Commission Update

Hello Littlest Sweet Shoppers!!

Here's an update on recent commission items that I made for a Littlest Sweet Shopper in Italy and New York. I hope they like it!

Akiko with a commission for a Littlest Sweet Shopper in Italy

Ice cream, milkshakes, glass of milk, box of chocolate, pancakes, chicken sandwich, cookies, and popcorn

Each kernel of popcorn is an individual piece. Comes in a handmade box

Special commission request for a 'melting effect' ice cream cone

1:12 scale Croquembouche for a Littlest Sweet Shopper in New York

Enjoy your week! Bye!

Littlest Sweet Shop x Komikku SUMMER COLLECTION

Heyya Littlest Sweet Shoppers!

Here is our new Littlest Sweet Shop accessories which is available exclusively through Komikku. Our summer collection is bright, kawaii, colourful and sweet featuring lots of candy and ice cream .

Wear one of our unique creations to a music festival or the beach and let people know your love for yummy sweets. These are all handmade and one of a kind and you can only get it at Komikku in Norwich.

There are also key-chains, bracelets and charm bracelets which are new to the collection. 

Doughnut bracelet

Marshmallow flump bracelet

Liquorice bracelet

Marshmallow flump earrings and cream biscuit earrings (each biscuit with a different flavour cream)

Charm bracelet - cream biscuit, macaron, doughnut, pancake and  chocolate charms

Marshmallow flump, rainbow ice cream and lollipop key-chain

Sundae cup key-chain

Pancake and lollipop phone charm

Pancake, rainbow ice cream cone and Totoro (animal doughnut) necklaces

Erasers

Please do check them out if you are in the area.

Have a good week, BYE!

My interview with NEO Magazine and the Blippo Kawaii Giveaway winner

Hey Hey Littlest Sweet Shoppers!

I announced my interview with NEO Magazine  (Batch 136, May issue)  via Littlest Sweet Shop flickr page back in April but I haven't posted it here on the blog. 

Maya just heard about her appearance in NEO Mag from Naru:

Naru: Hey Maya, did you know that our photos were published in a magazine?

Maya: Really?! No I didn't. Show me!

Naru: Here it is. It's a feature on Littlest Sweet Shop.

Maya: OMG that's so exciting!

Maya: It's an interview with Nadia, the owner of Littlest Sweet Shop. 

Naru: Yup. 2 page feature - NICE!

Maya: Yeay! 2 pictures of me in this feature. Thank you NEO Mag!

Our Blippo Kawaii Giveaway winner is.................................

Madeline Brubaker


CONGRATULATIONS from all of us at Littlest Sweet Shop!!!!!!!!!!!

We hope you like your prizes. Make sure to hang around because we will be running another competition soon.


Have a great weekend, BYE!!

Candy Japan Review

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Hello again Littlest Sweet Shoppers!

Today I'm doing another review for a Japanese snack/sweets service named 'Candy Japan'. You can subscribe to the service and receive mystery sweets not just once, but TWICE in a month!

The monthly subscription only cost $25 and here is a sample of the most recent box (you will receive a box fortnightly):

Candy Japan sweets

You only get a few items but they are better for sharing (bigger portions) compared to other subscription boxes that have more items, but smaller (single) portions.

This company is run by a nice Finnish person who makes sure that he picks out only the most exclusive sweets and snacks for the Japanese market. Shipping takes 2 weeks to the UK and you get a lovely box of sweet and savoury snacks that you could probably never get in England.

1. Chibi Sours

Naru is serving up some Chibi Sours

The name is a bit misleading since it's actually not so sour but reminds me of traditional gummy sweets especially because it is coated in sugar. I love Japanese sweets because they don't taste as sweet as our usual sweets and the flavours are not the usual common type that you get here.

The flavours are grape, orange, peach (my favourite) and apple.


2. Frozen Strawberry Milk Snack

I have never seen the movie Frozen but obviously I am aware of it (lol). I wasn't sure at first if this item was gimmicky because of the Frozen characters on the packaging. I guess the link with the film is that the balls of cereal were 'frosted' in light pink coating.

Despite all that, they are absolutely DELICIOUS! The balls are not tiny and they are packed with flavour. Imagine doughnut balls that are crispy instead of soft with a yummy sweet strawberry coating. The balls itself were dense enough and even though I shared this with my husband, I quickly regretted sharing them since it was just so good!

3. Sour Poifull

The texture of these sweets are like jelly beans but with an intense and sour punch to it. The flavours include Lemon, Raspberry, Grape and Kiwi and they have a very soft texture inside. Biting into the grape one reminded me of Grape soda. All of the flavours are brilliant and it comes in a zip lock bag since you won't be able to finish a whole bag in one go!

4. Avocadooza

These crackers are so good with beer that my husband almost finished the whole pack without me! It is crispy and wonderfully flavoured with a hint of wasabi (but not too much) and leaves you with a lingering taste of avocado in your mouth. My husband would even buy these if it was actually sold here in the UK since he likes it that much.



That is all for now. Remember to visit Candy Japan at www.candyjapan.com to receive a wonderful surprise from the far East.

Happy Birthday Maya (New items and updates)

Hello Littlest Sweet Shoppers!

Today we are serving some new items at Maya's Birthday Party. It's held in the garden which is the best place to enjoy tea and biscuits in the late Spring season.

Garden birthday party

Akiko, Naru and Yuffie had organised this afternoon tea party for Maya. The giant lollipops were made by Littlest Sweet Shop as well. 

Maya and guests. L-R (Akiko, Maya, Naru, Yuffie)

This 'Happy Birthday' cake can be customised for any birthday doll (as long as their name can fit on the cake!). New in the 'Cakes' menu.

