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May 4th, 2013 | 
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So the month of May marks Children's Day in South Korea! Since the holiday is all about children, many places here have special children's day items~ yearly I look forward to the goodies Baskin Robbins and Dunkin' Donuts Korea put out because they are usually extra cute!
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Gundam is a staple in anyone's childhood that grew up in Asia, of course this included Koreans even though the importing of Japanese entertainment goods was fairly tight due to Korea's censorship back in the day. With the notion that Japanese anime were too sexual and violent for kids in Korea, a lot ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Arts+Crafts, Crafts + Kits, Pop, toys | 
Tags: I Park Mall | 아이파크몰, Japan, Yongsan | 용산 | 
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Tags: I Park Mall | 아이파크몰, Japan, Yongsan | 용산 |
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One thing there is to know about me is that I love children's books, especially ones with cute illustrations. Even now that I am older I still vividly remember which books I loved when I was young...often it had to to with the artwork. Actually Nara is the same way, so it may just be an artist thing ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ Read the rest of this entry »
Today I would like to share with you one of Korea's loveliest cultural collectable dolls~ Youn-Ji 연지 by Sonokong! Youn-Ji 연지 is an 11" fashion doll that was specially developed to celebrate Korean traditional beauty and aesthetics ♥
복이 (48,000원)
Korea makes lots ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ Read the rest of this entry »
Today I have a really fun Korean indie accessory brand to share with you~ 봄곰 Bomgom! If you like toys, random fun items, and have a playful style this brand is one you should definitely check out! If this brand looks familiar to you it is because it is very popular with K-pop stars ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ Read the rest of this entry »
Do you love collecting BJD (Ball Jointed Dolls) or other collectable fashion dolls like Blythe, Pullip, Etc? Well if you live or are visiting Korea they have a convention just for you~ "Doll Free Market"! Over the summer I attended a smaller spin-off doll convention here in Seoul, but I was told ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ Read the rest of this entry »
Lets get into the October spirit with the Korean doll Ddung! Check out these cute doll photos getting ready for a Mini Halloween Party!
What do you think of these cute Halloween Ddung dolls? Do you have a Ddung doll of your own? Have you ever tried to make her a bitty Halloween costume? ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ Read the rest of this entry »
문방구 (moonbangoo or "stationary store" in English) are extremely interesting treasure troves of "junk" for kids essentially. These shops still exist today, mainly deep within small pocket neighborhoods nearby lower schools~ we have a few in the backstreets of my area that I just love visiting ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ Read the rest of this entry »
Sorry in advance~ these photos are from a few months ago before I got my camera^^;
Since they are just cell phone pics the quality is hit or miss!
A early this summer Nara and I happened to stumble upon a BJD Doll Expo here in Korea while we were attending another event! Sadly we only had maybe ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ Read the rest of this entry »
I have an immature fascination with toys,I absolutely love looking at them~ the sculpting, details, construction, and just concepts really amuse me! Back home I would sometimes just walk around the toy section and look at them, so naturally I am always excited to check out toys here in Korea since ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ Read the rest of this entry »
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