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My boss in Japan is more excited about the wedding than anyone else, it’s so cute. He has been sending me the fabric and linen tape to help with the wedding, making it easy for me to stick with the zakka theme. Now, I have two packages coming - the tracking says it left Osaka yesterday evening. I am the kind of person who sits and hits refresh on my tracking number waiting for it to show any sign of coming here. One box is full of ink and toothpaste… yes, I ordered 31 different random flavors of toothpaste from Japan because I’m a freak. A box of tubes, some edible, some poisonous.
The other is a gocco printer. I don’t know how to use it, but I’ve read it’s easy - so my graphic designer friend is coming over and we’re going to break open that sucker and try it out. Riso Gocco is a compact machine that does a kind of printing close to silk screening. It’s not the same, but it’s the closest thing to it and the best way to describe it.
I need to make stickers for my cake to-go bags, so I figured this would be a cheap and homemade way to do it. I’m hoping homemade will make up for it being uneven and craptastic. You know, that quaint kind of messed up! I figure I’ll put this drawing on the stickers, only because I want to get some mileage out of it!
Hopefully soon the printer will be here and there will be some fantastic photos of me covered in ink and crying.
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That illustration is darling!! Love it!
Good luck with the Gocco. I’ve been wanting to pick one up and learn to use it for awhile.
That picture is cute! I want one!!!! hahaha Did you draw it? I wish I had skillz like that!
Wow, I wish I could go to Japan. I’m sure I’d be an embarassing American Tourist, but it seems like such a beautiful place.
cute stickers!
yay for gocco! lemon posted some DIY, there’s a GREAT flickr group, and i’ll be posting. soon. i hope. i have so many pics of the process that every time i sit down to write the entry, i get overwhelmed.
[running to make a list of things for my BM to bring me back from japan.]
cute graphic! i just gotta gocco from my gf’s as a bday gift as well - i ubber excited to test it out!
My husband brought me curry flavored toothpaste home from Japan last month. Definitely not to my taste.
i love the cartoon of you guys!!! i can’t wait to see more!
Ms. GB,
That is sooo kawaiii! I want one too!
where can I get one made!
My fiancee actually want a string quartet playing anime music by Yoko Kanno for the cocktail hour. I have to decline that because it’s going to be very expensive to have them learn them.
what flavors of toothpaste did you order? and are you putting them in the OOT bags or something?
i love that drawing!
Miss GB,
Sugoi! That picture is so darn Kawaii! Where can I get one too? I think this is the only way I can include something japanese into my wedding. My fiancee want a string trio/quartet to play anime songs by Yoko Kanno during the cocktail hour. I have to shut him down on it because I am scared just thinking how much it cost to have them learn those pieces as well.
That is the cutest picture of you two!!!
Vero: actually, I drew it myself. I’m an illustrator/animator by degree, but I rarely draw! I love Yoko Kanno, that’s a wonderful idea, although I agree - unless you know some super nerdy quartet, it’d be tough!
i love your posts! they crack me up!
i am insanely jealous of your drawing skills. my attempts tend to look like the kindergarten scribble of something where you have to wait for the kid to tell you that it’s a picture of you with the dog. sigh. lol
awwwww that drawing is so cute!
ooh you got a gocco! im jealous. i want one so badly!
I LOVE LOVE LOVE your drawing!!!
you’re going to love the gocco. We used on to make our invitations and they turned out awesomely. Just keep in mind that they work better with line drawings than photographic images.
My advice, have pleanty of screens, get lots of lights and get some little foam stickies to keep your inks from running together.
After that the possibilities are endless!
Miss GB,
Your drawing is just driving me nuts. It’s so darn cute … I felt like plastering it into my computer’s wallpaper. maybe I should hire you to draw me one after your wedding.
That is so darn cute. I’m so curious to know as to what Japanese Import company you work for. Or at least what you import. 
The drawing is cute. Really stinkin’ cute.
Did you do the stickers with the Gocco? Because if you did, I seriously need to get one. That looks awesome!
I love, no — L-O-V-E — LOOOVEEEE THE DRAWING! It’s so freakin’ CUTE! You have some major skills, Miss. GB.
Niiiiice. You remind me of my sister and her awesome artistic skills. I used to bug her all the time to draw me anime stuff when I was little. Could you email me about your gocco machine? I have few questions I’m dying to ask you, ie your Japanese import connections. :p Thanks!!!
hi!
i have a comment how come your website is not in order?
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Mrs. Gummi Bear, San Francisco
Age and Occupation: 25, Japanese Importer/Illustrator
Fiance's Age and Occupation: 24, Game Developer/Programmer
Engagement Date: April 15, 2006
Wedding Date: October 13, 2007
Blogging Since: June 19, 2007
Venue: Organic farm an hour from San Francisco
About Me: I live for anthropologie, design blogs, sweets, japanese zakka, and vintage goods. We just bought our first home together and live with our two puppies and cat - it's a strange mixture of vintage, high-tech (we have 7 computers and 21 video game systems in all), and a whole lot of fur. Our wedding tries to embody the Japanese idea of "slow life", which is truly taking the time to enjoy food, company, and your environment!
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