Nisei Week Quilt Show 2011

I know the name of my blog is "Judy's Creations", however, I've figured out that I am having a hard time creating "new" things to write about since my schedule is crazy with work and school. Therefore, I will be posting creations of others.

My mom have been a member of a dedicated quilting club for over 20 years (I think...have to comfirm this one with her). She and her friends meet twice a month at the Little Tokyo Branch Library (located at the corner of 1st and Los Angeles) in Downtown Los Angeles to plan and create beautiful quilts. They work on individual and group quilts through out the year to display and sell at their annual Quilt Show. Asian influenced fabric, handcrafted knick knacks, and other miscellaneous goods are sold to make money for the club. Raffles tickets are also sold to give away one of their group quilt...I wonder who the lucky person is this year? I've posted pictures of my mom's beautiful quilts...I wanted to post photos of others, but I didn't think about getting their permission...shucks! I wish I had the patiences and skills to create my own quilt...perhaps I can attempt to make one when I have more time. Excuse my photos...definitely not my best work.

Wendy's 40th B-Day

My very close friend, Wendy, just celebrated her 40th birthday. I met her while working at Kinokuniya Bookstore and we've kept in touch ever since. She love skulls without the cross bones, so I decided to make a birthday card, gift bag, and thank you cards for her. Here are the pictures!

Kinokuniya and Tabemono

As of late last year, I have been selling my greeting cards and origami crane bookmarks at Kinokuniya Bookstores in Los Angeles and Tabemono Multiethnic Restaurant in Rosemead, CA.

Kinokuniya Bookstore - 123 Onizuka St., Suite 205, Los Angeles, CA 90012 (323) 687-4480

Tabemono - 8131 Arroyo Drive, Rosemead, CA 91770 (626) 280-7725

Some of the greetings cards I've made can be viewed in the slideshow. I will post more as I create more!

Slide Show

Tonight, I uploaded photographs of cards I made a couple of years ago. The photos are used in the slideshow. During the summer, I plan to make more of my creations. As I make things such as soaps, cards, book marks, and party favors, I will post pictures along with instructions and listing of materials.

How to Fold an Origami Crane

Creating an origami crane is not difficult at all. Here's a youtube video which will guide you through the process. Once you master the art of folding a "tsuru" as it's known in Japan, try folding 1,001 to create your own masterpiece. Happy folding!

Thousand and One Cranes

My mother-in-law, husband and I recently put together a framed Thousand and One Cranes for a family member's recent wedding. In the Hawaiian-Japanese culture the crane symbolizes honor and loyalty, therefore an arrangement of cranes can usually be found at most Japanese-American weddings. The 1,001st crane symbolizes good luck. My husband's cousin and his wife are basketball coaches for an university in California, so a design pairing two basketballs was created by my mother-in-law. As an added touch, two big cranes were placed in the upper righthand corner to symbolize marriage. On the lower lefthand corner, she used the same gold cranes that were used for the basketballs to add the Japanese characters representing the new couple's last name.