rainjar blog.

Some inspiration.

photo by Cappy0161.

by sripadsridhar.

by npantazis1.

by 1booker.

It’s been slow getting Rainjar off the ground, for personal and for health reasons. Meanwhile I’ve been giving a lot of thought to the nature of this blog and what I want to do with it. I have a better idea now than I did a few months ago, though expect I’ll still be feeling my way forward for quite a while.

Some not-quite successful gocco prints.

A box a fuurin (wind bell) came in.

Playing with my Shelf City houses, made by weedsandwildthings. (Her blog is here.)

I asked for a church to be included, and these other two little buildings based on the thatched-roof houses in Shirakawa-go, Japan.

Shirakawa photo by cameranew.

Purchased from Almapottery, who has made a series of these fairy homes.

Aren’t these the most beautiful thing ever? ‘Kouseki’ candles made by Nuri Candle. The pictures are from Keibunsha who sell them (found via Yoo-ii’s blog).

I’m in the midst of a spring-cleaning. And today I suddenly realised how many pretty and inspiring things I’ve acquired this year. Here are some of my favourites.

Cards from Mocchi Mocchi. It was rather fun getting a hold of these. They are far and away my favourite art-thing from this year.

Winter/Talvi cards from Hanna Konola. I felt so lucky I was able to get some of these! I absolutely love her illustrations. And I keep waiting for her to update her Etsy shop.

Beautiful illustrated cards by drinkabutter on Etsy  that I got just a while ago. I love how luminous the colours look and am definitely going to buy more from him in the future. I seem to be rather drawn to bird imagery this year. I have one more bird print around somewhere, and a couple more are winging their way to me right now.

And the Fog Linen Work catalogue. I like flipping through this when I’m feeling a little tired.  A few more pictures over at my new Flickr account.