Donatello works at night and often has trouble sleeping during the day. Apart from noise and temperature, darkness is so important in getting a good sleep. We have blinds, a black out curtain, but the bedroom still wasn’t dark enough. The polyester eye masks from the airplane never stayed put, so I decided to invent my own. These two […]
Author: Tomiko
DIY: Make Your Own Leather Key Covers
My leather obsession continues with these leather key covers. I wanted to customize our house and apartment keys for future house guests (though our apartment is still too small at the moment but I can dream). I refreshed my embroidery skills by labeling the house key with an ¨H¨and the apartment one with an ¨A.¨ Simple and obvious, […]
DIY: Make a Leather Belt Loop Key Fob
As you may have noticed, we love crafting and making gifts for friends and family here on Kiku Corner. Sometimes we struggle with creating presents for the guys, though. Really, how many knit scarves can Donatello own? Since I have recently become obsessed with leather crafts (just check out our Pinterest board), it made sense to […]
Vanilla Banana Smoothie
Donatello and I have this banana smoothie most mornings. It has to be the easiest and most delicious way to get some calcium at breakfast, which is always a struggle for me. For as long as I can remember, our mom has been making what she called banana milkshakes. Over time I came to realize that a milkshake […]
Kiku Corner’s Ice Cream Party!
For my birthday this year I decided it was time for an ice cream party! We love going to Dutch Dreams for the best banana split in the city, but I wanted to try to build my own. I picked up vanilla, chocolate, and matcha ice cream and a bunch of toppings. I prepared my own strawberry sauce […]