Yukata with karuta musubi

I have a very nice yukata but never worn her until yesterday. Last weekend we were visiting some relatives so I thought why not wear my yukata. I never used this musubi before but is really simple and stays very well in place but I did use a obi jime.

かるた, Karuta, loaned from the Portuguese  word meaning "card", carta.

Kin sha kimono

A few months ago I bought this kin sha chirimen kimono, she has quite some stains which I probably can't remove but she still will be a beauty with a past. There were a few damages which where not mentioned in the ad, so that was a disappointment but in the end she did find a new home with me.
I hope to wear her some day soon.

Chirimen and kin sha silks have a slightly textured surface similar to crepe, achieved by twisting the threads during weaving.

Chirimen is heavier and stronger than kinsha and plain-weave silk and drapes exceptionally well.

Kinsha is a very fine, light-weight crepe-like silk.(source: kasuri Home)

New gagdet

Bossie got a new phone with effects so she took a picture of me, I think it's a very nice picture.
What do you think?

In this picture I look very strange but I heard bossie laugh when she saw the picture

Have a great week.

Newbie

One beauty I couldn't resist.

Vacation

Last year my bf and I were suppose to go to Japan, unfortunately that trip didn't went through because of the volcano eruption in Iceland http://catsandkitsuke.blogspot.com/2010/04/japan-here-we-dont-come.html.
So this year we planned our trip again but as you maybe can image the trip was cancelled by the tour operator.
We did wanted to go on  holiday because it was some time ago that we went away together. One of the countries which was on my list was Iceland so that's were we went.
How beautiful Iceland was to visit I still hope that we will have the opportunity to visit Japan someday. 
I hope you enjoy the pictures:

A path in Reykjavik between Perlan(a restaurant and museum) and the city.


















A park in the city of Reykjavik and the famous church Hallgrimskirkja.

Still water in a big national park Pingvellier.

We did have al kind of weather so also snow when we were on the road.

Japan earthquake

Please help the animals in Japan and donate to this organisation or an other one so they can help the animals in need.

http://www.theanimalrescuesite.com/clickToGive/home.faces?siteId=3&ThirdPartyClicks=ARS_linktous_120_02
http://www.wspa-international.org/


Thank you

Purrs JJ and Jinx

Ebay

Last week I could not resist to look on ebay for something beautiful and of course there were some beautiful kimono. Stupid stupid stupid, so I did a bid for what I think is a beauty and in the end I won.
Auch my poor wallet but I have to be a girl about or otherwise don't bid.
The photo's will be shown later when the kimono has arrived in a week or two if I am lucky so I thought maybe this is a pretty alternative.