Lykke from Poke the Panda bought a Dumpling Dynasty Writing Kit at a yard sale (lucky girl!). The kit includes Chinese character stencils, colored pencils, lead pencils, an eraser, a bunny sharpener, a notepad, and a pre-inked stamp. I encourage you to visit her blog so you can see this adorable kit for yourself. Her post inspired me to visit the Dumpling Dynasty website and as I expected, I found several other kits just as cute — in fact, so cute they drive me crazy.
These graphics remind me Chinese propaganda art and think perhaps that Dumpling Dynasty was inspired by Chubby Babies or 1930s Shanghai advertising posters.
The people in charge of package design at Trader Joe’s deserve a hearty raise. I love sugar. I love pretty packaging. It gave me great pleasure to buy this today.
As I was walking through Nordstrom the other day, I couldn’t help but do a double take on what appeared to be Marie Antoinette-inspired statues. I didn’t think they were for sale, really. I just assumed they were jewelry displays. That is, until I saw the Juicy Couture inscription on the base of these statues. Wow, I thought. This is a great example of what happens when packaging upstages product. The jewelry themselves are okay, I suppose, but not spectacular. Though I wouldn’t spend $62.00 on either the earrings or necklaces, I did covet the packaging.
Now, this is what I call a parcel!
dimensions: 11 x 14 inches
{ Sorry, semi-unboxing only… presents for a friend. :) }
Arrived, straight from South Korea in just about a week. The package looked like this:
When I opened it, I found this note:
And within the tissue and bubble wrap, my Victorian post-its and masking tapes:
Kawaii desu ne! I felt like a young girl touching Sanrio for the first time. :)
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