the typical glittery holiday gift wrapping Tired? This week on Holly Jolly How do we show you how to fix boring gift wrap dilemma and personalize your presents, all made with recycled materials …. oh yeah and a potato.
DigInfo – www.diginfo.tv Links www.giftshow.co.jp www.atpf.org www.giftshow.co.jp The 66th Tokyo International Gift Show Autumn 2008 at the Tokyo Big Sight was held and took the entire building in the East and West halls for a total exhibition area of 86,410 square meters, which corresponds to the area six Tokyo Dome. This Gift Show is known as one of the most practical and fairs twice a year. The opening ceremony took second September with the participation of 2,200 exhibitors from Japan and abroad, and the Expo was around 30 trade fairs, the first line on the display of the new, stylish designs that are concentrated together well to our everyday lifestyles. The 51st Active created Design Craft Fair presented an active design area and design collections with superior lifestyle-oriented design issues for ordinary people. Several events were also with the Hawaii Healing Space World, the Robot Showcase, that a lineup of entertainment robots appear, and in Asia Trade Promotion Forum (ATPF) that included the participation of 28 nations from abroad instead. Traditional and modern Japanese brands, the Inner articles are designed with a Japanese flavor also were involved presented. These events provided the opportunity to enjoy visitors, unique items from abroad. The beauty cosmetics exhibition presents an abundance of unique goods from abroad, including organic soaps, cosmetics and make-up kits. With the growing popularity …
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How to make a posh pom-pom from an old sewing pattern. It’s an easy & original embellishment for a package, and since it’s made from a previously used item it’s eco-friendly.
Shiho works some Christmas magic on this plain brown bag, using a recycled Christmas card and raffia. This video was recently featured in “AsianceMagazine.com”: www.asiancemagazine.com Song is “Carol of the Bells” by the Carpenters.
www.Alfred.TV READ ME FIRST In this traditional holiday series, I share with you Part II of my crappy yet eco-friendly gift wrapping techniques for 2009. Note that this is revision D edit with minor edits to fix audio sync problem. READ THE REVIEWS! ================== The New York Times says “With a run time of over thirty-four (rhymes with?) minutes, Alfred continues to hold our attention, sharing with us his selection of gifts for family members and his clever (and sometimes naughty) wrapping techniques. Even with its extensive run time, meticulous editing keeps us glued to our seats to see what he does next.” RottenTomatoes.com says “It’s been given 20% rotten – a one star rating. Over 30 minutes of video to watch him wrap presents like crap and make a 3 year old cry? Total garbage and a waste of time.” Alternative lifestyle publication “Out Magazine” says “He actually managed to insert a penis joke into a Christmas video. Gay. Totally gay.” A Special Message: To my viewers and subscribers, I wanted to wish you all the very best for 2010! Join the official Alfred.TV forum at: forum.alfred.tv Check out my additional channel, which contains very short clips taken with my iPhone 3GS at www.youtube.com If you’d like to receive alerts to interesting articles as well as updates on my latest videos and live webcasts, then please subscribe to my microblog on Twitter: www.twitter.com Bookmark this special page for future live webcasts: www.alfred.tv If you’d like to Email me …
Shiho repurposes an egg carton and some magazine pages to create a funky Easter gift box. Great for kids! As featured in NY Japion newspaper. Song is”Tomorrow” (instrumental) by Misono.
Artist Kebreab Demeke's colorful, functional sculpture is among around a dozen projects examining the meaning of 'the good life' on display at an exhibition in Berlin. […]
Awamaki Lab fashion forward collection successfully pairs Peruvian textiles with modern styles and TreeHugger has the scoop on the difficult yet rewarding design process straight from the young designers. […]