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Sunday, January 1, 2017

Happy New Year 2017 - Japanese New Year Cards, Nengajo

Happy New Year Everyone!

It's custom that many people in Japan send New Year's cards, which is called nengajyo (年賀状), to friends, families and business associates. Many New Year's cards have illustration of the animal of the year in them. Did you know that 2017 is the Year of Rooster (酉年)?

I hope you have a happy and successful year ahead. :)

My entries related to Japan can be seen here.

My entries related to Japan Haul can be seen here.

My entries related to Best Japanese Beauty Products can be seen here.

Tuesday, December 1, 2015

Decorating A Christmas Tree

I decorated this Christmas tree in my apartment on Thanksgiving Day. This year, I decided to place it in my bedroom. :) I enjoy watching my pretty huge Christmas tree from my bed. I feel like as if I were staying at a mountain lodge or cozy hotel. :)

Monday, September 28, 2015

Blood Moon, A Total Lunar Eclipse on September 27, 2015

As I mentioned in my yesterday's entry, my husband and I saw a total lunar eclipse and took some pictures last night. The moon was totally eclipsed around 7:40 p.m. He used his camera, Canon EOS SL1. Taking picture of the blood moon was not easy, but I thought that he did really good job! I will share our photos with you. :)) By the way, the original photos were too large, so I resized photos to minimum in order not to run out of memory on my blog.

A Total Lunar Eclipse on September 27, 2015

I uploaded this YouTube video which we recorded last night.

We used these Canon camera and lens for for the blood moon photos and videos.

My previous entry about a total lunar eclipse can be seen here. (Blood Moon : 4/4/2015)

Sunday, September 27, 2015

Blood Moon, A Total Lunar Eclipse

Tonight, my husband and I went to outside and saw a total lunar eclipse. We took some pictures with his camera, Canon EOS SL1. I'm going to share one of them with you tonight. I will share more of photos next time. :)

Total Lunar Eclipse, 27/09/2015

I uploaded this YouTube video which we recorded that day.

We used these Canon camera and lens for for the blood moon photos and videos.

My previous entry about a total lunar eclipse can be seen here. (Blood Moon : 4/4/2015)

Monday, April 6, 2015

Total Lunar Eclipse

The Moon was totally eclipsed around 5 a.m. last Saturday. My husband and I are usually asleep around that time, but we woke up and got outside to observe the moon.

Lunar Eclipse on April 4, 2015

If truth be told, I didn't expect that we would be able to wake up such an early morning. That's why we didn't well prepare for the observation. Our tripod was still in our garage, but we didn't open the garage because it would possibly disturb neighbors' sleep. That's why we took pictures without the tripod. If we had used a tripod, we could have taken much more great pictures. However, considering darkness, we were able to take pretty good pictures of the lunar eclipse. :) I'm going to share the pictures with you.

Lunar Eclipse on April 4, 2015

Lunar eclipse is also called "blood moon" because of its red color. I was surprised that it looked actually red (or pink).

Lunar Eclipse on April 4, 2015

I took these photos with Canon Power Shot SH50 HS without a tripod. :))

Thursday, December 25, 2014

Christmas Trees

These are Christmas trees I saw this year.

The Market Place

California Downtown Disney

Starbucks in LA

Irvine Spectrum Center

My Home

Happy Marry Christmas!! :)

Sunday, November 30, 2014

Christmas Tree Decorating 2014

Today, my husband and I decorated this huge Christmas tree in our living room. This artificial tree, which we purchased last year, is taller than us! :)

We put up this Starbucks 2014 California ornament to our tree. :) This ornament is released at Starbucks stores in California only.

Christmas is just around the corner!

Thursday, November 27, 2014

Happy Thanksgiving!

My husband and I cooked the roast turkey as annual Thanksgiving dinner! :)

Sunday, October 26, 2014

Our Halloween Pumpkin Carving in 2014

Getting Pumpkins for Halloween

Last Sunday, my husband and I made Jack-o'-lanterns and finally uploaded all how-to videos on my Youtube channel this week. I'm going to share our Jack-o'-lanterns of this year with you.

Our Halloween Pumpkin Carving in 2014

The Easiest No-Carve Halloween Pumpkins

How to Make the Easiest No-Carve Halloween Pumpkins

The Jack-o'-lantern in 2014

How to Make a Jack-o'-lantern for Halloween

The Starbucks Siren Jack-o'-lantern in 2014

How to Make a Jack-o'-lantern - Starbucks Siren Halloween

The Halloween Lanterns Made with Using a Power Drill

The Halloween Lantern Made with Using a Power Drill

How to Make Halloween Lantern with a Power Drill

My entries related to Halloween can be seen here.
http://itisapieceofcake2011.blogspot.com/search/label/Halloween

These are my entries sharing my Halloween pumpkins.
Our Halloween Pumpkins 2015

Our Halloween Pumpkins 2014

Our Halloween Pumpkins 2013

Our Halloween Pumpkins 2012

Our Halloween Pumpkins 2011

Thursday, October 23, 2014

How to Make a Jack-o'-lantern for Halloween

My Jack-o'-lantern for Halloween

My husband and I made six Halloween pumpkins this year, and this Jack-o'-lantern, which was pretty easy to make, was one of them. :) Since it's not common to make Jack-o'-lanterns in Halloween in Japan, I wanted to show how to make it in Japanese through Youtube. I usually tended to choose more difficult pattern for making Halloween lantern every year, but I chose easier one which everyone can try this year. :) Anyway I'm going to share how to make it with you. :)

How to Make a Jack-o'-lantern for Halloween

A fresh pumpkin
A pumpkin carving saw
A scoop or a tablespoon
A needle tool or a fork
A knife
Candles
A candle lighter

1. Cut a hole on the bottom of your pumpkin with a carving saw. Then, dig out all of the guts and seeds with a large tablespoon.

2. Draw your design on paper for your pumpkin pattern.

3. Tape the pattern to your pumpkin. Then, poke holes to outline the pattern with the a sharp pointed tool.

How to Make a Jack-o'-lantern for Halloween

4. Remove the pattern and tape from your pumpkin. Then, cut on the dots starting from the smallest area.

How to Make a Jack-o'-lantern for Halloween

5. Place candles inside the pumpkin and light them up.

How to Make a Jack-o'-lantern for Halloween

Voila!!

How to Make a Jack-o'-lantern for Halloween

Our Halloween Pumpkins in 2014

My entries related to Halloween can be seen here.
http://itisapieceofcake2011.blogspot.com/search/label/Halloween

Wednesday, October 22, 2014

How to Make Halloween Lantern with a Power Drill

This year, my husband and I used the power drill for making Halloween lanterns for our first time. I thought it would be much easier to make them with using power drill but was actually harder than I expected. The power drill was pretty heavy for me and cleaning each hole was a lot of work. However, they turned out very beautiful lanterns as you can see the picture above. :) I'm going to share how to make pumpkin lanterns with a power drill with you.

How to Make Halloween Lantern with a Power Drill

A fresh pumpkin
A power drill
Drill bits
A pumpkin carving saw
A scoop or a tablespoon
A knife
Candles
A candle lighter

1. Cut a hole on the bottom of your pumpkin with a carving saw. Then, dig out all of the guts and seeds with a large tablespoon.

2. Mark your pumpkin with a sharpie marker to make sure where you are going to drill.

3. Drill your pumpkins. You can use different sized drill bits.

How to Make Halloween Lantern with a Power Drill

4. After drilling, scrape the inside of the pumpkin with drill bits you used or something fits the holes to get all the loose pulp out from the holes.