'Happy Birthday' Cake

'Happy Birthday' cake comes with the cutest decoration on the side. Maya's favourite colour is pink so it is pink-themed.

Side detail: 3 tier riffles (in pink ombré) and bows 

My Melody presents and cards from Maya's best friends

Gummy Bears has been updated with a new colour - Yellow! They now come in 6 bright colours! Available in the Pick'n Mix section in the 'Sweets Boutique' menu.

Gummy Bear updates: NEW yellow Gummy Bear

Having tea and biscuits in the garden

Another new item is our cream biscuits. You can order biscuits in plain or chocolate flavour with any filling that you want! Fine details include ridged sides. Lovely to enjoy with tea.

Updated: Cream biscuits

Littlest Sweet Shop beverages are new in the 'Brunch' menu. You can order any drinks and choose to have it with or without whipped cream. The whipped cream on the Iced coffee is removable

Strawberry milk and Iced coffee

Our last new 1/6 scale item are these detailed 'Playing Cards' cookies. I plan to make an Alice in Wonderland cake in the upcoming future so it would be possible to have a Mad Hatter's tea party! You will have to wait for the cake to be made but you can order these cookies right now from the 'Bakery' menu.

Cookies are iced with white icing and each cookie is decorated like a playing card. You can choose the value of your card (cookie) in diamond, clubs, hearts and spades.

'Playing cards' cookies. Perfect for Alice in Wonderland themed parties

'Spades' design

'Clubs' design

'Diamond' design 

'Hearts' design

We even have some new arrivals in 1:12 scale. The downscaled (twice smaller) versions of our cream biscuits and chocolate bar.

1:12 scale cream biscuits

You can also order these 1:12 scale chocolate as mini chocolate bars in 1:6 scale

1:12 scale chocolate bars

As usual, all of Littlest Sweet Shop products are true to scale so your dolls can enjoy them 100%!

Maya is enjoying Littlest Sweet Shop's cream biscuit (chocolate biscuit with vanilla filling)

Naru is enjoying '6 of Hearts' cookie

Hope you like our new items! Please come again - BYE!

Blippo Giveaway

A Blippo giveaway! Make sure you enter for a chance to win these kawaii items:

Hello Kitty Beauty Scissors

Squishy Emoticon Charm

Pink Grapefruit Pucho sweets

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Good luck!

Blippo.com Shopping review

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Hey Hey!

Hope you are having a great weekend. Here's a review on an online kawaii shop Blippo.com. It has a great selection of cute and girly items to live a kawaii life.

From sweets and snacks to J-Fashion magazines, blippo has everything you need to pretend like you were living in Japan!

I was sent a few items from the website. It reached my home in rural England in less than 2 weeks and free shipping is offered with the products as well. The package was still in mint condition and all items in the box had arrived safely.

Here is a short review on each of the item.

1. Kabaya Panda Almond Chocolate Balls

My snack drawer contains so many Panda sweets. Coincidence?

http://www.blippo.com/kabaya-panda-almond-chocolate-balls.html

Previously during my trip to London I bought so many Japanese snacks including another Kabaya Panda snack and a Panda Caplico. Panda theme is too cute!

Like most of Japanese sweets, The Panda Almond Chocolate balls were not too sweet and comes in a small portion. The chocolate was smooth and the biscuit top were very crunchy and had cute expressions on it!

From my experience with the other Panda snacks, it basically tastes like vanilla and chocolate and sometimes cookies and cream.


2. Hello Kitty Beauty Scissors

Manicure time. Together with My Melody nail polish, Little Twin Stars toe separators and Hello Kitty tissue 

http://www.blippo.com/hello-kitty-beauty-scissors.html

I must admit that I'm quite partial to anything Sanrio but it has to be an Original Sanrio item, not a licensed product. In the UK we only get licensed Hello Kitty items (and no other Sanrio characters :( ) so I am so glad that Blippo.com sells authentic Sanrio products that you can only get in the Japanese market. 

These scissors not only look good with the iconic Hello Kitty polka dot red bow, it works brilliantly as well! The whole piece is metal and not too small either (my previous manicure scissors were smaller). I can tell that this product will last for a long time because of the quality and the fact that it looks too cute with my make-up collection. 

Turn it over and you see Mimi Kitty's (Hello Kitty's twin) own yellow polka dot bow trademark. Double kawaii!

Mimi Kitty's iconic bow

3. Pastel Shell Bracelet

Coordinate with bright bikinis

http://www.blippo.com/pastel-shell-bracelet.html

With summer just around the corner, I know exactly when to use this cute bracelet. It matches most of my bikini and swimsuit collection and the shells make me feel like a mermaid!

My wrist is really small so I was worried that it might be too big for me. Fortunately this one was not a bad fit. It wasn't snug but it wasn't too loose either. It's plastic so you don't have to worry about getting it wet in sea water.

4. Mini Towel with Sweets

My Melody and Latte loves this towel. They think it's a picnic blanket!

http://www.blippo.com/mini-towel-sweets.html

This mini towel comes in a practical handkerchief size. On the corner side you have a section to write your name so you won't loose it (just like typical Japanese schoolchildren's hanky).

The print is just cute and perfect for a person who owns a sweet shop. Since it's so absorbent I decided to hang it in my bathroom.

5. FREE GIFT - Blippo keychain

I was pleasantly surprised to receive a free gift from the shop. It has the blippo logo and the words "Shibuya Dance League"

Obviously I had to attach it to my ballet class bag. I think it's kinda cool to be in the Shibuya Dance League ^_^


That's all for now. Make sure you come and visit again in the next few days for a Blippo.com giveaway.

BYE!