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I made a Traveler’s Notebook from a milk carton, and sticker bombed the front cover. Details in the comments.

I spotted these Canadian designed garbage cans at my local niko and… store. I love all these transparent colours! I already had (albeit smaller) garbage cans at home, so I couldn’t justify the purchase.

I looked at the manufacturer website, and I saw that they only offer these garbage cans in black and white. So, I have to wonder if the colourful cans are Japan exclusives?

But I did buy some Clampy clips by Penco. I styled them with pencils and pencil caps that I already own.

The last picture is to show the retro clocks that the store has. I think they could work in a frutiger aero space.

This layout was inspired by a recent post by u/CatLadyLivingLife on r/BuyCanadian. I didn’t realise until I saw her post that this is a Canadian classic.

I don’t have access to Canadian ice creams, so I support local ones in Japan. The featured flavour packaging on this spread is a new one called Colourful Chocolate (Milk).

The lion character is inspired by 1980s reward stickers for kids.

The Calorie Mate cutout is unrelated. It was a small meal check in for the day.

It looks like we can’t post photos in the comment sections here, so I followed this up with another OP to show the printables in action. Full writeup in the comments.

Hi, it’s me again posting an update to my sun bleach damaged sweater. I decided to try a chemical bleach method via bleach and water in a spray bottle. I tried to replicate the vibe, but I couldn’t reach the same tone and colour as the sun bleach.

However, I think it works. I bedazzled it a little bit using a star button and beads.

I want to keep adding elements to lean into the 80s vibe, but it might be better to leave it alone. I might add some buttons on the shoulder to pick up on the colours of the logo, and call it a day.

Edit: check further down in the comments for another update with more buttons! 🧵♥️🩵🤍

I feel dumb, and I can’t believe I’m posting here. But here goes!

I sometimes have some problems with object permanence. My apartment doesn’t come with a dryer, and I have to hang my garments to dry outside. Sometimes gusts of wind knock clothes down.

And apparently I didn’t notice this until today, when another gust of wind blew a different shirt onto a nearby rooftop.

And I looked around, and I saw my sweater in a nearby bush. I had been wondering where it disappeared to!

So, I brought it inside. I have no clue how long my sweater was out there, but we do know that it was outside long enough to get sun damaged.

I originally bought this sweater new in 2023 from a Japanese clothes and lifestyle store called Niko and…

At the time, this sweater was released in a line that was heavily influenced by 1980s aesthetics.

In terms of a visible mend, I’m thinking I could lean into the sun bleach and bleach it more. I could also attempt to redye it back.

I have some colour dye I’ve been saving, and I could attempt a tye-dye after rebleaching it.

What do you think? How would you go about addressing this sun damage?

The first shirt doesn’t get any more Canadian than that!

The second is a cut-sew blank I intend to customize.

I spotted this Lions Club t-shirt from my hometown. I let it go because it didn’t feel right buying ut as a non-member.

A runner up is Northern Reflections! I suspected there might be dry rot on it (not pictured), and it also wasn’t priced. So, I let it go.

They had a lot of great stuff from the 80s and 90s on this trip.

I’ll share my pickups in a separate post.