Re-ment American Kitchen

I moved the kitchen set up from my Ikea glass cabinet and displayed in this diorama so I could reach everything and play with them. Today I used it as the background to take photos of this set: American Kitchen.

As a Japanese collectable toy manufacturer, Re-ment did great job creating miniatures in Asian theme. It has only released two sets of American theme so far: American Kitchen and Dreamy American Life. Re-ment also made sincere effort to design the American theme. It exceeds my expectation indeed. I got the 'Ameican Kitchen set' from Jauce and it was secondhand. But it seemed really new when I opened it so I'm happy. There are 10 boxes in this set as usual.

The paper notes in this set are very special. The sealing stamp on each envelope is different according to the content.

When you open them you see different roles on the back of the sealing stamps indicating the person who wrote the message.

Here is the example showing all the contents when opening the envelope. Finally I can read the note in Re-ment box because the message is written in English. It also has Japanese translation on the side. Messages are in different format  including letter, email and greeting card.

1. Breakfast (Trix Cereal?)

2. Daddy's Meal



3.Birthday Cake

4. Baby Products

5. School Day

6. After School

The belt was broken so I taped it. It was the only defect in this used set.

7. Party with Friend

8. Grocery Shopping

9. Merry Christmas

10. Grandma's Cookies

Do you like this set? Does it remind you of anything in daily life? :)

Miss Rainbow Who is Always Cheerful

My birthday was on Sep.5th so I got myself a gift. Although I always buy toys I did consider this one a birthday gift. Because she, Miss Rainbow, is so special. She arrived in a box with a postcard. The introduction on her box is：Miss Rainbow, who is always cheerful. I often saw her pictures on Flickr and felt so in love with this figure all the time because she just made you feel happy. When I opened the box and saw a real one, it so lit up my day. I thought I would take her to everywhere with me. She IS cheerful!

It arrived on last Wednesday but I didn't have time to open the box until Friday which was on my birthday! So now her birthday is the same as mine.

I had a nice walk by the river near my office building and took a photo of her and her little friend chick there.

Everything looks so pretty. The nature backdrop is already cheerful. And plus Miss Rainbow! I feel blessed.

Also it's Chinese Mid-autumn Festival on Sep.8th Beijing time. We had mooncakes together. Aria and Miss Rainbow shared the cake together. I allowed them to have food in bed only on special days.

This cupcake was a little gift I got for my birthday from a friend. Spencer and Miss Rainbow decided to win the cheery on it over me.

If you are interested in getting one, here's the link of it: http://www.fluffyhouse.com/shop.php

Fluffy House is a character design company who own their self-products. They have some amazing figures you may want to check out. Miss Rainbow goes really fast. The first time when I tried to order it was out of stock. But they will have it back to stock soon.

Re-ment Student Stationery

 

 

 

 

Sylvanian World - Back to School

One blogger friend Jaycee C in HongKong called us for this ‘Back to School’ theme. In China the official back-to-school day is usually on September.1st. Similar to what was happening here in the States, you would see back-to-school sales in the store. Students would get new stationaries, textbooks and sometimes school uniforms. Although the academic pressure was hard to believe when I was a young student in China, and we were required to turn in a big load of holiday assignments, we still looked forward to the first day of school. The second day? Hard to say…… I miss school. I miss the youth time when I was so excited to get a new pencil box and decorated it with cute stickers. Now I don’t need and no longer have a pencil box. I rarely buy stationeries. But I’ve collected many Re-ment stationery sets.

To respond to Jaycee’s call and recall the old time, I spent last night setting up a stationery shop. If you are still a student and the school already started, I hope you have a good successful fall term. If you are no longer a student, I hope it makes you smile and good luck to what you are doing right now. And to all of you in the U.S., happy Labor Day!

 

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This setup includes two of my favorite Re-ment sets: Student Stationery and Retro Girls Treasures. In the next following weeks I'll introduce everything in the two sets in my blog.

There are many bloggers who attended Jaycee's Back to School call. Take a look in Jaycee's post and you will find a list of links at the end introducing who has attended: http://jcduckhome.blogspot.com/2014/08/bb.html

Have a wonderful September!



Sylvanian World - Washitsu (Japanse Style Room)

If you have seen the Washitsu (Japanese Style Room) photo in my previous post "Re-ment Dogs Happy Life" you may already knew some of the things I used for this Washitsu. The background was the same as the little sewing room in the last post. This background was supposed for making a diorama for my Blythe dolls but it's too small. Now I use it for Sylvanians or other small dolls. I like it now. It's very flexible to use for setting up different scenes and play with. I challenge myself create more interesting scenes these days. I really want to play with my toys. I don't want to see my treasures dead in the storage box. 

So here it is: a smaller version of Japanese Style Room! I hope you enjoy seeing it. 

A new friend in my toy family: BK. (BK stands for "Black Kitty". I wish I could come up with a better name but BK is easy to remember...)

Some of the things I used in this setup:

Sylvanian Families "15th Anniversary Japanese Style Room"
Sylvanin Families "Tuxedo Cat"
Little Stair-like Cabinet: Re-ment My Style Room #5 Japanese Room

Wall picture: handmade

Oil heater: Re-ment Dog's Happy Life #2
Napping dog: Re-ment Dog's Happy Life #4
Mint-color phone: Re-ment Vintage Home Appliances #5
(Vintage Home Appliance set is my favorite RM set. I'd really like to introduce the whole set to you one day.)
Vacuum and red trash bin: Re-ment Office Lady Secret Box 
BK: Mirianata's craft (from Etsy)
Six-Jar spice rack: Re-ment Asian Sundries #4

Have a great week! Thanks for reading.