Yesterday I took a trip to one of my favorite stores in Pittsburgh, Kawaii Gifts. This store has a fantastic selection of kawaii stationery and official Sanrio, San-X, and Pusheen goods. They also have some Asian snacks that you can’t find anywhere else, Kidrobot figures, and K-pop albums and merchandise. Basically, it’s heaven on earth for kawaii enthusiasts such as myself. Recently they also opened a Daiso pop-up store (see the above image) selling practical, yet cute items for only $3 each. Most of the items in this haul are from the original Kawaii Gifts store, but I also got a couple of things from Daiso which I will talk about at the end of the post. On with the haul!
Elise is excited about the haul, too!
Puffy Alice in Wonderland A4 notebook with glitter details. It matches the A5 notebook which you can see in the background.
Inside the Alice notebook, the pages are so adorable
Kutusita Nyanko pencil case. I believe this character’s name is Shiro Chan. Her white fur and bow reminds me of Marie from The Aristocats.
Inside the pencil case is a cute cat pattern fabricKutusita Nyanko notepad, comes with 4 different patterns of pages, plus a sticker sheetKamio Soleil Seal flake stickers. I love how they look with this Kutusita Nyanko stationery!
Kamio Disney Sweets Wonderland letter set
Ruu & Suu mirror compact! The Ruu & Suu file folder in the background is also from Kawaii Gifts
I really love this Ruu & Suu sticker!
Elise really loves looking at her reflection in the compact…
Drop Tale clear stickers which have a cute fairytale theme.
Twinkle Dolly Chibiusa charm. She comes with the Crystal Carillon she uses to call Pegasus.
Chibiusa out of the box
Korilakkuma cookie cell phone charm, which I put on my DS Lite. The Rilakkuma folder in the background is also from Kawaii Gifts
I don’t know any French but I’m sure this says something cute The cookie looks quite realisticExtra little charms. I love the ‘K’ for Korilakkuma.From the Daiso popup: pink bunny slippers. So cute and only $3
Also from Daiso: this little container that doubles as a mirror and a case to hold bobby pins. Such a great idea as I’m always losing them!
What do you think of the haul? Do you have a favorite item?
What an adorable haul! I love the Drop Tale stickers, they look so lovely! Elise seems to be enjoying herself, as well 🙂
As for the French Phrase, my French skills are a little rusty, but I believe it says “I adore Paris! It is magnificent! I prefer Paris bakeries.” (Alternatively, it could mean “My favorite bakeries are of Paris”).
I wish there would be something like this pop-up in my hometown! I know there would never be one in the town that I go to college in (it’s a very small town nestled into the mountains and I have yet to ever see another person in kawaii fashion ;-;). But I can always hope for something in my hometown! 🙂
Thank you for your translation! It’s kind of funny how so many Japanese products have French on them. I saw French on the Drop Tale sticker sheet, too.
Honestly, I feel really lucky that we have a store like that here. Pittsburgh is a small city, obviously not quite as small as a small college town like you described, but it feels so much more like a suburb sometimes. And even in big cities like New York it is difficult to find OFFICIAL Sanrio/San-x goods…knockoffs are much more common unfortunately.
Do you have any Asian marketplaces nearby like Mitsuwa or H-Mart? When I lived in my previous hometown I would sometimes drive over an hour to go to those places because they have loads of Japanese goodies/snacks/stationery that I couldn’t find otherwise.
We don’t have any Asian marketplaces like that, we do have some small Asian food stores, but nothing with any sort of cute stationary/items. I mostly just stock up on kawaii items when I’m at conventions, but that can get super expensive. I also order a lot online ^u^”
What an adorable haul! I love the Drop Tale stickers, they look so lovely! Elise seems to be enjoying herself, as well 🙂
As for the French Phrase, my French skills are a little rusty, but I believe it says “I adore Paris! It is magnificent! I prefer Paris bakeries.” (Alternatively, it could mean “My favorite bakeries are of Paris”).
I wish there would be something like this pop-up in my hometown! I know there would never be one in the town that I go to college in (it’s a very small town nestled into the mountains and I have yet to ever see another person in kawaii fashion ;-;). But I can always hope for something in my hometown! 🙂
Warmest Regards from Your Friend,
Luna
Thank you for your translation! It’s kind of funny how so many Japanese products have French on them. I saw French on the Drop Tale sticker sheet, too.
Honestly, I feel really lucky that we have a store like that here. Pittsburgh is a small city, obviously not quite as small as a small college town like you described, but it feels so much more like a suburb sometimes. And even in big cities like New York it is difficult to find OFFICIAL Sanrio/San-x goods…knockoffs are much more common unfortunately.
Do you have any Asian marketplaces nearby like Mitsuwa or H-Mart? When I lived in my previous hometown I would sometimes drive over an hour to go to those places because they have loads of Japanese goodies/snacks/stationery that I couldn’t find otherwise.
~Lady Nicole
We don’t have any Asian marketplaces like that, we do have some small Asian food stores, but nothing with any sort of cute stationary/items. I mostly just stock up on kawaii items when I’m at conventions, but that can get super expensive. I also order a lot online ^u^”
la pâtisserie prĂ©fĂ©rĂ©e des parisiennes – the preferred pastry of parisians~ (this is definitely meant to sound like the slogan of a French bakery, lol. how cute!)
ooh, and “mangeons beaucoup de fraises sucrĂ©es tous ensemble” – let’s eat lots of sugary strawberries allllll together <3