Tuesday, May 4, 2010

Happy Boy's Day! (and Cinco De Mayo!)




So many holidays...Happy Cinco De Mayo everyone! We're having tacos tomorrow to celebrate. It's also Boy's/Children's Day (tango no sekku/ kodomo no hi), which is celebrated in Japan (as a national holiday) and here in Hawai`i (because we have a large Japanese population, and also because its fun!) I kinda got sidetracked and made this drawing of a little boy and his koinobori, or fish carp wind socks which are traditionally hung outside people's houses. The fish represent all the boys in the family, from oldest boy/longest fish to youngest/shortest fish. Basically, May 5th is a time to give good wishes to all the boys in your life. There are actually lots of these flags around now in celebration of Boy's day, and you can even buy them with candy and other goodies in stores around town, even Long's Drugs! I'm so in love with the look of the koinobori, especially their scales and bright colors.... they're a great design element. I also got some rayon chirimen fabric with a traditional Japanese scale pattern from fabrictales, an online fabric store based in Japan which has specialty fabric. I hope I'll be able to make some fish pouches out of these fabrics soon... I'm itching to have some koinobori of my own, even though I'm not a boy! Have a good Boy's Day, and don't forget to show love to the boys :D

9 comments:

  1. that is sooo cute!!! i guess i give my little guy more oodles of kisses to wish him a happy boy's day!! he's 3 :oD

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  2. That looks like so much fun! And cute of course haha.

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  3. Adorable illustration! I miss being in Hawai'i and celebrating Japanese holidays! One of my godparents is Japanese, so we always used to get the best treats *sigh*

    The fabric you got is lovely, btw :) and your illustration is just too cute!!!

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  4. HAPPY BOY'S DAY TOO!! I'll have to do the same for my little man too...he is also 3 >_<

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  5. Me again! Hiya Holly. You were featured on the Super Cute Kawaii Blog today!!! Happy day to you! You are a talented girl ,so ya for you hun'!!

    hugs,
    Rebecca :^)

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  6. I miss those Boys Day celebrations in Hawaii; all the koinobori and all the goodies. :) I wonder if I can find a tutorial online to make the windsock? I don't think I will be able to find one here in St. Louis...

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  7. I love that! Today is my nephew's birthday so he's already getting some extra attention. And some birthday cupcakes for his class. :)

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  8. Yay for boy love! Thanks for letting me know Rebecca; that's uber cool! I love the girls over at super cute kawaii!

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  9. Such a kawaii drawing! Happy Boys Day everyone! Holly, this blog is the best ever, better than Super Cute Kawaii and I mean it! : ) <3

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