7/3/08 New Bento Gear

Bento Swap from Bills_girlie in my Flickr Bento Swap group!!
Green natural lunch sandwich container, onigiri wrappers, picks and sweets!


Great note included with my swap! The stationary reads..."Stella's story"
"Her name is Stella. She is very popular with the boys, though very stylish and selfish."
I LOVE it!!!!!


Latest Ichiban Kan haul...you can never have too much!!
Cute blue lunch bag hs a saying on it..."I hope everything is going well for you"

6/27/08 Swaps and Packages!!!!

Many packages arrived yesterday!!

This one is a swap from the Flickr Bento Swap group -
From Somana, my swap partner!!


Next is a swap with Flickr member Sherilouhoo!
Lots of fun purple bento items!! And handmade sauce and side containers!!


Finally a package from bentocrazy.ecrater.com
She included my favorite - marshmallows - but these are filled wth mango!!! YUM!!!
Thanks Myria!!!

6/8/08 The Bento Expansion

New Mister Donut Bento's!! I was so excited to find these!! The black one is two tiered and quite large - could almost be used for a picnic bento for me and my husband. The smaller is sized for a regular meal - with a little divider cup inside!



My husband finally booted my bento collection out of the kitchen! He did allow for me to purchase a second set of tower drawers from Target, so all is well. The collection now lives in the dining room - just off the kitchen - I can wheel either set of drawers into the kitchen for easier access.

5/31/08 The Ichiban Kan love!!

Another box of love from the Ichiban Kan site!!

5/28/08 Packages at my door when I arrived home...

My husband and I took a holiday trip to Indianapolis for the long weekend. When we got home, several packages were awaiting our return...While there, we discovered the Sakura Mart - cute little Japanese food market - no bento items, but a great selection of food items!!





There was a clickety click bear bento from swap partner chacoqueen from Flickr, fun finds from the Ichiban site - blue sakura bento set (bags, chopsticks, chopstick case), black rabbit moon bentos (plus chopsticks and chopstick case), misc bags & trays & such, and a family size bento for picnics and traveling!! Finally, the last package was a j-list order - fun face bentos and the racing bento for my race fan of a husband - matching accessories for both! Finally, baran and divider cups.

Now that I am back home with all these great new supplies, I have to start creating fun bentos again!!

5/12/08 More finds from K-Town Galleria

More finds this weekend from the K-Town Galleria. The black package is a kitchen knife with several little blades on it for fine slicing. Toothbrushes of course - to keep at work! Who doesn't need a bunny and piggy toothbrush! :~) The pop animal bentos are a steal at $2.00!