

 remember the fallen ones of the bombings,

thousands of people leave paper cranes near the statue.

On the statue is a plaque:

 "This is our cry. This is our prayer. Peace on Earth."

There is even a Sadako statue built in the Peace park in Seattle, Washington

Following that spirit, my hubby and i decided to fold 1000 paper cranes.

I'm planning on displaying them (along with the book) in our home

but here lies the dilemma.

i cant decide how to display them

some ideas include-

Hanging them

should we do color or simplistic white

should they all be the same size or different sizes

or should we make mini cranes and display them-

in a vase

Or bowl

or even display them in a shadow box

either way, it is all about the spirit and belief behind the action

"This is our cry. This is our prayer. Peace on Earth."

(an American flag made from 1000 origami cranes)

A Cause For Celebration!!

THIS CALLS FOR A

CELEBRATION!!!

WE BROKE 100 VISITORS!!

YAY ME!!

THANKS TO ALL OF YOU

COULDNT HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT YOU!!!

KEEP ON CRAFTING!!

Rock me!! part 1

I am currently making a guitar wall art for my sons room

i was inspired by this

(not this exact on though)

i found something similar at big lots and i loved it, but i wasn't willing to pay the $30 and up price tag

i decided to try and make one on the cheap

I'm not a woodworker and i don't even have the money or tools to try so i decided to make one with what i have on hand

My supplies so far include

foam core board from the dollar store

cardboard soda box (I'm a diet coke freak so we always have these in abundance)

toilet paper or paper towel rolls

and hot glue

i started by tracing my husbands guitar hero guitar onto the foam board

I then continued to cut 2 if the pieces

next cut the rolls into smaller circles

mine were i inch in the body and down to less than half inch in head

glue the pieces to one side of the guitar

Glue the top on next

start using the cardboard to line the guitar shape

i used  large pieces, ill trim it later

glue it a little bit at a time

trim as you go

i used small pieces at a time to make it easier

when going around 'arms' use even smaller pieces

this is my progress so far

Coming up:

making a bridge

covering and stringing

Final episode:

adding clock and lighting