Kutsushita Nyanko Natural Music Wallpaper (Feruary 2014) + new product line

Kutsushita Nyanko (sock cat) is one of San-x's many cute characters. This month San-x releases a line featuring Kutushita Nyanko in relaxed, country theme with natural colors.

See the full product line after the jump.

Sanrio President's Day Sale! + Free Hello Kitty ice cream plush

Sanrio is having a site wide 20% sale for president's day! Use the code PREZ20 to get 20% off your entire order. Unfortunately, all this did for me was cancel out the price of shipping on the Cinnamoroll kirigumi I wanted so I decided to put off buying it for another time when there was a free shipping code.

Even if you miss the President's Day sale you can still pick up this cute 5" plush for free. Just use the code "SWEET" at checkout.

Codes are NOT stackable.

Forever Friends heart hug free cross-stitch

A Forever Friends cross-stitch perfect for Valentine's Day! Or, really, any time of year. Cute teddy bears with hearts are sort of a holiday independent motif.

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Don't Forget the Donuts narwhal illustration

You know, this blog is sorely lacking in narwhals. About time I remedied that.

This narwhal print is one of many from illustrator Noosed Kitty. I chose this one to feature because I have a ridiculous sweet tooth and anything with sweets in it automatically catches my attention. There are plenty of other strangely sweet prints from her(?) Etsy shop. Also check out the Noosed Kitty blog here.

Rice Krispie treat ice cream cones for Valentine's Day

So this is another one of those rules of cute. Food that looks like other cute food is automatically cuter than cute food that just looks like itself. Which is why ice cream cone Rice Krispie treats are extra cute! I'm curious, though, how the Rice Krispies ended up so pink. The blog that featured these didn't mention in the post. Ample amounts of food dye in with the marshmallows? That would seem to make sense.

I'm honestly not sure if these would taste good as Rice Krispie treats + ice cream cones seem a bit too similar in texture to work well together. I'm still tempted to try making them.


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Cow muff + hello for the first time in months

Hello all, it's been a while, hasn't it? I was busy, distracted and didn't have internet at home for the better part of last year. I wasn't sure if I wanted to continue with this blog as I'm getting on in my twenties and thought maybe I'd outgrown my love of cute things. While to a certain extent that's been true (Hello Kitty doesn't quite hold the charm she used to) I do still find cute, round things to be comforting. I figured that in and of itself made me want to continue this blog.

I was surprised that the blog continued to attract a decent amount of traffic even when I hadn't updated for months. It's nice to know there are lots of other cute fans out there too!

Anyway, today we have plush cow handwarmer/muff type thing. Strange, yet still cute. Unfortunately, I only found it on dhgate where one has to spend near $1000 usd for multiple cases of the things. I think if I feel the need to forgo mittens for a cow muff I'll have to make one myself.

Where to buy Nyan Nyan Nyanko plushes (or other san-x plushes)

Since this seems to be a topic of interest I thought I'd do a post on it.

Unfortunately there isn't an easy answer to this. The best place to buy almost any Japanese collectible, including Nyan Nyan Nyanko plushes, is Yahoo! Japan auctions. They have a reasonably good selection of plushes and much lower prices than Western sites. There is also M-bok, another auction site, also with good prices but their selection isn't as good.

To purchase items from Yahoo! Japan auctions requires a shopping service (I like Noppin) which is a business that for a small fee will act as a middleman and help you purchase goods that are only available in Japan. All the steps required can be a little intimidating at first but it really isn't much more difficult than shopping on e-bay.

Speaking of e-bay...they're also a good place to find Nyanko plushes. There are usually only a few Nyan Nyan Nyanko plushes for sale at any given time but if you have patience and check daily you can find some great things. I would put eCrater in the same category as e-bay.

Then there's My Nyanko World. I haven't ordered from them so I can't give any sort of feedback as to what sort of business they are. The prices are high, for sure, but they look like they have a good selection. Anyone bought from them?

As a side note: When looking on Japanese sites for Nyan Nyan Nyanko plushes the search terms you want to use are "にゃんにゃんにゃんこ" (Nyan Nyan Nyanko) and " ぬいぐるみ" (plush).

Hope this helps! Good luck on your hunt for cute kitty plushes!