I'M SORRY!!!

OMG! I haven't been on here for So long! I'm so sorry everyone!! 
I have gotten some new bento books and I plan to make more bentos very soon ( I know I know I've said that before but this time I MEAN IT)! 

SO please keep your eyes peeled for new bento lunches!!

Taco Soboro Bento

So I'm making it my goal to have a bento at Least once a week, hopefully more since I'm getting better hours at work and can actually take lunch.
Today I have left over taco ingredients which I layered over white rice, I also have Japanese sweet omelet and a baby pickle cut in half.
I used another favorite bento box of mine today my Pokemon bento!!  I love the pink and glittery effect :)
As for my next bento I'm thinking of Japanese chicken curry YUMMY!!!

Quicky Bento

Alas!  Finally another bento!  It seems that whenever I need to make a bento for work I never have any leftovers or ingredients to make one, but I pulled this one together in a pinch. 

I prepaired all the food for this bento the night before and kept it all cold and just re-heated it in the morning.

I have rice with nori dragonflys, japanese sweet omelet roll and saute'd mushrooms with extra butter to keep them from drying out.  For dessert a small milk candy.  Nothing spectacular here, but it tasted good :)  It's all packed away in my super adorable Mamegoma bento box!!

Eco Lunch Bags "review"

Hey there!  So I've been buying these eco lunch bags and wraps lately cause I really think they're neat and a great eco friendly item, I'm going to do a review on them for you from the experience I had with them. :)

Here's what I have so far...

A:  1 Snack bag from Green Time Creations (http://www.greentimecreations.etsy.com/) I bought it for $7.00 at Just Act Natural in Appleton WI.  (Frog Design)

B:  1 Snack bag from Naturally Hip Mama, Bought for $5.00 on sale at http://www.naturallyhipmama.etsy.com/  (Pokemon Design)

C:  1 Small Sandwich Wrap from Moja Creations, Bought for $6.00 at http://www.mojacreations.etsy.com/
(Owl Design)

So the review, now this is just gonna be a simple review of A, B and C, nothing fancy.

A and B work great for snacks like chips and pretzels, they last for about 3 days without getting stale, weather conditions may affect the food differently.  All can be hand washed with dishsoap, just turn inside out and rub the bag together and wash thouroughly and dry on a empty bottle.  For the wrap I just hang it over a towel rack.

A: Worked well for a PB&Jelly sandwich, the bread was still soft and the sandwich was still intact.  The lining of this bag is much thicker than the other two bags I have, so I feel it helps keep items more fresh than the others.  It's much smaller than bag B.

B: I have not yet used it for a sandwich, just snacks, but this bag has a thinner lining in it so I would first wrap the sanwich in a small amount of plastic wrap before placing in bag.  It is also bigger than A so you can fit a lot more inside.

C: Worked well to keep my PB&Jelly sandwich intact, the bread was a bit dry when lunch time came around, but it was still edible.  I think weather conditions were a factor as it's getting very hot here :(  Since it was the small sandwich wrap I had to cut the sides of my bread off for it to wrap all the way up, but no biggy.  This item also has a thin lining.

I recommend them all, I have not tried fruit in them like grapes or apple slices, but I think they would be OK.  The prices are fair, as they are all handmade items and the shipping was very fast and a very reasonable cost, they were all about $1-$2 to ship.  I hope you give them a try!!

What I won from Adventures in Bento Making by Pikko!

Hey guys!  Here's all the loot I got from being one of the 10 lucky winners of Pikko's giveaway!

2 Tomo Tomo Bento Boxes (1 Two Tier, 1 square design)

1 Lace Design bag of Bento Cups (3 Sizes)

1 Set of animal cutters

1 Set of charaben cutters (car design)

1 Set of lunch picks

I couldn't believe I won, I never win anything!! :)

If you've never seen her bento site I recommend it she has giveaways, videos and lots of cute ideas!

http://www.aibento.net/

Pokemon At Play

Hey guys!  I just finished my Poliwag and the sun was out for a short while so I thought I'd better take some nice pictures outside.  I let Caterpie and Poliwag play together for a while,  Caterpie discovered my strawberry plant but he didn't eat it...yet!  Poliwag enjoyed the cool breeze and sun, while it lasted.

I've Started to Make Books

Ok, so this is off topic from my normal posts but I just thought I'd show you two books that I have made so far.  My materials aren't by any means professional, but hey they worked and the final product looks pretty neat.  For the covers I used heavy cardboard and construction paper and the pages were just light cardstock and computer paper, oh I also used thick thread to sew the pages together.
I've been thinking of getting a bunch of professional materials and selling these books cause I find making them quite enjoyable.  Let me know what you think! :)

The First book I made, It's going to be my garden journal.  I'm going to snazz it up a bit with some distressing ink and chipboard bits :)

The pages after being sewn and glued together

 The Cover after being glued and covered with construction paper to make it pretty.

 Pages are glued in and it's drying time..

Finished!  ( I had a brain fart, I don't know why I chose green and blue)

It turned out a bit crooked cause the pages shifted when I was gluing, but oh well I still like it :)